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Bio Fuelled Aston Claims Pole for First 2-Hour Race |
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Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
The number 1 Barwell Motorsport Aston Martin DBRS9 of Jonny Cocker and Paul Drayson will head the grid for tomorrows 2-hour race. With Cocker at the wheel, the bio fuelled Aston Martin powered around the 1.9 mile Snetterton track in a time of 1m09.897 in the second 15-minute session, 0.067 seconds faster than the CiM Ferrari 430 of Hector Lester and Stephane Daoudi.
Jonny Cocker and Paul Drayson have scored three podium finishes from four races but, unlike their Barwell Motorsport team mates, have yet to step onto the top step of the podium in 2007.
Jonny Cocker: "With the two hour race this weekend it meant that
everyone could run two sets of tyres in qualifying. Looking at the
times there is quite a variation between the sessions and with my first
run I wasn't very happy, I didn't get the best out of the tyres so
having another go in the second session definitely helped. So really
pleased to be on pole, a fantastic result and definitely the perfect
place to start from. Having EEMS sponsoring the weekend and having
their car on pole is absolutely perfect."
The GTC pole went to the RSS Performance Porsche 996 of Graeme Mundy
and Jamie Smyth. The Beechdean Motorsport Ferrari missed both
15-minute qualifying sessions due to a gearbox problem which the team
reported would be fixed before tomorrow’s race.
ROUND 5 QUALIFYING - Combined Times
1 - 1 - GT3 - Jonny COCKER / Paul DRAYSON - Aston Martin DBRS9 - 1m09.892
2 - 23 - GT3 - Hector LESTER / Stephane DAOUDI - Ferrari 430 - 1m09.964 - +0.072s
3 - 12 - GT3 - Adam WILCOX / Phil BURTON - Ferrari 430 - 1m10.120 - +0.228s
4 - 44 - GT3 - Elliot COLE / Craig COLE - Mosler MT900 - 1m10.190 - +0.298s
5 - 2 - GT3 - Michael BENTWOOD / Tom ALEXANDER - Aston Martin DBRS9 - 1m10.239 - +0.347s
6 - 6 - GT3 - Bradley ELLIS / Alex MORTIMER - Viper Competition Coupe - 1m10.301 - +0.409s
7 - 8 - GT3 - Matt GRIFFIN / Peter BAMFORD - Porsche 997 GT3 - 1m10.353 - +0.461s
8 - 22 - GT3 - Godfrey JONES / David JONES - Ascari KZ1R - 1m10.734 - +0.842s
9 - 17 - GT3 - Mike GARDINER / Paul FENTON - Viper Competition Coupe - 1m11.139 - +1.247s
10 - 7 - GT3 - Nigel REDWOOD / Nick FOSTER - Porsche 997 GT3 - 1m11.199 - +1.307s
11 - 9 - GT3 - Matt HARRIS / Oliver BRYANT - Porsche 997 GT3 - 1m11.346 - +1.454s
12 - 3 - GT3 - Guy HARRINGTON / Ben DE ZILLE BUTLER - Aston Martin DBRS9 - 1m11.376 - +1.484s
13 - 4 - GT3 - Fergus CAMPBELL / Lee ATKINS - Porsche 997 - 1m11.409 - +1.517s
14 - 5 - GT3 - Henry FLETCHER / James SAGGERS - Viper Competition Coupe - 1m11.563 - +1.671s
15 - 21 - GT3 - Adam JONES / Rob WILSON - Lamborghini Gallardo - 1m12.326 - +2.434s
16 - 41 - GT3 - Gunnar JEANETTE / Eric DE DONCKER - Ford Mustang - 1m12.399 - +2.507s
17 - 10 - GT3 - Stephen KEATING / Richard STANTON - Ascari KZ1R - 1m12.533 - +2.641s
18 - 54 - GTC - Graeme MUNDY / Jamie SMYTH - Porsche 996 GT3 - 1m13.051 - +3.159s
19 - 70 - GTC - David DOVE / Jim BICKLEY - Ferrari 360 Modena - 1m14.778 - +4.886s
20 - 88 - GTC - Richard HOLLEBON / Nick MARSH - Ginetta G20 GTR - 1m15.200 - +5.308s
21 - 50 - GTC - Keith AHLERS / Steve HYDE - Morgan Aero 8 - 1m15.616 - +5.724s
22 - 80 - INV - Chris DAWKINS / Sean CROSSWAITE - Toyota Supra - 1m21.062 - +11.170s
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