Italy’s Antonio Fuoco put Ferrari at the front of the grid for the World Endurance Championship finale at Monza. His number 50 car beat Mathieu Jaminet’s Genesis by 0.096 seconds in the final qualifying session. Ferrari collected its second pole of the season, while Earl Bamber and Antonio Giovinazzi took the second row. Fuoco became the seventh different polesitter in seven rounds.
Italian driver Antonio Fuoco earned pole position for Ferrari at Monza, Italy, in qualifying for the World Endurance Championship season finale. His result put the Ferrari at the head of the grid for the six-hour race, following the last Hyperpole session of the season.[1], [2]
Fuoco led qualifying in AF Corse’s number 50 Ferrari 499P. Mathieu Jaminet, in the number 19 Genesis, finished less than a tenth of a second behind the Italian driver at the top of the timesheets. Earl Bamber’s number 38 Cadillac and Antonio Giovinazzi’s Ferrari took the next row, ahead of the fifth-placed number 94 Peugeot and sixth-placed number 86 Alpine.[1]
Ferrari had also led qualifying at the season-opening round in Imola, where Giovinazzi took pole in the number 51 car. Monza brought its second pole of the season and its fourth in succession at Italian championship rounds. Fuoco became the seventh different polesitter across the last seven rounds.[1]
The manufacturer joined Toyota, Porsche and Audi as the fourth to reach at least ten poles in the championship’s top category. Toyota’s number 8 and number 7 cars qualified on the eighth row for the Monza finale.[1]
