Lynn secures double pole at Taupo

Alex Lynn topped both qualifying sessions for round three of the Toyota Racing Series at Taupo, securing pole for races one and three.

Qualifying one saw the times descend rapidly as the drivers warmed up their tyres, leading to frequent leader changes. At first it was Damon Leitch who set the pace for the session, but he was soon one-upped by Nick Cassidy and Steijn Schothorst. The duo proceeded to exchange quickest times until both of them were beaten to pole by Lynn, who set a time of 1m23.915s. Cassidy was just half a tenth off with Schothorst another two tenths down. Bruno Bonifacio took fourth as Jann Mardenborough recorded his best yet qualifying effort in fifth. Lucas Auer was only sixth after he had to recover from a spin closer to the end of the session. Felix Serralles, Leitch, Pipo Derani and Tatiana Calderon completed the top ten.

Lynn’s dominance was far more spelled out in session two, where he set the quickest time of 1m23.372s on his third lap and remained at the top of the timesheets for the majority of the session. Auer beat Cassidy to the front row by 23 thousandths of a second, with Schothorst completing the second row. The Brazilians Bonifacio and Derani locked out row three, while Leitch, Mardenborough, Serralles and Calderon rounded up the top ten.

Qualifying 1 results

Qualifying 2 results