Marko Asmer (#7 Hitech Racing) took his 7th pole of the season, 0.166s ahead of Atte Mustonen (#26 Raikkonen Roberston Racing).  Rodolfo Gonzalez (#9 T Sport) scored his best qualifying position of the year in 3rd, three hundredths quicker than Greg Mansell (#50 Fortec).  Asmer's nearest championship rivals Sam Bird (#3 Carlin) and Maro Engel (#23 Carlin) could only manage 7th and 5th fastest respectively and were split by Stephen Jelley (#1 Raikkonen Robertson Racing).

Sergio Perez (#31 T Sport) also scored his 9th National Class pole position, four tenths and four places ahead of 'Frankie' Cheng (#39 Performance Racing), with Salmon Al Khalifa (#77 T Sport) in third two tenths behind Cheng for the Bahraini drivers best qualifying performance of the season. 

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Round 15 - Qualifying

1 - 7 - C - Marko ASMER - EST - 1m15.312

2 - 26 - C - Atte MUSTONEN - FIN - +0.166s

3 - 9 - C - Rodolfo GONZALEZ - VEN - +0.212s

4 - 50 - C - Greg MANSELL - GBR - +0.245s

5 - 23 - C - Maro ENGEL - GER - +0.250s

6 - 1 - C - Stephen JELLEY - GBR - +0.285s

7 - 3 - C - Sam BIRD - GBR - +0.405s

8 - 5 - C - Sebastian HOHENTHAL - SWE - +0.444s

9 - 15 - C - Michael DEVANEY - IRL - +0.514s

10 - 22 - C - Alberto VALERIO - BRA - +0.516s

11 - 21 - C - Niall BREEN - IRL - +0.605s

12 - 4 - C - Mario MORAES - BRA - +0.755s

13 - 2 - C - Jonathan KENNARD - GBR - +0.793s

14 - 14 - C - Esteban GUERRIERI - ARG - +0.849s

15 - 16 - C - Max CHILTON - GBR - +0.864s

16 - 31 - N - Sergio PEREZ - MEX - +0.992s

17 - 6 - C - Walter GRUBMULLER - AUT - +1.179s

18 - 24 - C - John MARTIN - AUS - +1.278s

19 - 27 - C - Alistair JACKSON - GBR - +1.325s

20 - 39 - N - CHENG Cong Fu - CHN - +1.396s 

21 - 44 - C - Leo MANSELL - GBR - +1.560s

22 - 77 - N - Salman AL KHALIFA - BHR - +1.677s

23 - 10 - C - Ricardo TEIXEIRA - ANG - +1.809s

24 - 55 - N - Michael MEADOWS - GBR - +1.895s

25 - 8 - C - Francesco CASTELLACCI - ITA - +2.037s

26 - 38 - N - Hamad AL FARDAN - BHR - +2.081s

27 - 37 - N - Viktor JENSEN - ISL - 2.305s

28 - 59 - N - Ernesto OTERO - BRA - 2.342s

29 - 33 - N - Juan Pablo GARCIA SAMANO - MEX - 2.829s