Qualifying
The qualifying for the
In the morning, rain set in and drenched the high-speed racetrack. Around midday when the qualifying session for the
For Ashkanani, this marks the first time he starts from second on the grid this season. Ammermüller and Olsen share the second grid row, and spectators are guaranteed to witness a gripping duel between the pair. In the championship standings, only eight points separate the two Lechner pilots. “If I’d known this would happen I would’ve driven my last practice lap towards the end. But it was the right decision to cancel the qualifying. The finish straight has just been repaved and that section was under water. You couldn’t drive flat-out there and that wouldn’t have been a real qualifying. Under these circumstances, third on the grid is okay,” said Ammermüller.
Olsen struggled somewhat with his fate after the cancellation: “I’m feeling extremely strong at the moment and I could have taken pole position here. I usually do really well under wet conditions and if it’d been a normal session I would’ve done better. Last weekend at Spa I scored two victories. Now I’ll have to see what I can do from fourth place. Ultimately, every point is important towards the championship and I would’ve liked to have started from a better position.” The reserve driver Jaap van Lagen (NL/MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax) takes up the race from fifth, with the Italian Mattia Drudi (Dinamic Motorsport) on sixth.
The 19-year-old
Round nine of the championship gets underway on Sunday at 11.25 hrs (CEST). As a service for the fans, live-timing is now available on www.racecam.de. Eurosport broadcasts the race in 60 countries. Viewers in Germany, Great Britain and Italy can witness the
Qualifying Monza
1. Matt Campbell (AUS/Fach Auto Tech)
2. Zaid Ashkanani (KUW/MRS GT Racing)
3. Michael Ammermüller (D/Lechner MSG Racing Team)
4. Dennis Olsen (N/Walter Lechner Racing Team)
5. Jaap van Lagen (NL/MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax)
6. Mattia Drudi (I/Dinamic Motorsport)
7. Daniele di Amato (I/Dinamic Motorsport)
8. Daniel Cammish (GB/Lechner MSG Racing Team)
9. Dylan Pereira (L/Lechner Racing Middle East)
10. Thomas Preining (A/Walter Lechner Racing Team)