Team BMW Motorrad France 99 will start the final race of the 2011 Endurance World Championship in Qatar from pole position, after a dominant performance in practice and qualifying from Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon and Damian Cudlin.

The #99 BMW S1000RR topped all but one of the practice and qualifying sessions at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, with both Gimbert and Cudlin shattering the lap record on their final qualifying laps today. The BMW Motorrad France 99 teammates are the only riders to have broken the two-minute barrier so far this weekend.

"So far, this weekend couldn't have gone much better for us as a team. We've been fastest in every session and took our second successive pole position convincingly today. I'm still suffering a little with the injuries I picked up in the crash in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, but nothing will keep me off the bike tomorrow! The championship is still in the balance, but our job is quite simple. We need to go out there tomorrow and convert our practice and qualifying pace into a race win," said Cudlin.