Gruber TQ’s opening qualifier at GT Worlds
Having laid down his intentions with the fastest time in this morning’s final practice, Hong Nor’s Toni Gruber delivered a TQ run in the opening round of qualifying at the 1:8 GT World Championship in Sydney. Despite run time for the 7-minute qualifiers a concern for everyone, the early pace was blistering and drivers would later pay. Gruber pushed hard by Andrea Catanzani clearly managed the situation best as extra hot temperatures today added to the challenge and his work with engine tuner Daniele Ielasi clearly paying off. A whole host of drivers came to a halt in the dying moments as they ran dry, the first of them being defending World Champion Joern Neumann. Behind Gruber it would be Alex D’angelo who was second fastest as the Genius Racing team looked to have finally found their way. Team-mate Bernard-Alain Arnaldi also had a strong Q1 securing P4 behind Top Seed Jeff Hamon who would suffer his second brakes issue of the event.
