Og så er det i indledningen så godt som afsløret. Christina Nielsen og Christoffer Nygaard skal sammen med de to andre i TRG-AMR bilen med #007 starte på pole, ikke i løbet men i GTD klassen. De to første træningssesions der blev kørt inden kvalifikationen i aftes dansk tid, indikerede måske at der kunne være en god startplacering i vente, men nok ikke at det skulle blive pole. Det var selvfølgelig et håb. Nu venter der 24 timer forude startende lørdag 20,10 dansk tid.

Teamet med James Bond nummer og look starter på pole i GTD klassen
(Foto: TRG AMR)

Samme succes havde bil #3 i GTLM klassen ikke. Jan Magnussen, Ryan Briscoe og Antonio Garcia må finde sig at skal starte som nummer 5 i GTLM klassen. De kan til gengæld glæde sig over at søsterbilen fra Corvette Racing er på pole i denne klasse.

Det blev til startplacering som nummer 5 for Corvette #3
(Foto: janmagnussen.dk)

Værre var det med Patrón ESM bilen med bl.a. David Heinemeier Hansson. Det blev nødvendigt med et motorskifte efter den træningen inden kvalifikationen. De er dog med i hvert fald fredagens træning, de er med i løbet, men starter bagerst.

De er dog alle med i løbet, og har 24 timer til at forbedre den ikke så gode startplacering

Resultatet fra kvalifikationen:

Pl	#	Kl	Team	Kørere	Bil	Motor	Tid
1	60	P	Michael Shank Racing	John Pew Ozz Negri Jr AJ Allmendinger Matt McMurry	Ligier JS PS2	Honda HPD	1:39.194
2	02	P	Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray	Riley DP	Ford EcoBoost	1:39.302
3	01	P	Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Pruett Joey Hand Charlie Kimball Sage Karam	Riley DP	Ford EcoBoost	1:39.309
4	5	P	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sebastien Bourdais	Corvette DP	Chevrolet	1:39.568
5	0	P	DeltaWing Racing	Memo Rojas Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves Andy Meyrick	DeltaWing DWC13	Elan	1:39.625
6	57	P	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Olivier Pla Nic Jonsson Alex Brundle	Ligier JS PS2	Judd	1:39.683
7	10	P	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Corvette DP	Chevrolet	1:39.888
8	7	P	Starworks Motorsport	Brendon Hartley Rubens Barrichello Ryan Hunter-Reay Tor Graves Scott Mayer	Riley DP	BMW Power	1:40.260
9	31	P	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran Dane Cameron Max Papis Phil Keen	Corvette DP	Chevrolet	1:40.322
10	90	P	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Richard Westbrook Michael Valiante Mike Rockenfeller	Corvette DP	Chevrolet	1:40.330
11	66	P	RG Racing	Robert Gewirtz Shane Lewis Mark Kvamme David Cheng	Riley DP	BMW Power	1:42.070
12	16	PC	BAR1 Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Tomy Drissi Brian Alder Martin Plowman	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:42.318
13	2	P	Tequila Patron ESM	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Honda HPD ARX	Honda	1:42.390
14	54	PC	CORE autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Mark Wilkins James Gue	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:42.498
15	52	PC	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch Andrew Novich Andrew Palmer Tom Kimber-Smith	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:42.829
16	8	PC	Starworks Motorsport	Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Alex Popow Mike Hedlund Filipe Albuquerque	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:43.322
17	61	PC	BAR1 Motorsports	Martin Plowman Marc Drumwright Ivo Breukers Shelby Blackstock	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:43.442
18	4	GTLM	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Simon Pagenaud	Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet	1:43.488
19	85	PC	JDC/Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Rusty Mitchell	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:43.514
20	70	P	SpeedSource	Jonathan Bomarito Tristan Nunez James Hinchcliffe Sylvain Tremblay	Mazda	Mazda	1:43.782
21	51	GTLM	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F458 Italia	Ferrari	1:43.830
22	98	GTLM	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Matthias Lauda	AM Vantage V8	Aston Martin	1:43.960
23	24	GTLM	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Lucas Luhr Jens Klingmann Graham Rahal	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW	1:43.966
24	3	GTLM	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Ryan Briscoe	Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet	1:43.976
25	62	GTLM	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer Davide Rigon Giancarlo Fisichella Olivier Beretta	Ferrari F458 Italia	Ferrari	1:43.986
26	11	PC	RSR Racing	Chris Cumming Bruno Junqueira Jack Hawksworth Gustavo Menezes	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:43.992
27	25	GTLM	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW	1:44.024
28	911	GTLM	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche	1:44.082
29	50	P	Highway To Help	Jim Pace Bryon DeFoor David Hinton Dorsey Schroeder	Riley DP	BMW Power	1:44.423
30	17	GTLM	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Patrick Long	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche	1:44.465
31	38	PC	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Jerome Mee James Vance Sean Johnston	ORECA FLM09	Chevrolet	1:44.473
32	912	GTLM	Porsche North America	Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche	1:44.759
33	007	GTD	TRG-AMR	Christina Nielsen James Davison Christoffer Nygaard Brandon Davis	AM V12 Vantage	Aston Martin	1:47.272
34	07	P	SpeedSource	Joel Miller Tom Long Ben Devlin Sylvain Tremblay	Mazda	Mazda	1:47.320
35	33	GTD	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Al Carter Marc Goosens Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Dodge Viper SRT	Viper V10	1:47.424
36	28	GTD	Konrad Motorsport	Klaus Bachler Christopher Zoechling Christian Engelhart Lance Willsey Rolf Ineichen	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:47.451
37	58	GTD	Wright Motorsports	Madison Snow Jan Heylen Patrick Dempsey Philipp Eng	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:47.535
38	64	GTD	Scuderia Corsa	Francisco Longo Daniel Serra Marcos Gomes Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari	1:47.805
39	45	GTD	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Markus Winkelhock Robert Thorne Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii	Audi R8 LMS	Audi	1:47.813
40	73	GTD	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Spencer Pumpelly Jim Norman Nelson Canache Jr Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:47.860
41	44	GTD	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally Marco Seefried Martin Ragginger	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:48.099
42	63	GTD	Scuderia Corsa	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Anthony Lazzaro Jeff Segal	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari	1:48.117
43	22	GTD	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeill Leh Keen Andrew Davis Shane van Gisbergen	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:48.200
44	48	GTD	Paul Miller Racing	Christopher Haase Bryce Miller Dion von Moltke Réné Rast	Audi R8 LMS	Audi	1:48.202
45	49	GTD	AF Corse	Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo Rui Aguas Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari	1:48.614
46	23	GTD	Alex Job Racing	Ian James Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:48.683
47	19	GTD	Mühlner Motorsports	Jim Michaelian Connor De Phillippi Ricardo Flores Michael Lira	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:49.035
48	18	GTD	Mühlner Motorsports	Darryl O'Young Matteo Beretta Marc Basseng Connor De Phillippi Niki Mayr-Meinhof	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	1:49.291
49	93	GTD	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating Dominik Farnbacher Al Carter Kuno Wittmer Cameron Lawrence	Dodge Viper SRT	BMW	1:49.512
50	97	GTD	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal Markus Palttala Andy Priaulx Boris Said	BMW Z4	BMW	1:50.213
51	81	GTD	GB Autosport	Damien Faulkner Kuba Giermaziak Mike Skeen Rory Butcher Michael Avenatti	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche	NT
52	1	P	Tequila Patron ESM	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson	Honda HPD ARX	Honda	NT
53	009	GTD	TRG-AMR	Derek DeBoer Max Riddle Elisio Salazar K Wilson	AM V12 Vantage	Aston Martin	NT

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