Kobayashi claimed the highest spot in qualifying by simply over one hundredth of a second aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, in a intently fought session through which the highest three vehicles had been separated by a tenth.
A 1m35.358s from Kobayashi in contrast with Fuoco’s 1m35.375s within the #50 Ferrari 499P LMH, whereas Brendon Hartley was simply behind on a 1m35.480s within the second of the Toyotas.
Peugeot driver Jean-Eric Vergne was an additional two tenths behind courtesy of 1m35.662s, which left him solely three tenths off the tempo within the quickest of the French producer’s 9X8 LMHs.
Alex Lynn took fifth for Cadillac with a 1m35.720s aboard the Ganassi-run V-Sequence.R LMDh.
He was run shut by the second of the AF Corse-run manufacturing facility Ferraris, which posted a 1m35.771s in Antonio Giovinazzi’s palms.
Gustavo Menezes took seventh within the second Peugeot, whereas Frederic Makowiecki was the quickest Porsche 963 LMDh driver in eighth.
The highest 9 vehicles in Hypercar right down to Yifei Ye within the Jota Porsche had been all inside one second on the finish of the 15-minute session.
#41 Crew WRT Oreca 07 – Gibson: Rui Andrade, Robert Kubica, Louis Deletraz
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WRT driver Robert Kubica took a primary WEC pole place in LMP2.
He set two laps adequate for the highest spot in school aboard his ORECA-Gibson 07, ending up on a 1m39.354s.
That was an enchancment of three tenths on his earlier lap, giving him the pole by practically 4 tenths.
Pietro Fittipaldi took second place in his Jota ORECA with a 1m39.707s, whereas Phil Hanson made a late enchancment to leap to 3rd with a 1m39.790s in the most effective of the United Autosports entries.
Gabriel Aubry ended up fourth in Vector Sport’s ORECA by only one hundredth of a second from Albert Costa within the Le Mans-winning Inter Europol entry.
Sarah Bovy took her second GTE Am pole place of the season for the all-female Iron Dames Porsche squad.
A 1m47.632s gave her the highest spot within the Iron Lynx-run Porsche 911 RSR by 4 tenths over Ahmad Al Harthy, who received right down to a 1m48.058s within the ORT by TF Aston Martin Vantage GTE.
Christian Ried was lower than a tenth additional again in third place aboard the solo Dempsey-Proton Porsche .
The Monza 6 Hours, spherical 5 of the 2023 WEC, begins at 12:30 native time on Sunday.
WEC Monza 6 Hours – Qualifying outcomes
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