Go-GP.Org A1GP Gauteng, South Africa - Qualifying Result
Miroslav Sanytrák | 22.2.09 | A1GP
Gauteng, South Africa Round Five of the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season got underway in South Africa this afternoon with the Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen and Monacos Clivio Piccione on pole position for tomorrows Go-GP.Org A1GP Gauteng, South Africa races. Bleekemolen made use of his PowerBoost in the second segment of Sprint qualifying to record a 1m 27.717 lap, 0.355s ahead of Portugals Filipe Albuquerque. Reigning champions Switzerland will start third with Neel Jani behind the wheel. Qualifying for the Feature race came to an early end after Brazils Felipe Guimares lost the back end of his car and ended in the tyre wall bringing out the red flag. Monaco took its first ever pole position in its debut season with Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy alongside him on the front row. New Zealands Earl Bamber will start third. Local South African driver Adrian Zaugg will start eighth and sixteenth.
Pos | A1 Team | Driver | Time S1 | Time S2 | Time | Gap First |
1 | NETHERLANDS | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | 01:28.900 | 01:27.717 | 01:27.717 | |
2< | PORTUGAL | Filipe ALBUQUERQUE | 01:28.307 | 01:28.072 | 01:28.072 | 0.355 |
3 | SWITZERLAND | Neel JANI | 01:28.687 | 01:28.153 | 01:28.153 | 0.436 |
4 | MONACO | Clivio PICCIONE | 01:28.802 | 01:28.417 | 01:28.417 | 0.7 |
5 | INDIA | Narain KARTHIKEYAN | 01:31.748 | 01:28.431 | 01:28.431 | 0.714 |
6 | IRELAND | Adam CARROLL | 01:29.065 | 01:28.437 | 01:28.437 | 0.72 |
7 | FRANCE | Nicolas PROST | 01:29.069 | 01:28.531 | 01:28.531 | 0.814 |
8 | SOUTH AFRICA | Adrian ZAUGG | 01:29.216 | 01:28.890 | 01:28.890 | 1.173 |
9 | MALAYSIA | Fairuz FAUZY | 01:30.798 | 01:28.904 | 01:28.904 | 1.187 |
10 | ITALY | Edoardo PISCOPO | 01:29.751 | 01:29.253 | 01:29.253 | 1.536 |
11 | GERMANY | Michael AMME MULLER | 01:30.883 | 01:29.337 | 01:29.337 | 1.62 |
12 | NEW ZEALAND | Earl BAMBER | 01:30.120 | 01:29.364 | 01:29.364 | 1.647 |
13 | GREAT BRITAIN | Danny WATTS | 01:29.567 | 01:29.730 | 01:29.567 | 1.85 |
14 | BRAZIL | Felipe GUIMARAES | 01:29.726 | 01:30.192 | 01:29.726 | 2.009 |
15 | CHINA | Ho Pin TUNG | 01:31.142 | 01:29.758 | 01:29.758 | 2.041 |
16 | MEXICO | Salvador DURAN | 01:33.898 | 01:29.884 | 01:29.884 | 2.167 |
17 | USA | Marco ANDRETTI | 01:35.130 | 01:29.916 | 01:29.916 | 2.199 |
18 | LEBANON | Daniel MORAD | 01:31.244 | 01:30.136 | 01:30.136 | 2.419 |
19 | AUSTRALIA | John MARTIN | 01:31.117 | 01:30.414 | 01:30.414 | 2.697 |
20 | INDONESIA | Zahir ALI |
Pos | A1 Team | Driver | Time S1 | Time S2 | Time | Gap First |
1 | MONACO | Clivio PICCIONE | 01:29.813 | 01:27.269 | 01:27.269 | |
2 | MALAYSIA | Fairuz FAUZY | 01:29.032 | 01:27.405 | 01:27.405 | 0.136 |
3 | NEW ZEALAND | Earl BAMBER | 01:29.995 | 01:27.569 | 01:27.569 | 0.3 |
4 | AUSTRALIA | John MARTIN | 01:28.439 | 01:28.439 | 1.17 | |
5 | SWITZERLAND | Neel JANI | 01:28.521 | 01:28.521 | 1.252 | |
6 | IRELAND | Adam CARROLL | 01:28.593 | 01:28.593 | 1.324 | |
7 | PORTUGAL | Filipe ALBUQUERQUE | 01:28.773 | 01:28.773 | 1.504 | |
8 | BRAZIL | Felipe GUIMARAES | 01:28.878 | 01:28.878 | 1.609 | |
9 | NETHERLANDS | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | 01:28.926 | 01:28.926 | 1.657 | |
10 | GREAT BRITAIN | Danny WATTS | 01:29.092 | 01:29.092 | 1.823 | |
11 | FRANCE | Nicolas PROST | 01:29.155 | 01:29.155 | 1.886 | |
12 | CHINA | Ho Pin TUNG | 01:29.158 | 01:29.158 | 1.889 | |
13 | MEXICO | Salvador DURAN | 01:29.343 | 01:29.343 | 2.074 | |
14 | USA | Marco ANDRETTI | 01:30.655 | 01:29.487 | 01:29.487 | 2.218 |
15 | GERMANY | Michael AMMERMULLER | 01:30.279 | 01:29.565 | 01:29.565 | 2.296 |
16 | SOUTH AFRICA | Adrian ZAUGG | 01:29.884 | 01:29.884 | 2.615 | |
17 | ITALY | Edoardo PISCOPO | 01:30.063 | 01:30.063 | 2.794 | |
18 | INDIA | Narain KARTHIKEYAN | 01:30.505 | 01:30.505 | 3.236 | |
19 | INDONESIA | Zahir ALI | ||||
20 | LEBANON | Daniel MORAD |