Adam Wilcox made Avon Tyres British GT Championship history at Knockhill this morning, the Predator CCTV Ferrari driver achieving the first sub 50-second qualifying lap at the Scottish track. Wilcox’s achievement earned him the pole for this afternoon’s fourth round of the championship.

“We’re very pleased,” said Wilcox. “The car was perfect and it was a good lap. We’re hoping for a good result come the race.” Wilcox’s team-mate, Phil Burton, will start round three from third on the grid.

Pole for round three went to reigning champion team Preci-Spark, David Jones beating Chad Ferrari driver Chris Hyman to top spot by three-tenths.

There were problems in qualifying for the MTECH Ferrari team; Duncan Cameron beached the 430 Scuderia in a gravel trap after setting sixth-best time in session one, and the resulting repairs caused Matt Griffin to miss much of the second session. He qualified seventh.

In the G4 class, Speedworks Ginetta driver Jamie Stanley pipped Piranha Lotus man Chris Bialan to pole honours in first qualifying, with Nathan Freke (Century Ginetta) the quick man in second qualifying.

British GT is sponsored by UK tyre manufacturer Avon Tyres and is further supported by Sunoco Racing Fuels, Anglo American Oil Company and The Independent.

Provisional qualifying times Knockhill 9/5/2010

Round 3

GT3 Class

1  Preci-Spark Ascari  David Jones  50.802s

2  Chad Ferrari 430 Scud  Chris Hyman (RSA)  51.195s

3  Predator CCTV Ferrari 430 Scud  Phil Burton  51.369s

4  Trackspeed Porsche 911 GT3R  David Ashburn  51.462s

5  Chad Ferrari 430  Juan Garriz (ARG)  51.804s

6  MTECH Ferrari 430 Scud  Duncan Cameron  51.901s

7  Chad Ferrari 430 Scud  Paul Warren  51.997s

8  Rosso Verde Ferrari 430 Scud  Hector Lester  52.345s

9  GT3 Racing Viper CC  Craig Wilkins  53.917s

GT Cup Class

1  JHR Developments Porsche 997  Derek Pierce  53.522s

G4 Class

1  Speedworks Ginetta G50  Jamie Stanley  55.013s

2  Piranha Lotus 2-Eleven  Chris Bialan  55.342s

3  Prestige/ABG KTM X-Bow  Benjamin Harvey  56.715s

4  Team Osborne Ginetta G50  Osman Yusuf  57.367s

5  Century Ginetta G50  Vibe Smed (DEN)  58.363s

Round 4

GT3 Class

1  Predator CCTV Ferrari 430 Scud  Adam Wilcox  49.03s

2  Preci-Spark Ascari  Godfrey Jones  50.104s

3  Chad Ferrari 430 Scud  Tom Ferrier  50.223s

4  Trackspeed Porsche 911 GT3R  Glynn Geddie  50.328s

5  Rosso Verde Ferrari 430 Scud  Stephane Daoudi (FRA)  50.355s

6  Chad Ferrari 430 Scud  Dan Brown  50.599s

7  MTECH Ferrari 430 Scud  Matt Griffin (IRL)  50.943s

8  GT3 Racing Viper CC  Aaron Scott  51.003s

9  Chad Ferrari 430  Jose Balbiani (ARG) 51.610s

GT Cup Class

1  JHR Developments Porsche 997  Steve Hunter  53.644s

G4 Class

1  Century Ginetta G50  Nathan Freke  53.934s

2  Prestige/ABG KTM X-Bow  Rory Butcher  54.039s

3  Speedworks Ginetta G50  Christian Dick  54.531s

4  Team Osborne Ginetta G50  Joe Osborne  54.803s

5  Piranha Lotus 2-Eleven  Simon Mason  54.920s