Jean Alesi timed the fastest lap at Speedcar Series' qualifying today, putting him on pole position when the first race of the weekend is flagged off.

Alesi clocked a best time of 2:11.342 followed closely by Briton Johnny Herbert, with a 1.39 second gap, leading by 0.01 second over Austrian Mathias Lauda.

The 45 minute qualifying session determined the starting grid for the first race of the weekend tomorrow morning. The top 8 finishers of the first race will be placed in reverse order on the grid for the second race on Friday.

Alesi currently leads the pack with the 18 points scored thus far in the inaugural season. Hot on his heels is German driver Uwe Alzen with 14 points and Mathias Lauda follows in third spot with 12 points.

Times

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alesi	Speedcar Team	2:11.342	94.408 mph
2	Herbert	Speedcar Team	2:12.732	1.390
3	Lauda	G.P.C. Team	2:12.742	1.400
4	Terrien	UP Team	2:13.414	2.072
5	Alzen	Phoenix Racing	2:14.014	2.672
6	Mikola	Speedcar Team	2:14.165	2.823
7	Al Maktoum	UP Team	2:14.479	3.137
8	Katayama	Speedcar Team	2:14.597	3.255
9	Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	2:14.602	3.260
10	Johansson	Speedcar Team	2:14.670	3.328
11	Navarro	First Centreville	2:14.673	3.331
12	Giroix	First Centreville	2:15.213	3.871
13	Lee	Speedcar Team	2:16.508	5.166
14	Danner	Phoenix Racing	2:17.072	5.730
15	Yoong	Speedcar Team	2:17.436	6.094
16	Lehto	Speedcar Team	2:17.740	6.398