Brno Superstars: Thomas Biagi snatches last-gasp pole

The Romeo Ferraris Mercedes driver left his run very late, grabbing top spot from Giovanni Berton with just seconds remaining on the clock.

Biagi's best of 2m08.715s was good enough by just 0.04 seconds.

Berton, who was no higher than seventh in practice, held on to lock down a surprising front-row spot for Dinamic BMW.

Tonio Liuzzi was third, the ex-Formula 1 driver finally hitting his strides after two quiet practice sessions in his Romeo Ferraris Mercedes.

A 2m08.813s was enough to edge out practice two pacesetter Fabrizio Giovanardi (Petri Corse Porsche), who is making his first appearance in Superstars in almost three years.

Gianni Morbidelli (Audi Sport Italia RS5) looked strong in the first part of the session, dropping into the 2m08s bracket on his very first lap. Unfortunately that ended up being the best he could do, eventually slipping to fifth by the end of the session.

Luigi Ferrara rounded out the third row for Roma Racing Mercedes, while the BMW pairing of Max Mugelli (Dinamic) and Edoardo Piscopo (RGA Sportmanship) locked out row four.

Christian Klien made it four BMWs in the top 10 in the Giudici entry, while Francesco Sini finished 10th after failing to improve enough on his impressive practice pace in the Solaris Chevrolet.

Pos  Driver                Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Thomas Biagi          Ferraris Mercedes  2m08.715s
 2.  Giovanni Berton       Dinamic BMW        2m08.755s  + 0.040s
 3.  Tonio Liuzzi          Ferraris Mercedes  2m08.813s  + 0.098s
 4.  Fabrizio Giovanardi   Petri Porsche      2m08.848s  + 0.133s
 5.  Gianni Morbidelli     Audi Italia        2m08.895s  + 0.180s
 6.  Luigi Ferrara         Roma Mercedes      2m09.052s  + 0.337s
 7.  Max Mugelli           Dinamic BMW        2m09.174s  + 0.459s
 8.  Edoardo Piscopo       RGA BMW            2m09.740s  + 1.025s
 9.  Christian Klien       Giudici BMW        2m10.053s  + 1.338s
10.  Francesco Sini        Solaris Chevrolet  2m10.189s  + 1.474s
11.  'Diabolik'            Ferlito Jaguar     2m10.642s  + 1.927s
12.  Mauro Trentin         Dinamic BMW        2m11.157s  + 2.442s
13.  Andrea Larini         Ferlito Jaguar     2m11.191s  + 2.476s
14.  Andrea Bacci          CAAL Mercedes      2m11.222s  + 2.507s
15.  Max Fantini           Petri Porsche      2m11.761s  + 3.046s
16.  Ferdinando Geri       Audi Italia        2m12.484s  + 3.769s
17.  Roberto Benedetti     RC Cadillac        2m13.037s  + 4.322s
18.  Alessandro Battaglin  MRT Lexus          2m13.790s  + 5.075s
19.  Gianni Giudici        Giudici BMW        2m14.603s  + 5.888s