Wendlinger on pole in Oschersleben
Karl Wendlinger led a JetAlliance Aston Martin one-two in FIA GT Championship qualifying at Oschersleben
The Austrian, who will co-drive with Ryan Sharp in tomorrow's two-hour race, beat teammate Alex Muller to pole by 0.102 seconds.
Championship leaders Christophe Bouchut and Xavier Maaassen will start third in the SRT Corvette, ahead of Jose Maria Lopez, who produced the star performance of the day to get the ACA Argentina Ferrari 550 onto the outside of row two.
The sole GT1 Ferrari has languished at the back of the pack so far this year, but in his second outing in the car Lopez took it to within 0.294 seconds of pole position.
The best of the Maserati MC12s was Michael Bartels' Vitaphone example in fifth place, just over six tenths of a second off the pace.
AF Corse Ferrari continued their domination of GT2, as championship leaders Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander claimed class pole ahead of teammates Christian Montanari and Thomas Biagi.
Pos Cl. Driver Make Time 1. GT1 Karl Wendlinger Aston Martin DB9 1:23.748 2. GT1 Alex Muller Aston Martin DB9 1:23.850 + 0.102 3. GT1 Christophe Bouchut Corvette Z06 1:23.878 + 0.130 4. GT1 Jose Maria Lopez Ferrari 550 Maranello 1:24.042 + 0.294 5. GT1 Michael Bartels Maserati MC 12 1:24.394 + 0.646 6. GT1 Mike Hezemans Corvette Z06 1:24.668 + 0.920 7. GT1 Alexandre Negrao Maserati MC 12 1:24.699 + 0.951 8. GT1 Marcel Fassler Corvette Z06 1:24.835 + 1.087 9. GT1 Philipp Peter Aston Martin DB9 1:24.842 + 1.094 10. GT1 Greg Franchi Saleen S7 1:25.012 + 1.264 11. GT1 Anthony Kumpen Saleen S7 1:25.359 + 1.611 12. GT2 Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari F430 1:27.785 + 4.037 13. GT2 Christian Montanari Ferrari F430 1:28.298 + 4.550 14. GT2 Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 1:28.331 + 4.583 15. GT1 Ben Aucott Maserati MC 12 1:28.424 + 4.676 16. GT2 Matias Russo Ferrari F430 1:28.460 + 4.712 17. GT2 Andrew Kirkaldy Ferrari F430 1:28.494 + 4.746 18. GT1 Wolfgang Kaufmann Corvette C5-R 1:28.509 + 4.761 19. GT2 Richard Westbrook Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) 1:28.721 + 4.973 20. GT2 Matteo Malucelli Ferrari F430 1:28.749 + 5.001 21. GT2 Jamie Davies Ferrari F430 1:29.359 + 5.611 22. GT2 Davide Rigon Ferrari F430 1:30.150 + 6.402 23. GT2 Richard Williams Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) 1:30.179 + 6.431 24. GT2 Mikael Forsten Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) 1:30.717 + 6.969 25. GT2 Adam Lacko Mosler MT 900 1:30.961 + 7.213 26. GT2 Henri Moser Ferrari F430 1:33.440 + 9.692
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