Bleekemolen earns Brno feature pole
Jeroen Bleekemolen bounced back from his spin in Q2 to snatch an excellent pole position for the A1GP feature race at Brno
It was a great effort from the Dutchman, who outpaced Adrian Zaugg by over 0.2 seconds to deny the South African his fourth straight pole.
Robbie Kerr briefly had the Team GB car at the top, but slipped back in the final minutes of the session.
Neel Jani did his usual good job to get the Swiss car onto the second row, while Team China's Franky Cheng showed great form to take fifth. Sergio Jimenez gave the Brazil team hope of a good result with sixth ahead of pre-session pole favourite, New Zealand's Jonny Reid.
Nicolas Lapierre could only get the France car into eighth, just ahead of Team Germany's Christian Vietoris.
After failing to set a time in Q1 having been sent out too late, Canada's James Hinchcliffe recovered well to round out the top 10.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:44.649 2. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:44.872 + 0.223 3. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:44.927 + 0.278 4. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:45.099 + 0.450 5. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:45.294 + 0.645 6. Sergio Jimenez Brazil 1:45.328 + 0.679 7. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:45.471 + 0.822 8. Nicolas Lapierre France 1:45.701 + 1.052 9. Christian Vietoris Germany 1:45.765 + 1.116 10. James Hinchcliffe Canada 1:45.889 + 1.240 11. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:45.918 + 1.269 12. Enrico Toccacelo Italy 1:46.023 + 1.374 13. Michel Jourdain Jr Mexico 1:46.204 + 1.555 14. Ian Dyk Australia 1:46.209 + 1.560 15. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:46.531 + 1.882 16. Joao Urbano Portugal 1:46.783 + 2.134 17. Erik Janis Czech Republic 1:46.926 + 2.277 18. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:47.028 + 2.379 19. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:47.038 + 2.389 20. Buddy Rice USA 1:47.390 + 2.741 21. Khalil Beschir Lebanon 1:48.012 + 3.363 22. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:59.718 + 15.069
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