Alvaro Parente put Team Portugal on top of the timesheets during the warm-up session for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations Australia sprint race.
Parente – who qualified second fastest on Saturday – started Sunday in perfect fashion with a best lap of 1:20.713 to hold out Team Brazil’s Nelson Piquet.
Jos Verstappen was a further four tenths back in the Team Netherlands entry, ahead of race favourite and pole sitter Nicolas Lapierre of Team France.
Johnny Reid (New Zealand), Enrico Toccacelo (Italy), Will Davison (Australia), and Salvador Duran (Mexico) rounded out the top eight.
With two hours before the start of the sprint race, the sun is shinning over Eastern Creek.
However dark clouds remain threatening on the horizon and there is still a chance of rain before Sunday’s proceedings are completed.
Warm-up Classification:
01. Portugal 1:20.713
02. Brazil +0.024
03. Netherlands +0.435
04. France +0.514
05. New Zealand +0.527
06. Italy +0.538
07. Mexico +0.728
08. Australia +0.746
09. Switzerland +0.901
10. Germany +0.915
11. Russia +1.076
12. Great Britain +1.330
13. Pakistan +1.542
14. Malaysia +1.568
15. USA +1.603
16. Austria +1.676
17. Canada +1.725
18. South Africa +1.796
19. Japan +1.803
20. Ireland +1.965
21. Czech Republic +2.021
22. Lebanon +2.355
23. China +2.467
24. India +2.790
Written: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:16:13
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