Portugal top free practice
Filipe Albuquerque has marked himself down as the man to beat in Shanghai this weekend by heading the A1GP Friday practice session
The Team Portugal driver was fastest in both rookie sessions and followed this up by lapping over 0.3 seconds faster than the rest of the field in Friday's final session.
Title-chaser Jonny Reid went second quickest for Team New Zealand, fractions ahead of the day's surprise package, Team Czech Republic's Filip Salaquarda.
Championship leaders Team Switzerland were fourth fastest courtesy of a strong late effort from Neel Jani, which moved them just ahead of outgoing champions Team Germany with Michael Ammermuller at the wheel.
Conditions are cold and windy at the Formula One venue, but times are already approaching the best from last year's meeting.
Team Great Britain were sixth fastest thanks to Robbie Kerr, while Franck Montagny made a very encouraging debut for Team France by setting the seventh best time as he tries to keep their championship hopes alive.
Franky Cheng was ninth fastest for Team China, narrowly ahead of Daniel Morad of Canada, getting extended running as Robert Wickens was jet-lagged after completing Renault World Series testing earlier this week.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:35.223 19 2. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:35.600 +0.377 19 3. Filip Salaquarda Czech Republic 1:35.609 +0.386 18 4. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:35.646 +0.423 20 5. Michael Ammermuller Germany 1:35.657 +0.434 23 6. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:35.689 +0.466 19 7. Franck Montagny France 1:35.822 +0.599 22 8. Jonathan Summerton USA 1:35.845 +0.622 22 9. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:35.903 +0.680 24 10. Daniel Morad Canada 1:35.913 +0.690 11 11. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:36.428 +1.205 18 12. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:36.457 +1.234 21 13. Xandri Negrao Brazil 1:36.482 +1.259 25 14. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:36.523 +1.300 20 15. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:36.543 +1.320 21 16. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:36.560 +1.337 26 17. Narain Karthikeyan India 1:36.584 +1.361 21 18. John Martin Australia 1:36.598 +1.375 25 19. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:37.049 +1.826 26 20. Jimmy Auby Lebanon 1:37.166 +1.943 23 21. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:37.456 +2.233 24 22. Jorge Goeters Mexico 1:38.414 +3.191 26
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