South Africa's Zaugg takes Sprint pole
A last-minute flier from Adrian Zaugg grabbed pole position for South Africa for Sunday's A1GP sprint race at Mexico City
Zaugg snatched the top spot in the second session from New Zealand's Jonny Reid, who had topped the opening period.
Reid lapped in 1:20.397, a couple of tenths clear of Zaugg, in the first session but Zaugg hit back in session two with a lap of 1:20.315.
Team USA will start third after Jonathan Summerton drastically improved his time in the second session to a 1:20.426, a tenth clear of Switzerland's Neel Jani, who failed to improve on his second run by a matter of hundredths.
Last year's winner here Oliver Jarvis was pleased to salvage fifth place in the second session after a scrappy first effort had left him down in seventh for Team GBR. He just pipped Canada's Robert Wickens by a couple of hundredths.
Adam Carroll will start seventh for Ireland, ahead of Bruno Junqueira (Brazil), Felipe Albuquerque (a great rearguard action after Team Portugal had to repair his car following a practice crash this morning) and practice pacesetter Edoardo Piscopo (Italy).
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:20.315 2. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:20.397 + 0.082 3. Jonathan Summerton USA 1:20.426 + 0.111 4. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:20.518 + 0.203 5. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain 1:20.556 + 0.241 6. Robert Wickens Canada 1:20.621 + 0.306 7. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:20.769 + 0.454 8. Bruno Junqueira Brazil 1:20.842 + 0.527 9. Felipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:20.940 + 0.625 10. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:20.961 + 0.646 11. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:21.005 + 0.690 12. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:21.028 + 0.713 13. Michael Ammermuller Germany 1:21.054 + 0.739 14. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:21.099 + 0.784 15. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:21.176 + 0.861 16. Jonathan Cochet France 1:21.417 + 1.102 17. John Martin Australia 1:21.789 + 1.474 18. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:21.799 + 1.484 19. Jimmy Auby Lebanon 1:22.012 + 1.697 20. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:22.044 + 1.729 21. David Garza Mexico 1:22.370 + 2.055 22. Filip Salaquarda Czech Republic 1:22.373 + 2.058
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