Eastern Creek, libere 3: Nico Hulkenberg pensa alla pole

Nico Hulkenberg ha guadagnato il primo posto nel terzo turno di prove libere che precede la qualifica della settima prova A1 Grand Prix in programma a Eastern Creek, Australia. Il portacolori del team Germania, vettura gestita dalla Super Nova, ha relegato a due decimi Robbie Kerr della Gran Bretagna i cui uomini del team hanno lavorato a lungo ieri per sostituire le sospensioni posteriori. Sempre rapida la Nuova Zelanda con Jonny Reid, terzo, in crisi Enrico Toccacelo del team Italia, solo ventesimo. Al termine di questo weekend, molti motori Zytek dovranno essere sostituiti. Il Canada già a Eastern Creek utilizza un nuovo propulsore.

English
A1 Team Germany took over from New Zealand at the top of the time sheets with Great Britain slotting into second place ahead of New Zealand. A1 Team Great Britain were delighted with this result having made suspension changes over night which seemed to do the trick, giving them the biggest jump up the time sheets from 13th place yesterday afternoon to second today. The same could not be said for Italy and Malaysia as they dropped down to 20th and 21st respectively. A1 Team Malaysia's driver, Alex Yoong, was very frustrated saying that the car seemed to have the wrong set up for the track. On top of this, the master switch failed and the electronics cut out. With the A1GP engines having reached the 250,000 kilometre mark this weekend after 18 months of racing, many of the teams are changing them. New Zealand was due to change their engine at the end of this race meeting but in fact changed it over night. Canada also has a new engine this weekend, but installed it before the start of yesterday's practice sessions. The life of an A1GP engine is 3,500km, so the teams make this change once a year - usually mid-season.


Nella foto, Nico Hulkenberg.

I tempi del 3° turno libero, sabato 3 febbraio 2007

1 - Germania - Nico Hulkenberg - 1'21"080 - 19 giri
2 - Gran Bretagna - Robbie Kerr - 1'21"284 - 23
3 - Nuova Zelanda - Jonny Reid - 1'21"293 - 23
4 - Francia - Loic Duval - 1'21"343 - 22
5 - Messico - Salvador Duran - 1'21"480 - 24
6 - Australia - Karl Reindler - 1'21"590 - 25
7 - Sud Africa - Alan Van der Merwe - 1'21"593 - 25
8 - Svizzera - Sebastien Buemi - 1'21"706 - 23
9 - Olanda - Jeroen Bleekemolen - 1'21"764 - 22
10 - Singapore - Christian Murchison - 1'21"892 - 25
11 - Stati Uniti - Phil Giebler - 1'21"895 - 23
12 - Canada - James Hinchcliffe - 1'22"023 - 22
13 - Repubblica Ceca - Tomas Enge - 1'22"069 - 21
14 - Brasile - Tuka Rocha - 1'22"116 - 18
15 - Irlanda - Richard Lyons - 1'22"153 - 22
16 - India - Parhiwa Sureshwaren - 1'22"162 - 23
17 - Libano - Alex Khateeb - 1'22"206 - 21
18 - Cina - Ho Pin Tung - 1'22"249 - 27
19 - Indonesia - Ananda Mikola - 1'22"413 - 24
20 - Italia - Enrico Toccacelo - 1'22"899 - 21
21 - Malesia - Alex Yoong - 1'23"061 - 14
22 - Pakistan - Nur Ali - 1'23"756 - 18