Indonesia fastest in practice 1
Indonesia's Ananda Mikola topped the times after a slippery first practice session for the A1 GP street race in Durban, South Africa
The circuit was damp from the start to the end of the session, which was the first time any of the drivers had used the narrow, bumpy seafront track.
Despite a general air of caution amongst the competitors, Team Canada and Team Lebanon both hit the wall and caused red flags. Team Ireland also had a long wait at Turn 1 after spinning in the ultra-tight right-hander.
Pace-setters Team France and Team Switzerland both kept their mileage to a minimum. Alexandre Premat went into an escape road on his solitary lap and although he recovered undamaged he did not venture out again.
Neel Jani emerged late for Switzerland, also fitting in a spin before the chequered flag.
Pos Driver Country Time Laps 1. Ananda Mikola Indonesia 1:28.477 10 2. M. Busnelli Italy 1:28.633 + 0.156 16 3. Alvaro Parente Portugal 1:28.717 + 0.240 5 4. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:29.235 + 0.758 24 5. Verstappen Netherlands 1:29.946 + 1.469 15 6. Christian Jones Australia 1:30.006 + 1.529 17 7. Stephen Simpson South Africa 1:30.240 + 1.763 22 8. David Martinez Mexico 1:30.264 + 1.787 22 9. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil 1:30.541 + 2.064 16 10. Mathias Lauda Austria 1:30.595 + 2.118 11 11. Matt Halliday New Zealand 1:30.804 + 2.327 22 12. Tomas Enge Czech Republic 1:31.121 + 2.644 15 13. Ralph Firman Ireland 1:31.146 + 2.669 17 14. Timo Scheider Germany 1:31.155 + 2.678 23 15. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:31.229 + 2.752 28 16. Philip Giebler USA 1:31.583 + 3.106 22 17. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:33.132 + 4.655 5 18. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:33.157 + 4.680 8 19. Armaan Ebrahim India 1:33.609 + 5.132 28 20. Basil Shaaban Lebanon 1:34.648 + 6.171 13 21. Tengyi Jiang China 1:35.012 + 6.535 20 22. Sean Mcintosh Canada No time 23. Alexandre Premat France No time
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