Qualifying 2: Hayes to the fore

Hayes, filling in for championship leader James Courtney at Carlin Motorsports, set a best time of 1m34.550s in dry conditions, some 0.250s ahead of Alan Docking Racing's Robbie Kerr. Hayes needed only nine laps to secure pole position, and will pull no punches in his efforts to claim victory on his second one-off appearance for Carlin.

Kerr, who will start the first of tomorrow's races down in tenth after missing out on the driest part of the first session, will be determined to make significant inroads into Courtney's 18-point championship lead.

"I'm fairly happy with second position on the grid," said Kerr. "I'm confident that we'll have a good race. We were caught out in the first session by being one of the first cars to cross the line, but it's a strange line-up at the front of the grid for the first race, which should make it interesting. We had a slight problem early in the second session, but we fixed it quickly and are well placed for the race."

Race one pole man Heikki Kovalainen will start third alongside Frenchman Bruce Jouanny, while Hayes' Carlin Motorsport team-mate Alan van der Merwe will share row three with scholarship pace-setter Adam Carroll.

Mark Taylor will start seventh, a significant improvement on his 15th place in the first session, while Matt Gilmore lies up tenth, only 0.732s off the pace.

In the scholarship class, Carroll's Sweeney Racing team-mate Robert Dahlgren lines up second and 13th overall, one place ahead of the impressive Karun Chandhok.




Derek Hayes, Carlin Motorsport, 1m34.550s
Robbie Kerr, Alan Docking Racing, 1m34.800s
Heikki Kovalainen, Fortec Motorsport, 1m34.863s
Bruce Jouanny, Promatecme F3, 1.34.957s
Alan van der Merwe, Carlin Motorsport, 1m34.964s
Adam Carroll, Sweeney Racing, 1m35.016s*
Mark Taylor, Manor Motorsport, 1m35.030s
Ronnie Bremer, Manor Motorsport, 1m35.263s
Fabio Carbone, Fortec Motorsport, 1m35.270s
Matt Gilmore, Promatecme F3, 1m35.282s
Michael Keohane, Carlin Motorsport, 1m35.285s
Shinya Hosokawa, Carlin Motorsport, 1m35.496s
Robert Dahlgren, Sweeney Racing, 1m35.596s*
Karun Chandhok, T-Sport, 1m35.642s*
Jeroen Bleekmolen, Team Avanti, 1m35.733s
Richard Antinucci, Manor Motorsports, 1m35.734s
Clivio Piccione, T-Sport, 1m35.747s*
Stefan Hodgetts, Motaworld Racing, 1m35.761s
Billy Asaro, Sweeney Racing, 1m35.783s*
Justin Sherwood, Performance Racing, 1m36.140s*

*Scholarship Class