The McLaren team that claimed LMGT3 class pole on the marque's Le Mans 24 Hours return believes it will 'show its strength in the race' against World Endurance Championship regulars.
Brendan Iribe topped the Hyperpole session in his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, entered under the Inception Racing banner, with a 3m58.120s lap that put him 0.808s clear of Alexander Malykhin's #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche that leads the LMGT3 standings in the WEC.
'I can't be more proud of everyone at the moment, so I'm pretty stoked.' #70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo: Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy, Frederik Schandorff Photo by: Alexander Trienitz Iribe set two laps quick enough for pole on his third appearance at Le Mans, spinning while set to improve in the Ford Chicane shortly before a red flag caused by Dries Vanthoor's BMW M V8 Hybrid LMDh crashing at Indianapolis.
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