March 18, 2001
Christian Neumann has clinched his first Pole Position in the GPVWC at the sweltering Sepang circuit in Malaysia.

He finished the 1 hour qualifying session ahead of fellow rookie Ton Hoek in 2nd place and BA Racings substitute driver Richard Dickson (who is replacing J Endean for the Malaysia race) in 3rd place. Endean was expected to dominate the session but had to pull out at the last moment due to pre-arranged trip to the UK.