Antonio Fuoco has secured Ferrari’s third straight pole position in the headlining Hypercar category in 2025 at Spa-Francorchamps, as Akkodis ASP Team rookie Finn Gehrsitz made history for Lexus.
Hypercar
Ferrari AF Corse takes a third consecutive pole position in 2025 as Antonio Fuoco set a 1:59.617s lap to seal the top spot in the #50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P. The Prancing Horse jumped to the top again as Fuoco took the pole by 0.347s.
“To be honest, this what I love about this job, because after Imola there was so much talk going around,” Fuoco revealed. “I know my potential and I know the potential of the team, so it was just a matter of putting everything together and I think today we showed how we react. Imola was a mistake that cost us quite a lot and for sure, the pressure was on my shoulders, but I think I’ve shown it doesn’t make any difference.
“We were able to manage tyre warm-up well, which I think is where we made the difference compared to the others. The car worked really well today and I put quite a clean lap together, which was not easy in these conditions, especially as we only had one ‘push’ lap available. We know it’s going to be a long, tough race, so we just have to try to maximise it.”
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari joins the #50 car on the front-row of the grid as Robert Kubica is the only other driver to get inside the two-minute mark on a 1:59.964s best.
Making it a 1-2-3 for Ferrari is Antonio Giovinazzi in the Imola winning #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P. He set a 2m00201s best in the car that was repaired after the Italian crashed in the FP2 session on Thursday afternoon. Giovinazzi survived a late scare with a gravelly moment on the exit of Les Combes
The best non-Ferrari is the #94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 Hypercar driven by local ace Stoffel Vandoorne in the most competitive showing for the Lions in recent times.
The #12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Hypercar is fifth ahead of the #36 Alpine in sixth with Alex Lynn and Mick Schumacher setting the best laps respectively.
The rest of the top ten is made up of 7th #93 Peugeot; 8th #20 BMW; 9th #35 Alpine; 10th #38 Cadillac.
Porsche Penske, Aston Martin THOR and Toyota Gazoo Racing all failed to make it through the qualifying period into the Hyperpole session.
LMGT3
Finn Gehrsitz took a brilliant pole position for the LMGT3 class after hooking up an excellent lap of 2:17.732s in the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus. The young German took his first ever WEC pole position and the maiden top spot for Akkodis ASP in the WEC. Getting the car through in to the LMGT3 Hyperpole session was Arnold Robin.
“My experience is not that high compared to many other drivers here,” acknowledged Gehrsitz, “but preparation was definitely the key and I think the result was down to the perfect combination of car, team and drivers. I didn’t expect this so early, but I’m super-happy to be on pole and to see how we are getting better from race-to-race.”
Gehrsitz’s early Hyperpole time was attacked by several competitors in the final moments of the session but held on for pole.
Joining Lexus on the front row of the grid will be the #10 Racing Spirit of LeMan Aston Martin as Edoardo Barrichello got within 0.276s of the pole time.
The #77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang LMGT3 was third as Ben Tuck snatched a late quick lap to claim the team’s best qualifying of the season.
Lining up fourth behind the Lexus, Spirit of LeMan Aston and the sister #77 Proton entered Mustang, will be the #88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang, as Stefano Gattuso qualified and Giammarco Levorato completed a strong lap in the Hyperpole session.
Aston Martins will start second and fifth as the Heart of Racing car set a Hyperpole time of 2:18.314s with Zacharie Robichon setting the best time.
The #54 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari of Francesco Castellacci completes the top six.
The initial qualifying session saw an incredibly tight battle that saw the top three covered by a only 0.053s,
The #60 Iron Lynx Mercedes that was damaged in FP2 on Thursday ended the qualifying session at the back of the 36 car grid despite the herculean job by the team.
The #85 Iron Dames Porsche, with drivers Celia Martin, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting will start overall in 31st and in 13th in the LMGT3 class.
Qualifying results
1 50 1:59.617 Ferrari AF Corse HYPERCAR Ferrari 499P
Antonio FUOCO Miguel MOLINA Nicklas NIELSEN
2 83 1:59.964 AF Corse HYPERCAR Ferrari 499P
Robert KUBICA Yifei YE Philip HANSON
3 51 2:00.201 Ferrari AF Corse HYPERCAR Ferrari 499P
Alessandro PIER GUIDI James CALADO Antonio GIOVINAZZI
4 94 2:00.218 Peugeot TotalEnergies HYPERCAR Peugeot 9X8
Loïc DUVAL Malthe JAKOBSEN Stoffel VANDOORNE
5 12 2:00.246 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR Cadillac V-Series.R
Alex LYNN Norman NATO Will STEVENS
6 36 2:00.368 Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR Alpine A424
Jules GOUNON Frédéric MAKOWIECKI Mick SCHUMACHER
7 93 2:00.440 Peugeot TotalEnergies HYPERCAR Peugeot 9X8
Paul DI RESTA Mikkel JENSEN Jean-Eric VERGNE
8 20 2:00.456 BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR BMW M Hybrid V8
Robin FRIJNS René RAST
9 35 2:00.763 Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR Alpine A424
Paul-Loup CHATIN Ferdinand HABSBURG Charles MILESI
10 38 2:00.887 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR Cadillac V-Series.R
Earl BAMBER Sébastien BOURDAIS Jenson BUTTON
11 15 2:01.410 BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR BMW M Hybrid V8
Kevin MAGNUSSEN Raffaele MARCIELLO
12 6 2:01.512 Porsche Penske Motorsport HYPERCAR Porsche 963
Kévin ESTRE Laurens VANTHOOR Pascal WEHRLEIN
13 5 2:01.588 Porsche Penske Motorsport HYPERCAR Porsche 963
Julien ANDLAUER Michael CHRISTENSEN Nico MÜLLER
14 99 2:01.837 Proton Competition HYPERCAR Porsche 963
Neel JANI Nicolas PINO Nicolas VARRONE
15 8 2:01.908 Toyota Gazoo Racing HYPERCAR Toyota GR010 – Hybrid
Sébastien BUEMI Brendon HARTLEY Ryo HIRAKAWA
16 7 2:01.911 Toyota Gazoo Racing HYPERCAR Toyota GR010 – Hybrid
Mike CONWAY Kamui KOBAYASHI Nyck DE VRIES
17 7 2:02.282 Aston Martin Thor Team HYPERCAR Aston Martin Valkyrie
Harry TINCKNELL Tom GAMBLE
18 9 2:02.403 Aston Martin Thor Team HYPERCAR Aston Martin Valkyrie
Alex RIBERAS Marco SORENSEN
19 78 2:17.732 Akkodis ASP Team LMGT3 Lexus RC F LMGT3
Arnold ROBIN Finn GEHRSITZ Yuichi NAKAYAMA
20 10 2:18.008 Racing Spirit of Leman LMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3
Derek DEBOER Eduardo BARRICHELLO Valentin HASSE CLOT
21 77 2:18.016 Proton Competition LMGT3 Ford Mustang LMGT3
Bernardo SOUSA Ben TUCK Benjamin BARKER
22 88 2:18.229 Proton Competition LMGT3 Ford Mustang LMGT3
Stefano GATTUSO Giammarco LEVORATO Dennis OLSEN
23 54 2:18.288 Vista AF Corse LMGT3 Ferrari 296 LMGT3
Thomas FLOHR Francesco CASTELLACCI Davide RIGON
24 27 2:18.314 Heart of Racing Team LMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3
Ian JAMES Zacharie ROBICHON Mattia DRUDI
25 21 2:18.456 Vista AF Corse LMGT3 Ferrari 296 LMGT3
François HERIAU Simon MANN Alessio ROVERA
26 92 2:18.917 Manthey 1ST Phorm LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3
Ryan HARDWICK Riccardo PERA Richard LIETZ
27 46 2:19.753 Team WRT LMGT3 BMW M4 LMGT3
Ahmad AL HARTHY Valentino ROSSI Kelvin VAN DER LINDE
28 87 Akkodis ASP Team LMGT3 Lexus RC F LMGT3
Petru UMBRARESCU Clemens SCHMID Jose Maria LOPEZ
29 81 2:20.215 TF Sport LMGT3 Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R
Tom VAN ROMPUY Rui ANDRADE Charlie EASTWOOD
30 31 2:20.252 The Bend Team WRT LMGT3 BMW M4 LMGT3
Yasser SHAHIN Timur BOGUSLAVSKIY Augusto FARFUS
31 85 2:20.320 Iron Dames LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3
Celia MARTIN Rahel FREY Michelle GATTING
32 95 2:20.482 United Autosports LMGT3 McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo
Darren LEUNG Sean GELAEL Marino SATO
33 61 2:20.539 Iron Lynx LMGT3 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 Martin
BERRY Lin HODENIUS Maxime MARTIN
34 59 2:20.857 United Autosports LMGT3 McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo
James COTTINGHAM Sébastien BAUD Grégoire SAUCY
35 33 2:21.184 TF Sport LMGT3 Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R
Ben KEATING Jonny EDGAR Daniel JUNCADELLA
36 60 2:25.211 Iron Lynx LMGT3 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3
Stephen GROVE Brenton GROVE Matteo CAIROLI By Melissa Warren
