G-Drive Racing loses Nurburgring LMP2 pole

The No. 26 G-Drive Racing ORECA has lost its LMP2 class pole position for the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring, the fourth round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, after failing post-qualifying technical inspection.

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The car, which set the pole time after laps from Pierre Thiriet and Ben Hanley, was found post-session to have a skid block where the front part "deflects more than 5mm" when subjected to the mandatory test.

The team, already under the shadow of a three-minute stop-and-hold penalty in the race imposed after driver Roman Rusinov collided with a GTE Am class Porsche in the early part of last month's Le Mans 24 Hours, has had all qualifying times canceled, though the race stewards have given permission for the car to start from the back of the 29-car starting grid.

The championship-leading Le Mans class winner (and second-place overall finisher) No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA of ex-Audi factory driver Oliver Jarvis, Ho Pin Tung and Thomas Laurent is now promoted to class pole position, fifth overall on the grid with the No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion ORECA now set to start alongside the No. 38 on the third row.