SPA, Belgium — A stellar lap from Jordan Pepper during the dying seconds of this evening’s qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps has secured the No. 163 Grasser Racing Lamborghini the prime running slot for Friday’ss Superpole showdown prior to the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa.
The South African driver unleashed the full potential of his Huracán GT3 EVO2 to post a 2m14.903s, knocking the No. 51 AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors Ferrari off top spot in the process.
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Pepper’s time was the best of the day, narrowly beating the 2m14.938s set by Vincent Abril in the No. 71 AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors Ferrari. These were the only two drivers to break the 2m15s barrier.
The No. 163 Lamborghini was quick across all three of its sessions. Franck Perera ran first and set the second-best time in his segment, while Marco Mapelli finished 10th in his outing. They combined to set an average time of 2m15.275s, 0.046s faster than the No. 51 Ferrari. The No. 48 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter entry finished third, followed by the No. 71 Ferrari and the No. 7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin.
The fastest 20 cars from qualifying will run in reverse order during Friday’s Superpole session, while starting positions 21 through 66 have been locked in for the 100th running of the 24 Hours of Spa.
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