Jan Magnussen took the 2009 GT1 pole with his #63 Corvette and a lap of 3.54.230.
Next was the black #64 driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Marcel Fassler. The two GM-works cars easily lead the class, outpacing the #66 Aston Martin by just about 2 seconds.
Magnussen said, like many in the field [but, unlike the Audi / Peugeot say-one-thing-do-another last minutes qualifying fling], setups were focused on the race vs a special qualifying package. "There was no traffic or anything on the quick lap," Magnussen said. "It was a race setup, it's not really productive to spend time on qualifiers. The race is most important.”
