PERFECT ASTON MARTIN BLITZES THE OPPOSITION
One of the great puzzles of Friday after the Hyperpole session concerned the apparent lack of pace of the two Aston Martins that had topped GTE Pro qualifying practice the previous day. Both cars then went slower – allowing Porsche’s Gianmaria Bruni to take top spot – in the shootout that set the grid, leading many to question just how much they were keeping in reserve.
Alex Lynn went some way to answering that on lap 182 of the race, when he clocked a 3m50.321s that was 0.553 seconds faster than Bruni’s pole lap. One-lap pace doesn’t fully explain how Lynn, Maxime Martin and Harry Tincknell’s Aston Martin Vantage GTE took victory – and helped seal the GT manufacturers’ title for the make – but it points to an underlying fact.
“They had good pace and there was nothing we could really
