Zamparelli beats title rival Ellinas to pole

Redline Racing's Dino Zamparelli has taken a crucial Porsche Carrera Cup GB pole position ahead of his main title rival Tio Ellinas for the first race at Silverstone.

Zamparelli carries a slender five-point lead ahead of Ellinas into the penultimate meeting of the 2018 season, and the two main title protagonists will start tomorrow's opening locked together on the front-row.

Just 0.039s was all that could separate the pair, with Zamparelli getting the better of Ellinas during his final sequence of hot laps.

Ellinas had initially propelled his Slidesports Engineering prepared 911 GT3 Cup car to the top of the timesheets, only for Zamparelli to dip below that benchmark with a 55.604s lap.

Dan Harper was just a further 0.021s back to lead the second row in third, ahead of JTR stablemates Lewis Plato and Tom Wrigley, who ended the 30-minute shootout in fourth and fifth. 

George Gamble was sixth fastest for Amigos Team Parker, marginally ahead of the returning Will Bratt in seventh.

Dan Welch took a narrow Pro-Am class pole position in eighth overall, as Jamie Orton and Seb Perez completed the remainder of the top-ten order behind their Pro-Am rival.

Peter Kyle-Henney qualified 13th overall as the lead Am runner, almost 0.2s faster than his nearest category rival Peter Mangion in 15th.

Kyle Henney must overhaul a 10-point deficit if he's to take the Am points initiative from long-term leader Mangion.