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WEC Qatar: Campbell Porsche beats Toyota’s de Vries to pole, Corvette tops LMGT3
In the Hyperpole session, Campbell secured the pole position in the WEC for the first time in the LMDh car category by driving the #5 Porsche to a time of 1m39.347s, edging out Nyck de Vries in the Toyota GR010 HYBRID. Callum Ilott and the #12 Jota Porsche took the third spot, followed by Antonio Fuoco in the #50 Ferrari and Kevin Estre in the second Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. Peugeot’s Jean-Eric Vergne and Cadillac’s Alex Lynn rounded out the top six and seven, respectively. In LMGT3, TF Sport Chevrolet driver Tom van Rompuy clinched the pole position with a time of 1m54.372s in the #81 Chevy Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Aliaksandr Malykhin, Thomas Flohr, and Clement Mateu followed closely in the Porsche, AF Corse Ferrari, and Aston Martin, respectively. The Qatar 1812Km race, lasting no more than 10 hours, kicks off at 11:00 local time on Saturday.