France heads practice 1 at Sentul
Team France continued to move back towards the front in A1GP by setting the fastest time in practice on Friday
Nicolas Lapierre was less than one tenth of a second faster than Great Britain's Robbie Kerr, with Ryan Briscoe third quickest for Australia.
"Everywhere we go this season we have to work a little bit harder because everybody else has got quicker. The car is looking good here, and we were fast last year so I'm optimistic," said Lapierre.
Kerr had to be on the pace though, as his teammate Oliver Jarvis set the pace in the rookie sessions during the morning.
One of the stars of the session was South Africa's Alan van der Merwe, who is preparing for his first race in more than two years.
The 2003 British F3 champion set the pace early on in the session, and he was closely followed by the fifth fastest car of Czech driver Jarek Janis, who is better known for his exploits in the FIA GT series of late.
Series leaders Germany were only eighth fastest, as Nico Hulkenberg had to make do without competing in the rookie sessions for the first time this season.
Fellow race-winners Malaysia also struggled, with Alex Yoong only 19th fastest.
Pos Team Driver Time Laps 1. France Nicolas Lapierre 1:17.992 15 2. Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1:18.040 +0.048 22 3. Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:18.149 +0.157 22 4. South Africa A. van der Merwe 1:18.244 +0.252 19 5. Czech Republic Jaroslav Janis 1:18.301 +0.309 21 6. Mexico Salvador Duran 1:18.383 +0.391 23 7. Canada Sean Mcintosh 1:18.455 +0.463 24 8. Germany Nico Hulkenberg 1:18.508 +0.516 23 9. Brazil Tuka Rocha 1:18.634 +0.642 20 10. Usa Philip Giebler 1:18.640 +0.648 27 11. Switzerland Neel Jani 1:18.671 +0.679 20 12. Netherlands J. Bleekemolen 1:18.705 +0.713 23 13. Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1:18.709 +0.717 24 14. Ireland Richard Lyons 1:18.808 +0.816 23 15. China Ho-Pin Tung 1:18.907 +0.915 22 16. New Zealand Jonny Reid 1:19.135 +1.143 23 17. Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1:19.305 +1.313 19 18. Malaysia Alex Yoong 1:19.453 +1.461 24 19. India Armaan Ebrahim 1:20.254 +2.262 30 20. Lebanon Basil Shaaban 1:20.280 +2.288 31 21. Pakistan Nur Ali 1:24.506 +6.514 29
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