The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley took pole position with 1m55.793s average.
The sister car #2, driven by Marc Lieb and Neel Jani, took runner up spot to secure a front row lock out.
Toyota took third after close battle with Audi. The #6 TS 050 of Kobayashi and Sarrazin beat the #8 Audi by just 0.018s.
The ByKolles collision with #44 Manor ORECA saw a brief red flag as bodywork was left on track.
In the LMP1 Privateer class, #13 Rebellion Racing car was fastest.
The LMP2 pole was taken by G-Drive Racing ORECA 05 as Rusinov and Rast set 2m07.363s average, with Signatech Alpine starting second after Menezes and Lapierre qualify #36 A460-Nissan.
Bird and Rigon take their second consecutive LMGTE Pro class pole in #71 AF Corse Ferrari 488GTE with combined average of 2m17.644s. Bruni and Calado make it an AF Corse 1-2 in #51 Ferrari 488GTE.
Aston Martin took the LMGTE am pole as Dalla Lana and Lamy set a dominant pole lap in #98 V8 Vantage. The #83 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia driven by Perrodo and Aguas will start second.
Tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race is scheduled to begin at 14.30 local time.
LMP results
1 1 LMP1 Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEY Porsche 919 Hybrid M 1:55.691 1:55.895 2 1’55.793
2 2 LMP1 Romain DUMAS, Neel JANI, Marc LIEB Porsche 919 Hybrid M 1:56.237 1:56.943 2 1’56.590 +0.797
3 6 LMP1 Stéphane SARRAZIN, Mike CONWAY, Kamui KOBAYASHI Toyota TS050 – Hybrid M 1:57.778 1:57.619 2 1’57.698 +1.905
4 8 LMP1 Lucas DI GRASSI, Loïc DUVAL, Oliver JARVIS Audi R18 M 1:57.422 1:58.010 2 1’57.716 +1.923
5 5 LMP1 Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Kazuki NAKAJIMA Toyota TS050 – Hybrid M 1:57.922 1:57.579 2 1’57.750 +1.957
6 7 LMP1 Marcel FÄSSLER, André LOTTERER, Benoît TRÉLUYER Audi R18 M 1:57.340 1:58.490 2 1’57.915 +2.122
7 13 LMP1 Mathéo TUSCHER, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Alexandre IMPERATORI Rebellion R-One – AER D 2:01.534 2:01.561 2 2’01.547 +5.754
8 12 LMP1 Nicolas PROST, Nelson PIQUET JR, Nick HEIDFELD Rebellion R-One – AER D 2:03.049 2:01.204 2 2’02.126 +6.333
9 4 LMP1 Simon TRUMMER, Oliver WEBB, James ROSSITER CLM P1/01 – AER D 2:03.305 2:03.837 2 2’03.571 +7.778
10 26 LMP2 Roman RUSINOV, Nathanaël BERTHON, René RAST Oreca 05 – Nissan D 2:07.979 2:06.748 2 2’07.363 +11.570
11 36 LMP2 Gustavo MENEZES, Nicolas LAPIERRE, Stéphane RICHELMI Alpine A460 – Nissan D 2:07.920 2:07.725 2 2’07.822 +12.029
12 45 LMP2 Matthew RAO, Richard BRADLEY, Roberto MERHI Oreca 05 – Nissan D 2:07.351 2:08.722 2 2’08.036 +12.243
13 38 LMP2 Simon DOLAN, Giedo VAN DER GARDE, Jake DENNIS Gibson 015S – Nissan D 2:09.534 2:07.581 2 2’08.557 +12.764
14 44 LMP2 Tor GRAVES, Will STEVENS, James JAKES Oreca 05 – Nissan D 2:08.519 2:09.268 2 2’08.893 +13.100
15 43 LMP2 Ricardo GONZALEZ, Filipe ALBUQUERQUE, Bruno SENNA LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan D 2:08.315 2:09.936 2 2’09.125 +13.332
16 37 LMP2 Vitaly PETROV, Kirill LADYGIN, Victor SHAYTAR BR01 – Nissan D 2:09.734 2:09.157 2 2’09.445 +13.652
17 31 LMP2 Ryan DALZIEL, Luis Felipe DERANI, Christopher CUMMING LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan D 2:08.104 2:11.099 2 2’09.601 +13.808
18 27 LMP2 Nicolas MINASSIAN, Maurizio MEDIANI, Devi MARKOZOV BR01 – Nissan D 2:09.908 2:09.343 2 2’09.625 +13.832
19 35 LMP2 David CHENG, Ho-Pin TUNG, Nelson PANCIATICI Alpine A460 – Nissan D 2:08.090 2:12.370 2 2’10.230 +14.437
20 42 LMP2 Nick LEVENTIS, Danny WATTS, Jonny KANE Gibson 015S – Nissan D 2:08.821 2:13.500 2 2’11.160 +15.367
21 30 LMP2 Scott SHARP, Ed BROWN, Johannes VAN OVERBEEK LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan D 2:11.126 2:16.290 2 2’13.708 +17.915
GTE results
1 71 LMGTE Pro Davide RIGON, Sam BIRD, Ferrari 488 GTE M 2:17.632 2:17.657 2 2’17.644
2 51 LMGTE Pro Gianmaria BRUNI, James CALADO, Ferrari 488 GTE M 2:18.087 2:17.835 2 2’17.961 +0.317
3 97 LMGTE Pro Richie STANAWAY, Fernando REES, Jonathan ADAM Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 2:17.889 2:18.086 2 2’17.987 +0.343
4 66 LMGTE Pro Billy JOHNSON, Stefan MÜCKE, Olivier PLA Ford GT M 2:18.598 2:18.163 2 2’18.380 +0.736
5 67 LMGTE Pro Marino FRANCHITTI, Andy PRIAULX, Harry TINCKNELL Ford GT M 2:18.209 2:18.627 2 2’18.418 +0.774
6 95 LMGTE Pro Nicki THIIM, Marco SØRENSEN, Darren TURNER Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 2:19.030 2:18.448 2 2’18.739 +1.095
7 77 LMGTE Pro Richard LIETZ, Michael CHRISTENSEN, Porsche 911 RSR (2016) M 2:19.602 2:20.471 2 2’20.036 +2.392
8 98 LMGTE Am Paul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY, Mathias LAUDA Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 2:19.158 2:21.545 2 2’20.351 +2.707
9 83 LMGTE Am François PERRODO, Emmanuel COLLARD, Rui AGUAS Ferrari F458 Italia M 2:19.784 2:24.621 2 2’22.202 +4.558
10 88 LMGTE Am Khaled AL QUBAISI, David HEINEMEIER HANSSON, Patrick LONG Porsche 911 RSR M 2:20.591 2:23.840 2 2’22.215 +4.571
11 50 LMGTE Am Yutaka YAMAGISHI, Pierre RAGUES, Paolo RUBERTI Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 M 2:19.340 2:26.092 2 2’22.716 +5.072
12 86 LMGTE Am Michael WAINWRIGHT, Adam CARROLL, Ben BARKER Porsche 911 RSR M 2:20.296 2:25.561 2 2’22.928 +5.284
13 78 LMGTE Am Christian RIED, Wolf HENZLER, Joël CAMATHIAS Porsche 911 RSR M 2:21.153 2:25.480 2 2’23.316 +5.672 by Melissa Warren
