Team Project 1 stripped of GTE Am pole after technical infraction

Jeroen Bleekemolen, Felipe Fraga and Ben Keating will not be starting tomorrow's 6 Hours of Fuji from pole position in GTE Am. A statement from the stewards has confirmed that the #57 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR has been disqualified after failing post-qualifying technical inspections.

According to the stewards, the reasoning for the disqualification is that the quick door release system was not in compliance with the homologation form. The stewards' statement says that “the fixing of the screw of the door was missing at post-qualifying scrutineering. The stewards consider this a safety issue.”

As a result of the ruling, all of the times set by Felipe Fraga and Ben Keating during this morning's qualifying session have been deleted and the car will start from the back of the grid.

The disqualification means that the #90 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR, which qualified second at the hands of Salih Yoluc and Jonny Adam, has been promoted to pole position. This means that Yoluc, Adam and Charlie Eastwood has started each of the two rounds of the 2019/20 season so far on pole. The trio also claimed pole position at the 4 Hours of Silverstone. 

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