Pole sitters also included Filipe Albuquerque (LMP 2) and Alessandro Pier Guidi (GTE Pro) with Sarah Bovy (GTE AM) making history as the first woman to claim a pole.
MONZA, Italy—Romain Dumas took the on Saturday afternoon in preparation for Sunday’s Six Hours of Monza at the Autodromo Nationale di Monza.
The Frenchman set a time in the Hypercar division and overall with a time of 1:35:416, just ahead of the Toyota Gazoo driven by New Zealander Brendon Hartley.
In the very short qualifying sessions, all teams were looking forward to increasing their times with the GTE PRO and AM qualifying in one session and the Hypercars and LMP2 in the other. In the last session, and with just a couple of minutes to go, Peugeot driver Mikkel Jensen stopped his French entry at Lesmos, ending the session under a red flag.
Another American entry took top honors in the LMP 2 class as Filipe Albuquerque took a 1:38:403 to lead his United Autosports entry with a stunning performance. The ARC Bratislava squad was led by Mathias Beche in second with Ferdinand Hapsburg third in the WRT.
Alessandro Pier Guidi gave the home fans something to cheer about as the Italian led his AF Corse Ferrari for pole in the GTE PRO division with a time of 1:45:270, edging out the Corvette Racing Team entry with Nick Tandy at the controls. Antonio Fuoco was third in the second AF Corse.
History was also made on Saturday. In the GTE AM class, a woman time took the pole for the first time. The Iron Dames with Sarah Bovy at the controls set a time of 1:47:431, placing her ahead of Ben Keating in his TF Sport Aston Martin and Christian Reid in the Dempsey-Proton Porsche.
Sunday’s race will begin at noon Central European Time (6a U.S. Eastern Time), and it will be televised by Eurosport in Europe and Motor Trend in North America.
