Weather: Hot - Ambient temperature 36ºC - Track temperature 48ºC.

Dubai, 7 October, 2004: Andy Priaulx wrote his name into the history books in Dubai by taking pole for the first FIA ETCC race to be run on the new Dubai Autodrome that officially opens this week. Andy's BMW Team Great Britain BMW 320i was over half a second quicker than the privateer Alfa Romeo of Luca Rangoni, while third was the works Alfa of Gabriele Tarquini.

Andy was delighted with his first ETCC pole of the year and commented: "I was fairly certain yesterday that we could have a good qualifying if we got everything together and we have done that. It was just a question of doing a really fast, clean and tidy lap so I could get the best out of the car. We experimented a lot with the set up. I didn't know what time I could do, but I knew we could be quick. I am not worrying about the championship, I am just going to go out and try and win as many races as I can and let the championship take care of itself."