Germany head practice at Brno
A1GP reigning champions Team Germany headed first official practice for this weekend's race at Brno
In cold, slightly damp conditions, Christian Vietoris had a clear advantage over the chasing pack, lapping more than half a second quicker than anyone else.
On his return to the series, Robbie Kerr was next up for Team Great Britain, and he was pleased with his performance.
"It's great to be back in the car and be right on the pace," he said. "There are a few tweaks we'll need to make if we are going to stay at the front for the rest of the weekend."
Jonny Reid was third for New Zealand, just ahead of the Dutch entry of Jeroen Bleekemolen.
Joao Urbano was a promising fifth for Portugal, while Adam Carroll got his A1GP career off to a solid start with the sixth best time, 1.2 seconds off Germany's session-topping pace.
Nicolas Prost had his first official run-out for Team France in the rookie sessions, but it was Nicolas Lapierre - one half of the French duo that dominated season one - who was back in for the main session and race duties. The GP2 veteran was seventh.
Sergio Jimenez was eighth for Brazil, while series leaders South Africa set the ninth best time with Adrian Zaugg in the car. Narain Karthikeyan rounded out the top 10 for India, despite mechanical problems limiting his track time.
Pos Team Driver Time Laps 1. Germany C.Vietoris 1:45.336 17 2. Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1:45.956 + 0.620 17 3. New Zealand Jonny Reid 1:46.171 + 0.835 11 4. Netherlands J.Bleekemolen 1:46.347 + 1.011 16 5. Portugal Joan Urbano 1:46.604 + 1.268 14 6. Ireland Adam Carroll 1:46.616 + 1.280 19 7. France Nicolas Lapierre 1:46.934 + 1.598 15 8. Brazil Sergio Jimenez 1:47.181 + 1.845 18 9. South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1:47.218 + 1.882 16 10. India N.Karthikeyan 1:47.490 + 2.154 16 11. Switzerland Neel Jani 1:47.591 + 2.255 16 12. Canada J.Hinchcliffe 1:47.609 + 2.273 17 13. Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 1:47.857 + 2.521 20 14. Czech Republic Erik Janis 1:47.987 + 2.651 17 15. China Cheng Cong Fu 1:48.102 + 2.766 17 16. Australia Ian Dyk 1:48.130 + 2.794 21 17. Malaysia Alex Yoong 1:48.147 + 2.811 16 18. Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1:48.280 + 2.944 16 19. Lebanon Khalil Beschir 1:48.724 + 3.388 17 20. Mexico M.Jourdain Jr. 1:48.882 + 3.546 20 21. USA Buddy Rice 1:49.148 + 3.812 18 22. Pakistan Adam Khan 1:50.284 + 4.948 23
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