Round 5 Qualifying Report - Maiden European Pole for Albert von Thurn und Taxis

The session began at 16:00 local time with the sun shining on the Spanish circuit.  Joe Osborne was the quickest driver on the opening lap in the nr11 Muehlner Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R but was quickly demoted from the top spot by the nr9 Team S-Berg Racing BMW Alpina of Nikolas Mayr-Melnhof and then by Daniel Keilwitz in the nr101 Callaway Competition Corvette.  After seven minutes of the session Albert von Thurn und Taxis went second quickest in the nr25 Argo Racing Lamborghini and then took the top spot on the next lap with a 1m 33.443 lap.  The German returned to the pits five minutes later, the early lap times proving to be the pace setting laps.  The nr4 Team Rosberg Audi of Paolo Bonifacio and the nr 61 Prospeed Competition Porsche or Paul van Splunteren improved to 7th and 4th respectively late into the session, with Stephane Lemeret in the Sainteloc- Phoenix Racing Audi in 5th and Joe Osborne taking 6th.

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