Alex Lynn led a Cadillac 1-2 on this afternoon’s Hyperpole session, securing his fourth profession pole and third of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship season, forward of tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Fuji, the a centesimal race in sequence historical past
Lynn’s lap of 1:28.236 was 0.439 seconds faster than the sister V-Collection.R pushed by Earl Bamber, securing Cadillac’s third front-row lockout of the season.
The second row of the grid will likely be shared by Aston Martin and Peugeot, owing to the efforts of the 2 Danes, Marco Sørensen and Mikkel Jensen. Sørensen was solely 0.030s from the entrance row, together with his compatriot an additional 0.011s adrift.
Hypercar World Endurance Drivers’ Championship-leading #51 Ferrari entry certified sixth, with Antonio Giovinazzi on the wheel, whereas Lone Star Le Mans pole-sitter Robert Kubica rounded out the highest 10.
Within the preliminary qualifying session, which decided the highest ten runners who superior into the pole position-deciding Hyperpole, Sørensen topped the instances with a lap of 1:28.935s, simply 0.054 seconds faster than Jensen.
Whereas the main Aston Martin and Peugeot vehicles loved robust qualifying, their sister machines had been among the many first to be eradicated, as was the Lone Star Le Mans-winning #6 Porsche, after a Flip 1 lockup for Kevin Estre.
The LMGT3 class noticed pole captured by Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin driver Eduardo Barrichello, who reprised his Interlagos heroics by setting a pole time of 1:39.981s. That effort was solely 0.030s higher than the most effective lap of Sean Gelael aboard the #95 United Autosports McLaren.
The second row within the class can even be shared by an Aston Martin and a McLaren, however in reverse order, with Sébastien Baud third and Zacharie Robichon fourth-fastest within the session.
The lights will go inexperienced for the penultimate spherical of the season tomorrow at 11:00 native time.
