This weekend the third round of the World Endurance Championship takes place in Spa, and the best time after yesterday’s qualifying was shown by the crew of the Ferrari 499P hypercar, race number 50. Antonio Fuoco set the fastest lap on the Belgian circuit, but then his result was destroyed.
The Ferrari AF Corse team responded as follows: “Following a technical inspection carried out after qualifying in Spa, the #50 Ferrari 499P hypercar has been stripped of pole position and will start the race from 19th position. It turned out that the car is about 1 kg lighter than the minimum weight set in the regulations.”
It also explains how this could have happened: “Following a collision with another car during the third practice session, the rear of the #50 hypercar had to be replaced and a new part installed, leading to the weight difference observed on Friday evening. ”
Following Ferrari’s disqualification, car No. 5 of the Porsche Penske Motorsport team will start today’s race from pole position. The driver, Matt Campbell, completed the lap at Spa in 2 minutes. 03.107 seconds. Cadillac hypercar #2 starts the 6-hour race next to the Porsche 963 from the front row.
Besides, for the same reason, viz. Due to the underweight of the McLaren sports car, the 2nd place of crew #95 of the United Autosports team in the LMGT3 class was canceled, meaning he will start from the very last position.
And the best result among the teams driving Ferrari hypercars was shown by the trio consisting of Robert Schwartzman, Robert Kubica and Chinese driver Yifei Ye: their hypercar No. 83 of the AF Corse team starts from 8th position.
Source: F1 News
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