Jani aids title bid with Sprint pole
Neel Jani gave Team Switzerland the perfect qualifying result in their bid to wrap up the A1GP title by bagging pole position for the sprint race in Shanghai
The ex-Toro Rosso F1 tester pulled a great late effort out in the closing stages of the second 15-minute session to take the top slot from the impressive Filipe Albuquerque.
The Team Portugal star improved too, but it was not enough to reclaim pole. Rob Wickens did a superb late lap to take third, while Narain Karthikeyan gave Team India one of their best ever qualifying results by taking fourth on the sprint grid.
Fifth position was not what Team New Zealand or Jonny Reid need in their pursuit of the title, but that was a lot better than Franck Montagny managed for Team France. He'll line up way back in 18th.
Jonathan Summerton was sixth for USA, Alex Yoong a much-improved seventh for Malaysia, while Ireland (Adam Carroll), Germany (Michael Ammermuller) and Robbie Kerr (GB) rounded out the top 10.
Franky Cheng could only manage 15th in front of his home crowd.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:34.163
2. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:34.613 +0.450
3. Robert Wickens Canada 1:34.682 +0.519
4. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:34.688 +0.525
5. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:34.742 +0.579
6. Jonathan Summerton USA 1:34.791 +0.628
7. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:34.850 +0.687
8. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:34.928 +0.765
9. Michael Ammermuller Germany 1:35.012 +0.849
10. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:35.015 +0.852
11. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:35.198 +1.035
12. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:35.224 +1.061
13. John Martin Australia 1:35.336 +1.173
14. Xandi Negrao Brazil 1:35.492 +1.329
15. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:35.508 +1.345
16. Filip Salaquarda Czech Republic 1:35.590 +1.427
17. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:35.670 +1.507
18. Franck Montagny France 1:35.789 +1.626
19. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:35.923 +1.760
20. Jimmy Auby Lebanon 1:35.931 +1.768
21. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:36.612 +2.449
22. Jorge Goeters Mexico 1:38.312 +4.149
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