Hulkenberg leads final practice
Nico Hulkenberg put championship leaders Team Germany on top in Saturday practice for the Durban A1GP race
An additional ten minutes were added to the morning session to make up for the practice time lost when kerbing began to break up on Friday.
While the circuit itself stayed intact this time, there were no fewer than four red flag interruptions during the session.
Mexico's Salvador Duran prompted the first red flag when he removed his front wing on the chicane kerbing. Three further stoppages followed as Australia's Karl Reindler, Ireland's Richard Lyons and Team Brazil's new recruit Bruno Junqueira all made contact with the barriers.
Hulkenberg had a comfortable 0.4 second margin over nearest challenger Loic Duval, who had been fastest for Team France in both Friday sessions.
But the star of Saturday practice was series returnee Alvaro Parente, who put Team Portugal third in their first appearance of the 2006/7 season.
The Portuguese squad had sat out the opening rounds of the championship while searching for new financial backing.
Saturday practice times:
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Nico Hulkenberg Germany 1:18.050 2. Loic Duval France 1:18.506 + 0.456 3. Alvaro Parente Portugal 1:18.683 + 0.633 4. Matthew Halliday New Zealand 1:18.941 + 0.891 5. Richard Lyons Ireland 1:19.021 + 0.971 6. Ananda Mikola Indonesia 1:19.164 + 1.114 7. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:19.281 + 1.231 8. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:19.351 + 1.301 9. Bruno Junqueira Brazil 1:19.357 + 1.307 10. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:19.361 + 1.311 11. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:19.365 + 1.315 12. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:19.366 + 1.316 13. Salvador Duran Mexico 1:19.381 + 1.331 14. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:19.437 + 1.387 15. Jonathan Summerton USA 1:19.475 + 1.425 16. Tomas Enge Czech Republic 1:19.560 + 1.510 17. Allam Khodair Lebanon 1:19.647 + 1.597 18. Ho-Pin Tung China 1:19.740 + 1.690 19. Enrico Toccacelo Italy 1:19.814 + 1.764 20. Karl Reindler Australia 1:19.998 + 1.948 21. Christian Murchison Singapore 1:20.115 + 2.065 22. James Hinchcliffe Canada 1:20.127 + 2.077 23. Nur Ali Pakistan 1:24.087 + 6.037
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