06 Nov 2010 GT Qualifying

 

On a wet track, the 20-minute qualifying session was full of surprises. It would be an understatement to say that it was a hotly disputed session..

Five manufacturers have successively occupied the top of the table: Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, Audi, but it was ultimately the Lamborghini Murcielago GT1 Japanese Yuhi Sekiguchi with the fastest time.

Just behind the Porsche 997 GT3 R Hybrid takes second place. The third is occupied by the amazing Alex Yoong who took his Audi R8 GTC ahead of all the cars in the category.

Ferrari, Porsche, BMW ... There is all to play for in tomorrow's race and the ILMC title in the GT2 class.

1 - 69 - JLOC - Lamborghini Murcielago - Yuhi Sekiguchi (JAP)/Sakamoto Yuya (JAP), 1'33''516
2 - 92 - Porsche AG - Porsche 997 GT3 R Hybrid - Jörg Bergmeister (ALL)/Patrick Long (USA), 1'33''789
3 - 98 - KK Performance - Audi R8 LMS - Marchy Lee (HKG)/Alex Yoong (MAL)/Matthew Marsh (HKG), 1'34''959
4 - 50 - Larbre Compétition - Patrick Bornhauser (FRA)/Pedro Lamy (POR)/Laurent Groppi (FRA), 1'35''217
5 - 96 - United Motorsport - Audi R8 LMS - Danny Watts (GBR)/Richard Meins (GBR)/Frank Yu (HKG), 1'35''682
6 - 95 - AF Corse - Ferrari F430 GT - Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)/Toni Vilander (FIN)/Jaime Melo (BRA), 1'35''810
7 - 77 - Team Felbermayr-Proton - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Marc Lieab (ALL)/Richard Lietz (AUT), 1'36''114
8 - 78 - BMW Team Schnitzer - BMW E92 M3 - Jörg Müller (BMW)/Dirk Werner (ALL), 1'36''166
9 - 90 - CRS Racing - Ferrari F430 GT - Pierre Erhet (ALL)/Phil Quaife (GBR)/Andrew Kirkaldy (GBR), 1'36''210
10 - Prospeed Competition - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Richard Westbrook (GBR)/Darryl O'Young (HKG), 1'36''300...

The start of the 1 000 km de Zhuhai will be at noon on Sunday (04:00am UK).

Photo: ZHUHAI (PRC), 1 000KM OF ZHUHAI, 6th NOV 2010. Ferrari #95 de Bruni-Vilander-Melo Leads its GT2 category.

Julien Hergault