Germany tops practice 1 at Sepang
Young German driver Nico Hulkenberg topped opening practice for the A1GP event at Sepang in Malaysia
Teenager Hulkenberg set a time of 1:51.789, over a second faster than any of his rivals could manage in changing weather during the one-hour practice session. A dry start and end to the session was interrupted by some mid-session rain.
Hulkenberg also topped both rookie sessions earlier in the day.
The biggest surprise was that China was second fastest, Congfu Cheng just edging out New Zealand's Jonny Reid on the timesheets.
All three set their fastest times in the opening minutes of the session.
Behind the leading trio came Switzerland's Neel Jani, followed by a group of seven drivers covered by less than three-quarters of a second, headed by USA's Philip Giebler who was just under two seconds off Team Germany's pace.
Series leader Mexico had a disappointing session, Salvador Duran just over three seconds off the pace in twelfth position.
Pos Team Driver Time Laps 1. Germany Nico Hulkenberg 1:51.789 15 2. China Congfu Cheng 1:52.986 +1.197 6 3. New Zealand Jonny Reid 1:52.998 +1.209 13 4. Switzerland Neel Jani 1:53.431 +1.642 15 5. USA Philip Giebler 1:53.779 +1.990 15 6. Malaysia Alex Yoong 1:53.884 +2.095 16 7. Brazil Raphael Matos 1:53.947 +2.158 17 8. Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1:54.075 +2.286 19 9. South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1:54.361 +2.572 14 10. France Nicolas Lapierre 1:54.373 +2.584 16 11. Czech Republic Tomas Enge 1:54.426 +2.637 15 12. Mexico Salvador Duran 1:54.899 +3.110 19 13. Canada Sean McIntosh 1:54.923 +3.134 19 14. Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:54.975 +3.186 13 15. Ireland Michael Devaney 1:55.018 +3.229 17 16. Netherlands J. Bleekemolen 1:55.062 +3.273 20 17. Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1:55.654 +3.865 18 18. Singapore C. Murchison 1:55.735 +3.946 3 19. Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1:56.164 +4.375 14 20. Lebanon Khalil Beschir 1:57.051 +5.262 17 21. India Armaan Ebrahim 1:57.312 +5.523 21 22. Pakistan Nur Ali no time
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