Van Uitert Claims Five from Five Pole Positions for United Autosports

The no32 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson will start the 4 Hours of Portimão at the head of the field after Job Van Uitert set the fastest lap in a nail-biting finish to the 10-minute session.

With the no22 United Autosports Oreca taking pole at the first four races, Van Uitert’s 1m28 .627 lap gives the Anglo-American team a clean sweep of pole positions in the 2020 European Le Mans Series.

At the checkered flag four cars posted the fastest time in quick succession as they crossed the line with Will Stevens in the no31 Panis Racing Oreca coming out as the best of the rest with a 1m29.068 to push the no37Cool Racing Oreca of Nico Lapierre onto the second row, with the no28 Idec Sport Oreca of Paul Loup Chatin in fourth.

Job Van Uitert

2020 ELMS Champion Phil Hanson was 5th fastest in the no22 United Autosports Oreca ahead of Nyck De Vries in the no26 G-Drive Racing Aurus.

LMP3: Championship Leaders Claim Pole

Wayne Boyd claimed what could be a crucial championship point in Portugal at the wheel of the no2 United Autosports Ligier-Nissan. The British driver posted a 1m36.277 lap early in the 10-minute session and held on until the checkered flag. He was one tenth ahead of the no4 DKR Engineering Duqueine of Laurents Hörr, the German threatening to take the pole on his final lap, only to miss out in the final sector.

Crucially for United Autosports, their nearest championship rivals in the no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier will start the race down in 10th place after Dino Lunardi had a fast lap deleted for exceeding track limits right at the end of the session.

LMGTE: Piccini Claims Second Pole for Iron Lynx

Iron Lynx claimed their second pole position of the season and will start at the head of the 10-car field for the final race of the season in Portimão. Once again Andrea Piccini was at the wheel of the no60 Ferrari and posted a 1m38.769 lap to finish the 10-minute session two tenths ahead of the no88 AF Corse Ferrari of Alessio Rovera.

At the checkered flag the no83 Iron Lynx Ferrari of Michelle Gatting leapt up the order to third place, the Dane posting a 1m39.596 lap to push championship contender Alessio Picariello down to fourth in the no77 Proton Competition Porsche.

Championship leader David Perel in the no74 Kessel racing Ferrari will start tomorrow’s race in 7th after the South African could only manage a best lap of 1m39.767.

Qualifying Results

Pos No. Drivers Team Class Time Behind Gap
1 32 W. Owen/A. Brundle/J. Van Uitert United Autosports LMP2 1:28.627 0.000s 0.000s
2 31 J. Canal/N. Jamin/W. Stevens Panis Racing LMP2 1:29.068 0.441 0.441
3 37 N. Lapierre/A. Borga/A. Coigny Cool Racing LMP2 1:29.196 0.569 0.128
4 28 P. Lafargue/P. Chatin/R. Bradley IDEC Sport LMP2 1:29.378 0.751 0.182
5 22 P. Hanson/F. Albuquerque United Autosports LMP2 1:29.452 0.825 0.074
6 26 R. Rusinov/M. Jensen/N. De Vries G-Drive Racing LMP2 1:29.585 0.958 0.133
7 39 J. Allen/T. Laurent/A. Cougnaud Graff LMP2 1:29.737 1.110 0.152
8 25 J. Falb/G. Aubry/A. Maini Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 1:29.798 1.171 0.061
9 24 H. Enqvist/L. Duval/J. Lancaster Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 1:29.908 1.281 0.110
10 30 T. Gommendy/J. Hirschi/K. Tereschenko Duqueine Team LMP2 1:29.970 1.343 0.062
11 34 J. Smiechowski/R. Binder Inter Europol Competition LMP2 1:30.252 1.625 0.282
12 20 A. Fjordbach/D. Andersen High Class Racing LMP2 1:30.458 1.831 0.206
13 35 F. Dracone/S. Campana BHK Motorsport LMP2 1:30.565 1.938 0.107
14 50 T. Calderon/S. Floersch/B. Visser Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 1:30.648 2.021 0.083
15 2 W. Boyd/T. Gamble/R. Wheldon United Autosports LMP3 1:36.277 7.650 5.629
16 4 L. Horr/F. Kirmann/W. Triller DKR Engineering LMP3 1:36.389 7.762 0.112
17 15 M. Jakobsen/J. Dayson/L. Veglia RLR MSport LMP3 1:36.502 7.875 0.113
18 3 D. Tappy/A. Bentley/J. Mcguire United Autosports LMP3 1:36.603 7.976 0.101
19 8 J. Gerbi/D. Droux Realteam Racing LMP3 1:36.769 8.142 0.166
20 16 T. Cloet/J. Adomavicius/A. Fontana BHK Motorsport LMP3 1:36.821 8.194 0.052
21 9 V. Capillaire/A. Robin/M. Robin Graff LMP3 1:37.022 8.395 0.201
22 11 N. Kari/N. Maulini/J. Baratto Eurointernational LMP3 1:37.171 8.544 0.149
23 10 R. Hodes/G. Grist/C. Crews Nielsen Racing LMP3 1:37.307 8.680 0.136
24 13 M. Hippe/D. Lunardi Inter Europol Competition LMP3 1:37.363 8.736 0.056
25 7 A. Wells/C. Noble Nielsen Racing LMP3 1:37.394 8.767 0.031
26 60 R. Mastronardi/S. Pianezzola/A. Piccini Iron Lynx LMGTE 1:38.769 10.142 1.375
27 88 F. Perrodo/E. Collard/A. Rovera AF Corse LMGTE 1:38.997 10.370 0.228
28 83 M. Gostner/M. Gatting/R. Frey Iron Lynx LMGTE 1:39.596 10.969 0.599
29 77 C. Ried/M. Beretta/A. Picariello Proton Competition LMGTE 1:39.617 10.990 0.021
30 55 D. Cameron/M. Griffin/A. Scott Spirit of Race LMGTE 1:39.620 10.993 0.003
31 86 M. Wainwright/B. Barker/A. Watson Gulf Racing LMGTE 1:39.720 11.093 0.100
32 5 E. Trouillet/S. Page Graff LMP3 1:39.751 11.124 0.031
33 74 M. Broniszewski/D. Perel/N. Cadei Kessel Racing LMGTE 1:39.767 11.140 0.016
34 93 M. Fassbender/F. Laser/R. Lietz Proton Competition LMGTE 1:39.770 11.143 0.003
35 51 C. Ulrich/A. West/S. Görig AF Corse LMGTE 1:40.740 12.113 0.970
36 66 G. Jeannette/R. Sales/F. Hutchison JMW Motorsport LMGTE 1:40.827 12.200 0.087