After heading all three practice sessions Audi duly claimed the front row for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas, Round 6 of the FIA World Endurance Championship. However the roles were reversed within the team. After the No.8 Audi had headed the time sheets in each of the Free Practice sessions it was the No.7 R18 of Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer who claimed Audi’s third pole position in a row with an average lap of 1m45.842, just 0.141 ahead of their teammates Loic Duval and Oliver Jarvis in the No.8 car. The No.1 Porsche 919 will start on row two after Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley posted a 1m46.560 two lap average. It looked as if they would be joined by the No.2 Porsche on row two but Romain Dumas final lap was deleted for abuse of track limited and the No.6 Toyota TS050 will start alongside the No.1 Porsche after Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi briefly challenged for a front row start during the 20 minute session. The No.13 Rebellion Racing R-One driven by Alexandre Imperatori and Dominik Kraihamer was the faster of the two LMP1 Privateer entries but with the No.4 ByKolles CLM-AER closer to the pace of the Rebellion in Texas today. In LMP2 championship leaders Nico Lapierre and Gustavo Menezes claimed the team’s first pole of the season by nearly one second. The French-American pairing posted a 1m55.892 two lap average, 0.981 seconds faster than the No.44 Manor Oreca of Roberto Merhi and Matthew Rao. The No.43 RGR Sport Oreca of Mexico race winners Bruno Senna and Ricardo Gonzalez were third fastest, 1.475 seconds behind the pole position holders and 0.169s ahead of the nNo.42 Strakka Racing Gibson of Jonny Kane and Lewis Williamson. The No.26 G Drive Racing Ligier of Alex Brundle and Roman Rusinov will have to start at the back of the grid after Brundle had three lap times deleted due to the abuse of track limits, with the British driver failing to record a time during the 20-minute session. For all the key moments of qualifying CLICK HERE For all the results of qualifying CLICK HERE

Aston Martin take double LMGTE pole position  It was all smiles in the Aston Martin garage as the team claimed pole position in both LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am with the No.95 Aston Martin of Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen claiming their third pole in a row and the no98 Vantage of Pedro Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana also taking their third pole start of 2016. The two lap average of the no95 was a 2m04.610, just 0.042 ahead of the No.71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 of Davide Rigon and Sam Bird. In fact the top six cars were covered by less than half a second. Row two will be headed by the no66 Ford GT of Olivier Pla and Stefan Mucke, with the No.51 AF Corse of Gimmi Bruni and James Calado alongside them in 4th and just 0.211 behind the lead car. In LMGTE Am the gap between 1st and 2nd was 0.6 seconds with the 6 Hours of Mexico winners, the No.88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche, taking the second place position behind the No.98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage. Kevin Estre and Khalid Al Qubaisi set an average lap time of 2m07.282, which was 0.5 seconds ahead of the No.78 KCMG Porsche and the No.86 Gulf Racing 911. The 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas will take place on Saturday 17 September with the green flag being flown by endurance legend Tom Kristensen at 17h00 and finishing after sunset at 23h00 local time. For the race day timetable CLICK HERE

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Audi secures 1-2 as No.7 R18 takes pole at COTA

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The fourth visit to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin this weekend is set to be another thrilling instalment of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing in to the night at the challenging 3.427-mile circuit in the heart of Texas, the multi-class grid of the fastest and most spectacular endurance racing cars on earth will reach a crucial stage of the title battle.

For those that cannot be there to witness the action as day turns to night on Saturday evening there are a variety of broadcasters that will show the race both live and uninterrupted.

Fox Sports 2 in the US will have live action from COTA, and with plenty of American interest such as teams - Extreme Speed Motorsports and Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK, and drivers – Scott Sharp, Ed Brown and Ricky Taylor among them, the interest in the stars and stripes drivers will be high this weekend.

Fox Latin America channel will dedicate live coverage of the second half of the race throughout Central and South America as the RGR Sport team chases more LMP2 glory just two weeks after their unforgettable win on home soil.

In Europe fans can get the full Spirit of Le Mans live experience by staying up through the night and in to Sunday morning with both Motors TV and on a pan-European basis - Eurosport 1, while Eurosport 2 in France will also be showing dedicated live coverage of the six hours.

The French L’Equipe21 channel and the Austrian ORF broadcaster will also take the race fully live.

There is a new channel joining the ranks of broadcasters in Europe too, as Danish TV2 Sport show full coverage as the nation cheers on Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim as they look to follow up their Mexican pole position with a first victory of the season in Texas.

The global reach of the WEC is emphasised by broadcasts of the race live in many other countries including in Japan where the J-Sports channel will enable fans to follow the fortunes of Toyota Gazoo Racing as they aim for a first victory with the new Toyota TS 050 HYBRID LMP1 car.

Live coverage of the sixth round of the FIA WEC will also be shown in Australia on Fox Sports 5 where Mark Webber fans will be hoping for back-to-back victories for their hero in Texas and a third consecutive win this season.

As ever the race will be available on-line via the dedicated official FIA WEC application at LINK and also via Eurosport player/Eurosport.de, Fox Sports Go and the LeTV online broadcaster in China.

See the full broadcast list here

How to watch the Live action from COTA

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