Troy lept into the lead of the provisional ranking almost immediately. A different choice for Regis Laconi, starting with two intermediates. The high point of the session was right in the first few minutes, at the end of the first quarter hour, it starting raining again. The qualifyings concluded with Hodgson, Parkes, Okada, Bayliss and Corser in the first five positions. Regis Laconi 14th.
Weather predictions are difficult for tommorrow, five different reports, all contradictory.
Rain - Wet track with dry sections only in the lines in the first qualifying phase. The second rain was about to start. The front intermediate was perfect while the rear slick vibrated a little. I tried to rack up the most number of laps possible, running fast in the few dry lines. Some of these were really narrow, just a few centimeters, so I tried to exploit them to the maximum.