Zimmer Storms to Sepang Pole Position

Rosenforth driver Frank Zimmer cruised to Pole Position in a torrential qualifying session for the Round of Malaysia, with only the first two rows on the grid being within a second of the Australian driver.

This is the fourth pole position for the factory Pagani driver, breaking the tie for most pole positions this season that was put in place by Fabian Rei in the last round at Belgium. It will be the longest amount of time between the front row runners all season with Zimmer being the only one to put in a time in the wet session below 2 minutes 1 second. Stefan Kuntz, who starts second for the race, was seven tenths behind the eventual pole position time when they both had clean running.

The respective teammates to the front row start on the second row of the grid with Antoio Fazio starting on the inside of the second row with Pieter Kickert starting alongside in the second Zonda. Only two Independant entries would be in the top 10, with Anita Horford starting sixth and Jose Pablo Mazzacane starting tenth.

The pair of Delacroix-Serrano Competition Maseratis will start seventh and eleventh for Modena and Roda respectively, after struggling in the dry pratice session the day before. Yesterday’s winner of the Pre-Qualifying race, Asim Adhikari, struggled to get comfortable with the car in the wet conditions and failed to get a clean lap on his second attempt and will start deep in the field on Sunday.

Pos#ClassDriverTeamTime
162MFrank ZimmerRosenforth2:00.942
22MStefan KuntzSolvalou+0.6940
33MAntonio FazioSolvalou+0.760
431MPieter KickertRosenforth+0.995
528MAlexandre-Laurent VoecklerVittore+1.129
611IAnita HorfordBest In The World+1.189
73MRafael ModenaDelacroix-Serrano+1.234
820MShane SparksGerald Pereria+1.266
919MFabian ReiGerald Pereria+1.269
1039IJose Pablo MazzacaneKjellerup+1.324
114MGiovanni RodaDelacroix-Serrano+1.333
125IGia Van DyckeBelgio+1.341
131MRicardo LlosaUnion Saver+1.341
1427MDenis van WalwijkVittore+1.348
156IRoland DavidsonGulf+1.356
1689ICarlton ChoLKM+1.460
1773ITom DouglasJLD+1.527
1887IDiego Mauricio BatistutaJLD+1.597
1917IHelena BoveriICE-3+1.745
2030IMilan VukovicOnyx+1.763
2177INathan ScottMinarae+1.923
222MKarl Lichter ShultzUnion Saver+1.958
2391INikolas HirvonenGlobex Scorpio+2.048
2412IJohn MagnusAeroracing+2.067
2541IAsim AdhikariBest In The World+2.144
267ILeandro MoreiraPulsar+2.233
2713IAndoni GarridoAeroracing+2.248
289GDimitri AyaNaza Italia+2.279
2951IQuentin BispingEuromotor International+2.555
3050IDawn GrangerEuromotor International+3.524