Zonta: 'We are on the pace'

02/07/2010

The Reiter Lamborghini No.25 of Ricardo Zonta and Rafael Daniel topped the time sheets in this afternoon's pre-qualifying session at Paul Ricard Circuit with a time of 2:04.922.

The Brazilian pairing set the quickest time of the day, just 0.6 seconds quicker than Frenchman Frederic Makowiecki's time set in this morning's Free Practice session.

"The last time I drove the GT1 car was in Abu Dhabi and I am very happy to be to be back with the team," Zonta said. "The session went well today and the team are doing a great job and our other drivers have improved their pace.

"Of course the races are very demanding and we have pit stops and driver changes to contend with. We need a good and consistent car for both the Qualifying Race and the Championship Race."

The second Reiter Engineering Lamborghini of Peter Kox and Christopher Haase was second fastest, with a best lap of 2:05.077.

Kox added: "I think it was a good session for us because we were on the pace. We worked on some set-up changes on the car ready for the races. We have the performance now so let's hope we can get into Q3. Let's see how it goes for the first race."

Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini, driving the No.1 Vitaphone Racing Maserati set the third fastest time of 2:05.157 to keep in sight of the two Lamborghini's heading into tomorrow morning's Qualifying session.

Tomorrow's qualifying session takes place at 10:45 local time and will be shown live at GT1TV.

Pre-Qualifying PosCarClassDriversCarTimeLapsGapAvg
speed 1 25 GT1 Zonta / Daniel Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 2:04.922 13 0 2 24 GT1 Kox / Haase Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 2:05.077 23 0.155 3 1 GT1 Bertolini / Bartels Maserati MC12 2:05.157 7 0.235 4 23 GT1 Krumm / Dumbreck Nissan GT - R 2:05.236 18 0.314 5 11 GT1 Hezemans / Maassen Corvette Z06 2:05.562 9 0.64 6 13 GT1 Piccini / Hennerici Corvette Z06 2:05.762 11 0.84 7 5 GT1 Grosjean / Mutsch Ford GT Matech 2:05.869 23 0.947 8 33 GT1 Margaritis / Heger Maserati MC12 2:05.993 8 1.071 9 4 GT1 Ara / Nilsson Nissan GT - R 2:06.047 22 1.125 10 10 GT1 Hirschi / Piccione Aston Martin DB9 2:06.094 15 1.172 11 2 GT1 Bernoldi / Ramos Maserati MC12 2:06.151 10 1.229 12 38 GT1 Schwager / Pastorelli Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 2:06.196 19 1.274 13 12 GT1 Gavin / Kuismanen Corvette Z06 2:06.700 11 1.778 14 34 GT1 Bobbi / Longin Maserati MC12 2:06.763 8 1.841 15 22 GT1 Hughes / Campbell-Walter Nissan GT - R 2:06.816 22 1.894 16 3 GT1 Wendlinger / Moser Nissan GT - R 2:06.997 19 2.075 17 7 GT1 Turner / Enge Aston Martin DB9 2:06.999 9 2.077 18 8 GT1 Nygaard / Mücke Aston Martin DB9 2:07.228 9 2.306 19 37 GT1 Bouchut / Basseng Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 2:07.341 16 2.419 20 9 GT1 Accary / Makowiecki Aston Martin DB9 2:07.575 14 2.653 21 40 GT1 Leinders / Martin Ford GT 2:07.588 15 2.666 22 6 GT1 Panis / Gachnang Ford GT Matech 2:08.408 23 3.486 23 41 GT1 Kuppens / Palttala Ford GT 2:09.777 16 4.855

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