Qualifying 1: Courtney on pole again

Frenchman Bruce Jouanny lines up fourth ahead of championship leader Robbie Kerr. The 20-minute session was stopped midway through after Tom Sisley and Michael Keohane had separate incidents at opposite ends of the circuit. However, what should have been a straightforward recovery was complicated by a bizarre crash on the start/finish line.

After seeing the red flag, Alan Docking Racing driver Mark Mayall backed right off and started to move towards the pitlane. Behind him Shinya Hosakawa was caught out by the suddenly slowing car and rammed right into the back of the Dallara at speed. Mayall's car was quite badly damaged in the impact, but the resumption of the session was delayed because the timing beam had been broken in the incident.

In the Scholarship class there was a one-two for Meritus, with Stephen Colbert claiming his first pole ahead of team-mate Gavin Smith. Runaway championship leader Adam Carroll was back in third.


James Courtney Carlin 47.273s
Ronnie Bremer Manor 47.437s
Heikki Kovalainen Fortec 47.447s
Bruce Jouanny Promotecme 47.600s
Robbie Kerr ADR 47.647s
Fabio Carbone Fortec 47.681s
Mark Taylor Manor 47.688s
Ernani Judice Promatecme 47.734s
Michael Keohane Carlin 47.742s
Mark Mayall ADR 47.749s

Scholarship Class
Stephen Colbert Meritus 47.838s
Gavin Smith Meritus 47.897s
Adam Carroll Sweeney 47.969s