Having missed the last three rounds of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, Peter Kox made an impact on his return to the series on 29 July 2010 at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. The sportscar veteran stormed to pole position in the closing stages of qualifying to put the #24 Blancpain Reiter Engineering Super Trofeo race car at the head of the field for round 10 tomorrow.
In wet conditions Kox’s team-mate Marc A. Hayek started qualifying and posted fast times, putting the #24 as high as third before handing over to team-mate Kox. With three minutes remaining of the 30-minute session, the Dutch driver delivered a flying lap of 2:47.902, putting the #24 Super Trofeo race car at the top of the timesheets. He then proceeded on another charging lap, bettering his lap time to 2:46.687 as the session finished.
Black Bull Swiss Racing’s Mirko Venturi set the second fastest lap time of 2:48.542 in the #46 Super Trofeo race car. The Italian had knocked the #1 Automobili Lamborghini VIP driver Allard Kalff off the top spot with 13 minutes remaining. Dutch driver Kalff’s fastest lap time of 2:49.016 was strong enough to put his team-mate and fellow countryman Rob Kamphues on the second row of the grid for the first race of the weekend, which takes place at 11:15 (CET) on Friday 30 July.
Current Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Pro Drivers’ leader Fabio Babini set the fourth fastest lap time of 2:49.493 in the #22 MIK Corse race car, while #2 Automobili Lamborghini VIP driver John Barker completed the top five having lapped the historic circuit in 2:49.577.
“We started the season well in Hockenheim and we’re hoping to continue that way here at Spa,” said Kox. “It was a good session for us and Marc did a fantastic job, especially considering the difficulty of the track and the conditions.”
Hayek added: “Spa is fantastic! It’s probably the most interesting and most challenging track on the calendar. There is no room to try a different racing line: you have to get it right, and with the weather difficult to foresee, it is made even more of a challenge.”
Round 10 of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo takes place tomorrow at 11:15 (CET), followed by round 11 at 16:30 (CET).
Qualifying – provisional results1. Hayek/Kox (#24), Blancpain Reiter Engineering, 2:46.6872. Venturi/Maino (#46), Black Bull Swiss Racing, 2:48.0853. Kalff/Kamphues (#1), Automobili Lamborghini, 2:49.0164. Babini/Moccia (#22), MIK Corse, 2:49.4935. Green/Barker (#2), Automobili Lamborghini, 2:49.5776. Bellini (#3), Bonaldi Motorsport, 2:49.6177. Leimer C./Navarro (#63), Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Suisse, 2:49.8148. Amos (#69), Touringauto, 2:50.1879. Šťovíček (#88), Charouz-Gravity Racing, 2:57.73010. Pronk (#76), Blancpain Reiter Engineering, 2:58.03711. Leimer H./Lucas (#19), Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Suisse, 2:58.716
