Konrad disqualified from pole
The Konrad Motorsport Lola-Ford B2K/10 has been disqualified from the pole position it won on Saturday afternoon after failing its airbox test in the post-session scrutineering checks
The decision means that all the efforts of the team's German driver Ralf Kelleners, who had dominated the session, have been wasted, and the car will have to start today's race at the back of the SR1 grid, down in 11th place overall.
Team boss Franz Konrad said: "The FIA technical people are satisfied that we have done nothing untoward, and I'm not entirely happy with the test that was carried out. But it's happened, and I've accepted the decision. Maybe a small bit of dirt broke the seal slightly in the airbox, because this car has been sitting, unused, in the workshop since February. We'll start 11th, but I don't think that is a big problem."
The team's final preparations for the race took place in the 20-minute Sunday morning warm-up, with the track still wet. Jean-Marc Gounon set the fastest time in the dying minutes of the session in the Kremer Lola, just ahead of Giovanni Lavaggi's Ferrari-Judd 333SP.
Jean-Marc Gounon/Sam Hancock Kremer Lola-Ford B98/K2001 1m47.667s
Giovanni Lavaggi/Bob Berridge GLV Ferrari-Judd 333SP 1m47.780s
Christian Pescatori/Marco Zadra Scuderia Italia Ferrari 333SP 1m47.936s
John Nielsen/Hiroki Katoh Den Bla Avis Dome-Judd S101 1m47.949s
Jan Lammers/Val Hillebrand Racing for Holland Dome-Judd S101 1m48.140s
Mauro Baldi/Alex Caffi R&M Riley & Scott-Judd MkIII 1m48.200s
Franz Konrad/Ralf Kelleners Konrad Lola-Ford B2K/10 1m49.236s
Werner Lupberger/Ben Collins Team Ascari Ascari-Judd A410 1m51.153s
Jean-Christophe Boullion/Boris Derichebourg Pescarolo Courage-Peugeot C60 1m52.303s
Enzo Calderari/Lilian Bryner/Angelo Zadra Scuderia Italia Ferrari 333SP 1m53.447s
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