Qualifying report
European Le Mans Spielberg
Spielberg ELMS: Chatin edges Beche in qualifying
Paul-Loup Chatin took the European Le Mans Series pole position at Spielberg by half a tenth as Panis-Barthez Competition swept both LMP2 and LMP3 qualifying sessions.
David Gruz
Edited: Jul 16, 2016, 2:43 PM
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The practice-topping #05 Thiriet by TDS Racing in the hands of Mathias Beche led early in the session, but Chatin soon lowered the benchmark time with his 1m20.700s effort to claim the pole.
The championship leader G-Drive entry of Harry Tincknell took third, with French duo Tristan Gommendy and Nicolas Lapierre completing the top five.
Simon Gachet was quickest in the LMP3 qualifying, beating Wayne Boyd with a time set after the chequeered flag.
The #3 United Autosports car ended up second as Boyd failed to improve on his final lap, with David Droux and Matthieu Lahaye filling the second row.
EuroInternational's Giorgio Mondini took fifth, having been narrowly beaten by Lahaye.
Matteo Cairoli controlled the LMGTE category to score a pole position on his ELMS debut for the #88 Protono Competition Porsche, ahead of four Ferraris.
Cairoli led most of the session and, despite being temporarily demoted by Andrea Bertolini, he reclaimed first place with a last-minute flyer.
Bertolini, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Marco Cioci completed an all-Italian top four with Matt Griffin securing fifth.
Qualifying results:
Pos#DriverCarLapsTimeGap 1 23 
Paul-Loup Chatin
Fabien Barthez
Timothé Buret Ligier JS P2 7 1'20.700 2 46 
Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet
Ryo Hirakama Oreca 05 8 1'20.753 0.053 3 38 
Giedo van der Garde
Simon Dolan
Harry Tincknell Gibson 015S 8 1'20.826 0.126 4 33 Tristan Gommendy
Pu Jun Jin
Nick de Bruijn Oreca 05 6 1'20.927 0.227 5 21 Nicolas Lapierre
Henrik Hedman
Ben Hanley Oreca 05 7 1'20.956 0.256 6 40 Olivier Pla
Tracy Krohn
Nic Jonsson Ligier JS P2 7 1'21.297 0.597 7 25 Michael Munemann
Chris Hoy
Jonathan Hirschi Ligier JS P2 7 1'21.325 0.625 8 32 
Andreas Wirth
Stefano Coletti
Julian Leal BR 01 7 1'21.750 1.050 9 41 Julien Canal
Jakub Giermaziak
Memo Rojas Ligier JS P2 8 1'22.026 1.326 10 48 
Sean Doyle
Karun Chandhok
Guglielmo Belotti Oreca 03R 7 1'22.359 1.659 11 29 Leo Roussel
Inès Taittinger
Remy Striebig Morgan 7 1'22.872 2.172 12 16 Eric Debard
Valentin Moineault
Simon Gachet Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.126 5.426 13 3 Mark Patterson
Matthew Bell
Wayne Boyd Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.283 5.583 14 19 David Hallyday
David Droux
Dino Lunardi Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.394 5.694 15 17 Jean Baptiste Lahaye
François Heriau
Matthieu Lahaye Ligier JS P3 4 1'26.547 5.847 16 11 Giorgio Mondini
Andrea Roda
Marco Jacoboni Ligier JS P3 8 1'26.580 5.880 17 9 Eric Trouillet
Paul Petit
Enzo Guibbert Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.630 5.930 18 18 Thomas Laurent
Yann Ehrlacher
Alexandre Cougnaud Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.671 5.971 19 2 Alex Brundle
Mike Guasch
Christian England Ligier JS P3 7 1'26.760 6.060 20 10 Sean Rayhall
John Falb
Enzo Potolicchio Ligier JS P3 8 1'26.980 6.280 21 5 Tom Jackson
Alvaro Fontes
Jesus Fuster Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.008 6.308 22 12 
Roman Rusinov
Andrea Dromedari
Fabio Mancini Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.018 6.318 23 6 Terrence Woodward
Ross Kaiser
James Swift Ligier JS P3 8 1'27.076 6.376 24 13 Jakub Smiechowski
Jens Petersen Ligier JS P3 8 1'27.502 6.802 25 7 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Niccolo Schiro Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.526 6.826 26 88 Gianluca Roda
Christian Ried
Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 RSR 991 5 1'27.652 6.952 27 66 Andrea Bertolini
Robert Smith
Rory Butcher Ferrari F458 Italia 7 1'27.773 7.073 28 56 Davide Rigon
Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.
Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. Ferrari F458 Italia 6 1'27.819 7.119 29 15 
Morten Dons
Osman Yusuf Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.901 7.201 30 24 Jacques Nicolet
Pierre Nicolet Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.924 7.224 31 20 Romain Iannetta
Maxime Pialat
Eric Clement Ligier JS P3 8 1'27.927 7.227 32 4 Jean-Marc Merlin
Erik Maris Ligier JS P3 7 1'27.954 7.254 33 51 
Rui Aguas
Marco Cioci
Piergiuseppe Perazzini Ferrari F458 Italia 6 1'28.100 7.400 34 55 Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott Ferrari F458 Italia 7 1'28.239 7.539 35 99 Darren Turner
Alex MacDowall
Andrew Howard Aston Martin V8 Vantage 7 1'28.240 7.540 36 8 Marcello Marateotto
Giorgio Maggi
Bert Longin Ligier JS P3 2 1'28.642 7.942 37 77 Wolf Henzler
Robert Renauer
Mike Hedlund Porsche 911 RSR 991 6 1'28.705 8.005 38 60 
Christina Nielsen
Johnny Laursen
Mikkel Mac Ferrari F458 Italia 7 1'28.738 8.038
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