Maserati Claims first All-Front Row
The Maserati Vitaphone team claimed their first all-front row of the FIA GT season at Oschersleben, after the second qualifying session left results from the earlier session unchanged
The #9 Maserati of Michael Bartels and Timo Scheider will be on pole position, while teammates Fabio Babini and Thomas Biagi, in the #10 Maserati, will start tomorrow's three-hour race in second.
The Corvette of Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin was third fastest.
GruppeM Porsche continued to dominate the GT2 class, claiming their sixth 1-2 qualifying result in seven rounds. Emanuel Collard and Tim Sugden were fastest, while Marc Lieb and Mike Rockenfeller followed.
The sole G2 class entry, the Balfe Mosler of Shaun Balfe and Jamie Derbyshire, was 17th fastest overall.
Combined Qualifying Results: Pos Cl. Drivers Car Time Laps 1. GT1 Bartels/Scheider Maserati MC12 GT1 1:22.991 35 2. GT1 Babini/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 1:23.072 + 0.081 27 3. GT1 Hezemans/Kumpen/Longin Corvette C5R 1:23.123 + 0.132 36 4. GT1 Deletraz/Piccini Ferrari 575 Maranello 1:23.362 + 0.371 47 5. GT1 Peter/Zwaan/Zani Maserati MC12 GT1 1:23.673 + 0.682 48 6. GT1 Lechner/Gounon Saleen S7 R 1:23.702 + 0.711 34 7. GT1 Bouchut/Fomenko/Vasiliev Ferrari 550 Maranello 1:24.095 + 1.104 42 8. GT1 Bertolini/Wendlinger Maserati MC12 GT1 1:24.277 + 1.286 44 9. GT1 Lamy/Gardel Ferrari 550 Maranello 1:24.362 + 1.371 42 10. GT1 Melo/Belloc Ferrari 575 Maranello 1:24.512 + 1.533 30 11. GT1 Kox/Simon Lamborghini Murcielago 1:24.595 + 1.773 36 12. GT1 Keen/Halliday Lister Storm GT 1:25.016 + 2.025 36 13. GT1 Hermann/Stahl/Konrad Saleen S7 R 1:25.133 + 2.142 42 14. GT2 Collard/Sugden Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 1:26.952 + 3.961 50 15. GT2 Lieb/Rockenfeller Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 1:27.202 + 4.211 48 16. GT1 Stanco/Janus/Lacko Saleen S7 R 1:27.710 + 4.719 32 17. G2 Balfe/Derbyshire Mosler MT900R 1:28.541 + 5.550 27 18. GT1 Haupt/Serwin Ferrari 550 Maranello 1:28.923 + 5.932 34 19. GT2 Busnelli/Moccia Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 1:29.350 + 6.359 41 20. GT2 Moro/Kaufmann Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 1:30.679 + 7.688 30 21. GT2 Ried/Ried Porsche 996 GT3 RS 1:31.268 + 8.277 32 22. GT2 Vonka/Nurminen/Casadei Porsche 996 GT3 RS 1:33.079 + 10.088 38 23. GT2 Terrier/Carugati Ferrari 360 Modena 1:35.259 + 12.701 47
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