Great Britain Tops Friday Practice as Lap Times Tumble
Miroslav Sanytrák | 8.12.07 | A1GP
Malaysia - A1 Team Great Britain dominated today's free practice sessions at Sepang circuit in hot and humid conditions, as round three of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season kicked off in Malaysia.
23-year-old Oliver Jarvis set the pace, clocking an outstanding lap of 1m49.459s on worn tyres around the 5.54km circuit, slashing New Zealand"s lap record of 1m53.343s which was set by Jonny Reid at last year"s A1GP Sepang event in November 2006.
POS | A1 TEAM | DRIVER | TIME S1 | LAP S1 | TIME S2 | LAP S2 | TIME | GAP FIRST |
1 | GREAT BRITAIN | Oliver JARVIS | 01:52.868 | 8 | 01:52.013 | 5 | 01:52.013 | |
2 | BRAZIL | Sergio JIMENEZ | 01:53.954 | 6 | 01:52.757 | 4 | 01:52.757 | +0.744 |
3 | AUSTRALIA | John MARTIN | 01:54.539 | 6 | 01:52.806 | 5 | 01:52.806 | +0.793 |
4 | ITALY | Edoardo PISCOPO | 01:54.777 | 9 | 01:53.161 | 10 | 01:53.161 | +1.148 |
5 | NEW ZEALAND | Earl BAMBER | 01:56.046 | 7 | 01:53.682 | 9 | 01:53.682 | +1.669 |
6 | USA | Charlie KIMBALL | 01:57.323 | 5 | 01:53.783 | 5 | 01:53.783 | +1.770 |
7 | CZECH REPUBLIC | Erik JANIS | 01:55.705 | 6 | 01:53.787 | 5 | 01:53.787 | +1.774 |
8 | PORTUGAL | Joao URBANO | 01:54.964 | 6 | 01:53.789 | 3 | 01:53.789 | +1.776 |
9 | MEXICO | Michel JOURDAIN | 01:55.572 | 7 | 01:53.796 | 8 | 01:53.796 | +1.783 |
10 | IRELAND | Adam CARROLL | 01:55.622 | 7 | 01:54.031 | 4 | 01:54.031 | +2.018 |
11 | SOUTH AFRICA | Wesleigh ORR | 01:56.635 | 6 | 01:54.385 | 8 | 01:54.385 | +2.372 |
12 | CANADA | Robert WICKENS | 01:56.187 | 5 | 01:54.695 | 2 | 01:54.695 | +2.682 |
13 | SWITZERLAND | Rahel FREY | 01:58.848 | 6 | 01:55.102 | 6 | 01:55.102 | +3.089 |
14 | NETHERLANDS | Arie LUYENDYK | 01:57.414 | 7 | 01:55.267 | 8 | 01:55.267 | +3.254 |
15 | MALAYSIA | Aaron LIM | 01:55.278 | 7 | 01:55.387 | 6 | 01:55.278 | +3.265 |
16 | INDONESIA | Satrio HERMANTO | 02:03.177 | 3 | 01:55.453 | 5 | 01:55.453 | +3.440 |
17 | INDIA | Parthiva SURESHWAREN | 01:58.549 | 8 | 01:55.567 | 9 | 01:55.567 | +3.554 |
18 | CHINA | Marchy LEE | 01:55.576 | 5 | 01:55.680 | 5 | 01:55.576 | +3.563 |
19 | GERMANY | Michael AMMERMÜLLER | 0 | 01:57.400 | 3 | 01:57.400 | +5.387 | |
20 | LEBANON | Chris ALAJAJIAN | 01:57.684 | 5 | 0 | 01:57.684 | +5.671 | |
POS | A1 TEAM | DRIVER | TIME | GAP FIRST | LAPS |
1 | GREAT BRITAIN | Oliver JARVIS | 01:49.459 | - | 22 |
2 | SWITZERLAND | Neel JANI | 01:49.911 | +0.452 | 18 |
3 | FRANCE | Loic DUVAL | 01:50.094 | +0.635 | 17 |
4 | NEW ZEALAND | Jonny REID | 01:50.320 | +0.861 | 17 |
5 | CHINA | Congfu CHENG | 01:50.471 | +1.012 | 17 |
6 | GERMANY | Michael AMMERMÜLLER | 01:50.641 | +1.182 | 19 |
7 | BRAZIL | Sergio JIMENEZ | 01:50.753 | +1.294 | 14 |
8 | CANADA | Robert WICKENS | 01:50.909 | +1.450 | 16 |
9 | INDIA | Narain KARTHIKEYAN | 01:50.989 | +1.530 | 19 |
10 | NETHERLANDS | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | 01:51.006 | +1.547 | 19 |
11 | SOUTH AFRICA | Adrian ZAUGG | 01:51.010 | +1.551 | 19 |
12 | IRELAND | Adam CARROLL | 01:51.174 | +1.715 | 20 |
13 | PORTUGAL | Joao URBANO | 01:51.266 | +1.807 | 22 |
14 | USA | Jonathan SUMMERTON | 01:51.304 | +1.845 | 23 |
15 | AUSTRALIA | Ian DYK | 01:51.387 | +1.928 | 20 |
16 | ITALY | Enrico TOCCACELO | 01:51.513 | +2.054 | 21 |
17 | MALAYSIA | Alex YOONG | 01:51.668 | +2.209 | 19 |
18 | CZECH REPUBLIC | Erik JANIS | 01:51.830 | +2.371 | 21 |
19 | LEBANON | Chris ALAJAJIAN | 01:52.076 | +2.617 | 16 |
20 | MEXICO | Michel JOURDAIN | 01:52.201 | +2.742 | 17 |
21 | INDONESIA | Satrio HERMANTO | 01:52.926 | +3.467 | 19 |
22 | PAKISTAN | Adam KHAN | 01:52.993 | +3.534 | 17 |