Pic inherits WSR Barcelona pole

The Ultimate Motorsport driver held off a determined challenge from Pic by just 0.001s in a tense Super Pole session, but was subsequently found to have used Greg Mansell's tyres to achieve his time and was demoted to 12th.

Pic and third place qualifier James Walker had led the way in the two, preceding 20-minute qualifying groups that determined the 12 participants who progressed into Super Pole.

Walker's P1 Motorsport team-mate Daniil Move was also in the thick of the action in fourth, but the Russian tried too hard on the entry to the long right hand Repsol curve and his gravel-trapped Dallara required the session to be prematurely halted.

Carlin Motorsport team-mates Jamie Alguersuari and Oliver Turvey qualified behind Move in fifth and sixth positions.

Adrian Valles will start on pole position for this afternoon's reverse grid race courtesy of his eighth in Super Pole. The Epsilon driver will be joined on the front row by Marcos Martinez.

Adrian Zaugg missed out on a place in the Super Pole after running wide at the first corner and damaging his car's suspension on a speed bump.

"You have to pump the brakes on these cars," said a disappointed Zaugg. "I think, perhaps, I hadn't done it enough. The suspension and corner weights were damaged and after that the steering became skewed. We were third fastest before that happened, so I was sure I could have made the Super Pole."

Super Pole

Pos  Driver             Team                         Time             
 1.  Charles Pic        Tech 1 Racing                1:32.584  + 0.001
 2.  James Walker       P1 Motorsport                1:32.876  + 0.293   
 3.  Daniel Move        P1 Motorsport                1:32.983  + 0.400   
 4.  J.Alguersuari      Carlin Motorsport            1:33.106  + 0.523   
 5.  Oliver Turvey      Carlin Motorsport            1:33.125  + 0.542   
 6.  B.Baguette         International Draco Racing   1:33.256  + 0.673   
 7.  Marcos Martinez    Pons Racing                  1:33.299  + 0.716   
 8.  Adrian Vallas      Epsilon Euskadi              1:33.360  + 0.777   
 9.  Fairuz Fauzy       Mofaz Fortec Motorsport      1:33.377  + 0.794   
10.  Marco Barba        International Draco Racing   1:33.412  + 0.829   
11.  C.van der Drift    Epsilon Euskadi              1:33.863  + 1.280   
12.  Miguel Molina      Ultimate Motorsport          1:32.583

Qualifying 1

Pos  Driver            Team                         Time              
 1.  James Walker      P1 Motorsport                1:33.286
 2.  Adrián Vallés     Epsilon Euskadi              1:33.390  + 0.104
 3.  Oliver Turvey     Carlin Motorsport            1:33.416  + 0.130
 4.  Marcos Martinez   Pons Racing                  1:33.525  + 0.239
 5.  Fairuz Fauzy      Mofaz Fortec Motorsport      1:33.568  + 0.282
 6.  B.Baguette        International Draco Racing   1:33.607  + 0.321
 7.  Brendon Hartley   Tech 1 Racing                1:33.825  + 0.539
 8.  Greg Mansell      Ultimate Motorsport          1:33.833  + 0.547
 9.  Mihai Marinescu   Interwetten.com Racing       1:34.385  + 1.099
10.  A.Nebilitskiy     Comtec Racing                1:34.436  + 1.150
11.  Ómar Leal         Prema Powerteam              1:34.734  + 1.448

Qualifying 1

Pos  Driver            Team                         Time              
 1.  Charles Pic       Tech 1 Racing                1:33.298
 2.  Miguel Molina     Ultimate Motorsport          1:33.469  + 0.171
 3.  J.Alguersuari     Carlin Motorsport            1:33.489  + 0.191
 4.  Daniel Move       P1 Motorsport                1:33.567  + 0.269
 5.  C.van der Drift   Epsilon Euskadi              1:33.938  + 0.640
 6.  Marco Barba       International Draco Racing   1:34.071  + 0.773
 7.  P.Di Sabatino     RC Motorsport                1:34.104  + 0.806
 8.  Federico Leo      Pons Racing                  1:34.140  + 0.842
 9.  Sten Pentus       Mofaz Fortec Motorsport      1:34.188  + 0.890
10.  H.Schlegelmilch   Comtec Racing                1:34.192  + 0.894
11.  Adrian Zaugg      Interwetten.com Racing       1:34.313  + 1.015
12.  F.Provenzano      Prema Powerteam              1:34.716  + 1.418