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Qualifying report

Extreme Speed qualifies fifth and sixth for WEC at Shanghai

American team's first overseas qualifying session hampered by wet conditions in practice.

#30 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ricardo Gonzalez

#30 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ricardo Gonzalez

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#30 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ricardo Gonzalez
#30 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ricardo Gonzalez
#30 Extreme Speed Motorsport HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ed Brown
#31 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Ed Brown, Johannes van Overbeek, David Brabham
#30 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ed Brown
Scott Sharp
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#30 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX 03b - Honda: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Ed Brown
Scott Sharp and Ed Brown

In its first overseas FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) qualifying session, Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) averaged the fifth and sixth quickest times in the LMP2 class. As a result, ESM will start fifth and sixth in Sunday’s 6 Hours of Shanghai race.

Per the FIA WEC rules, the two best lap times from each team’s qualifying drivers are averaged together in order to determine the starting position.

Johannes van Overbeek and David Brabham qualified the No. 31 Tequila Patrón Honda Performance Development ARX-03b in fifth. Van Overbeek’s best lap was 1:57.114. Brabham’s best lap was 1:56.587. Ed Brown is the third driver of the No. 30 Tequila Patrón HPD.

Scott Sharp and Ryan Dalziel qualified the No. 30 Tequila Patrón Honda Performance Development ARX-03b in sixth. Sharp’s best lap was 1:58.559. Dalziel’s best lap was 1:55.189. Ricardo Gonzalez co-drives with Sharp and Dalziel this weekend.

Rain plaged practice

Rain plagued Friday’s two practice sessions. The first session would eventually dry with the No. 30 team of Sharp, Dalziel and Gonzalez posted the second quickest time of the session, less than one second behind the leader.

In the second practice, the No. 30 team was again second quickest, a mere fourth-tenths behind the leaders. The No. 31 team of Brown, van Overbeek and Brabham were third quickest in class.

The 6 Hours of Shanghai on October 31-November 2 is the sixth of eight races in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Green flag drops at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 2 (11 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 1).

The 6 Hours of Shanghai can be heard on Radio Le Mans. Timing and scoring is available on the FIA WEC website.

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