Mustonen on pole for race 2
Atte Mustonen took his second pole position of 2007 by clocking the fastest time of race two's qualifying session at Thruxton today
His teammate Stephen Jelley made it a Double R 1-2 as the weather got even hotter in Hampshire, England.
The pair completed just six laps each, less than all of their chasers, with each finding pace and getting up to speed right away.
Once again Carlin Motorsport sent their cars out later in the session, but the strategy didn't work particularly well.
Sebastian Hohenthal, who took pole for race one, spent much of the session trying to get another tow off the Carlin brigade, but this time it failed. He was only 11th, while the best Carlin car was Maro Engel in fourth.
Hohenthal's Fortec Motorsport teammate Greg Mansell was third and will be hoping to repeat the podium finish he scored last time out at Silverstone.
Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing) improved in this session and found clear laps, but he still didn't have the car to his liking. He will start a relatively poor fifth.
Sergio Perez (T-Sport) took revenge on first-session National Class pole man Franky Cheng by edging out the Chinese driver by a couple of hundredths of a second.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes 1:06.593 2. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes 1:06.869 + 0.276 3. Greg Mansell Dallara/Mercedes 1:06.981 + 0.388 4. Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes 1:06.997 + 0.404 5. Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes 1:06.999 + 0.406 6. Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.014 + 0.421 7. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:07.067 + 0.474 8. W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.175 + 0.582 9. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.189 + 0.596 10. Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.195 + 0.602 11. S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.221 + 0.628 12. Mario Moraes Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.316 + 0.723 13. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.356 + 0.763 14. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes 1:07.359 + 0.766 15. Ali Jackson Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.427 + 0.834 16. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes 1:07.432 + 0.839 17. Sergio Perez Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:07.457 + 0.864 18. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:07.479 + 0.886 19. Leo Mansell Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.692 + 1.099 20. Michael Meadows Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:07.840 + 1.247 21. Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes 1:07.970 + 1.377 22. F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:08.052 + 1.459 23. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:08.072 + 1.479 24. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:08.203 + 1.610 25. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:08.440 + 1.847 26. John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:08.610 + 2.017 27. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda 1:08.628 + 2.035 28. Viktor Jensen Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1:08.828 + 2.235
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