Saturday, 19th April 2008

This is fantastic, says Andrew Kirkaldy.

Andrew Kirkaldy kept up the winning reputation of the CR Scuderia team at Silverstone on Saturday by putting the #56 Ferrari 430 on GT2 pole.

Kirkaldy, who will be partnered by Rob Bell in Sunday's opening round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship, now has a hat-trick of pole positions at this event after also securing 'top spot' in 2006 and 2007.

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"This is a fantastic result for the team," he reflected. "Since last season ended we have worked very hard to get this team up and running and I must say it's good to be behind the wheel again rather than behind a desk.

"We have two other teams, in British GT and Formula Renault, and they have both been winning so we are under immense pressure to do well here.

"There are a few GT1 cars between me and Richard [Westbrook - in the second placed Porsche] so hopefully we'll have a good day again tomorrow."

Chris Niarchos meanwhile, in his first competitive track action for almost eight months, secured tenth place in the sister CR Scuderia Ferrari that he will share with Tim Mullen.

"We came into this Championship knowing that we had the tools to do well but actually converting that knowledge into results is a much harder exercise," he added.

"Unfortunately for myself and Tim we were on the back foot a little as we were hit in session two and lost a lot of this morning's track time.

"I'm starting the race tomorrow and I can't wait to see how we get on. The guys all deserve a good result as they have been incredible and exceeded all my expectations over the past weeks."

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