Jani extends Sepang pole streak
Neel Jani will start Sunday's A1GP sprint race from pole position after scoring his sixth consecutive Sepang pole position in the series
Team Switzerland's driver is unbeaten in qualifying at the Malaysian circuit since the inaugural A1GP season in 2005 and produced an incredible lap to put the rest of the field into the shade by nearly six tenths of a second.
Just seconds before Jani's lap, Earl Bamber had put Team New Zealand to the top of the timesheet with what was easily the quickest lap of the weekend so far, but it wasn't enough to keep Jani at bay.
Team France's Loic Duval also bettered Bamber's time and will line up alongside Jani on the front row tomorrow morning.
Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) will share the second row of the grid with Bamber, while Italy and Great Britain complete the top six.
Home driver Fairuz Fauzy (Malaysia) could only manage 13th place after failing to get a lap in during the first segment of the session. He was out on track when Team Korea's car stopped and the session was red flagged.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:47.154 2. Loic Duval France 1:47.747 +0.593 3. Earl Bamber New Zealand 1:47.779 +0.625 4. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:48.930 +1.776 5. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:49.007 +1.853 6. Danny Watts Great Britain 1:49.076 +1.922 7. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:49.197 +2.043 8. David Garza Mexico 1:49.293 +2.139 9. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:49.323 +2.169 10. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:49.350 +2.196 11. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:49.528 +2.374 12. Marco Andretti USA 1:49.650 +2.496 13. Fairuz Fauzy Malaysia 1:49.753 +2.599 14. John Martin Australia 1:49.998 +2.844 15. Felipe Guimaraes Brazil 1:50.085 +2.931 16. Clivio Piccione Monaco 1:50.171 +3.017 17. Ho-Pin Tung China 1:50.274 +3.120 18. Daniel Morad Lebanon 1:50.382 +3.228 19. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:51.423 +4.269 20. Jin-Woo Hwang Korea no time
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