Senna snatches pole at Silverstone

Senna was the only man to break the 1:27 barrier, producing a lap of 1:26.912, just over a tenth faster than Grosjean, who had set the pace for the first half of the session.

Grosjean's response on new tyres was first hindered by a spot of road rage with FMS driver Roldan Rodriguez at Becketts, who felt he'd held him up and drove him right to the edge of the track. Grosjean too found traffic, and just couldn't string a lap together that came close to bettering his, or Senna's, time.

Andi Zuber will start third for Piquet Sports, but last year's feature race winner was totally on the edge, and eventually went off at Becketts just after setting his fastest time - narrowly avoiding Senna as he spun across the track.

Lucas di Grassi will start fourth in his second event with the Campos squad, edging out series leader Giorgio Pantano, who will start fifth for Racing Engineering. Luca Filippi qualified sixth for ART, but blamed his team-mate Grosjean for baulking his best effort, and himself for sliding wide in the Complex on his final run.

Andy Soucek (Super Nova) will start seventh, but was called in for questioning by the stewards after he appeared to hold up the fastest lap of iSport's Karun Chandhok at Luffield. Video evidence will no doubt be the judge there, as Chandhok was carrying an on-board camera.

Mike Conway was next up for Trident, not quite repeating his form of this morning. Kamui Kobayashi (DAMS) and Chandhok rounded out the top 10, but Kobayashi was also invited for a chat with the stewards.

Pos Driver              Team                Time         Gap   
 1. Bruno Senna         iSport              1:26.912           
 2. Romain Grosjean     ART                 1:27.034  +0.122   
 3. Andi Zuber          Piquet Sports       1:27.147  +0.235   
 4. Lucas di Grassi     Campos              1:27.350  +0.438   
 5. Giorgio Pantano     Racing Engineering  1:27.487  +0.575   
 6. Luca Filippi        ART                 1:27.554  +0.642   
 7. Andy Soucek         Super Nova          1:27.699  +0.787   
 8. Mike Conway         Trident             1:27.754  +0.842   
 9. Kamui Kobayashi     DAMS                1:27.774  +0.862   
10. Karun Chandhok      iSport              1:27.786  +0.874   
11. Pastor Maldonado    Piquet Sports       1:27.845  +0.933   
12. Sebastien Buemi     Arden               1:27.931  +1.019   
13. Javier Villa        Racing Engineering  1:28.164  +1.252   
14. Jerome d'Ambrosio   DAMS                1:28.172  +1.260   
15. Adrian Valles       BCN                 1:28.174  +1.262   
16. Vitaly Petrov       Campos              1:28.228  +1.316   
17. Alvaro Parente      Super Nova          1:28.365  +1.453   
18. Diego Nunes         DPR                 1:28.442  +1.530   
19. Roldan Rodriguez    FMS                 1:28.590  +1.678   
20. Ho-Pin Tung         Trident             1:28.596  +1.684   
21. Davide Valsecchi    Durango             1:28.751  +1.839   
22. Marko Asmer         FMS                 1:28.857  +1.945   
23. Alberto Valerio     Durango             1:29.027  +2.115   
24. Yelmer Buurman      Arden               1:29.107  +2.195   
25. Carlos Iaconelli    BCN                 1:29.429  +2.517   
26. Michael Herck       DPR                 1:29.516  +2.604