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Dutchman Bleekemolen on sprint pole

Jeroen Bleekemolen carried his free practice form into qualifying to secure pole position for the A1GP sprint race at Kyalami on Sunday

The Dutch team were the only front-runners to use their powerboost in the sprint race qualifying sessions, and despite admitting to making an error on his lap, Bleekemolen was able to take pole ahead of Portugal.

Filipe Albuquerque was the best of the drivers who didn't use powerboost, earning himself a front row spot at the expense of reigning champions Switzerland, who were second briefly with Neel Jani.

Monaco and India are next up, while series leaders Ireland had to make do with sixth on the grid for the first race of the weekend, two places ahead of the home car of Adrian Zaugg.

One driver who will be bitterly disappointed is Daniel Morad. The Lebanese car was on course to be right up the front of the field, but he suffered a loss of power in the final few corners of the lap.

The problem was suspected to be a misfire, and the Team Lebanon mechanics had to work frantically to solve the problem ahead of qualifying for the feature race.

Pos  Driver             Team            Time
 1.  J.Bleekemolen      Netherlands     1:27.717
 2.  F.Albuquerque      Portugal        1:28.072 + 0.355
 3.  Neel Jani          Switzerland     1:28.153 + 0.436
 4.  Clivio Piccione    Monaco          1:28.417 + 0.700
 5.  N.Karthikeyan      India           1:28.431 + 0.714
 6.  Adam Carroll       Ireland         1:28.437 + 0.720
 7.  Nicolas Prost      France          1:28.531 + 0.814
 8.  Adrian Zaugg       South Africa    1:28.890 + 1.173
 9.  Fairuz Fauzy       Malaysia        1:28.904 + 1.187
10.  Edoardo Piscopo    Italy           1:29.253 + 1.536
11.  M.Ammermuller      Germany         1:29.337 + 1.620
12.  Earl Bamber        New Zealand     1:29.364 + 1.647
13.  Danny Watts        Great Britain   1:29.567 + 1.850
14.  Felipe Guimaraes   Brazil          1:29.726 + 2.009
15.  Ho-Pin Tung        China           1:29.758 + 2.041
16.  Salvador Duran     Mexico          1:29.884 + 2.167
17.  Marco Andretti     USA             1:29.916 + 2.199
18.  Daniel Morad       Lebanon         1:30.136 + 2.419
19.  John Martin        Australia       1:30.414 + 2.697
20.  Zahir Ali          Indonesia       No time

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