The automotive pushed by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole place in Friday afternoon’s Hyperpole session by a margin of 0.507s has misplaced all of its occasions from qualifying and can now begin from the rear of the Hypercar subject for Saturday’s 6 Hour race.
The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will now assume pole place after Matt Campbell pipped the only Chip Ganassi-run Cadillac V-Collection.R of Alex Lynn by 0.008s.
The stewards report stated: “After having checked the Technical Delegate report, the stewards thought of the minimal automotive weight didn’t adjust to the related laws.
“Consequently, the Stewards determined to impose the disqualification of automotive 50 of the qualifying and hyperpole classes and the deletion of the lap occasions of those classes.”
Fuoco had logged a greatest time of 2m02.600s to place a margin of 0.507s between himself and closest challenger Campbell.
That effort was fractionally slower than the 2m02.462s Fuoco had managed within the first qualifying session which set the highest 10 that progressed to Hyperpole.
A Ferrari assertion stated the automotive “was discovered to be round 1 kg below the minimal weight mandated by laws” and attributed the discrepancy to a brand new element fitted to the rear finish after harm was incurred in collision with one other automotive throughout FP3.
His team-mate James Calado within the #51 entry admitted that he “screwed up” as he missed the lower by 0.021s to Lynn.
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The #95 United Autosports McLaren 720S EVO has additionally misplaced its second place within the LMGT3 class for a similar infringement.
Josh Caygill had been 0.337s shy of polesitter Sarah Bovy’s Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan within the delayed Hyperpole session that was red-flagged early on following Alexander Malykhin’s crash at Raidillon.
Caygill, Nico Pino and Marino Sato may even have to begin from the again of the 18-car grid.