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Audi can fight second Porsche at Spa, says Jarvis
Audi driver Oliver Jarvis says the #1 Porsche will be difficult to beat in the WEC 6 Hours of Spa, but is confident of taking the fight to the #2 car.
Jamie Klein
Edited: May 7, 2016, 7:09 AM
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Porsche swept the front row during qualifying in Belgium as the #1 car took a convincing pole, with the #8 Audi fractionally losing out to the best of the Toyotas in the fight to be best of the rest.
It means the #8 car starts fourth on the grid, and while Jarvis expects the #1 Porsche’s domination to continue in the race, he says the #2 – which was eight tenths adrift in qualifying – could be within reach.
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“We’ve seen before Porsche have a big advantage in qualifying, and yet we’ve managed to take the race to them,” Jarvis told Motorsport.com.
“That said, certainly the #1 Porsche looks extremely strong. Without any issues, they’ll be tough to beat, but the #2 Porsche had a similar long-run pace to ours.
“So there’s a chance to fight them, but let’s not discount Toyota either. They’re looking good and it’s going to be really close between all of us.”
Straight fight
Andre Lotterer, who qualified sixth in the #7 Audi, also warned that the Ingolstadt marque will not be able to rely upon superior fuel efficiency to come out on top against Porsche.
“Here it’s not like Silverstone, where Porsche could have gotten rid of one pitstop,” explained the German to Motorsport.com.
“They had a small splash, and then a big splash they could have gotten rid of, then it changed with the safety car and full-course yellow.
“Here we should have the same amount of stops, so it's going to be purely down to average pace, so we need to be faster.”
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