Watts claims pole in Ginetta-Zytek

Watts, 29, set a best time of 1m32.462 aboard the Strakka Racing Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S to seal pole. An all-British front row was completed when Darren Turner was second fastest in the #009 Lola-Aston Martin with a time just half a second slower.

Watts, who was qualifying a prototype for the first time, said: "The car was perfect. It was easy to drive, felt comfortable in every corner and was really consistent. We didn't show our hand in practice, because we were working on the set-up and getting my team-mates comfortable.

"I was really surprised to do that time because I hadn't gone quicker than a 1m36s in practice."

Turner ended up six tenths faster than Aston Martin Racing team-mate Stefan Mucke in third place. Fourth position went to Pescarolo Sport driver Jean-Christophe Boullion, who was on his out lap when the session was interrupted by a red flag. The Frenchman could only match his morning free practice time on his subsequent run.

Giacomo Piccini, brother of former FIA GT Championship frontrunner Andrea, took LMP2 qualifying honours in the Racing Box team's second Lola-Judd coupe. The 24-year-old Italian edged out Olivier Pla in the ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek to claim the class pole on his first outing in a prototype.

GT1 honours went to the Reiter-run IPB Spartak Lamborghini driven by Peter Kox. The Dutchman was more nearly 1.5sec ahead of the second-placed car in class, the Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette with Yann Clairay at the wheel.

Gianmaria Bruni claimed a debut GT2 pole for the new JMW Ferrari team. The team bounced back from a disappointing Friday during which its 430 GT barely ran courtesy of misfire.

                    
Pos  Cl     Drivers                      Car                Time
 1.  LMP1   Watts/Leventis/Hardman       Ginetta Zytek      1:32.492
 2.  LMP1   Primat/Ramos/Turner          Lola Aston Martin  1:32.942
 3.  LMP1   Charouz/Enge/Mucke           Lola Aston Martin  1:33.532
 4.  LMP1   Boullion/Tinseau             Pescarolo Judd     1:33.572
 5.  LMP1   Belicchi/Fassler/Prost       Lola Aston Martin  1:33.724
 6.  LMP1   Albers/Bakkerud              Audi R10 TDI       1:34.266
 7.  LMP1   Ortelli/Senna                Oreca AIM          1:34.442
 8.  LMP1   Panis/Lapierre               Oreca AIM          1:34.566
 9.  LMP1   Ragues/Mailleux              Oreca Judd         1:35.044
10.  LMP1   Jouanny/Barbosa              Pescarolo Judd     1:35.412
11.  LMP1   Krumm/Meyrick/Zwolsman       Audi R10 TDI       1:35.526
12.  LMP2   Ceccato/Francioni/Piccini    Lola Judd          1:36.156
13.  LMP2   Amaral/Pla                   Ginetta Zytek      1:36.172
14.  LMP2   Kane/Leuenberger/Pompidou    Lola Judd          1:36.328
15.  LMP2   Biagi/Bobbi/Piccini          Lola Judd          1:37.026
16.  LMP2   Erdos/Newton                 Lola Mazda         1:37.032
17.  LMP2   Ojjeh/Gosselin/Peter         Ginetta Zytek      1:38.018
18.  LMP2   Noda/Sini/Marsh              Lola Mazda         1:39.130
19.  LMP2   Salini/Salini/Gommendy       WR Zytek           1:39.184
20.  LMP2   Lahaye/Ajlani                Pescarolo Mazda    1:39.856
21.  LMP2   Bruneau/Moseley/Greensall    Radical AER        1:40.342
22.  LMP2   Schell/Thirion               Courage AER        1:43.426
23.  LMGT1  Rusinov/Kox                  Lamborghini        1:44.446
24.  LMP2   Randaccio/Giammaria          Lucchini McLaren   1:45.150
25.  LMGT1  Alphand/Goueslard/Clairay    Corvette C6.R      1:45.926
26.  LMGT1  Berville/Dumez/Zacchia       Saleen S7R         1:46.834
27.  LMGT1  Konopka/Edwards/Daniels      Saleen S7R         1:46.902
28.  LMP2   Moncada/Cortes/Armetta       Lucchini Judd      1:47.288
29.  LMGT2  Bell/Bruni                   Ferrari F430 GT    1:48.606
30.  LMGT2  Garcia/Mansell               Ferrari F430 GT    1:48.666
31.  LMGT2  Pilet/Narac                  Porsche 997 GT3    1:48.752
32.  LMP2   Ibanez/Da Rocha/Cavailhes    Courage AER        1:48.836
33.  LMGT2  Lieb/Lietz                   Porsche 997 GT3    1:49.006
34.  LMGT2  Hartshorne/Lebon/Ianetta     Ferrari F430 GT    1:49.424
35.  LMGT2  Simonsen/Montanari           Ferrari F430 GT    1:49.552
36.  LMGT2  Ehret/Beltoise               Ferrari F430 GT    1:49.848
37.  LMGT2  Rosa/Montermini/Petrobelli   Ferrari F430 GT    1:50.164
38.  LMGT2  Coronel/Janis                Spyker C8          1:50.180
39.  LMGT2  McInerney/McInerney/Vergers  Ferrari F430 GT    1:50.368
40.  LMGT2  Cocker/Drayson               Aston Martin       1:50.492
41.  LMGT2  Ried/Felbermayr/Martins      Porsche 997 GT3    1:51.368
42.  LMGT2  Tenchini/Basso/Plati         Ferrari F430 GT    1:51.470