A1GP SHANGHAI, CHINA – DRIVERS NOMINATED FOR QUALIFYING
14 April 2007 - A1GP

Shanghai, China – Excitement is building ahead of this weekend’s A1GP Shanghai, China with A1 Team New Zealand, the only team that can stop Germany claiming the championship title this weekend, topping the timing sheets in this morning’s final practice session while A1 Team Germany set only the ninth fastest lap time.

With race winning Nico Hülkenberg back behind the wheel of the German car, the team put in a fastest lap of 1.36.874, nearly one second off pace setter Jonny Reid (1.35.878).

Last year’s Feature race winners, A1 Team Malaysia benefited from yesterday’s track time, taking the opportunity to learn the new section of the track, clocking the second fastest lap time, up from ninth yesterday afternoon. Switzerland rounded up the top three, again improving on their seventh place finish of yesterday.

For A1 Teams USA and India, consistency seemed to be the key as they remained in fourth and fifth respectively while for A1 Team Great Britain, yesterday’s pace failed to materialise. Driver Robbie Kerr, who is looking to match the Feature race win scored by team mate, Oliver Jarvis at the last event in Mexico, set a fastest lap time of 1.36.622, over one second slower than yesterday’s time (1.35.573).

The teams now have to decide on their set up before qualifying for the Sprint race begins at 14.15 this afternoon. Qualifying consists of four 15 minute sessions with a five minute break between each. Only one driver per A1 Team is allowed to take part in Qualifying and that driver must have completed at least three timed laps in an Official Practice session. Each driver is limited to three laps - effectively one “flying lap” - per session and must record at least two times, an aggregate of which will determine that A1 Team’s position on the grid for Sunday’s Sprint race. The grid for the Feature race will be determined by the outcome of the Sprint race.

Official Practice Session 3

POS DRIVER
A1 TEAM
TIME
GAP_FIRST
LAPS

1
Jonny REID
NEW ZEALAND
1:35.878
-
21

2
Alex YOONG
MALAYSIA
1:36.264
+0.386
19

3
Sebastien BUEMI
SWITZERLAND
1:36.405
+0.527
24

4
Narain KARTHIKEYAN
INDIA
1:36.438
+0.560
21

5
Jonathan SUMMERTON
USA
1:37.000
+0.674
23

6
Robbie KERR
GREAT BRITAIN
1:36.622
+0.744
21

7
Jean Karl VERNAY
FRANCE
1:36.730
+0.852
23

8
Renger VAN DER ZANDE
NETHERLANDS
1:36.843
+0.965
24

9
Nico HÜLKENBERG
GERMANY
1:36.874
+0.996
17

10
Congfu CHENG
CHINA
1:36.952
+1.074
25

11
Alan VAN DER MERWE
SOUTH AFRICA
1:36.989
+1.111
19

12
Sergio PEREZ
MEXICO
1:37.017
+1.139
18

13
Vitor MEIRA
BRAZIL
1:37.084
+1.206
26

14
Sean McINTOSH
CANADA
1:37.139
+1.261
25

15
Enrico TOCCACELO
ITALY
1:37.173
+1.295
18

16
Ananda MIKOLA
INDONESIA
1:37.314
+1.436
23

17
Joao URBANO
PORTUGAL
1:37.380
+1.502
26

18
Richard LYONS
IRELAND
1:37.735
+1.857
26

19
Allam KHODAIR
LEBANON
1:37.860
+1.982
23

20
Ian DYK
AUSTRALIA
1:38.219
+2.341
21

21
Filip SALAQUARDA
CZECH REPUBLIC
1:39.407
+3.529
17

22
Nur ALI
PAKISTAN
1:39.458
+3.580
25

Nominated drivers for Qualifying – A1GP Shanghai, China

A1 Team Driver

Australia
Ian Dyk

Brazil
Vitor Meira

Canada
Sean McIntosh

China
Congfu Cheng

Czech Republic
Filip Salaquadra

France
Jean Karl Vernay

Germany
Nico Hülkenberg

Great Britain
Robbie Kerr

India
Narain Karthikeyan

Indonesia
Ananda Mikola

Ireland
Richard Lyons

Italy
Enrico Toccacelo

Lebanon
Allam Khodair

Malaysia
Alex Yoong

Mexico
Salvador Duran

Netherlands
Renger van der Zande

New Zealand
Jonny Reid

Pakistan
Nur Ali

Portugal
Joao Urbano

South Africa
Alan van der Merwe

Switzerland
Sebastien Buemi

USA
Jonathan Summerton

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