P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Seb Priaulx took GTD Pro class pole position for Ford in their second front-row knock-out this year, ahead of tomorrow’s Detroit Grand Prix.
Seb Priaulx secured the GTD Pro class pole position for Ford at Detroit Grand Prix, marking their second front-row finish of the year.
Ford Multimatic also claimed the front row at Daytona earlier, repeating the achievement at their home race in Detroit.
The Detroit Sportscar Classic will feature the championship’s second street circuit sprint race tomorrow.
In a close battle for the top spots, Priaulx set the pace with a 1:10.922 lap time in the #64 Ford, leading Chris Mies in the #65 Ford and Jack Hawksworth in the #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus.
Neil Verhagen in the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW and Dan Harper in the #48 BMW followed closely behind, with Tommy Milner in the #4 Corvette and Pfaff Motorsport’s Andrea Caldarelli in the #9 Lamborghini rounding out the top seven.
Qualifying had its share of drama, including Antonio Garcia’s lap time being voided and Rasmus Lindh’s incident that ended his session early.
The race will begin at 15:40 ET/20:40 BST following a morning FP3 session.
