iSport International - Bruno Senna (Pole) Karun Chandhok (10th)

For the second consecutive GP2 Series feature race, Bruno Senna has qualified his iSport Dallara on pole position. The Brazilian was the only driver to dip below the 1m 27s barrier in today's 30-minute qualifying session and he beat closest rival Romain Grosjean (ART) by 0.122s. Team-mate Karun Chandhok was as happy as Senna with his car's handling, but he was unable to find a clear lap around the high-speed, 3.194-mile circuit.

Bruno Senna: "I crashed at the end of my pole position lap in Magny-Cours two weeks ago and promised I'd do the job properly here, by keeping all four wheels on. I kept my word! The car wasn't handling perfectly during this morning's free practice session, but iSport is a fantastic team and knew exactly what to do. All the small changes made a positive difference and the balance felt absolutely perfect in qualifying. I adore driving at this track and managed to put a really good lap together. It was a fantastic team effort."

Karun Chandhok: "The car was pretty good, but Andy Soucek held me up on what should have been my best lap and I lost three tenths. It doesn't sound much, but around here that's the difference between fifth and 10th on the grid. The car was definitely good enough for the top five, but that's racing. I just have to knuckle down and accept that I'm in for a hard afternoon's work."

Racing Engineering - Giorgio Pantano (5th) Javier Villa (13th)

Once again Giorgio Pantano has shown why he is one of the favourites to take the 2008 GP2 Drivers Championship as the Racing Engineering driver took the fifth fastest time in qualifying, less than six tenths of a second away from Pole Position. For the Spanish team's other driver, Javier Villa, things did not go quite as well but he still lines up thirteenth in a very closely matched field.

Giorgio was quick from the start of Free Practice setting the fourth quickest time of 1m 27.746s in a very competitive session where the top eleven cars were separated by less than a second. For Javier it was a case of setting up his car to his satisfaction in order that he could get back to the high level he achieved in recent testing. The young Spaniard finished in seventeenth place with a time of 1m 28.978s.

For both of the drivers of the Repsol/Telefónica backed Dallaras the 30 minute Qualifying session was very important, for Giorgio a good grid position was vital to continue his push for the Championship and the aim for Javier was to be able to be in a position to score points in tomorrow's race.

Once again Giorgio was right on the pace and a 1m 27.487s lap was good enough for fifth on the grid and, if the Italian hadn't been forced to slow on his flying lap, a position in the top three was a real certainty. Javier's work on the car set up paid off as he set a time of 1m 28.163s, an improvement of eight tenths of a second on his morning time, which resulted in thirteenth on the grid.

With both of the Racing Engineering drivers pleased with their cars the omens for tomorrow's Feature Race are good, Giorgio will be looking for a podium position and even a win is possible and Javier will be aiming to push hard and get a good points scoring finish.

Alfonso de Orleans Borbón (team principal): "I think Giorgio could have done better, if his fast lap wasn't spoilt, a pity, but we are confident that he will fight back tomorrow. Javi is well positioned to be in the points tomorrow. Now let's see how things turn out."

Javier Villa: "In qualifying I went a bit better than in free practice. We improved the set up, but I think we need a bigger step for tomorrow. If it's a dry race, it will be hard with the medium compound tyres as the rear tyres start graining. And if it's wet, the cards get mixed again anyway."

Giorgio Pantano: "For me it went quite well, but it would have been even better, without encountering Senna in the first sector during my flying lap. This forced me to slow down, which is a pity. Apart from that I am sure I could have done a top 3 result as everything went fine for me."

Super Nova Racing - Andy Soucek (7th) Alvaro Parente (17th)

Marking the half way point in the 2008 GP2 season, Super Nova has arrived in Silverstone in Northamptonshire, UK, this week with high hopes of a successful weekend on home turf.

Conditions were warm and bright for both sessions today, with fierce competition for the top spot in qualifying this afternoon, Bruno Senna (iSport) stylishly claiming pole position for Saturday's race.

Andy Soucek stormed through to qualify in an impressive 7th place, his best GP2 qualifying to date! Confident with the car, the team have just minor adjustments to make before the race tomorrow at 4pm.

Alvaro Parente's session was blighted with traffic, which prevented him from getting the most out of the car and tyres. With every effort of finding clear air, the Portuguese driver struggled to find the opportunity to push past and improve his lap time, ending the 30 minute session in a frustrating 17th position, nothing to lose for tomorrow.