Championship leader Adam Lacko claimed his second pole position of the weekend at Circuit Zolder. The Buggyra International Racing System driver initially went quickest in his Freightliner, clocking 1:57.405, and nobody was able to match his time.
Championship leader Adam Lacko claimed his second pole position of the weekend at Circuit Zolder. The Buggyra International Racing System driver initially went quickest in his Freightliner, clocking 1:57.405, and nobody was able to match his time.
Antonio Albacete (Truck Sport Lutz Bernau MAN) went second-fastest, pushing down Steffi Halm and Sascha Lenz who occupied positions two and three after the first run.
Jochen Hahn improved in his second run and managed to break into the top three after his late lap.
Crucially for the reigning champion, the Team Hahn Racing Iveco driver will start three places ahead of Norbert Kiss, his main rival in the battle for second in the championship. Hahn will have his compatriot Steffi Halm in her Reinert Racing MAN for company on row two of the grid.
Sascha Lenz extracted yet another strong qualifying run in his SL Trucksport MAN and will start fifth. Lacko’s team-mate David Vršecký, in the second of the Freightliners, starts alongside him.
José Rodrigues (Reboconorte MAN), who leads the Promoter’s Cup standings, went quickest amongst the category runners, keeping his main opponent André Kursim at bay. The Team Tankpool 24 Racing driver will, however, start three places further down the order. That is due to a penalty applied for cutting a corner and gaining an advantage in yesterday's race three.
The Top 10 was rounded out by Frenchman Thomas Robineau in his MAN, who will eventually inherit ninth on the grid and will be joined by Jose Teodosio in the VRT Renault on row five.
Erwin Kleinnagelvoort is due to start 11th, ahead of Kursim and Jose Eduardo Rodrigues in the second of the Reboconorte MANs. The Dutchman, however, suffered a failure in the earlier Timed Practice and his participation in the race is uncertain.
Timed Practice
Yesterday’s race one winner, Norbert Kiss, went quickest in the Timed Practice The Tankpool24 Racing driver clocked 1:58.696, half a second clear off Adam Lacko.
Sascha Lenz went into the session on the back of a podium-finish achieved yesterday and continued to shine, completing the top three in his self-run SL Trucksport MAN truck. Steffi Halm went fourth quickest, with Jochen Hahn one place behind.
José Rodrigues led the way in the Promoter's Cup by achieving sixth-fastest overall, one place ahead of his team-mate Antonio Albacete, who only made it to the top ten thanks to last-minute run.
Thomas Robineau was an excellent second amongst Promoter’s Cup runners in eight, despite having one of his times cancelled.
David Vršecký and André Kursim were the last to be qualified to the Super Pole session, with Gerd Körber missing out after he had his time cancelled due to exceeding track limits.
José Teodosio (VRT Renault), Erwin Kleinnagelvoort (Scania) and José Eduardo Rodrigues (Reboconorte MAN) failed to go through.