Qualifying: Pole for Force One Viper
The Force One Racing trio of Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen and Philippe Alliot will start Sunday's FIA GT Championship race at Estoril in pole position, after blitzing the field in their Chrysler Viper
Hezemans set a stunning lap of 1m36.222s, which was nearly half a second quickest than anybody else could manage. Luca Cappellari and Fabrizio Gollin, who retain a slim chance of claiming the championship, will start second in their Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550 Maranello.
The Konrad Motorsport Saleen S7-R, driven by Franz Konrad, Walter Lechner Jr and Toni Seiler, will start third, ahead of the JMB Ferrari of Boris Derichebourg and Christian Pescatori.
Championship leaders Thomas Biagi and Matteo Bobbi will start from seventh position in their Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550 Maranello.
Andrea Bertolini and Fabrizio de Simone were fastest in the N-GT class in their JMB Ferrari 360 Modena, and will start 16th overall. Jamies Davies and Darren Turner were second in class in the second JMB machine.
Hezemans/Kumpen/Alliot Chrysler Viper GTS-R 1m36.222s
Cappellari/Gollin Ferrari 550 Maranello 1m36.661s
Konrad/Lechner Jr/Seiler Saleen S7-R 1m36.784s
Derichebourg/Pescatori Ferrari 575 M Maranello 1m36.898s
Babini/Peter Ferrari 575 M Maranello 1m36.932s
Erdos/Newton Saleen S7-R 1m37.345s
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