27/05/2006

Ferrari dominated GT2 qualifying in Brno, with five of the new cars leading the time sheets. For the second race in a row, Scuderia Ecosse captured pole position, although this time it was the nr 63 Ferrari 430 GT2 which set the best lap.  Tim Mullen claimed his first FIA GT2 pole with a lap of 2:02.104.  He is sharing the car this weekend with British driver Phil Bennett, his regular team-mate Chris Niarchos being unavailable.  As well as racing in the FIA GT, Mullen and Niarchos are competing in the British GT Championship, where they have won all three races to date.  Mullen was just over a tenth of a second faster than Silverstone pole-sitter, Andrew Kirkaldy, in the team's second car. "It's a good result for the team," Tim said. "The car is pretty good on new tyres, so Michelin and the team did a perfect job. It is a very challenging track here, so it is important to find a good race set-up."  Third place in GT2 went to Tim Sugden in the nr 55 JMB - GruppeM Ferrari 430 GT2, ahead of the two AF Corse cars.  The leading Porsche, in 6th position in GT2, was the nr 75 Ebimotors car of Emmanuel Collard and Luca Riccitelli, 1.5 seconds ahead of the second Porsche, their team-mates Moccia and Busnelli.