Power secures front row in Zolder

Power and Team Australia teammate Simon Pagenaud put on the softer red-walled Bridgestones for their final runs, and it was Power that emerged on top, beating Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's Sebastien Bourdais (who stayed on the harder black compound) by a little over 0.2 seconds.

Pagenaud and Bourdais' teammate Graham Rahal took third and fourth, ahead of Bruno Junqueira, who continues to impress with the Dale Coyne Racing car.

Robert Doornbos's qualifying compounded Minardi Team USA's tough weekend - following Dan Clarke's exclusion from the event - with a major engine failure for the No. 14 car.

Doornbos had just set fastest time in the 15-minute pre-qualifying session when his Cosworth spat its oil from its exhausts as he exited the pits. He was therefore unable to compete in the qualifying session.

With Jan Heylen unable to compete due to the damage from his shunt with Clarke in morning practice, the local crowd stuck around to see a third Frenchman get into the top six - Tristan Gommendy (PKV Racing).

Katherine Legge was down in 13th, 1.2 seconds off Junqueira's time, and Justin Wilson lost his fastest lap for causing a red flag when his car wilted on-track mid-session.

Mario Dominguez has been drafted in to replace Clarke, making Minardi his fourth team of the season.

Pos  Driver       Team                        Time               
 1.  Power        Team Australia              1:13.810
 2.  Bourdais     Newman/Haas/Lanigan         1:14.023  + 0.213
 3.  Pagenaud     Team Australia              1:14.030  + 0.220
 4.  Rahal        Newman/Haas/Lanigan         1:14.224  + 0.414
 5.  Junqueira    Dale Coyne Racing           1:14.433  + 0.623
 6.  Gommendy     PKV Racing                  1:14.590  + 0.780
 7.  Servia       Forsythe                    1:14.812  + 1.002
 8.  Jani         PKV Racing                  1:14.823  + 1.013
 9.  Tracy        Forsythe                    1:14.829  + 1.019
10.  Tagliani     Rocketsports                1:14.960  + 1.150
11.  Wilson       RuSPORT                     1:15.041  + 1.231
12.  Dalziel      Pacific Coast Motorsports   1:15.498  + 1.688
13.  Legge        Dale Coyne Racing           1:15.603  + 1.793
14.  Figge        Pacific Coast Motorsports   1:15.934  + 2.124