Cooper Murray has scroed his third-straight pole position in the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series at Queensland Raceway, while Brett Boulton and Christian Pancione claimed the top spot in the Pro-Am and Class B classes.
Murray qualified ahead of Max Vidau and Simon Fallon, jumping from third position to the top of the timesheet in his last lap of the session as the chequered flag was waved. The top three placings have therefore remained unchanged in qualifying for the past three qualifying sessions – Sandown, Phillip Island and Queensland Raceway.
Luis Leeds qualified fourth from Jimmy Vernon, Chelsea Angelo and Pro-Am pace-setter Boulton in eighth overall.
Pancione topped Class B and placed 12th outright, a mere 0.01secs ahead of fellow Class B contender Tom Taplin.
The endurance style Race 1 will be held at 2:30am local time.
| Position | Car | Driver | Class | Fastest lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | Cooper Murray | Pro | 1:10.7182* | |
| 2 | 77 | Max Vidau | Pro | 1:10.7709 | 0:00.0527 |
| 3 | 96 | Simon Fallon | Pro | 1:10.8835 | 0:00.1653 |
| 4 | 230 | Luis Leeds | Pro | 1:10.9773 | 0:00.2591 |
| 5 | 7 | Jimmy Vernon | Pro | 1:11.1455 | 0:00.4273 |
| 6 | 38 | Chelsea Angelo | Pro | 1:11.2039 | 0:00.4857 |
| 7 | 84 | Brett Boulton | Pro-Am | 1:11.4816 | 0:00.7634 |
| 8 | 2 | Dan Day | Pro | 1:11.8668 | 0:01.1486 |
| 9 | 73 | Michael Hovey | Pro-Am | 1:11.9296 | 0:01.2114 |
| 10 | 222 | Scott Taylor | Pro-Am | 1:12.2081 | 0:01.4899 |
| 11 | 23 | Daniel Stutterd | Pro-Am | 1:12.2319 | 0:01.5137 |
| 12 | 76 | Christian Pancione | Class B | 1:12.4094 | 0:01.6912 |
| 13 | 26 | Tom Taplin | Class B | 1:12.4204 | 0:01.7022 |
| 14 | 27 | Sam Fillmore | Pro-Am | 1:12.8608 | 0:02.1426 |
| 15 | 99 | Ross McGregor | Pro-Am | 1:12.9123 | 0:02.1941 |
| 16 | 21 | Shane Barwood | Pro-Am | 1:12.9218 | 0:02.2036 |
| 17 | 87 | David Greig | Class B | 1:13.0879 | 0:02.3697 |
| 18 | 22 | Andrew Goldie | Class B | 1:13.3580 | 0:02.6398 |
| 19 | 131 | Graham Williams | Pro-Am | 1:13.9597 | 0:03.2415 |
| 20 | 88 | Phil Morriss | Class B | 1:14.1348 | 0:03.4166 |
| 21 | 9 | Tony Martin | Class B | 1:15.1858 | 0:04.4676 |
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