Zytek takes Laguna Seca pole
Stefan Johansson has taken pole for this weekend's final round of the the American Le Mans season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California
Johansson and Johnny Mowlem will start from pole after edging out the Creation car of Nicolas Minassian/Harold Primat by a tenth of a second.
"The Zytek is a phenomenal race car," a happy Johansson said. "It has been great since they first brought it out. It's a shame they haven't done a full season anywhere.
"To me it's a mystery that no one has bought it. It's the best customer car out there as far as I'm concerned. It does everything you want to do."
The Porsche RS Spyder of Sascha Maassen/Timo Bernhard was next, closely followed by the two Audi R10s of Allan McNish/Rinaldo Capello and Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro, with the second Porsche RS Spyder of Lucas Luhr/Romain Dumas sandwiching the Audis between the Porsches.
GT1 class is led by the Aston Martin DB9 of Stephane Sarrazin/Pedro Lamy, closely followed by the two Corvette C6.Rs of Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell and Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin, with the second Aston Martin of Darren Turner/Tomas Enge just behind them.
Meanwhile the Ferrari 430 GT Berlinetta of Stephane Ortelli/Mika Salo took the GT2 pole, a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs driven by Mike Rockenfeller/Marcel Tiemann and Patrick Long/Jorg Bergmeister completing the top three.
Bergmeister is four points behind Johannes van Overbeek but will start seven places ahead of him after cluctch problems for Van Overbeek's car in qualifying.
Pos Cl Drivers Car Time
1. P1 Johansson/Mowlem Zytek 06S 1:13.731
2. P1 Minassian/Primat Creation CA06/H-01 Judd 1:13.838
3. P2 Maassen/Bernhard Porsche RS Spyder 1:14.030
4. P1 McNish/Capello Audi R10 TDI Power 1:14.116
5. P1 Biela/Pirro Audi R10 TDI Power 1:14.351
6. P2 Luhr/Dumas Porsche RS Spyder 1:14.364
7. P1 Weaver/Dyson Lola B06/10 AER 1:15.185
8. P2 Vergers/Moseley Radical SR9 AER 1:15.311
9. P2 Van der Steur/Devlin/ Radical SR9 AER 1:16.267
Pecorari
10. P1 Graham/Lewis/Willman Lola EX257 AER 1:17.859
11. P2 Lienhard Sr/Theys Lola B05/40 Judd 1:19.395
12. GT1 Sarrazin/Lamy Aston Martin DB9 1:21.012
13. P2 Bach/Cosmo Courage C65 Mazda 1:21.015
14. GT1 Fellows/O'Connell Corvette C6.R 1:21.229
15. GT1 Beretta/Gavin Corvette C6.R 1:21.351
16. GT1 Turner/Enge Aston Martin DB9 1:21.515
17. GT2 Ortelli/Salo Ferrari 430 GT Berlinetta 1:23.611
18. GT2 Rockenfeller/Tiemann Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:24.140
19. GT2 Long/Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:24.299
20. GT2 Mediani/Bertolini Ferrari 430 GT Berlinetta 1:24.370
21. GT2 Maxwell/Brabham Panoz Esperante GTLM 1:24.556
22. GT2 Jeannette/Milner Panoz Esperante GTLM 1:24.644
23. GT2 Hand/Auberlen BMW E46 M3 1:24.847
24. GT2 Law/Neiman Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1:25.203
25. GT2 Marks/Sellers/James BMW E46 M3 1:25.738
26. GT2 van Overbeek/Henzler Porsche 911 GT3 RSR no time
27. P2 J Field/Halliday/ Lola B05/40 AER no time
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