Overview

• Dennis Marschall took overall pole for Sprint Cup Race 1 at Valencia with a 1:30.883 in the No. 74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 entered in the Bronze Cup.
• Bronze runners locked out the top three in qualifying, with Bastian Buus second and Eddie Cheever third, while points leader Charles Weerts will start 25th.
• Alessio Rovera set the quickest Pro time at 1:31.268 in the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari during the first qualifying segment, and Thomas Fleming claimed Gold Cup pole in fifth overall.
• Kobe Pauwels secured Silver Cup pole in 14th overall, and Lucas Auer led the main title challengers with a stronger grid position than his rivals.
• Friday running was disrupted by track-surface damage at Turn 2 that led to an abandoned Free Practice and a 40-minute delay to Pre-Qualifying, where Marschall topped both sessions as Ferrari entries led the times.