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Navarra FIA GT: Reiter Lamborghini takes pole in wet session

Stefan Rosina sealed pole position for the fifth round of the FIA GT Series in a wet qualifying session at Navarra

The Slovakian's team-mate in the Blancpain Reiter Lamborghini, Marc Basseng, had set the fastest time in the first segment of qualifying to put the pair through to superpole.

Thanks to being last on a drying circuit, Rosina was able to edge out Edward Sandstrom's WRT Audi by 0.065s. Sandstrom's team-mate Oliver Jarvis was close behind, as he made his FIA GT Series debut, deputising for Rene Rast.

Alvaro Parente was once again quick in his Sebastien Loeb Racing McLaren, taking fourth position ahead of the top Pro-Am qualifier, series debutant Michael Ammermuller in the Novadriver Audi.

Caca Bueno was the best of the BMWs for Team Brazil in sixth. Championship leaders Stephane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor could only manage seventh quickest, after Ortelli spun his WRT Audi on his first of two flying laps.

Michele Rugolo was impressive to take eighth place in his AF Corse Ferrari, despite being in the Gentleman Trophy class.

He outqualified championship outsider Alon Day, as neither he nor new team-mate Stef Dusseldorp could find pace in HTP's Mercedes SLS.

The final car meant to go through to superpole was the RJN Nissan of Alex Buncombe and Lucas Ordonez.

Both drivers showed pace, but Ordonez lost power approaching the end of the lap, and only got as far as the pitlane entry before the car went up in smoke, ending his involvement in qualifying.

Pos  Drivers                Team/Car             Time       Gap
 1.  Rosina/Basseng         Reiter Lamborghini   1m49.595s
 2.  Stippler/Sandstrom     WRT Audi             1m49.660s  +0.065s
 3.  Mayr-Melnhof/Jarvis    WRT Audi             1m49.670s  +0.075s
 4.  Loeb/Parente           Loeb McLaren         1m49.746s  +0.151s
 5.  Campanico/Ammermuller  Novadriver Audi      1m49.776s  +0.181s
 6.  Khodair/Bueno          Brazil BMW           1m49.939s  +0.344s
 7.  Ortelli/Vanthoor       WRT Audi             1m50.087s  +0.492s
 8.  Sdanewitsch/Rugolo     AF Ferrari           1m50.385s  +0.790s
 9.  Day/Dusseldorp         HTP Mercedes         1m50.392s  +0.797s
10.  Buncombe/Ordonez       RJN Nissan
11.  Chandhok/Buurman       Vita4One BMW         1m50.293s  Q2
12.  Cunha/Stumpf           Rodrive Lamborghini  1m50.314s  Q2
13.  Demoustier/Tappy       Von Ryan McLaren     1m50.367s  Q2
14.  Simonsen/Afanasiev     HTP Mercedes         1m50.468s  Q1
15.  Tweraser/Proczyk       GRT Lamborghini      1m50.522s  Q2
16.  Abreu/Jimenez          Brazil BMW           1m50.814s  Q2
17.  Doherty/Reip           RJN Nissan           1m51.067s  Q2
18.  Zuber/Parisy           Loeb McLaren         1m51.137s  Q2
19.  Ebrahim/Sladecka       India BMW            1m51.339s  Q1
20.  Haupt/Matzke           HTP Mercedes         1m52.202s  Q1

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