| Jarvis Tops Practice Sessions as A1GP Kicks Off in Mexico City |
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Mexico City, Friday 14 March 2008 – Oliver Jarvis puts in impressive practice performance as A1GP returns to the venue of Team Great Britain’s maiden win, topping the afternoon session.
Round eight of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport got underway today as teams participated in two free practice sessions at the Mexico City circuit.
Oliver Jarvis and Duncan Tappy were in action for A1 Team Great Britain as the series returns to the track which saw GBR take its maiden A1GP race victory a year ago, with Oliver behind the wheel.In the afternoon session, Oliver Jarvis took over driving duties from Duncan Tappy who made his debut for A1 Team GBR that morning. Oliver returned to the track on which he took GBR’s first ever win last year. He immediately showed his pace on familiar ground, and was in P4 on his third lap before the session was red flagged when the Czech Republic car hit the wall. He was back out on track as soon as the session re-started and made steady improvements, topping the table on his seventh lap with a time of 1:22.026. He was briefly toppled by South Africa and Switzerland but Oliver was soon back on top with five minutes to go after setting a time of 1:21.431, five hundredths of a second faster than Switzerland’s Neel Jani. SKY sports will broadcast all the live action from Mexico City from 8pm on Saturday 15 March and from 8pm on Sunday 16 March on Sky Sports 3.
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