Carsport Corvette takes TT pole
The Carsport Corvette of Jean-Denis Deletraz and Mike Hezemans will start from pole position for tomorrow's Tourist Trophy at Silverstone, round two of the FIA GT Championship
The Dutch team beat Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp's JetAlliance Aston by 0.241 seconds.
Mika Salo and Thomas Biagi qualified third in the Vitaphone Maserati, with Salo taking reigning champion Michael Bartels' place this weekend while the German recovers from a kidney operation.
Tim Mullen and Andrew Kirkaldy put the lead Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari on GT2 pole, but their celebrity team-mate Nigel Mansell and co-driver Chris Niarchos were only ninth in class.
Pos Cl Drivers Make Time 1. GT1 Deletraz/Hezemans Corvette C6R 1:43.504 2. GT1 Wendlinger/Sharp Aston Martin DBR9 1:43.745 3. GT1 Salo/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 1:44.035 4. GT1 Babini/Davies Aston Martin DBR9 1:44.313 5. GT1 Bertolini/Piccini Maserati MC12 GT1 1:44.446 6. GT1 Giannoccaro/Pier Guidi Maserati MC12 GT1 1:44.667 7. GT1 Kumpen/Longin Corvette C5R 1:44.960 8. GT1 Ramos/Montanari Maserati MC12 GT1 1:45.511 9. GT1 Johnson/Cocker Aston Martin DBR9 1:45.568 10. GT1 Toccacelo/Monfardini Aston Martin DBR9 1:45.616 11. GT1 Menten/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 1:45.625 12. GT1 Lichtner-Hoyer/Lechner Aston Martin DBR9 1:45.927 13. GT1 Hines/Peter Corvette C6R 1:46.064 14. GT1 Basseng/Mucke Lamborghini Murcielago 1:46.373 15. GT2 Mullen/Kirkaldy Ferrari 430 GT2 1:49.052 16. GT2 Bruni/Melo Ferrari 430 GT2 1:49.419 17. GT1 Cloet/Kuismanen Corvette C5R 1:49.625 18. GT2 Machitski/Edwards Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.857 19. GT2 Collard/Malucelli Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:49.964 20. GT2 Ruberti/Pasini Ferrari 430 GT2 1:50.004 21. GT2 Vilander/Muller Ferrari 430 GT2 1:50.100 22. GT2 Busnelli/Zani Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:50.319 23. GT1 Macari/Aucott Maserati MC12 GT1 1:50.694 24. GT2 Cressoni/Rugolo Ferrari 430 GT2 1:50.775 25. GT2 Niarchos/Mansell Ferrari 430 GT2 1:51.480 26. GT1 Kessel/Cattori Ferrari 575 Maranello 1:51.610 27. GT1 Jakubowski/Labhardt Ferrari 550 Maranello 1:52.071 28. G2 Leinders/Kuppens Gillet Vertigo 1:53.038 29. GT1 Waaijenberg/Kutemann Maserati MC12 GT1 1:54.254 30. G2 Carcon/Stepec Viper GTSR 2:00.450
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