2 Seas Motorsport beat the heat to secure a double pole position for Sunday’s Snetterton sprints in the British GT Championship, with each of the team’s Mercedes-AMGs taking a turn out front across two breathless Qualifying sessions.

Optimum Motorsport and Mahiki Racing shared the GT4 top spots across two disrupted shootouts, with Luca Hopkinson claiming his breakthrough British GT pole position in the #17 McLaren Artura before Jack Mitchell added a fifth pole of the season for the Mahiki squad in Q2.

Charles Dawson left things late in the opening GT3 session, the points-leading #42 Mercedes-AMG coming out on top of a four-car fight with Giacomo Petrobelli’s Blackthorn Aston Martin, Alex Martin’s Barwell Lamborghini and Kevin Tse in the sister 2 Seas Mercedes-AMG as all made late improvements.

Having topped both Free Practice and Pre-Qualifying, Maximilian Götz kept up his personal streak by claiming Race 2 pole for the #18 2 Seas car, perfectly replicating his own best time in the process. 

The twin GT4 sessions did not lack drama, with red flags punctuating both. Q1 proved a dream for Optimum, with Hopkinson snatching pole from the sister car of Marc Warren as the twin Arturas locked out the front row. Q2 was less successful for the team, with its cars hitting trouble – or the tyres – opening the door for Mitchell to bag another top spot for Mahiki.

Sunday's British GT races are scheduled for 10.50 and 15.05 respectively. 

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Click here for GT4 qualifying one results
Click here for GT4 qualifying two results 

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Report from BritishGT.com.