Ammermuller and Jani happy… Jarvis can do better

The A1 Teams Germany, Switzerland, and Great Britain had a great day with a spot in the top 5 in each of the two qualifiers. Germany will start on pole for Race 1 while Switzerland will be at the front of Race 2. Great Britain, for its part, placed 5th and 2nd. Drivers’ reactions:

Mickael Ammermuller, in his second appearance in the A1GP championship, secured his first pole position for A1 Team Germany.

The Red Bull F1 test driver is delighted to race on the Chinese track, especially in pole position, and hopes to clinch victory tomorrow.

« We did a good job to get first place in qualification 1, and it’s an excellent result for the whole team. We struggled a bit in practice this morning [6th], but then we had a very good car and dominated the first qualifying session. »

« The track got a bit dirty afterward and we didn’t manage to be in the top three, but I think it’s still a good result. » continued the German.

« It’s better to be first in the first race because it’s a short race [16 laps] and it’s very difficult to climb the rankings, whereas in the second race, if you have the right strategy, anything is possible… »

Néel Jani, winner of both races at the last meeting in Malaysia, is also satisfied with his qualifying in Switzerland: “We had good qualifying sessions, especially for the second race, but it’s very tight this time, and we are all very close. So much so that every small mistake can set you back three places on the grid…”

« I am very happy, despite everything, because yesterday we had a lot of brake problems and the team did a great job to get the positions we got today. »

At 23 years old, Oliver Jarvis for the Great Britain team is also having a strong start to the season and will start tomorrow in the Sprint race from 5th position: « The sessions this morning were quite difficult, and as Neel Jani said, the track doesn’t allow any mistakes. It is therefore inevitably complicated to achieve a clear and clean lap to make a good time, especially since you have to brake quite regularly, which increases the number of possible errors. »

« We’ve been having a bit of a tough time so far, but I really hope that tomorrow will be better and that we will score big points. » concluded the Briton during the press conference.