Hamon top seed as Gruber fastest in final practice
Serpent’s Jeff Hamon is the top seed for qualifying at the 1:8 GT World Championship in Australia but it was Hong Nor’s Toni Gruber who concluded practice with the fastest time for the fourth round. With drivers best two point scores from the four rounds to count, Hamon, having topped the opening two rounds, will carry the No.1 in the top heat of qualifying. With yesterday very much a Serpent stronghold with Gabriele Paloschi topping the third run as the manufacturer held the Top 3 overnight in seeding, Gruber this morning put in a blistering run setting a time of 54.504. While some opted for new tyres to bolster their points tally and get a better heat for qualifying, behind Gruber Genius Racing’s Alex D’angelo had a good run to the second fastest time ahead of Serpent’s Andrea Catanzani. While Hamon tried a different set-up, that clearly didn’t work, reigning World Champion Joern Neumann managed a competitive run taking his Sworkz to the fourth fastest time to end up 8th in the final seeding.
