24/03/2007
NEWS STORY
Rookie drivers Oliver Jarvis (right) and Renger van der Zande set the pace in the final practice session for this morning's A1GP Mexico City, Mexico this morning with Great Britain and the Netherlands topping the timing sheets and setting a strong challenge for the regular race drivers.
In a shake up of yesterday's results, India, Brazil, the Czech Republic and Portugal all made dramatic improvements to move up the timing sheets with the usual race leaders New Zealand and Germany coming in fourth and 11th respectively. The 2006/07 championship title is within reach of both teams and a strong performance from Germany could see them leave Mexico City with the title sown up. Both will be looking to improve on this morning's performance ahead of this afternoon's Sprint race qualifying session.
For Great Britain and the Netherlands, qualifying will pose new challenges to both drivers with neither having taken part in this stage of an A1GP weekend before. Van der Zande is also set to take part in his first A1GP race, driving in tomorrow's Sprint race before handing the wheel back to main driver Jeroen Bleekemolen for the Feature race.