Qualifying 1: Bourdais on top again
Sebastien Bourdais took up from where he left off in Monaco by setting the pace in the first of two qualifying sessions for the Formula 3000 International Championship at the Nurburgring this afternoon (Friday)
The Super Nova ace headed main rival and fellow Le Mans racer Tomas Enge. Rookie Rob Nguyen, who impressed in testing at Monza last week, was a surprise third fastest for Team Astromega.
Enge went quickest at the start, before Bourdais jumped to the top on his second set of tyres. With a minute and a half left Nguyen suddenly improved from 12th on the grid to second, only for Enge to knock him back a place in the dying moments.
Petrobras drivers Antonio Pizzonia and Ricardo Sperafico were fourth and fifth, while Patrick Friesacher rounded out the top six for Red Bull Junior.
Sebastien Bourdais Super Nova 1m46.323s
Tomas Enge Arden 1m46.520s
Rob Nguyen Astromega 1m46.630s
Antonio Pizzonia Petrobras 1m47.020s
Ricardo Sperafico Petrobras 1m47.040s
Patrick Friesacher Red Bull 1m47.151s
Giorgio Pantano Coloni 1m47.321s
Bjorn Wirdheim Arden 1m47.420s
Enrico Toccacelo Coloni 1m47.573s
Ricardo Mauricio Red Bull 1m47.658s
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