Qualifying 2: Courtney back on top

After a brief glitch which saw the Carlin Motorsport ace drop to fifth during Friday's session, Courtney set a blinding pace to ensure the top spot on the grid for race two was all his own by setting the only sub 1m42s lap.

"This is where we should have been yesterday," said Courtney. "We haven't changed the car at all. I just managed to get a free lap."

With drivers met by cooler conditions, the Saturday morning session was faster and Robbie Kerr was another driver who had been dogged by traffic the previous day, but jumped up to second place in the second session.

Scholarship class leader Adam Carroll continued to cause a few red faces in the A division by taking the class B pole with an impressive third place overall. Such was the Ulsterman's dominance that just 10 minutes into the session he came into the pits and was out of his car.

Continuing his role as lead Manor Motorsport driver, Mark Taylor was fourth fastest, while Fortec Motorsport's Heikki Kovalainen finished fifth just ahead of team-mate and pole-sitter for race one Fabio Carbone.

Maintaining the pairing theme was the Promatecme duo of Bruce Jouanny and Ernani Judice in seventh and eighth respectively.

With championship rivals Courtney and Kerr together in fifth and seventh for race one and side by side on the front row for the second event expect fireworks.

James Courtney Carlin Motorsport 1m41.826s
Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing 1m42.001s
(S) Adam Carroll Sweeney Racing 1m42.115s
Mark Taylor Manor Motorsport 1m42.201s
Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport 1m42.267s
Fabio Carbone Fortec Motorsport 1m42.375s
Bruce Jouanny Promatecme 1m42.518s
Ernani Judice Promatecme 1m42.809s
Richard Antinucci Manor Motorsport 1m42.987s
Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport 1m42.999s

S - Scholarship

Adam Carroll
Gavin Smith Meritus Racing 1m43.704s
Billy Asaro Sweeney Racing 1m43787s