Ahead of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS final, Boutsen VDS with their #2 Porsche 911 GT3 claimed overall pole position, topping the timing sheets through every session with their drivers Morris Schuring, Alessio Picariello and Dorian Boccolacci. One tenth behind them, the #17 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Team GetSpeed starts alongside them on the front row, followed by the #80 Lionspeed Porsche, who are out of the running for any chance of still winning the overall drivers’ title after Winward Racing, with their #48 line-up, successfully appealed their possible disqualification from the second Sprint race in Misano.

Overall & Pro Cup Top 5

  1. #2 Boutsen VDS Porsche 911 GT3 (Schuring / Boccolacci / Picariello) – 1:42.071
  2. #17 Team GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Aron / Götz / Schiller) – +0.108s
  3. #80 Lionspeed Porsche 911 GT3 R (Feller / Preining / Buus) – +0.179s
  4. #64 HRT Ford Mustang GT3 (Maini / Scherer / Drouet) – +0.181s
  5. #50 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 (Costa / Leclerc / Wadoux) – +0.208s

Gold Cup Top 5

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In Gold Cup, the #71 Danish line-up of Selected Car Racing with their Ferrari 296 GT3 will start from first, with the #58 Garage 59 crew finishing two tenths behind them, as the #10 Boutsen VDS rounds off the top three.

  1. #71 Selected Car Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 (Schandorff / Ebdrup / Birch)
  2. #58 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO (Fleming / Prette / Goethe) – +0.189s
  3. #10 Boutsen VDS Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Magnus / Knutsson / Ghiretti) – +0.200s
  4. #99 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II (Pereira / Frassineti / Aka) – +0.327s
  5. #96 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 (Niederhauser / Mapelli / Engstler) – +0.462s

Silver Cup Top 5

In Silver Cup, the HRT #65 Ford Mustang, after finishing third overall in Free Practice 2, kept their strong form going and will start first in their class. The champions of the #30 WRT crew follow in second despite Matisse Lismont topping Q2, with Tresor Attempto rounding off the top three, after Audi looked strong in all practice sessions, with their #66 line-up.

  1. #65 HRT Ford Mustang GT3 (Oosten / Baert / Coseteng)
  2. #30 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO (Cordeel / Lismont / Montenegro) – +0.058s
  3. #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II (Øgaard / Mazzola / Levi) – +0.325s
  4. #6 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Bartone / Panis / Gazeau) – +0.376s
  5. #23 CSA Racing McLaren 720S GT3 EVO (Fitz-Simon / Lynn / Dörr) – +0.419s

In between the first- and second-placed cars will start the highly anticipated #3 2Seas Motorsport Verstappen Racing Team in 15th place overall after facing issues with traffic in qualifying.

Bronze Cup Top 5

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In Bronze Cup, the gaps between the top three were within one tenth, but Paradine Competition with their #991 BMW M4 GT3 will start tomorrow’s final from pole position in their class.

  1. #991 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 (Kellett / De Leung / De Haan) – Pole
  2. #87 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Piana / Salikhov / Dienst) – +0.051s
  3. #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 (Blattner / Patrese / Marschall) – +0.052s
  4. #42 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 (Sagrera / Al Harthy / Williams) – +0.152s
  5. #269 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (Moritz / Rennhofer / Bachler) – +0.204s