Porsche has claimed a surprise pole for Saturday’s WEC Six Hours of Spa ahead of rival Toyota, which had dominated the Free Practice sessions, but was unable to deliver in qualifying for the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Andre Lotterer and defending World Champion Neel Jani combined for a best two-lap average of 1:54.087 in the stop-start 25-minute session, which saw an early red flag for a crashed LMP2 car.
The pole came thanks to a blisteringly 1:53.756 lap time by the Swiss driver, just after the session restarted with 21 minutes to go.