Vitaphone Maserati claim front row
Michael Bartels secured pole position at Brno in an FIA GT Championship qualifying session dominated by his Vitaphone Racing Maserati team
The German put the car he shares with points leader Thomas Biagi on provisional pole early in the GT1 part of the session and proved impossible to beat.
Their teammates Christian Montanari and Miguel Ramos moved into second place moments later, lapping just 0.061 seconds slower, to complete an all-Vitaphone front row.
Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp will start third in the JetAlliance Aston Martin, alongside Mike Hezemans and Jean-Denis Deletraz's Carsport Holland Corvette.
Having been fastest in final practice, Lamborghini pair Peter Kox and Jos Menten could only manage fifth in qualifying.
Biagi's nearest title rivals Andrea Piccini and Andrea Bartolini took sixth, ahead of their Playteam Maserati teammates Giambattista Giannoccaro and Alessandro Pier Guidi.
Local favourite Tomas Enge's return to the series in a RBImmo Racing Saleen S7R overseen by Franz Konrad has not proved successful so far. Enge and co-driver Reinhard Kofler were only 14th in qualifying, five seconds off the pace.
GT2 points leader Dirk Muller and Toni Vilander took class pole for AF Corse Ferrari. Muller lapped half a second clear of nearest class rivals Tim Mullen and Darren Turner in the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari.
Gianmaria Bruni and Stephane Ortelli will start third in the second AF Corse car.
Pos Drivers Car Time 1. Bartels/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 1:54.064 2. Montanari/Ramos Maserati MC12 GT1 1:54.125 + 0.061 3. Wendlinger/Sharp Aston Martin DBR9 1:54.827 + 0.763 4. Hezemans/Deletraz Corvette C6R 1:55.053 + 0.989 5. Kox/Menten Lamborghini Murcielago 1:55.119 + 1.055 6. Bertolini/Piccini Maserati MC12 GT1 1:55.336 + 1.272 7. Pier Guidi/Giannoccaro Maserati MC12 GT1 1:55.492 + 1.428 8. Kumpen/Longin Corvette C5R 1:56.030 + 1.966 9. Davies/Babini Aston Martin DBR9 1:56.070 + 2.006 10. Lichtner-Hoyer/Lechner Aston Martin DBR9 1:56.291 + 2.227 11. Mucke/Bouchut Lamborghini Murcielago 1:57.349 + 3.285 12. Toccacelo/Monfardini Aston Martin DBR9 1:58.203 + 4.139 13. Ferte/Aucott Maserati MC12 GT1 1:58.674 + 4.610 14. Enge/Kofler Saleen S7R 1:59.303 + 5.239 15. Muller/Vilander Ferrari 430 GT2 2:00.614 + 6.550 16. Mullen/Turner Ferrari 430 GT2 2:01.108 + 7.044 17. Bruni/Ortelli Ferrari 430 GT2 2:01.288 + 7.224 18. Kutemann/Gosse Maserati MC12 GT1 2:01.327 + 7.263 19. Aguas/Gattuso Ferrari 430 GT2 2:01.597 + 7.533 20. Cloet/Casadei Corvette C5R 2:01.670 + 7.606 21. Ruberti/Mediani Ferrari 430 GT2 2:01.758 + 7.694 22. Kirkaldy/Niarchos Ferrari 430 GT2 2:02.110 + 8.046 23. Konopka/Hornak Saleen S7R 2:02.700 + 8.636 24. Malucelli/Collard Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:03.082 + 9.018 25. Zani/Pompidou Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:03.178 + 9.114 26. Leinders/Kuppens Gillet Vertigo 2:04.156 + 10.092 27. MacHitski/Edwards Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:05.524 + 11.460 28. Peham/Ortlieb Porsche 997 Cup 2:09.981 + 15.917 29. Dragoun/Mair Porsche 997 Cup 2:12.789 + 18.725
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