Glickenhaus Racing has reached a major milestone in the FIA World Endurance Championship since the creation of the Hypercar class. The American team has just secured its first pole position. Olivier Pla proved fastest during qualifying at this coming weekend's TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, second round of the 2022 season. Pla's time of 2:02.771 was two-tenths of a second quicker than that clocked by Mathieu Vaxivière at the wheel of Alpine Elf Team's #36 Alpine A480-Gibson. Kamui Kobayashi placed the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid in third position with a time of 2:03.087.

Pla's teammate Luis Felipe Derani: "We are thrilled and with this great result for Glickenhaus. But, we're headed into a long race tomorrow. We will take the opportunity to learn and improve."

Who would take the pole in the LMGTE Pro class, Porsche, Ferrari or Corvette Racing? The two 911 RSR-19s entered by Porsche GT Team immediately beat out the #64 Corvette C8.R and AF Corse's two Ferrari 488 GTE Evos. After a final push, Gianmaria Bruni placed the #91 Porsche in pole position ahead of the #92 with only a tenth of a second lead. Richard Lietz: "Gianmaria delivered a perfect performance. It only takes a lap to get pole position. The car has done well since the first free practice." Nick Tandy with Corvette spared no effort in his attempt to clock the best time, but the 2015 24 Hours winner with Porsche qualified in third position.

The LMGTE Pro class top 3:

1. #91 Porsche 911 RSR-19 – Gianmaria Bruni – 2:14.301
2. #92 Porsche 911 RSR – Michael Christensen – 2:14.481
3. #64 Corvette C8.R – Nick Tandy – 2:14.606

The battle for the pole was equally intense in the LMP2 class, evidenced by a top 10 all within nine-tenths of a second! Louis Delétraz (#9 ORECA 07-Gibson), Filipe Albuquerque (#22 ORECA), Robin Frijns (#31 ORECA), Will Stevens (#38 ORECA) and Norman Nato (#41 ORECA) were all contenders during qualifying. In the end, AF Corse's #83 ORECA driven by Alessio Rovera triumphed. The Italian driver clinched the pole in a time of 2:04.246. Alessio Rovera: "It was an intense session. We worked very hard during the free practice. My time was incredible. The team did exceptional work with this car."

The LMP2 class top 3:

1. #83 ORECA 07-Gibson – Alessio Rovera – 2:04.246
2. #31 ORECA 07-Gibson – Robin Frijns – 2:04.290
3. #22 ORECA 07-Gibson – Filipe Albuquerque – 2:04.451

In LMGTE Am, Ben Keating (#33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR) was fastest initially, but then Sathoshi Hoshino (#777 Aston Martin) and Paul Dalla Lana (#98 Aston Martin) battled it out for pole position. But at the end of the session, Keating retook the lead. Two Aston Martins now figure on the first row with Team Project 1's #56 Porsche 911 RSR slipping into third position.

The LMGTE Am class top 3:

1. #33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR – Ben Keating – 2:17.408
2. #98 Aston Martin Vantage AMR – Paul Dalla Lana – 2:18.912
3. #56 Porsche 911 RSR-19 – Brendan Iribe – 2:19.700