Piscopo fastest in final practice
A1 Team Italy's Edoardo Piscopo headed the final practice session at Taupo ahead of qualifying later today
Piscopo's 1:15.112 lap was enough to edge out Robert Doornbos in the Team Netherlands car, with yesterday's pace-setter Neel Jani having to settle for third in the Team Switzerland entry.
The session was again marred by a succession of red flags as drivers were caught out by the dust that lay in wait for anyone who ventured off the racing line, but while there were a few close calls caused by drivers rejoining the circuit just as one of their rivals was bearing down upon them, everyone made it through the morning in one piece.
Marco Andretti gave Team USA cause for optimism when the led the middle part of the session before finishing up in fourth, while local hope Chris van der Drift ended up 11th for Team New Zealand. Dan Clarke found some overnight pace in the Team Great Britain car, but could manage no higher than 16th.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:15.112 28 2. Robert Doornbos Netherlands 1:15.245 + 0.133 22 3. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:15.653 + 0.541 22 4. Marco Andretti USA 1:15.744 + 0.632 21 5. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:15.992 + 0.880 26 6. Loic Duval France 1:16.133 + 1.021 25 7. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:16.205 + 1.093 22 8. John Martin Australia 1:16.314 + 1.202 29 9. Daniel Morad Lebanon 1:16.600 + 1.488 23 10. Salvador Duran Mexico 1:16.610 + 1.498 24 11. Chris van der Drift New Zealand 1:16.673 + 1.561 28 12. Felipe Guimaraes Brazil 1:16.695 + 1.583 29 13. Fairuz Fauzy Malaysia 1:16.786 + 1.674 31 14. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:16.834 + 1.722 28 15. Clivio Piccione Monaco 1:16.835 + 1.723 27 16. Dan Clarke Great Britain 1:16.998 + 1.886 28 17. Narian Karthikeyan India 1:17.013 + 1.901 28 18. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:17.462 + 2.350 20 19. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:17.496 + 2.384 32
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