 During qualifying, Jarrett was having trouble making the class cut off time and it looked as if the Gazelle, which due to the race being an FIA WTCC race was forced to run in a higher engine class than it did in Australia (putting it in the same class as the BMW M3), would be a non-qualifier.However, late in Friday qualifying Jarrett managed to make the cut.During the time Jarrett was on his qualifying run, Skaife was reportedly nowhere to be seen in the Nissan pits.