Ireland top practice in China
A1 Team Ireland's Adam Carroll led the way at the end of the opening day of practice for this weekend's A1GP race at Zhuhai in China
Carroll, who had only been fifth fastest in the morning session, was pretty pleased with his best effort that left him half a second ahead of Canada's Robert Wickens.
"Obviously it was only practice but it was a good way to start the weekend," said Carroll. "We got a pretty good lap on new rubber but I'm sure everyone's going to catch up tomorrow.
"I'm hoping we can carry the pace all the way through the weekend and get up the front and stay there.
"I've had some major issues with my seat and we've had to make seven so far. I find it quite hard to get comfortable in the car but now I can really concentrate on driving the car rather than being in pain so it should make a lot of difference."
Germany's Michael Ammermuller, who had been quickest in the morning session, was third in the afternoon. He finished ahead of Holland's Jeroen Bleekemolen.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:23.279 26 2. Robert Wickens Canada 1:23.771 + 0.492 10 3. M.Ammermuller Germany 1:23.848 + 0.569 16 4. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:23.891 + 0.612 20 5. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:23.940 + 0.661 25 6. Loic Duval France 1:23.949 + 0.670 13 7. N.Karthikeyan India 1:24.111 + 0.832 20 8. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:24.119 + 0.840 31 9. Sergio Jimenez Brazil 1:24.248 + 0.969 17 10. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:24.265 + 0.986 27 11. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:24.309 + 1.030 16 12. Tomas Enge Czech Republic 1:24.484 + 1.205 25 13. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain 1:24.563 + 1.284 19 14. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:24.593 + 1.314 22 15. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:24.754 + 1.475 19 16. David Garza Mexico 1:24.973 + 1.694 23 17. J.Summerton USA 1:24.976 + 1.697 24 18. Ian Dyk Australia 1:24.991 + 1.712 23 19. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:25.030 + 1.751 24 20. Joao Urbano Portugal 1:25.360 + 2.081 24 21. Khalil Beschir Lebanon 1:25.458 + 2.179 25 22. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:25.947 + 2.668 25
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