Germany takes Sprint race pole
Michael Ammermuller has taken his maiden A1GP pole position for the first of Sunday's races at Zhuhai this weekend
The German driver, who had an eventful debut in the series last time out in Malaysia where he collided with several of his rivals, set his best time in the second segment of qualifying, which was enough to keep him ahead of series leaders Switzerland.
Neel Jani will share the front row of the grid in the Swiss car, while Ireland will start third after Adam Carroll was unable to hang on to the top spot which he held after the first segment.
Franky Cheng was fourth fastest for China on home soil, while Oliver Jarvis rescued a top five starting position for Great Britain after they started the session poorly.
Tomas Enge was strong on his return to competitive action for the Czech Republic with sixth place, while France and the Netherlands share row four.
The seventh row of the grid features two cars that have been frontrunners for most of this season, as New Zealand and South Africa had a disappointing session.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. M.Ammermuller Germany 1:23.203 2. Neel Jani Switzerland +0.222 3. Adam Carroll Ireland +0.472 4. Cheng Cong Fu China +0.581 5. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain +0.647 6. Tomas Enge Czech Republic +0.718 7. Loic Duval France +0.725 8. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands +0.762 9. N.Karthikeyan India +0.769 10. Robert Wickens Canada +0.826 11. J.Summerton USA +0.901 12. Sergio Jimenez Brazil +0.938 13. Jonny Reid New Zealand +0.938 14. Adrian Zaugg South Africa +1.004 15. Joao Urbano Portugal +1.060 16. Edoardo Piscopo Italy +1.104 17. Alex Yoong Malaysia +1.188 18. Ian Dyk Australia +1.567 19. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia +1.690 20. Chris Alajajian Lebanon +1.712 21. Adam Khan Pakistan +1.755 22. David Garza Mexico +2.043
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