New Zealand lead Mexico practice
Team New Zealand registered the fastest time on the first day of A1GP practice in Mexico City today
Driver Jonny Reid put in a late afternoon lap to top the timesheets, despite the disadvantage of having been ineligible to compete in the rookies-only morning session.
Next up came Team Great Britain, with Oliver Jarvis missing out by just a few hundredths of a second. But Jarvis is optimistic for the rest of the weekend, saying that he just needed to iron out the mistakes and learn to get the best out of new tyres.
Third were championship leaders Team Germany, with Christian Vietoris looking every bit as composed as multiple winner and previous incumbent Nico Hulkenberg. Vietoris appeared very much at home on this his first competitive weekend in A1GP, and there is little to suggest he won't keep the German flag flying high on Saturday and Sunday.
Malaysia, the Netherlands and the USA filled the next three spots, despite Jeroen Bleekemolen's Dutch car breaking down midway through the afternoon session.
Home driver Salvador Duran ended the afternoon session in tenth, but said that with a few set-up changes the Team Mexico entry will move up the leaderboard in qualifying.
Friday practice times:
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:28.174 2. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain 1:28.185 + 0.011 3. Christian Vietoris Germany 1:28.244 + 0.070 4. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:28.378 + 0.204 5. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:28.470 + 0.296 6. Jonathan Summerton USA 1:28.631 + 0.457 7. Enrico Toccacelo Italy 1:28.772 + 0.598 8. Ho-Pin Tung China 1:28.800 + 0.626 9. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:28.860 + 0.686 10. Salvador Duran Mexico 1:28.979 + 0.805 11. Jean Karl Vernay France 1:28.988 + 0.814 12. Bruno Junqueira Brazil 1:29.047 + 0.873 13. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:29.067 + 0.893 14. Marcel Fassler Switzerland 1:29.150 + 0.976 15. Ian Dyk Australia 1:29.310 + 1.136 16. James Hinchcliffe Canada 1:29.391 + 1.217 17. Jarek Janis Czech Republic 1:29.424 + 1.250 18. Alvaro Parente Portugal 1:30.113 + 1.939 19. Allam Khodair Lebanon 1:30.135 + 1.961 20. Richard Lyons Ireland 1:30.199 + 2.025 21. Ananda Mikola Indonesia 1:30.276 + 2.102 22. Nur Ali Pakistan 1:32.084 + 3.910
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