Michael Meadows tops qualifying at ThruxtonJosh Webster runs Meadows close for P2Mark Cole and Steven Liquorish head Pro-Am1 and Pro-Am2Michael Meadows claimed a double pole position in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB during qualifying at Thruxton today (Saturday 3 May) with an impressive performance on the high-speed Hampshire track. However, Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) was pushed hard by Carrera Cup Scholarship driver Josh Webster (Redline Racing), while series returnee Mark Cole (Welch Motorsport) headed Pro-Am1 and Steven Liquorish (Team Parker Racing) topped Pro-Am2.The session was red-flagged early on after Justin Sherwood (Team Parker Racing) spun into the barriers at Goodwood. Justin was unharmed, but the car was heavily damaged and will not be ready for Sunday’s races.Once into his stride, Meadows set the pace but was conscious of the need to save his tyres for race day by running as few laps as possible. It was a case of mission accomplished as he took pole for both races in the space of just eight laps. But Meadows certainly did not dominate the session, as Webster was little more than a tenth of a second slower for both grids after another impressive run. Victor Jimenez (Redline Racing) completed the top three.Cole, in the car tended by GT Marques, was an excellent fourth for both races to top the Pro-Am1 category. Once again, the Pro-Am2 category was very hotly contested with Liquorish, Kelvin Fletcher (Redline Racing) and Peter Kyle-Henney (Parr Motorsport) all heading the times at some point, before qualifying in that order covered by four-tenths of a second.Michael Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) fastest overall:“I was trying to preserve the tyres as much as possible for the races, and I was using the momentum through the corners. I needed to push on two laps on each set of tyres and that’s what I did. It all felt good.”Josh Webster (Redline Racing) second overall:“I’m really happy with that. I’m still working on getting in the car and doing the lap times straightaway. To be a tenth of Michael on both grids is really good.”Mark Cole (Welch Motorsport) fastest in Pro-Am1:“That was okay. I lost the time on braking into the chicane: I was braking too early and that’s just down to a lack of time in the car. But the preparation from GT Marques was spot on.”Graeme Mundy (In2 Racing) second in Pro-Am1:“That’s a lot better: we’re going in the right direction with the set-up. We changed the car a lot after Donington and it’s much better. I feel that there’s a bit more time in both me and the car.”Steven Liquorish (Team Parker Racing) fastest in Pro-Am2:“It’s so quick round the back here and watching Justin Sherwood go off at Goodwood didn’t do anything for my confidence. I had a problem with the timer display and ended up doing more laps and took a lot out of the tyres.”Kelvin Fletcher (Redline Racing) second in Pro-Am2:“I’m quite pleased with that, but it could have been better. I was half a second on what would have been my best lap, but just carried too much speed into the chicane.”Round 5 grid:Pro category: 1 Michael Meadows 1m13.505s; 2 Josh Webster 1m13.654s; 3 Victor Jimenez 1m14.095s.Pro-Am1 category: 1 Mark Cole 1m14.180s; 2 Graeme Mundy 1m16.017s; 3 Justin Sherwood 1m17.970s. Pro-Am2 category: 1 Steven Liquorish 1m15.967s; 2 Kelvin Fletcher 1m16.367s; 3 Peter Kyle-Henney 1m16.385s. Round 6 grid:Pro category: 1 Michael Meadows 1m13.937s; 2 Josh Webster 1m14.056s; 3 Victor Jimenez 1m14.426s. Pro-Am1 category: 1 Mark Cole 1m14.430s; 2 Graeme Mundy 1m16.507s; 3 Justin Sherwood 1m22.707s. Pro-Am2 category: 1 Steven Liquorish 1m16.591s; 2 Kelvin Fletcher 1m16.678s; 3 Peter Kyle-Henney 1m17.432s.