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Sportscar
ace David Brabham will line up on the front row of the grid for round six of
the American Le Mans Series, the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, on
Saturday 19 July. The Australian, who lives in Henley-on-Thames,
led the 20-minute qualifying session before finishing second just two tenths
adrift of Gil de Ferran.
Fresh
from his pole position and second win of the season last weekend in the
Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock, the team’s home track, the 42 year-old
topped the Mid-Ohio leader board with a time of 1:08.193 for several laps. In a
thrilling three-way battle for pole, with Timo Bernhard in the Penske Racing
Porsche lurking in third, de Ferran posted a time of 1:07.969 towards the end
of the session that could not be challenged.
“After
a fantastic result last weekend at Lime Rock, we’re pleased to be back in
the frame and on the front row,” said Brabham. “The car feels good.
The Patron Highcroft Racing team have done a fantastic job of developing the
car and it just keeps getting better. Our qualifying run was the best of the
week so far, so we are confident in the knowledge that we have a good race-day
car underneath us. We are looking strong for the race but anything can happen
and we’ll just be aiming to keep it clean and get to the finish.”
With
Brabham’s team mate Scott Sharp starting tomorrow’s round six in
the Acura ARX-01b, the dynamic duo will be aiming to clinch their third win of
the season and close the 24-point gap to LMP2 championship leaders Timo
Bernhard and Romain Dumas. Brabham and Sharp lie second on 78 points, with
Butch Leitzinger, Marino Franchitti, Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long all tied
for third on 52.
Acura Sports Car Challenge Mid-Ohio
Round 6 Qualifying - Provisional Results
1
– LMP2 – Gil de Ferran/Simon Pagenaud – De Ferran Motorsports
- 1:07.969
2
– LMP2 – David Brabham/Scott Sharp – Patron Highcroft Racing
- 1:08.193 +0.224
3
– LMP2 – Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas – Penske Racing - 1:08.238
+0.269
4
– LMP2 – Franck Montagny/Marco Andretti – Andretti Green
Racing - 1:08.320 +0.351
5
– LMP1 – Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner – Audi Sport North America - 1:08.357 + 0.388
6
– LMP2 – Adrian Fernandez/Luis Diaz – Lowe’s Fernandez
Racing - 1:08.507 + 0.538
7
– LMP1 – Dindo Capello/Emanuele Pirro – Audi Sport North America - 1:08.960 +0.991
8
– LMP2 – Patrick Long/Sascha Maassen – Penske Racing - 1:09.614
+1.645
9
– LMP2 – Chris Dyson/Guy Smith – Dyson Racing - 1:09.912
+1.943
10
– LMP2 – Marino Franchitti/Butch Leitzinger – Dyson Racing - 1:10.029
+2.060
For
full qualifying results visit www.americanlemans.com
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