Enrique Bernoldi ended Vitaphone's four-race streak of pole positions by emerging on top after a tightly fought FIA GT qualifying session at the Algarve track this afternoon.

Bernoldi's best lap of 1m40.664s in the Sangari Team Brazil Corvette was just enough to secure the top spot ahead of the similar Selleslagh Racing Team car driven by James Ruffier, who fell short by only 0.090s. It continued a recent run of good form for the Sangari team, which claimed its first points, podium and fastest lap at the previous round in Budapest.

Vitaphone had to settle for third, with the Maserati of Alex Muller unable to find the final few hundreths needed to get onto the front row, but the German had more than enough time in hand to keep the PK Corvette of Anthony Kumpen at bay.

Andrea Bertolini put the championship leading #1 Vitaphone Maserati sixth in the eight-car GT1 field, which has shrunk this weekend with the departure of the K plus K Saleen team after its disqualification from Hungaroring victory.

Things were even tighter in the GT2 class, where Matias Russo put Pecom Racing's Ferrari F430 on pole after edging out Marco Holzer in the Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RS by just 0.042sec. The gap was equally tight back to third-placed Martin Ragginger in the Brixia Racing Porsche, with the top three all covered by just 0.097sec.

Pos  Drivers                  Cl   Car       Time       Gap
 1.  Bernoldi/Streit/Maassen  GT1  Corvette  1m40.664s
 2.  Ruffier/Longin           GT1  Corvette  1m40.754s  + 0.090s
 3.  Muller/Ramos             GT1  Maserati  1m40.820s  + 0.156s
 4.  Kumpen/Hezemans          GT1  Corvette  1m41.164s  + 0.500s
 5.  Pier Guidi/Bobbi         GT1  Maserati  1m41.168s  + 0.504s
 6.  Bertolini/Bartels        GT1  Maserati  1m41.410s  + 0.746s
 7.  Leinders/Kuppens         GT1  Ford      1m43.854s  + 3.190s
 8.  Russo/Companc            GT2  Ferrari   1m45.998s  + 5.334s
 9.  Holzer/O'Young           GT2  Porsche   1m46.040s  + 5.376s
10.  Ragginger/Lucchini       GT2  Porsche   1m46.095s  + 5.431s
11.  Malucelli/Ruberti        GT2  Ferrari   1m46.243s  + 5.579s
12.  Bruni/Vilander           GT2  Ferrari   1m46.301s  + 5.637s
13.  Barba Lopez/Cadei        GT2  Ferrari   1m46.369s  + 5.705s
14.  Bell/Kirkaldy            GT2  Ferrari   1m46.461s  + 5.797s
15.  Collard/Westbrook        GT2  Porsche   1m46.528s  + 5.864s
16.  Mullen/Niarchos          GT2  Ferrari   1m46.696s  + 6.032s
17.  Sugden/Ashburn           GT2  Porsche   1m47.360s  + 6.696s
18.  Romanini/Bonaldi         GT2  Ferrari   1m48.233s  + 7.569s