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Spielberg ELMS: Chatin edges Beche in qualifying

Paul-Loup Chatin took the European Le Mans Series pole position at Spielberg by half a tenth as Panis-Barthez Competition swept both LMP2 and LMP3 qualifying sessions.

#23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Fabien Barthez, Timothe Buret, Paul-Loup Chatin

#23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Fabien Barthez, Timothe Buret, Paul-Loup Chatin

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#23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Fabien Barthez, Timothe Buret, Paul-Loup Chatin
#23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Fabien Barthez, Timothe Buret, Paul-Loup Chatin
#23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Nissan: Fabien Barthez, Timothe Buret, Paul-Loup Chatin
#16 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JSP3 - Nissan: Eric Debard, Valentin Moineault, Simon Gachet
#16 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JSP3 - Nissan: Eric Debard, Valentin Moineault, Simon Gachet

The practice-topping #05 Thiriet by TDS Racing in the hands of Mathias Beche led early in the session, but Chatin soon lowered the benchmark time with his 1m20.700s effort to claim the pole.

The championship leader G-Drive entry of Harry Tincknell took third, with French duo Tristan Gommendy and Nicolas Lapierre completing the top five.

Simon Gachet was quickest in the LMP3 qualifying, beating Wayne Boyd with a time set after the chequeered flag.

The #3 United Autosports car ended up second as Boyd failed to improve on his final lap, with David Droux and Matthieu Lahaye filling the second row.

EuroInternational's Giorgio Mondini took fifth, having been narrowly beaten by Lahaye.

Matteo Cairoli controlled the LMGTE category to score a pole position on his ELMS debut for the #88 Protono Competition Porsche, ahead of four Ferraris.

Cairoli led most of the session and, despite being temporarily demoted by Andrea Bertolini, he reclaimed first place with a last-minute flyer.

Bertolini, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Marco Cioci completed an all-Italian top four with Matt Griffin securing fifth.

Qualifying results:

Pos#DriverCarLapsTimeGap
1 23 Paul-Loup Chatin
Fabien Barthez
Timothé Buret
Ligier JS P2 7 1'20.700  
2 46 Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet
Ryo Hirakama
Oreca 05 8 1'20.753 0.053
3 38 Giedo van der Garde
Simon Dolan
Harry Tincknell
Gibson 015S 8 1'20.826 0.126
4 33 Tristan Gommendy
Pu Jun Jin
Nick de Bruijn
Oreca 05 6 1'20.927 0.227
5 21 Nicolas Lapierre
Henrik Hedman
Ben Hanley
Oreca 05 7 1'20.956 0.256
6 40 Olivier Pla
Tracy Krohn
Nic Jonsson
Ligier JS P2 7 1'21.297 0.597
7 25 Michael Munemann
Chris Hoy
 Jonathan Hirschi
Ligier JS P2 7 1'21.325 0.625
8 32 Andreas Wirth
Stefano Coletti
Julian Leal
BR 01 7 1'21.750 1.050
9 41 Julien Canal
Jakub Giermaziak
Memo Rojas
Ligier JS P2 8 1'22.026 1.326
10 48 Sean Doyle
 Karun Chandhok
 Guglielmo Belotti
Oreca 03R 7 1'22.359 1.659
11 29 Leo Roussel
Inès Taittinger
Remy Striebig
Morgan 7 1'22.872 2.172
12 16 Eric Debard
Valentin Moineault
Simon Gachet
Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.126 5.426
13 3 Mark Patterson
Matthew Bell
Wayne Boyd
Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.283 5.583
14 19 David Hallyday
David Droux
Dino Lunardi
Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.394 5.694
15 17 Jean Baptiste Lahaye
François Heriau
Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P3 4 1'26.547 5.847
16 11 Giorgio Mondini
Andrea Roda
Marco Jacoboni
Ligier JS P3 8 1'26.580 5.880
17 9 Eric Trouillet
Paul Petit
Enzo Guibbert
Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.630 5.930
18 18 Thomas Laurent
Yann Ehrlacher
Alexandre Cougnaud
Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.671 5.971
19 2 Alex Brundle
Mike Guasch
Christian England
Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.760 6.060
20 10 Sean Rayhall
John Falb
Enzo Potolicchio
Ligier JS P3 8 1'26.980 6.280
21 5 Tom Jackson
Alvaro Fontes
Jesus Fuster
Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.008 6.308
22 12 Roman Rusinov
Andrea Dromedari
Fabio Mancini
Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.018 6.318
23 6 Terrence Woodward
Ross Kaiser
James Swift
Ligier JS P3 8 1'27.076 6.376
24 13 Jakub Smiechowski
Jens Petersen
Ligier JS P3 8 1'27.502 6.802
25 7 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Niccolo Schiro
Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.526 6.826
26 88 Gianluca Roda
Christian Ried
Klaus Bachler
Porsche 911 RSR 991 5 1'27.652 6.952
27 66 Andrea Bertolini
Robert Smith
Rory Butcher
Ferrari F458 Italia 7 1'27.773 7.073
28 56 Davide Rigon
Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.
Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.
Ferrari F458 Italia 6 1'27.819 7.119
29 15 Morten Dons
Osman Yusuf
Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.901 7.201
30 24 Jacques Nicolet
Pierre Nicolet
Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.924 7.224
31 20 Romain Iannetta
Maxime Pialat
Eric Clement
Ligier JS P3 8 1'27.927 7.227
32 4 Jean-Marc Merlin
Erik Maris
Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.954 7.254
33 51 Rui Aguas
Marco Cioci
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Ferrari F458 Italia 6 1'28.100 7.400
34 55 Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott
Ferrari F458 Italia 7 1'28.239 7.539
35 99 Darren Turner
Alex MacDowall
Andrew Howard
Aston Martin V8 Vantage 7 1'28.240 7.540
36 8 Marcello Marateotto
Giorgio Maggi
Bert Longin
Ligier JS P3 2 1'28.642 7.942
37 77 Wolf Henzler
Robert Renauer
Mike Hedlund
Porsche 911 RSR 991 6 1'28.705 8.005
38 60 Christina Nielsen
Johnny Laursen
Mikkel Mac
Ferrari F458 Italia 7 1'28.738 8.038

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