Perhaps due to the damp conditions, it was the British drivers who dominated qualifying for the Italian rounds of the FIA GT3 European Championship.  Showers at the start and the end of the two 20-minute sessions made the track damp and treacherous, and saw two red flags interrupt the first session.
It was  Damax driver Ben Collins, in the nr 47 Ascari KZ1R, who set pole for the first session, on his very final lap after the chequered flag had been shown.  He finished ahead of Pouchelon's Anthony Reid and Barwell's Jonathan Cocker, with JMB driver Allan Simonsen fourth - makign four different manufacturers represented in the top four.
The second qualifying session was fast, furious and extremely interesting, with a fine battle between Andrew Thompson in the nr 46 Damax Ascari and Sean Edwards in the nr 9 Tech 9 Motorsport Porsche.  However, it was Edwards who won out, with a fine lap of 2:04.947. A final rush of improvements at the very end of the session saw Klaus Ludwig claim second place on the grid in the nr 16 Corvette, ahead of Adam Lacko in the nr 17 Callaway Corvette.  Hommerson was fourth in the Lamborghini