FIA GT1 - Nurburgring - Quick Qualifying Report

The Nürburgring weather held for the 60-minute qualifying, with Darren Turner and Tomas Enge taking their second pole position of the 2010 season, with Turner posting a 1:57.155s lap in the Q3 session for Round 6 of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship at the Nürburgring in Germany.  The top three places on the grid for this afternoon's race are filled by German teams, with the #r24 Reiter Lamborghini of Peter Kox and Christopher Haase finishing second in qualifying and the All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Lamborghini of Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli in third.

The first qualifying session was topped by the Hexis AMR Aston Martin of Frédéric Makowiecki in a time of 1:57.171, with Darren Turner posting the second fastest lap. Seven cars didn't make the cut - #2,4,5,12,22,33,41.

The second qualifying session was declared wet when rain was reported from T5 to T9, but the track remained dry as the rain skirted the circuit.  Tomas Enge topped the timing sheet with a 1m57.182 lap, ahead of the nr8 Young Driver AMR Aston of Stefan Mücke with a 1:57.292.

The third and final session got underway but Christopher Nygaard elected to sit in the pits and take no part in the session, the team reporting no problem with the car and saying it was to save tyre wear for the race.  Again the cloud was building over the circuit but the rain held off until the chequered flag.