Boutsen VDS will begin the GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup finale from pole after Morris Schuring, Dorian Boccolacci and Alessio Picariello mixed for the quickest common in qualifying at Portimão.
The #2 Porsche 911 GT3 R averaged 1:42.071 throughout the three segments, 0.108 seconds away from the #17 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG of Ralf Aron, Maximilian Götz and Fabian Schiller. Schuring and Boccolacci set the tempo within the first two segments, leaving Picariello to safe pole and its bonus level in Q3. It’s the first Endurance Cup pole for the 992.2-spec Porsche.
The #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche was third, forward of the #64 HRT Ford. Arthur Leclerc, youthful brother of Ferrari System 1 driver Charles, begins fifth within the #50 AF Corse Ferrari he shares with Albert Costa and Lilou Wadoux. The #48 Mercedes-AMG Workforce MANN-FILTER automotive of the Endurance Cup champions begins sixth.
Simon Birch set the session’s quickest single lap, 1:41.652, to place the #71 Chosen Automobile Racing Ferrari on Gold Cup pole and eighth general. The #30 WRT BMW of Amaury Cordeel, Matisse Lismont and Ignacio Montenegro took Silver Cup pole in fifteenth, and Robert de Haan secured Bronze Cup pole within the #991 Paradine Competitors BMW in twenty second. Every class pole earns one championship level.
Valentino Rossi faces a restoration drive. The #46 WRT BMW he shares with Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen begins 59th after failing to document a legitimate time in Q2, leaving it behind each crew with a full set of instances.
Max Verstappen’s #3 Mercedes-AMG Workforce Verstappen Racing automotive begins 14th.
The three-hour race begins at 17:00 native time on Saturday.
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