France, New Zealand on pole each

In sprint race qualifying, it was no surprise that Loic Duval - the fastest man in practice - came out on top after two clean laps. Even he couldn't beat his time from the first segment, though Neel Jani (Team Switzerland) and Adrian Zaugg (Team South Africa) challenged him in both segments.

With the teams waiting until the last few minutes to head out for qualifying, one or two were caught out.

Team Great Britain's Robbie Kerr actually came around too late to start his flying lap before the chequered flag, and this put him on the back foot for the second segment, which didn't appear to be faster if Duval's time was anything to go by.

Team Germany's Michael Ammermuller was also caught out by an unexpected yellow flag in the first segment (caused by Chris Alajajian's crash in the Team Lebanon car) and was left at the back at the halfway point.

The German recovered in the second segment to move up to seventh overall after going out early to ensure a clear run.

Team China's Franky Cheng topped the first segment of feature race qualifying, which suggested he would have good pace when everyone switched to new tyres in the second segment.

The track got slower as temperatures rose during the second segment, which played well into the hands of Reid, who went out earlier than the rest of the front-runners. Jani, Kerr and Cheng were among the last to set times and had to settle for second, third and fourth respectively.

While Cheng was delighted with Team China's improved display, Duval was an unexpectedly slow fifth in feature race qualifying. The Frenchman offered no excuses, but knows his best chance of breaking his A1GP winning duck will come in the sprint race.

Sprint race starting grid:

Pos  Driver           Team            Time
 1.  Loic Duval       France          1:18.149
 2.  Neel Jani        Switzerland     1:18.218 + 0.069
 3.  Adrian Zaugg     South Africa    1:18.243 + 0.094
 4.  Jonny Reid       New Zealand     1:18.368 + 0.219
 5.  Cheng Cong Fu    China           1:18.370 + 0.221
 6.  J.Summerton      USA             1:18.464 + 0.315
 7.  M.Ammermuller    Germany         1:18.632 + 0.483
 8.  Robbie Kerr      Great Britain   1:18.649 + 0.500
 9.  John Martin      Australia       1:18.690 + 0.541
10.  J.Bleekemolen    Netherlands     1:18.804 + 0.655
11.  Sergio Jimenez   Brazil          1:18.811 + 0.662
12.  Adam Carroll     Ireland         1:18.929 + 0.780
13.  N.Karthikeyan    India           1:19.004 + 0.855
14.  Tomas Enge       Czech Republic  1:19.099 + 0.950
15.  Robert Wickens   Canada          1:19.197 + 1.048
16.  Fairuz Fauzy     Malaysia        1:19.384 + 1.235
17.  Joao Urbano      Portugal        1:19.492 + 1.343
18.  Adam Khan        Pakistan        1:19.623 + 1.474
19.  David Garza      Mexico          1:19.785 + 1.636
20.  Edoardo Piscopo  Italy           1:19.975 + 1.826
21.  Satrio Hermanto  Indonesia       1:20.154 + 2.005
22.  Chris Alajajian  Lebanon         No time

Feature race starting grid:

 1.  Jonny Reid       New Zealand     1:18.578
 2.  Neel Jani        Switzerland     1:18.590 + 0.012
 3.  Robbie Kerr      Great Britain   1:18.720 + 0.142
 4.  Cheng Cong Fu    China           1:18.825 + 0.247
 5.  Loic Duval       France          1:18.829 + 0.251
 6.  Adrian Zaugg     South Africa    1:18.922 + 0.344
 7.  J.Summerton      USA             1:18.976 + 0.398
 8.  Robert Wickens   Canada          1:19.199 + 0.621
 9.  Tomas Enge       Czech Republic  1:19.232 + 0.654
10.  Sergio Jimenez   Brazil          1:19.235 + 0.657
11.  Fairuz Fauzy     Malaysia        1:19.252 + 0.674
12.  J.Bleekemolen    Netherlands     1:19.487 + 0.909
13.  M.Ammermuller    Germany         1:19.516 + 0.938
14.  David Garza      Mexico          1:19.529 + 0.951
15.  John Martin      Australia       1:19.611 + 1.033
16.  Adam Carroll     Ireland         1:19.706 + 1.128
17.  Joao Urbano      Portugal        1:19.733 + 1.155
18.  Adam Khan        Pakistan        1:19.852 + 1.274
19.  N.Karthikeyan    India           1:19.878 + 1.300
20.  Edoardo Piscopo  Italy           1:20.051 + 1.473
21.  Satrio Hermanto  Indonesia       1:20.133 + 1.555
22.  Chris Alajajian  Lebanon         No time