Switzerland on Feature race pole
Neel Jani will start Sunday's A1GP Feature race at Zhuhai from pole position for championship leaders Switzerland
The Champ Car driver narrowly beat Great Britain's Oliver Jarvis to the top of the timesheets, as the two cars ran close together on track while setting their best times during the final segment of qualifying.
The late efforts from the top two robbed India of a maiden pole position, as Narain Karthikeyan's best lap held the top spot for several minutes.
France will join India on row two, while Sprint race polesitters Germany could only manage fifth.
Franky Cheng had another strong run at his home race to put the Chinese car sixth on the grid, while USA and Malaysia are in much better shape than they are for the Sprint race, as both will start from row four.
South Africa and New Zealand both improved slightly on their disappointing Sprint race grid positions to make the top 10 this time, while the pace that Ireland have shown all weekend deserted them, leaving Adam Carroll 13th on the grid.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:23.465 2. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain +0.185 3. N.Karthikeyan India +0.302 4. Loic Duval France +0.319 5. M.Ammermuller Germany +0.425 6. Cheng Cong Fu China +0.465 7. J.Summerton USA +0.527 8. Alex Yoong Malaysia +0.571 9. Adrian Zaugg South Africa +0.635 10. Jonny Reid New Zealand +0.649 11. Robert Wickens Canada +0.684 12. Joao Urbano Portugal +0.785 13. Adam Carroll Ireland +0.829 14. Sergio Jimenez Brazil +0.863 15. Chris Alajajian Lebanon +0.863 16. Tomas Enge Czech Republic +0.885 17. Adam Khan Pakistan +0.913 18. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands +0.995 19. Ian Dyk Australia +1.073 20. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia +1.202 21. Edoardo Piscopo Italy +1.345 22. David Garza Mexico +1.421
Share Or Save This Story
F1 2019 game includes official driver transfers for first time
F1 testing: Toro Rosso's Albon on top, Mercedes starts to show pace
Michael Schumacher's top 10 F1 victories
F1 Canadian GP: Russell defeats Antonelli to Canada F1 sprint pole
LIVE: F1 Canadian Grand Prix updates - Russell takes sprint pole ahead of Antonelli
Red Bull F1 team boss: "No intention behind" public meeting between Verstappen and Wolff
F1 compromise to make 2027 engine change could include shortening races
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments