Bouchut on pole in Dubai
Christophe Bouchut put the number 17 Russian Age Racing Aston Martin DBR9 on pole position for tomorrow's FIA GT championship round in Dubai
Running as the Dubai GT team in Middle East Aston Martin colours, the Frenchman's lap of 1:55.215 secured his tenth career FIA GT pole, and his third of the season.
Neither Bouchut or teammate Stephane Ortelli improved on the time in the afternoon's second session, but the morning lap was still an impressive five tenths ahead of Mike Hezeman's best in the number 6 GLPK Carsport Corvette.
Phillip Peter qualified the number 16 Maserati MC12 GT1 in third, up the order from fifth after setting their best time in this afternoon's second qualifying session.
In GT2 the Gruppe M Porsches took their usual place at the front of the field, with Marc Lieb putting the number 66 car on pole with a lap of 2:01.802 in the opening session, ahead of the number 88 sister car of Emmanuel Collard.
Chris Buncombe put the number 89 Ferrari 360 Modena on third on the GT2 grid, his highest starting position in the championship.
The number 11 Ferrari 550 Maranello and the number 5 Saleen S7 R will start at the back of the grid after qualifying seventh and ninth respectively, because of engine changes.
Pos Class Drivers Make Time 1. GT1 Bouchut/Ortelli Aston Martin DBR9 1:55.215 2. GT1 Longin/Kumpen/Hezemans Corvette C5R + 0.513 3. GT1 Peter/Kutemann/Waaijenberg Maserati MC12 GT1 + 0.917 4. GT1 Bertolini/Wendlinger Maserati MC12 GT1 + 1.134 5. GT1 Babini/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 + 1.134 6. GT1 Bartels/Scheider Maserati MC12 GT1 + 1.341 7. GT1 Lamy/Gardel Ferrari 550 Maranello + 1.471 8. GT1 Deletraz/Piccini/Lemeret Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC + 1.825 9. GT1 Lechner/Ruberti Saleen S7 R + 1.906 10. GT1 Cioci/Montermini Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC + 2.187 11. GT1 Zacchia/Blanchemain/Vosse Ferrari 550 Maranello + 2.216 12. GT1 Keen/Halliday Lister Storm GT + 2.486 13. GT1 Lacko/Konrad Saleen S7 R + 3.190 14. GT1 Fomenko/Vasiliev Ferrari 550 Maranello + 5.559 15. GT2 Lieb/Rockenfeller Porsche 996 GT3 RSR + 6.587 16. GT2 Collard/Sugden Porsche 996 GT3 RSR + 6.695 17. GT2 Taxis/Buncombe/Casadei Ferrari 360 Modena + 8.360 18. GT2 Bleekemolen/Crevels Spyker C8 Spyder GT2 R + 8.846 19. GT2 Busnelli/Moccia Porsche 996 GT3 RSR + 9.405 20. GT2 Lambertini/Rosa/Drudi Ferrari 360 Modena + 9.526 21. GT2 Moro/Kaufmann Porsche 996 GT3 RSR + 9.556 22. GT2 Kuppens/Leinders/Ickx Vertigo Streiff + 9.979 23. GT2 Ried/Ried Porsche 996 GT3 RS + 11.640 24. GT2 Konopka/Rosina Porsche 996 GT3 RSR + 14.090 25. GT2 Vonka/Jurasz/Fumal Porsche 996 GT3 RS + 14.558
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