Racecar client Team Modena are 9/1000ths of a second behind the Ferrari pole sitter in a very tight qualifying session for today's GT race
2007 Avon Tyres British GT Championship
Round 8 Qualifying – Silverstone
All Ferrari Front Row for Silverstone 2-Hour Race
The VRS Motor Finance Ferrari 430 of Adam Wilcox and Phil Burton will head up the grid for Round 8 of the 2007 Avon Tyres British GT Championship, with the CiM Ferrari 430 of Hector Lester and Tim Mullen alongside them on the front row with just 0.005 seconds between them after the 30-minute qualifying session.
Another four thousandths behind the leading pair the Team Modena Lamborghini Gallardo of Adam Jones and Matt Owen heads up row two, with the Mosler MT900 of Kevin Riley and Ian Flux in 4th after the car suffered a low voltage battery problem for the entire session. The Aston Martin DBRS9 of Jonny Cocker and Paul Drayson and the Damax Ascari KZ1R of Tommy Erdos and Steve Keating are on Row 3 just ahead of the Tech 9 Porsche of Matt Harris and Tom Ferrier and the Eclipse Mosler of Craig and Elliott Cole.
The number 2 Aston Martin of Michael Bentwood and Tom Alexander and the Team Berlanga Ascari of Erik Zwart and Michael Greenhalgh round out the top 10 for Round 8.
The RSS Performance Porsche 996 of Graeme Mundy and Jamie Smyth claimed the
GTC class pole after the Team Aero Morgan of Steve Hyde and Keith Ahlers failed to appear due to the team deciding to change the V8 engine after problems in free practice.
Round 8 of the 2007 Avon Tyres British GT Championship is due to get underway at 11:45 and lasts two hours.
CLICK HERE to listen to post qualifying interview with Adam Wilcox and Tim Mullen
ROUND 8 – Qualifying
1 - 12 - GT3 - Adam Wilcox / Phil Burton - Ferrari 430 - 1m24.491
2 - 23 - GT3 - Hector Lester / Tim Mullen - Ferrari 430 - +0.005s
3 - 21 - GT3 - Adam Jones / Matt Owen - Lamborghini Gallardo - +0.009s
4 - 27 - GT3 - Ian Flux / Kevin Riley - Mosler MT900 - +0.256s
5 - 1 - GT3 - Paul Drayson / Jonny Cocker - Aston Martin DBRS9 - +0.583s
6 - 10 - GT3 - Tommy Erdos / Stephen Keating - Ascari KZ1R - +0.826s
7 - 9 - GT3 - Matt Harris / Tom Ferrier - Porsche 997 - +1.077s
8 - 44 - GT3 - Craig Cole / Elliott Cole - Mosler MT900 - +1.141s
9 - 11 - GT3 - Phil Keen / Oliver Bryant - Ascari KZ1R - +1.232s
10 - 2 - GT3 - Tom Alexander / Michael Bentwood - Aston Martin DBRS9 - +1.452s
11 - 31 - GT3 - Michael Greenhalgh / Erik Zwart - Ascari KZ1R - +1.479s
12 - 22 - GT3 - Godfrey Jones / David Jones - Ascari KZ1R - +1.526s
13 - 3 - GT3 - Guy Harrington / Ben de Zille Butler - Aston Martin DBRS9 - +1.563s
14 - 4 - GT3 - Fergus Campbell / Mark Cole - Porsche 997 - 1.728s
15 - 6 - GT3 - Alex Mortimer / Bradley Ellis - Viper Competition Coupe - +1.755s
16 - 17 - GT3 - Neil Cunningham / Mike Gardiner - Viper Competition Coupe - +1.947s
17 - 8 - GT3 - Peter Bamford / Matt Griffin - Porsche 997 - +1.969s
18 - 18 - GT3 - Gavan Kershaw / Barrie Whight - Aston Martin DBRS9 - +2.170s
19 - 14 - GT3 - David Ashburn / Jonny Lang - Porsche 997 - +2.448s
20 - 40 - GT3 - Nigel Greensall / Phiroze Bilimoria - Viper Competition Coupe - +3.554s
21 - 54 - GTC - Graeme Mundy / Jamie Smyth - Porsche 996 - +3.813s
22 - 5 - GT3 - Henry Fletcher / Nick Padmore - Viper Competition Coupe - +3.879s
23 - 7 - GT3 - Nigel Redwood / Nick Foster - Viper Competition Coupe - +4.437s
24 - 64 - GTC - Phil Nuttal / Andrew Shelley - Porsche 996 - +4.943s
25 - 99 - GTC - Andrew Howard / Aaron Scott - Ferrari 360 Modena - +6.918s
26 - 88 - GTC - Nick Marsh / Richard Hollebon - Ginetta G20 GTR - +7.208s
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