New Zealand fastest at Silverstone
New Zealand carried their fine form from the last A1GP season into pre-season testing as Jonny Reid set the fastest time at Silverstone on Tuesday
Reid set the fastest ever lap for an A1GP car around Silverstone's National circuit layout, which was last used by the cars in 2005, when Alexandre Premat set the best time for Team France.
The 23-year-old completed more laps than all but one of the other cars out on track on Tuesday, and he believes that the team can be even stronger on the second and final day of testing on Wednesday.
"Today we have just been trying things, just to see what the cars can do and we found some interesting things," said Reid.
"The car was fantastic in the final run but there are definitely some areas where we can improve tomorrow."
Narain Karthikeyan was second fastest for Team India, while Team Netherlands will be upbeat ahead of their home race at Zandvoort after Jeroen Bleekemolen was third fastest.
Loic Duval was fourth quickest for Team France, while China completed the top five with Cong Fu Cheng behind the wheel.
Oliver Jarvis was three tenths of a second adrift of Reid in sixth place for Great Britain, while reigning champions Team Germany were only eighth with Christian Vietoris, who will lead the team this season.
Pos Team Driver Time Laps 1. New Zealand Jonny Reid 48.102 141 2. India Narain Kathikeyan 48.362 102 3. Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 48.373 115 4. France Loic Duval 48.395 154 5. China Cong Fu Cheng 48.421 93 6. Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 48.432 85 7. South Africa Adrian Zaugg 48.540 109 8. Germany Christian Vietoris 48.567 94 9. Canada James Hinchcliffe 48.570 93 10. Ireland Ralph Firman 48.688 113 11. Switzerland Neel Jani 48.742 168 12. Pakistan Adam Khan 48.765 79 13. USA Buddy Rice 48.821 130 14. Malaysia Alex Yoong 48.890 94 15. Brazil Sergio Jimenez 48.925 111 16. Italy Enrico Toccacelo 48.956 138 17. Australia Ian Dyk 49.063 139 18. Portugal Joao Urbano 49.140 123 19. Lebanon Chris Alajajian 49.180 147 20. Czech Republic Erik Janis 49.213 135 21. Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 49.221 130 22. Mexico Juan Pablo Garcia 50.288 134
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