Bleekemolen quickest in final practice
Team Holland and Jeroen Bleekemolen have marked themselves out as the ones to beat in A1GP this weekend by recording the best time in Friday's final free practice session
Durban was the scene of the team's first win in the series - with Jos Verstappen at the wheel - and Jan Lammers's squad clearly knowshow to make a quick car for the unique street track.
Bleekemolen was just over three tenths up on Team Germany's Michael Ammermuller in second.
Oliver Jarvis was third quickest in another session blighted by spins. As has been the norm this season in A1GP, it was a closely matched field with the top 10 covered by one second.
This included impressive rookie Filipe Alburquerque, ninth fastest for Team Portugal on his debut.
Adrian Zaugg has been the subject on intense media coverage ahead of the race, and the local hero looked in good shape as he set the sixth best time for Team South Africa.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:18.738 23 2. M.Ammermuller Germany 1:19.051 + 0.313 17 3. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain 1:19.207 + 0.469 22 4. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:19.303 + 0.565 23 5. J.Summerton USA 1:19.525 + 0.787 21 6. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:19.567 + 0.829 17 7. John Martin Australia 1:19.579 + 0.841 16 8. N.Karthikeyan India 1:19.580 + 0.842 26 9. F.Albuquerque Portugal 1:19.626 + 0.888 23 10. Fairuz Fauzy Malaysia 1:19.658 + 0.920 23 11. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:19.765 + 1.027 28 12. Bruno Junqueira Brazil 1:20.023 + 1.285 6 13. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:20.058 + 1.320 22 14. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:20.058 + 1.320 26 15. Jonathan Cochet France 1:20.271 + 1.533 23 16. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:20.354 + 1.616 19 17. Robert Wickens Canada 1:20.990 + 2.252 4 18. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:21.430 + 2.692 27 19. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:22.230 + 3.492 22 20. Khalil Beschir Lebanon 1:22.469 + 3.731 10 21. Josef Kral Czech Republic 1:22.727 + 3.989 28 22. David Garza Mexico 0
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