Fassler/Deletraz take Silverstone pole
Phoenix Corvette's Marcel Fassler and Jean-Denis Deletraz will start on pole for the FIA GT Championship season-opener after Fassler topped this afternoon's qualifying session at a damp Silverstone
Fassler held on despite a late challenge from Christophe Bouchut in the Selleslagh Racing Team's Corvette C6R. The French driver closed to within 0.083 seconds of Fassler's pole time but had to settle for the outside of the front row.
The slippery conditions shook up the rest of the order, with the G2 and GT2 cars enjoying a slightly drier track for their session than the top class machines would when they emerged in the second half of qualifying.
Sean Edwards was third-fastest overall in the ARC Bratislava G2 class Saleen S7R, ahead of the Ryan Sharp/Karl Wendlinger Jetalliance Aston Martin and Mike Hezemans and Fabrizio Gollin in the second Phoenix Corvette.
The new Gigawave Aston team completed the top six with Allan Simonsen and Philipp Peter.
CR Scuderia Ferrari driver Andrew Kirkaldy snatched GT2 class pole by a full second with his final lap of the session, and was classified seventh overall in the car he shares with Rob Bell.
Until Kirkaldy's late improvement, Richard Westbrook had been dominating the GT2 session for Prospeed Porsche, but he could not match the Scot's final time and had to settle for second in class and tenth overall.
Reigning champions Vitaphone Maserati had a difficult session, with GP2 convert Xandi Negrao their fastest driver in eighth place and Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels taking a lowly 15th in the No.1 MC12.
Pos Cl Drivers Car Time 1. GT1 Fassler/Deletraz Corvette C6R 1:55.220 2. GT1 Bouchut/Maassen Corvette C6R 1:55.303 3. G2 Konopka/Konrad/Edwards Saleen S7R 1:55.459 4. GT1 Wendlinger/Sharp Aston Martin DBR9 1:55.525 5. GT1 Hezemans/Gollin Corvette C6R 1:55.734 6. GT1 Peter/Simonsen Aston Martin DBR9 1:55.934 7. GT2 Kirkaldy/Bell Ferrari F430 GT2 1:56.632 8. GT1 Ramos/Negrao Maserati MC12 1:56.647 9. GT1 Lichtner-Hoyer/Muller Aston Martin DBR9 1:56.877 10. GT2 Collard/Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:57.662 11. GT2 Vilander/Bruni Ferrari F430 GT2 1:58.718 12. GT2 Malucelli/Ruberti Ferrari F430 GT2 1:58.951 13. GT2 Biagi/Montanari Ferrari F430 GT2 1:59.145 14. GT1 Kox/Rusonov Lamborghini Murcielago 1:59.592 15. GT1 Bertolini/Bartels Maserati MC12 2:00.005 16. GT2 Forsten/Palttala Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:00.457 17. GT2 Ashburn/Williams Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2:00.779 18. GT1 Vosse/Franchi Saleen S7R 2:00.790 19. GT2 Russo/Perez Companc Ferrari F430 GT2 2:02.001 20. GT2 Babini/Davies Ferrari F430 GT2 2:02.088 21. GT1 Menten/Piccini Saleen S7R 2:04.352 22. GT1 Tuero/Mazzacane Ferrari 550 Maranello 2:05.641 23. GT2 Niarchos/Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2 2:06.481 24. GT1 Kutemann/Aucott Maserati MC12 2:06.683 25. GT1 Talkanitsa/Kaufmann Corvette C5R 2:07.084 26. GT1 Kumpen/Longin Saleen S7R 2:07.304 27. GT2 Camathias/Rigon Ferrari F430 GT2 2:07.824 28. GT2 Moser/Del Monte Ferrari F430 GT2 2:10.052 29. G2 Heyer/Vojtech Mosler MT900 2:33.659 30. G2 Leinders/Kuppens Gillet Vertigo 31. G2 Lacko/Jirasek Mosler MT900
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