Fuoco took the highest spot by virtually precisely half a second on the wheel of the #50 Ferarri 499P Le Mans Hypercar within the 12-minute Hyperpole session for the quickest 10 vehicles within the first spherical of qualifying.
The Italian’s 2m02.600s lap of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps pushed Porsche driver Matt Campbell right down to second.
Campbell hung onto a spot on the entrance row of Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours with a 2m03.107s in his Porsche 963 LMDh regardless of a late enchancment from the Ganassi-run Cadillac V-Sequence.R LMDh within the fingers of Alex Lynn.
The Briton ended up simply eight hundredths shy of the Porsche with a 2m03.115s.
Porsches took place 4 to 6 on the grid, the privateer 963s from Proton Competitors and Jota edging out the second manufacturing unit Porsche Penske Motorsport entry.
Julien Andlauer’s 2m03.314s within the Proton automobile gave him a margin of seven hundredths over Callum Ilott’s 2m03.384s in the very best of Jota vehicles, with Kevin Estre within the works entry an extra sixth hundredths in arrears on 2m03.448s.
Brendon Hartley took seventh in the one Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMH to make it by way of to Hyperpole.
Charles Milesi took eighth within the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh, whereas Robert Kubica and Robin Frijns rounded out the highest 10 of their respective Ferrari and BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh Hypercar class entries.
The highest 13 vehicles within the first spherical of qualifying lasting quarter-hour have been coated by lower than a second.
Among the many casualties from the opening interval have been Le Mans 24 Hours winner James Calado within the #51 Ferrari.
His trailed team-mate Fuoco by half a second on the best way to eleventh place, leaving him one place shy of a spot in Hyperpole.
Bovy places Iron Dames Lamborghini on LMGT3 pole
#85 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2: Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting
Photograph by: Marco Losi / KAPPAEMEDIA
Sarah Bovy took her first LMGT3 pole place of the season for the Iron Dames squad.
She posted two laps ok for pole aboard the Iron Lynx-run Lamborghini Huracan LM3 EVO2, her better of 2m20.755s giving her a margin of four-tenths over United Autosports McLaren driver Josh Caygill.
The Briton acquired right down to a 2m21.092s aboard his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo to finish up simply 4 hundredths up on Ahmad Al Harthy within the quickest of the WRT BMW M4 GT3s.
Yasser Shahin took fourth for the Manthey EMA Porsche squad forward of James Cottingham and Ian James of their respective United Autosports McLaren and Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 entries.
The 12-minute Hyperpole session for the LMGT3 vehicles was interrupted when Aliaksandr Malykhin crashed closely at Raidillon within the Manthey PureRxcing Porsche.
The Belarusian misplaced the 911 RSR within the righthander on the quick sequence and hit the obstacles backwards.
The British-based driver managed to get out of the automobile unaided earlier than his switch to the circuit medical centre.
David Leung, a part of the successful LMGT3 line-up final outing at Imola, didn’t make it by way of to the Hyperpole session, the Briton ending up thirteenth within the instances.
The Spa 6 Hours, spherical three of the 2024 WEC, begins at 13:00 native time on Saturday.