France still on top in Dubai
France kept up their perfect record in the second hour of practice ahead of the sixth round of the A1 Grand Prix series in Dubai, but Team Ireland ran them close
Ralph Firman's late lap of 1:46.209 looked like it was going to top the session, but Nicolas Lapierre wasn't about to roll over, and he eclipsed the former Jordan Grand Prix driver's best time by just over a tenth of a second on his final flyer.
Neel Jani was third for Switzerland, three tenths back from Firman, while Great Britain's Robbie Kerr was fourth fastest. Italy's Enrico Toccacelo was next up, ahead of Japan's Hiyanari Shimoda and Pakistan's Adam Khan.
The session was stopped with 13 minutes remaining when Alex Yoong suffered a spectacular spin at the penultimate corner, and he broke an element of the car's cooling system.
He rejoined the track, covering the final corner with a wide stripe of coolant, so the red flags appeared to allow the marshals to clear up the mess.
Both Khan and Toccacelo fell foul of the slippery surface when the session was restarted, but managed to resume without damage.
Pos Team Driver Time Laps 1. France Nicolas Lapierre 1:46.073 17 2. Ireland Ralph Firman 1:46.209 + 0.136 23 3. Switzerland Neel Jani 1:46.541 + 0.468 20 4. Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1:46.753 + 0.680 18 5. Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1:46.766 + 0.693 16 6. Japan Hayanari Shimoda 1:46.855 + 0.782 15 7. Pakistan Adam Khan 1:47.018 + 0.945 23 8. Czech Republic Tomas Enge 1:47.067 + 0.994 12 9. Canada Sean Mcintosh 1:47.280 + 1.207 24 10. Germany Adrian Sutil 1:47.292 + 1.219 22 11. New Zealand Matt Halliday 1:47.341 + 1.268 18 12. Netherlands Jos Verstappen 1:47.416 + 1.343 18 13. Portugal Alvaro Parente 1:47.426 + 1.353 22 14. Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1:47.463 + 1.390 6 15. South Africa Stephen Simpson 1:47.548 + 1.475 21 16. China Tengyi Jiang 1:47.563 + 1.490 18 17. Brazil Nelson Piquet 1:47.574 + 1.501 17 18. Mexico Salvador Duran 1:47.585 + 1.512 7 19. Australia Will Davison 1:47.745 + 1.672 20 20. Malaysia Alex Yoong 1:47.849 + 1.776 13 21. Austria Mathias Lauda 1:47.924 + 1.851 21 22. USA Philip Giebler 1:48.151 + 2.078 13 23. India Armaan Ebrahim 1:48.595 + 2.522 22 24. Lebanon Basil Shaaban 1:48.638 + 2.565 24 All Timing Unofficial
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