C8.R was wacked again with the BoP adding a lot more weight and seen during Qualify

It was a challenging session for the championship-leading Corvette Racing C8.R, which is running with 40 kg of “success ballast” this weekend.
Ben Keating initially struggled with the car’s traction control systems in his first run, had a lap deleted and ended up sixth.

Without securing the point for pole, Corvette now finds itself requiring a win or second-place finish to secure the title this weekend.

“I had hoped we would be higher than P6,” admitted Keating.
It was an unfortunate red flag in the middle of qualifying.
I was on my best lap at the peak of the tire and had the best sector one and a pretty good sector two before I had to shut it down at the end.
I think that was going to be a excellent lap.

We’re carrying more weight than we were at the beginning of the season.
That’s the penalty of the amazing success that we’ve had. If you look at how much it’s worth around this track, it’s probably not far from the pole.

“From a points' perspective, I’d rather Sarah Bovy got the pole instead of Ahmad Al-Harthy.
That gives us a little bit more margin in the championship, but the fact that both will start up front means they will have a little bit of an advantage at the beginning of the race. We’ll see.”