Kimball on Silverstone Pole
Charlie Kimball used his new Mugen engine to coast to pole position by almost half a second at Silverstone today
The American Carlin Motorsport driver is the only man in the field trying out the Mugen XJ6 engine, which is making its British debut this weekend. He headed P1 Motorsport Lola driver Danilo Dirani, who will be looking to end the season as he started it, with a double win.
Dan Clarke (Double R) and Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing)will share the second row, ahead of Bruno Senna and a surprisingly fast Karl Reindler, who turned in his best qualifying performance of the year.
Charles Hollings took National Class pole for the season finale, while title protagonists Barton Mawer and Salvador Duran are second and third.
Pos Driver Make-Engine Time Laps 1. Charlie Kimball Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:15.176 12 2. Danilo Dirani Lola B05/30 Mugen Honda 1:15.640 + 0.464 11 3. Dan Clarke Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:15.718 + 0.542 11 4. Marko Asmer Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:15.789 + 0.613 13 5. Bruno Senna Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:15.804 + 0.628 12 6. Karl Reindler Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:15.934 + 0.758 10 7. Ryan Lewis Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:15.963 + 0.787 12 8. Mike Conway Dallara Opel Spiess 1:15.984 + 0.808 13 9. James Walker Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 1:16.151 + 0.975 14 10. Stephen Jelley Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 1:16.158 + 0.982 13 11. Charlie Hollings Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen H 1:16.267 + 1.091 8 12. Steven Kane Lola B05/30 Mugen-Honda 1:16.283 + 1.107 14 13. Christian Bakkerud Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:16.398 + 1.222 13 14. Barton Mawer Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:16.426 + 1.250 12 15. Salvador Duran Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:16.552 + 1.376 11 16. Tim Bridgman Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:16.560 + 1.384 8 17. Yeler Buurman Dallara F305 Opel Spiess 1:16.586 + 1.410 21 18. Jonathan Kennard Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:16.667 + 1.491 12 19. Josh Fisher Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:17.029 + 1.853 13 20. Ben Clucas Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen-H 1:17.129 + 1.953 15 21. James Jakes Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:17.184 + 2.008 16 22. Keiko Ihara Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 1:17.567 + 2.391 17 23. Juho Annala Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:18.000 + 2.824 15 24. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:18.854 + 3.678 12 25. Nick Jones Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 1:20.573 + 5.397 9
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