O holandês Nicky Pastorelli, a bordo do Corvette C6-R #21 da V8 Racing, marcou a pole-position para a 9ª edição das 24 Horas de Dubai, nos Emirados Árabes Unidos. Pastorelli, que terá como parceiros no carro produzido em 2006 Wolf Nathan/Danny Werkman/Rick Abresch/Alex van ‘t Hoff, fez o tempo de 1’57″282.
Vencedor em 2013 e favorito a vitória, o Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 #1 do Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon, com o quarteto Khaled Al Qubaisi/Andreas Simonsen/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Bernd Schneider, completa a primeira fila. Bleekemolen foi 0s163 mais lento do que o compatriota Pastorelli.
O quarteto Otto Klohs/Martin Ragginger/Sebastian Asch/Connor de Philippi (FACH AUTO TECH Motorsport GmbH/Porsche 997 GT3 R) abre a segunda fila, seguido pelos pelo quinteto Khaled Al Qubaisi/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal/Hubert Haupt/Adam Christodoulou (Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon/ Mercedes SLS AMG GT3).
O quinteto Bill Auberlen/Dirk Werner/Paul Dalla Lana/Dane Cameron/Claudia Hürtgen (SX Team Schubert/ BMW Z4 GT3) divide a Terceira fila com o quarteto Jan Magnussen/Johnny Mowlem/Matt Griffin/Cheerag Arya (Ram Racing/ Ferrari 458 Italia GT3). Os 16 primeiros no grid pertencem a Classe A6.
Pela Classe SP2, pole do trio de Bert de Heus/Daniel de Jong/Leon Rijnbeek (Manor MP Motorsport/ Dodge Viper Competition Coupe).
O quinteto Nikolay Gryazin/Alexey Vemerenko/Sergey Borisov/Ivan Samarin/Vasily Gryazin (Attempto Racing 3/ Porsche 997 Cup) alinha na pole na Classe 997.
Pela Classe SP3, pole do quarteto Lee Mowle/Joe Osborne/Gary Simms/Jake Rattenbury (Optimum Motorsport/ Ginetta G50).
O quinteto Harry Hilders/Roger Grouwels/Gijs Bessem/Koen Bogaerts/Dziugas Tovilavicius (JR Motorsport/ BMW E46 GTR) alinha napole na Classe A5.
Pela Classe A3T, pole do quarteto Ramzi Moutran/Sami Moutran/Nabil Moutran/Phil Quaife (Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing/ Seat Leon Supercopa LR).
O Mohammed Al Owais/Umair Khan/Abdullah Al Hammadi/Junichi Umemoto/Nadir Zuhour (LAP57 Racing Team/ Honda Coupe 2 Doors) marocu a pole na Classe A2.
Pela Classe D1, pole do quinteto Jan de Vocht/Johan van Loo/Steffen Schlichenmeier/Wim Meulders/Thomas Piessens (Recy Racing Team/ BMW 120D).
79 carros disputam a prova.
Dez primeiros grid:
1 21 A6 1 V8 Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6-RÂ V8 Racing Nathan-Werkman-Abresch-van ‘t Hoff-Pastorelli 1:57.282
2 1 A6 2 Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon 1 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3Â Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon Al Qubaisi-Bleekemolen-Schneider-Simonsen 1:57.445
3 4 A6 3 FACH AUTO TECH 2 Porsche 997 GT3 R FACH AUTO TECH Motorsport GmbH Klohs-Ragginger-Asch-de Phillippi 1:57.660
4 2 A6 4 Black Falcon 2 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Black Falcon Al Qubaisi-Bleekemolen-Bin Turki Al Faisal-Haupt-Christodoulou 1:58.235
5 76 A6 5 SX Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 Paul Dalla Lana Dalla Lana-Auberlen-Cameron-Werner-Hürtgen 1:58.285
6 30 A6 6 Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Johnny Mowlem Mowlem-Griffin-Arya-Magnussen 1:58.402
7 17 A6 7 Craft Racing AMR 2 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Craft Racing AMR Yu-Lyons-Merlin-Sawa-O’Young 1:58.644
8 7 A6 8 Craft Racing AMR 1 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Craft Racing AMR Mücke-Turner-Fujii-O’Young-Yu 1:58.674
9 27 A6 9 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 Henry Walkenhorst Walkenhorst-Oeverhaus-Schmid-Richter-Hürtgen 1:58.946
10 5 A6 10 Spirit of Race 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Spirit of race Talkanitsa Sr-Talkanitsa Jr-Bruni-Vilander 1:58.984