O trio Pierre Kaffer/Ryan Dalziel/Alex Popow (Ferrari 458/AF Waltrip) conquistou nesta quinta-feira (13/12), a pole-position para a segunda edição das 12 Horas de Abu Dhabi, no Circuito de Yas Marina. Diferente das demais provas de endurance, o grid é definido pela média de tempo de todos os pilotos da equipes. Popow/Kaffer/Dalziel garantiram a pole com o tempo de 2m11s768.
O trio Philipp Peter/Daniel Zampieri/Michael Broniszewski (Ferrari 458/ Kessel) completa a primeira fila. Os trios Gianmaria Bruni/Toni Vilander/ Gaetano Ardagna e Stephane Sarrazin/Nicolas Minassian/Enzo Potolicchio, parceiros na AF Corse (Ferrari 458) dividem a segunda fila.
Parceiros de equipe dos pole-position, o trio Maurizio Mediani/Michele Rugolo/Steve Wyatt alinha em quinto, seguidos pelo trio Jeroen Bleekemoelen/ Sebastiaan Bleekemoelen/Emilio Di Guida (Porsche 997 GT3/Autorlando).
Grid:
1. fila
Popow-Kaffer-Dalziel (Ferrari 458) – AF Waltrip – 2’11″768
Broniszewski-Peter-Zampieri (Ferrari 458) – Kessel – 2’11″963
2. fila
Ardagna-Bruni-Vilander (Ferrari 458) – AF Corse – 2’12″77
Potolicchio-Minassian-Sarrazin (Ferrari 458) – AF Corse – 2’12″200
3. fila
Wyatt-Rugolo-Mediani (Ferrari 458) – AF Waltrip – 2’12″381
Bleekemolen-Di Guida-Bleekemolen (Porsche 997 GT3) – Autorlando – 2’12″454
4. fila
Patterson-Bell-Bratt (Audi R8) – United Autosport – 2’12″665
Ojjeh-Parente-Bell (McLaren MP4-12C) – ASM – 2’13″725
5. fila
Aluko-Kemenater-Cadei (Ferrari 458) – Kessel – 2’14″53
De Azcarate Riveroll-Baiz-Eng (McLaren MP4-12C) – MRS – 2’14″99
6. fila
Bellarosa-Al Dhaeri-Latif (Wolf GB08) – Avelon – 2’14″106
Carugati-Cordoni-Beche (Ferrari 458) – Kessel – 2’14″183
7. fila
Mallegol-Blank-Bachelier (Ferrari 458) – AT Racing – 2’15″712
Lanting-Machiels-Hommerson (Ferrari 458) – AT Racing – 2’15″17
8. fila
Mehta-Breslin-Al Qubaisi (Mercedes SLS) – Black Falcon – 2’16″577
Mastroberardino-Pitorri-Belotti (Wolf GB08) – Avelon – 2’19″674
9. fila
Scanzi-Silva-Benucci-Beretta (Porsche 997 Cup) – Ebimotors – 2’20″74
Al Mehairi-Al Maktoum-Al Alawi (Aston Martin Vantage) – Yas Marina – 2’25″465
10. fila
Rayneri-Magnoni-Scarpaccio-Cressoni (Ginetta G50) – NovaRace – 2’26″532
Andersen-KimberSmith-KimberSmith-Lemmer (Aston Martin Vantage) – Barwell – 2’27″210
11. fila
Iossifidis-Baerschmidt-Fatien-Farmer (Aston Martin Vantage) – Gulf Racing – 2’53″958