Heart of Racing Team’s Ian James beat Sarah Bovy to take his first WEC pole position in the LMGT3 class.

The No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo set a time of 2:05.587 in Hyperpole to outpace the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 by 0.172 seconds.
Francois Heriau took third aboard the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, joined on the second row by the No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R in the hands of Alex Malyhkin.
TF Sport’s Corvette Tom van Rompuy took fifth, ahead of the second Ferrari driven by Thomas Flohr and James Cottingham’s No. 59 United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.
Clement Mateu, Ben Keating and Darren Leung completed the overall top ten.
Keating, in his first qualifying session aboard the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3, made it into Hyperpole at a last gasp with a late flyer to go sixth in the first segment of qualifying.

As a result, the No. 95 McLaren was knocked out, as well as both Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3s,
the second TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, the No. 77 Ford, No. 46 BMW M4 GT3, No. 91 Porsche 911 GT3 R and No. 60 Lamborghini.

The six-hour Lone Star Le Mans race kicks off Sunday at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT).