A1GP, BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC: QUALIFYING RESULTS

teamcar - A1 Team New Zealand has secured pole position for tomorrow’s Sprint race at Brno in dominant style. Kiwi driver Jonny Reid was fastest in all four qualifying segments to secure the first spot on the grid with an aggregate time 0.4secs faster than A1 Team Germany.

New Zealand set the early pace in the first three 15 minute sessions, but a flying lap by Nico Hülkenberg in the final segment looked set to hand the aggregate pole to the Germans. Reid however held his nerve to complete a flying lap just seconds before the chequered flag to seize the top spot, the team’s first-ever A1GP pole position.

A1 Team Malaysia will start the Sprint race from third following Alex Yoong’s flying lap at the end of qualifying. The ex-Formula 1 driver posted a time just 0.187secs slower than Reid in the last segment to jump ahead of A1 Teams Great Britain and China. Yoong was pleased with his team’s progress over the weekend, “The last race was hard for me and we were struggling a bit yesterday too. There are new people on the team, but we are getting there. It’s a great circuit and I enjoy the challenge; it’s unique with so many medium speed corners but hardly any short or long so you have to drive with a different style – very different from Zandvoort.”