France head China final free practice
Team France newcomer Franck Montagny showed he'll be a force to be reckoned with at Shanghai this weekend by heading the A1GP times in final free practice
The ex-Super Aguri F1 racer outpaced title favourite Neel Jani and Team Switzerland by less than one-tenth of a second, while the third team in the title fight - Team New Zealand - was back in fourth with Jonny Reid.
Like France, Team Italy bolted on a fresh set of tyres late on, which allowed Edoardo Piscopo to set the third best time. Robbie Kerr was fifth for Team GB, just ahead of 'teammate' Felipe Alburquerque in the Portugal car.
After missing Friday testing, Rob Wickens was straight on the pace for Team Canada in seventh, ahead of Germany (Michael Ammermuller), India (Narain Karthikeyan) and local favourite Franky Cheng, who rounded out the top ten.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Franck Montagny France 1:35.470 23 2. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:35.556 +0.086 19 3. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:35.703 +0.233 21 4. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:35.834 +0.364 23 5. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:36.040 +0.570 23 6. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:36.059 +0.589 22 7. Robert Wickens Canada 1:36.082 +0.612 21 8. Michael Ammermuller Germany 1:36.086 +0.616 23 9. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:36.157 +0.687 23 10. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:36.322 +0.852 26 11. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:36.334 +0.864 25 12. Filip Salaquarda Czech Republic 1:36.346 +0.876 26 13. Jonathan Summerton USA 1:36.634 +1.164 22 14. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:36.652 +1.182 21 15. Xandi Negrao Brazil 1:36.662 +1.192 22 16. John Martin Australia 1:36.930 +1.460 22 17. Jereon Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:36.986 +1.516 20 18. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:37.148 +1.678 20 19. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:37.454 +1.984 29 20. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:37.614 +2.144 23 21. Jimmy Auby Lebanon 1:38.039 +2.569 24 22. Jorge Goeters Mexico 1:38.542 +3.072 21
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