Playteam secure Bucharest front row
The Scuderia Playteam Maseratis claimed the front row in qualifying for the FIA GT Championship's first Bucharest street race
The Italian squad had also dominated final free practice, but their order was reversed in qualifying as Alessandro Pier Guidi and Giambattista Giannocaro beat teammates Andrea Bertolini and Andrea Piccini to pole by 0.373 seconds.
The leading Vitaphone Maserati of Miguel Ramos and Christian Montanari was third, a tenth away from the front row, but the best non-Maserati runner was over a second off the pace.
Robert Lechner and Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer put the JetAlliance Aston on the outside of row two - 1.1 seconds from pole and at the head of a group of five cars covered by 0.272 seconds.
Having been quickest in the first, rain-affected, practice session, Mike Hezemans and Jean-Denis Deletraz could only manage 10th on the grid in the Phoenix Corvette.
The Porsche teams dominated in GT2, with Emmanuel Collard and Matteo Malucelli taking pole for Scuderia Italia.
Pos Cl Drivers Car Time 1. GT1 Giannoccaro/Pier Guidi Maserati MC12 GT1 1:14.214 2. GT1 Bertolini/Piccini Maserati MC12 GT1 1:14.587 3. GT1 Ramos/Montanari Maserati MC12 GT1 1:14.697 4. GT1 Lichtner-Hoyer/Lechner Aston Martin DBR9 1:15.329 5. GT1 Kumpen/Longin Corvette C5R 1:15.371 6. GT1 Wendlinger/Sharp Aston Martin DBR9 1:15.469 7. GT1 Gollin/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 1:15.493 8. GT1 Menten/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 1:15.512 9. GT1 Bouchut/Mucke Lamborghini Murcielago 1:15.601 10. GT1 Deletraz/Hezemans Corvette C6R 1:15.754 11. GT1 Babini/Davies Aston Martin DBR9 1:15.867 12. GT1 Toccacelo/Monfardini Aston Martin DBR9 1:16.780 13. GT2 Collard/Malucelli Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:18.175 14. GT2 MacHitski/Edwards Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:18.474 15. GT2 Niarchos/Janis Ferrari 430 GT2 1:18.684 16. GT2 Busnelli/Zani Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:18.776 17. GT2 Mullen/Kirkaldy Ferrari 430 GT2 1:19.097 18. GT1 MacAri/Aucott Maserati MC12 GT1 1:19.663 19. GT1 Cloet/Vannelet Corvette C5R 1:19.774 20. GT2 Cressoni/Rugolo Ferrari 430 GT2 1:19.832 21. G2 Leinders/Kuppens Gillet Vertigo 1:21.082 22. GT1 Waaijenberg/Kutemann Maserati MC12 GT1 1:28.272
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