Cadillac locks front row ahead of 6H of Sao Paulo

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Jul 11

Both Cadillacs locks front row for tomorrow's 6 Hours of São Paulo and Aston Martin Vantage scored back to back pole in LMGT3.

Will Stevens fastest with #12 Cadillac

Will Stevens did set Cadillac’s fifth WEC pole position with a 1:23.041 in his last lap at the end of the session to repeat last year’s Hyperpole, with the #12 taking pole ahead of the #38 even though the last was penalised post-session and started second row. Both Cadillac V-Series.R did the double in last year’s race at Interlagos.

#12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R. Will Stevens: “To come away with back-to-back poles here in Sao Paulo is an amazing moment. For me personally it’s my first pole position with Cadillac which is very special, and a lot of my family are here to experience it with me. A big thanks to the whole Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA team for giving us the package to put both cars on the front row of the grid. Now we focus on the race tomorrow. Hopefully we can get back to back wins after back to back poles.”

Both Cadillac V-Series.R in front row

As Jack Aitken in #38 was second with a 1:23.089 Jota scored its fourth front row lockout.

#38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R. Jack Aitken: “It was a really strong set of free practice sessions for us. We have been working through practice to fine tune the balance and try and get the car into the best possible window. The field is very, very tight here. The tiny margin of difference in qualifying between the top five cars shows that every little counts. It was a great effort by everybody to get this front row lockout.” Source: Cadillac Racing

Alpine third and fifth

Victor Martin was third with the #36 Alpine A424 only 0.067 from Stevens’ benchmark. The velocity of the Alpine A424 was confirmed by Charles Milesi in sister #35 ending fifth of the Hyperpole.

BMW Fourth

BMW M Hybrid V8 #15 will start from second row as Dries Vanthoor ended fourth of the Hyperpole session, only 0.027 second adrift Martins.

Aston Martin Vantage and Mercedes in LMGT3 front row

Back to back pole for Aston Martin Vantage as #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage took pole with Kobe Pauwels as did Dudu Barrichiello last year with #10 Racing Spirit of Le Mans Vantage. In fact Kobe Pauwels is replacing Dudu Barrichiello at Interlagos as he is on duty for the IMSA race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

📷 © FIA WEC at Interlagos. #23 Aston Martin Vantage

Lyn Hodenius in #79 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 from Iron Lynx drove the second fastest lap of LMGT3 Hyperpole with a 1:34.883, after his Bronze teammate Johannes Ziegler qualified last in LMGT3 qualifying.