Huber Motorsport driver Cairoli topped the times in Friday afternoon’s Superpole session for the fastest 20 cars in the opening qualifying session on Thursday.
The Italian posted a 2m16.880s on his first flying lap aboard the #20 Porsche 911 GT3-R to edge out AF Corse Ferrari driver Alessio Rovera by just over a tenth.
Cairoli and team-mates Jannes Fittje, Tim Heinemann and Antares Au are competing in the Bronze Cup class, which means the Huber Porsche is the first car from outside the Pro category to take the pole at Spa for 10 years.
The Huber Porsche made it through into the Superpole after rain hit during the aggregate qualifying session on Thursday evening.
Only the first of the four mini-sessions was dry, which counted against the three-driver Pro line-ups that didn’t take to the track until after it had started raining.
Just seven of the 20 cars entered in Pro made it through to Superpole as a result.
“It was quite unexpected,” said Cairoli after the session. “It was an 80% lap: I made some mistakes, but I’m happy to be on pole.”
Source: Autosport