GAME ON 

The Care Racing supported Prodrive Ferrari 550 Maranellos will line up on
the first and second rows of the GTS grid for tomorrow's Grand Prix of
Mosport after both comprehensively smashing last year's GTS qualifying lap
record in today's session.

Despite a tremendous effort in the dying seconds of qualifying, Tomas Enge
in car #88 narrowly missed claiming class pole position by three tenths of
a second after meeting slower traffic on the track, posting a best time of
1m 14.788.  Jan Magnussen, tasked with qualifying the #80 car which he will
share with David Brabham, bettered last year's record by nearly a second
with a time of 1m 15.021 to take third position in the class.

There were a few beating hearts and worried faces in the Prodrive Ferrari
pits when, after only 6 minutes of the scheduled 20-minute session, the red
flags came out following an accident which befell the Rafanelli Ferrari
550.  Enge had not posted a qualifying time at that point, and the team
waited with baited breath to hear if the session would be extended and, if
so, for how long.  When the word came that an additional 12 minutes would
be added, his relieved team-mate Peter Kox saw Enge leave the pit lane and
show he meant business by immediately posting a 1m 16.0 on his first lap.

Tomas Enge (CZ), car 88:  

"My last lap wasn't a fantastic one, that would
have got us pole, but it was a good lap.  The car and Michelin tyres were
working really well, but the competition is very strong and we will have to
work very hard tomorrow to be as strong in the race.  We have progressed
little by little at each race this year, and we will try everything we can
to beat the Corvettes - just as they will try everything to beat us!  I am
sure it will be a spectacular race and we just hope everything will go well
for us."

Jan Magnussen (DK), car 80:  

"I'm a bit disappointed to be honest as the
car was getting better and better out there and I felt we could have got a
lot closer [to the pole time], but I had to come in and change tyres as
we'd done quite a few laps.  We've got a very good race car though and I'm
really looking forward to a great battle tomorrow afternoon."

George Howard-Chappell, Team Principal:  

"That was excellent competition,
and I'm sure I'm not the only one who's really pleased to have seen a
qualifying session run in all its glory.  It all points towards a very
exciting race tomorrow for both competitors and fans alike."



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