Aston Martin Racing snatches pole position at 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Aston Martin Racing has claimed the GTE Am pole for Saturday's second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

With qualifying duties for the #98 V8 Vantage GTE in the hands of Pedro Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana, the pair soon found themselves amidst fierce competition for the top spot. After completing their initial runs in the 25-minute session, the pair found themselves placed in third. Three minutes remaining of the session and fresh Dunlop rubber fitted, Lamy returned to the cockpit in a bid to improve on his previous effort. After passing the start/finish line to begin his flying lap with 50 seconds remaining, his effort not only set an incredible 02:16.217 but also reduced the crew's average lap time to 02:18.659, securing pole position in the dying moments of qualifying.

Lamy said following the session, "I really had to do my best in my last lap as I really abused the track limits earlier in the session, which meant my best time was cancelled. Things were looking a little bit difficult for me to get a good lap in before the end of the session, but in the end I pulled together a perfect one. I was trying to convince myself that it wasn't possible to go through some of the corners like Eau Rouge so fast, as it's really easy to abuse the limits at the top of the hill, but in the end I went with everything and managed to make it stick. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow."