Corvette on pole at Silverstone
The Corvette C6.R of Mike Hezemans, Bert Longin and Anthony Kumpen has taken pole for the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone tomorrow
In wet conditions, the GLPK-Carsport team set a qualifying lap half a second quicker than the second-placed Zakspeed Racing Saleen S7 R of Sascha Bert and Jarek Janis. The series' new-for-2006 qualifying format saw one session of just 20 minutes.
Lining up on the second row of the grid for the opening round of the FIA GT Championship will be the Phoenix Racing Aston Martin DBR9 of Jean-Denis Deletraz and Andrea Piccini, and the Vitaphone Racing Maserati MC12 of Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini.
Briton Jamie Davies will take 7th on the grid with the Vitaphone MC12 he shares with Thomas Biagi.
In their FIA GT debut, reigning British GT Champions Scuderia Ecosse set the fastest time in the GT2 class - qualifying eighth overall - in the Ferrari 430 GT2 driven by Nathan Kinch and Andrew Kirkaldy.
Pos Cl. Drivers Make Time 1. GT1 Longin/Kumpen/Hezemans Corvette C6 1:58.288 2. GT1 Bert/Janis Saleen S7R 1:58.905 + 0.617 3. GT1 Deletraz/Piccini Aston Martin DBR9 2:00.284 + 1.996 4. GT1 Bartels/Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1 2:00.860 + 2.572 5. GT1 Bouchut/Brabham Aston Martin DBR9 2:01.167 + 2.879 6. GT1 Pescatori/Ramos Aston Martin DBR9 2:02.299 + 4.011 7. GT1 Davies/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 2:02.378 + 4.090 8. GT2 Kinch/Kirkaldy Ferrari 430 GT2 2:02.734 + 4.446 9. GT1 Gollin/Babini Aston Martin DBR9 2:02.903 + 4.615 10. GT2 Collard/Riccitelli Porsche 996 GT3 2:03.069 + 4.781 11. GT1 Lechner/Diefenbacher Aston Martin DBR9 2:03.393 + 5.105 12. GT1 Wendlinger/Peter Aston Martin DBR9 2:03.512 + 5.224 13. GT2 Niarchos/Mullen Ferrari 430 GT2 2:03.562 + 5.274 14. GT1 Balfe/Derbyshire Saleen S7R 2:05.114 + 6.826 15. GT2 Sugden/Alexander-David Ferrari 430 GT2 2:05.288 + 7.000 16. GT2 Salo/Aguas Ferrari 430 GT2 2:05.835 + 7.547 17. GT2 Bobbi/Melo Ferrari 430 GT2 2:06.586 + 8.298 18. GT1 Leuenberger/Walchhofer Lamborghini GTR 2:06.887 + 8.599 19. GT2 Ried/Felbermayr Jr Porsche 996 GT3 2:07.701 + 9.413 20. GT2 Moccia/Busnelli Porsche 996 GT3 2:08.055 + 9.767 21. GT2 Tomlinson/Dean Panoz 2:10.614 + 12.326 22. G2 Leinders/Kuppens Gillet Vertigo 2:12.465 + 14.177 23. GT2 Kaufmann/Moro Porsche 996 GT3 2:12.721 + 14.433 24. GT2 Konopka/Rosina Porsche 996 GT3 2:13.782 + 15.494 25. GT2 Knauss/Jurasz/Heutschi Porsche 996 GT3 2:14.575 + 16.287 26. GT2 Lichtner-Hoyer/Gruber Porsche 996 GT3 2:14.607 + 16.319 27. GT2 Manning/Tuckey Nissan 350Z 2:16.343 + 18.055 28. GT2 Felbermayr/Ried Porsche 996 GT3 2:16.981 + 18.693 29. GT2 Gosse/Kutemann Ferrari 430 GT2 2:20.034 + 21.746
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