Jarvis quickest in Sepang practice

Jarvis, who won the Macau Grand Prix just a few days ago, was fastest by almost half a second around the Malaysian Formula Pne Grand Prix venue.

Jarvis' nearest challengers were Swtizerland's Neel Jani, France's Loic Duval and New Zealand's Jonny Reid. These were the only drivers within a second of Jarvis, but then they didn't have as much track time as the Briton.

Jarvis was the only one of the lead quartet who had been eligible for the morning rookie session, in which he was also quickest.

Reid also lost track time with a spin, which halted the session early on. He was, however, able to resume his running for the rest of the afternoon, which ran without any stoppages.

Home team Malaysia had a discouraging start to the weekend, with Alex Yoong only 17th fastest.

Pos  Driver            Team              Time              Laps
 1.  Oliver Jarvis     Great Britain     1:49.459           22
 2.  Neel Jani         Switzerland       1:49.911 + 0.452   18
 3.  Loic Duval        France            1:50.094 + 0.635   17
 4.  Jonny Reid        New Zealand       1:50.320 + 0.861   17
 5.  Cheng Cong Fu     China             1:50.471 + 1.012   17
 6.  M.Ammermuller     Germany           1:50.641 + 1.182   19
 7.  Sergio Jimenez    Brazil            1:50.753 + 1.294   14
 8.  Robert Wickens    Canada            1:50.909 + 1.450   16
 9.  N.Karthikeyan     India             1:50.989 + 1.530   19
10.  J.Bleekemolen     Netherlands       1:51.006 + 1.547   19
11.  Adrian Zaugg      South Africa      1:51.010 + 1.551   19
12.  Adam Carroll      Ireland           1:51.174 + 1.715   20
13.  Joao Urbano       Portugal          1:51.266 + 1.807   22
14.  J.Summerton       USA               1:51.304 + 1.845   23
15.  Ian Dyk           Australia         1:51.387 + 1.928   20
16.  Enrico Toccacelo  Italy             1:51.513 + 2.054   21
17.  Alex Yoong        Malaysia          1:51.668 + 2.209   19
18.  Erik Janis        Czech Republic    1:51.830 + 2.371   21
19.  Chris Alajajian   Lebanon           1:52.076 + 2.617   16
20.  M.Jourdain Jr.    Mexico            1:52.201 + 2.742   17
21.  Satrio Hermanto   Indonesia         1:52.926 + 3.467   19
22.  Adam Khan         Pakistan          1:52.993 + 3.534   17