Douglas Motorsport's Conor Grant claimed his first GB4 Championship pole position after a closely fought battle with teammate George Proudford-Nalder in the first Winter Series qualifying session at Snetterton.
The Irishman claimed pole with a time of 1m49.604s on his penultimate lap of the session, with just a couple of minutes remaining. He pipped teammate George Proudford-Nalder to top spot by just 0.020s after the duo took turns at the head of the timesheets.
Proudford-Nalder did top the second quickest time charts though, with a 1m49.652s, handing him pole for race two later this afternoon.
With the Douglas duo topping both leaderboards, it was the Elite Motorsport car of Jesse Phillips who completed the top three, 0.279s off the overall pole time. His second-best effort will also see the GB4 and single-seater debutant line up from third, with his effort just 0.125s shy of Grant on the front row.
R Racing marked their maiden GB4 qualifying session with the fourth-fastest time, courtesy of their sole entrant Chase Fernandez. The Briton was 0.607s off the pole time, with John O'Donnell completing the top five on his first appearance with Elite, a further 0.136s back.
The third and final Elite car of Harrison Mackie was sixth and the final driver within a second of Grant's pole time. Lewis Goff of KMR Sport was seventh, Jamie Leverton of Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing eighth and Qarrar Firhand of Fortec Motorsport ninth. The six cars from fourth to ninth all ranked in the same order based on their second-fastest efforts.
Fox Motorsport's Archie Bullard completed the top 10 for race one, with William Rohan 11th. The pair are set to switch positions for race two later today.
Race one is due to start in just over an hour, at 1220hrs.
GB4 Championship Winter Series, Snetterton, provisional Saturday qualifying result (race one grid):
1. Conor Grant, Douglas Motorsport, 1m49.604s
2. George Proudford-Nalder, Douglas Motorsport, +0.020s
3. Jesse Phillips, Elite Motorsport, +0.279s
4. Chase Fernandez, R Racing, +0.608s
5. John O'Donnell, Elite Motorsport, +0.744s
6. Harrison Mackie, Elite Motorsport, +0.900s
7. Lewis Goff, KMR Sport, +1.102s
8. Jamie Leverton, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +1.733s
9. Qarrar Firhand, Fortec Motorsport, +2.351s
10. Archie Bullard, Fox Motorsport, +2.438s
11. William Rohan, Pace Performance, +2.594s
12. Rob Crawford, Fox Motorsport, +3.495s
13. Solenn Amrouche, KMR Sport, +3.506s
14. Jasser Iskander, Fox Motorsport, +3.737s
15. Gianna Pascoal, Pace Performance, +3.922s
16. Toby Campbell, KMR Sport, +4.211s
17. Max Yuill, Fortec Motorsport, +4.391s
18. Archie Pearce, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +4.402s
19. Alexander De Benedittis, Pace Performance, +4.610s
GB4 Championship Winter Series, Snetterton, provisional second fastest Saturday qualifying result (race two grid):
1. George Proudford-Nalder, Douglas Motorsport, 1m49.652s
2. Conor Grant, Douglas Motorsport, +0.267s
3. Jesse Phillips, Elite Motorsport, +0.392s
4. Chase Fernandez, R Racing, +0.760s
5. John O'Donnell, Elite Motorsport, +0.824s
6. Harrison Mackie, Elite Motorsport, +1.050s
7. Lewis Goff, KMR Sport, +1.214s
8. Jamie Leverton, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +2.004s
9. Qarrar Firhand, Fortec Motorsport, +2.369s
10. William Rohan, Pace Performance, +2.827s
11. Archie Bullard, Fox Motorsport, +3.066s
12. Solenn Amrouche, KMR Sport, +3.616s
13. Rob Crawford, Fox Motorsport, +4.525s
14. Max Yuill, Fortec Motorsport, +4.593s
15. Toby Campbell, KMR Sport, +4.689s
16. Jasser Iskander, Fox Motorsport, +5.020s
17. Archie Pearce, Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, +5.119s
18. Gianna Pascoal, Pace Performance, +5.276s
19. Alexander De Benedittis, Pace Performance, +6.222s