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Rain guarantees Vitaphone's Spa pole

Vitaphone Maserati driver Alex Muller has qualified on pole position for this weekend's Spa 24 Hours

The German driver set a time of 2m18.030s in the early stages of the first of three qualifying sessions this evening. A rainstorm then hit the Belgian circuit, preventing any improvements for the rest of the night.

Behind the #2 Maserati, which Muller will share with Miguel Ramos, Pedro Lamy and Eric Van de Poele, are the other two Vitaphone Maserati MC12s. Alessandro Pier Guidi qualified second in the #33 car, while Andre Bertolini completed a one-two-three.

Muller believes the team is well prepared for Saturday's 24 Hours.

"It's started well. I think we are all very happy in the team with a one-two-three," he said. "I think we are in good shape for the race."

Bas Leinders was fastest of the new-specification GT1s, setting a 2m21.881s lap in the Marc VDS Ford GT for sixth overall, while ex-single-seater ace Gianmaria Bruni put the #50 AF Corse Ferrari on the GT2 pole with 2m25.232s.

Thomas Mutsch was quickest in the G3 class for GT3 cars with the leading Matech Ford GT entry, and Marcel Fassler dominated the G2 class with the Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS.

Pos  Cl   Drivers                                Car       Time
 1.  GT1  Ramos/Muller/Lamy/Van De Poele         Maserati  2m18.030s
 2.  GT1  Guidi/Lemeret/Rosenblad/Vosse          Maserati  2m18.591s
 3.  GT1  Bartels/Bertolini/Sarrazin/Negrao      Maserati  2m19.222s
 4.  GT1  Bernoldi/Streit/Maassen                Corvette  2m19.530s
 5.  GT1  Longin/Ruffier/Soulet/Gavin            Corvette  2m19.670s
 6.  GT1  Leinders/Kuppens/Doncker               Ford      2m21.881s
 7.  GT1  Hezemans/Kumpen/Menten/Mollekens       Corvette  2m22.640s
 8.  GT1  Krumm/Turner/Davidson                  Nissan    2m24.109s
 9.  GT2  Vilander/Bruni/Melo/Companc            Ferrari   2m25.232s
10.  GT2  Niarchos/Mullen/Quaife/Goodwin         Ferrari   2m26.349s
11.  G3   Mutsch/Martin/Wyss/Hennerici           Ford      2m26.364s
12.  GT2  Ashburn/Sugden/Ortelli/Bergmeister     Porsche   2m26.471s
13.  GT2  Malucelli/Ruberti/Heyer/Romanini       Ferrari   2m26.584s
14.  GT2  Barba Lopez/Cadei/Russo/Kaffer         Ferrari   2m27.245s
15.  GT2  Narac/Pilet/Long                       Porsche   2m28.038s
16.  GT2  Collard/Westbrook/O'Young/Edwards      Porsche   2m28.133s
17.  G2   Fassler/Moser/Margaritis/Basseng       Audi      2m28.327s
18.  GT2  Lucchini/Ragginger/Holzer/Miller       Porsche   2m29.320s
19.  G3   Renard/Wauters/Van Hooydonck/Schroyen  Aston     2m30.014s
20.  G3   Kelders/Greisch/Desbrueres/Helary      Porsche   2m30.458s
21.  GT2  Kirkaldy/Bell/Kox/Garcia               Ferrari   2m30.593s
22.  G3   Lefort/Verbist/Forbes                  Porsche   2m30.648s
23.  G3   Brandela/Prignaud/Lesoudier/Corbel     BMW       2m31.472s
24.  G2   Radermeker/Ho-pin/De Sordi/Villeneuve  Mosler    2m31.601s
25.  G3   Haring/Konstantinou/Durr/Bourdeaux     Porsche   2m31.693s
26.  G3   Mattheis/Negrao/Oliveira Jr/Lunardi    Ford      2m31.796s
27.  GT2  Basso/Kuteman/Hartshorne/Daoudi        Ferrari   2m32.294s
28.  GT2  V S'teren/Coronel/Hommerson/Machiels   Porsche   2m36.050s
29.  G2   Lichtner-hoyer/Eckert/Rich/Sharp       Porsche   2m39.943s
30.  G3   Cullen/Shovlin/Patterson/Ludwig        Ferrari   2m39.981s
31.  G3   Brouard/Havette/Noziere/Kerkhove       Porsche   2m41.463s
32.  GT1  Dierick/Van Damm/VD Zwaan/VD Zwaan     Saleen    2m41.902s
33.  G2   Kenis/D'maecker/Smets/Schuybroeck      Mosler    2m52.360s

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