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Spa ELMS: Lapierre delivers pole for Dragonspeed

The #21 Dragonspeed carried their practice form into qualifying, with two-time Le Mans class winner Nicolas Lapierre taking pole position for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

#21 Dragonspeed Oreca 05 - Nissan: Henrik Hedman, Nicolas Lapierre, Ben Hanley

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#48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R - Nissan: Gary Findlay, Bruno Bonifacio, Sean Doyle
#47 Team WRT, Ligier JS P2 - Judd: Laurens Vanthoor, Will Stevens, Dries Vanthoor
#2 United Autosports Ligier JSP3 - Nissan: Alex Brundle, Mike Guasch, Christian England
#56 AT Racing Ferrari F458 Italia: Alexander Talkanitsa Sr., Alexander Talkanitsa Jr., Alessandro Pier Guidi
#38 G-Drive Racing Gibson 015S-Nissan: Simon Dolan, Giedo van der Garde, Harry Tincknell
#46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 05 - Nissan: Pierre Thiriet, Mathias Beche, Ryo Hirakama
#60 Formula Racing Ferrari F458 Italia: Johnny Laursen, Mikkel Mac, Christina Nielsen
#99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8: Andrew Howard, Darren Turner, Alex MacDowall

Lapierre set the pace straight away with a 2m06.603s, the early benchmark proving enough for Dragonspeed to take their second pole of the season.

The championship leading squad of Thiriet by TDS Racing qualified second with Mathias Beche delivering a time of 2m07.048s.

The #38 G-Drive entry, winner at Silverstone, qualified third in the hands of Harry Tincknell with Tristan Gommendy propelling the #33 Eurasia entry to fourth.

The #25 Algarve Pro car, driven by Andrea Pizzitola, was the leading Ligier in fifth.

Graff takes late LMP3 pole

Paul Ricard winners #9 Graff Racing took a surprise pole position with Enzo Guibbert setting a time of 2m14.390s in the dying minutes of the qualifying.

The #3 United Autosports likewise improved late in the session to take second, relegating the #26 Tockwith Motorsport car down to third place.

The championship leading #2 United Sports entry finished a lowly fifth after Alex Brundle ran wide on his final lap, nearly avoiding the barriers.

GTE: AT Racing takes first Ferrari pole of the season

In the GTE class, the #56 AT Racing of Alessandro Pier Guidi and the Alexander Talkanitsa father-son duo claimed Ferrari’s first pole of the season.

Pier Guidi set a time of 2m17.038s, three tenths clear of the #88 Proton Porsche of Gianluca Roda, Christian Ried and Matteo Cairoli.

The #55 AF Corse of Duncan Cameron, Matt Griffin and Aaron Scott finished third while the sole Aston Martin entry could qualify no higher than fifth.

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