A1GP Qualifying @ Sepang

I have enjoyed watching A1GP for a few years. The racing was pretty decent for most of the feature races, and it fills a major void after IndyCar & F1 end their seasons. Having an IndyCar team affiliated with it this year makes it a tad more interesting, although I will miss see the promising Jonathan Summerton in the Team USA car.

Qualifying for A1GP at Sepang was so-so for Team USA, as Marco qualified 12th for the sprint race and 8th for the feature. In the sprint race only the top 8 are scored, so he'll need a great start and a good pitstop to do it. I hope the pitstop rule mixes things up, since the sprint race tends to be very processional with few people trying to do anything that would impact the car in time for the feature.

In other AOWR driver news, Canuck racing for Lebanon Daniel Morad pull a shocking third place for the feature race. His qualifying was otherwise bipolar, with his qualifying time being 18th of 20. Fellow Atlantics Driver David Garza of Mexico did the opposite, qualifying eighth for the sprint and 18th for the feature.

Sprint Race Grid (AOWR Drivers in Bold)

1. Switzerland (Neel Jani)
   
2. France (Loic Duval)
   
3. New Zealand (Earl Bamber)
4. Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque)
   
5. Italy (Edoardo Piscopo)
   
6. Great Britain (Danny Watts)
7. Ireland (Adam Carroll)
   
8. Mexico (David Garza)
9. Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen)
10. India (Narain Karthikeyan)
    
11. South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
    
12. USA (Marco Andretti)
13. Malaysia (Fairuz Fauzy)
14. Australia (John Martin)
15. Brazil (Felipe Guimaraes)
    
16. Monaco (Clivio Piccione)
17. China (Ho Pin Tung)
    
18. Lebanon (Daniel Morad)
    
19. Indonesia (Satrio Hermanto)
    
20. Korea (Jin-Woo Hwang)

Feature Race Grid

1. Ireland (Adam Carroll)
2. Great Britain (Danny Watts)
   
3. Lebanon (Daniel Morad)
4. Malaysia (Fairuz Fauzy)
   
5. Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque)
6. Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen)
   
7. India (Narain Karthikeyan)
8. USA (Marco Andretti)
   
9. France (Loic Duval)
10. China (Ho Pin Tung)
11. Monaco (Clivio Piccione)
    
12. Brazil (Felipe Guimaraes)
13. Australia (John Martin)
    
14. Indonesia (Satrio Hermanto)
15. New Zealand (Earl Bamber)
    
16. Switzerland (Neel Jani)
17. South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
18. Mexico (David Garza)
    
19. Italy (Edoardo Piscopo)
20. Korea (Jin-Woo Hwang)
    

The new "Power Boost" for one lap rule turned everything on its head for this round. If you screw up on the boosted lap for feature qualifying, you will fall way behind like surprisingly Neel Jani did. He had a bad Q4 lap, and got pushed all the way to 16th! This is the series champion who had won three straight poles at Sepang, including the Sprint race.