Dudu Barrichello has shown increasing adaptability in his debut season in the World Endurance Championship. In qualifying for the Japanese leg, the Brazilian placed the Aston Martin #10 in pole position in the LMGT3 class, while Alex Lynn led a Cadillac one-two in the Hypercars.
The son of Rubinho secured his second pole position of the grid for the penultimate round of the championship. In a tightly contested qualifying session, particularly in the Hyperpole, the driver managed to beat both United Autosport cars to secure the top spot on the grid in the class.
At the wheel of the Aston Martin #10 from Spirit of Leman, Barrichello set a lap time of 1min39s981 to line up in first place on the starting grid. In second place, Sean Gelael in the McLaren #95 was only 0.030 seconds slower than the Brazilian, while Sebastien Baud was just 0.002 seconds slower to finish third.
Meanwhile, in the Hypercars, Cadillac took the top spot on the grid. Lynn set a lap time of 1min28s236 to take the overall pole and the pole in the Hypercar class. Earl Bamber, driver of the sister car #38, set a time 0.439 seconds slower and will start from second place.
Marco Sorensen, at the wheel of the Aston Martin Valkyrie #009, set a time only 0.030 seconds slower than the second-place driver and thus finished third. With this result, after leading the first segment of qualifying, the team achieved its best result in qualifying in its debut season.
Augusto Farfus, the other Brazilian on the WEC 2025 grid, alongside Yasser Shahin and Timur Boguslavskiy, will start from 32nd place overall with Team WRT and 14th in the LMGT3 class.
The start of the 6 Hours of Fuji is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 27, at 11:00 PM Brasilia time.
