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A1 Team Nederland fourteenth on final A1GP test day

During the final test day before the A1GP season really kicks off next week at Circuit Park Zandvoort A1 Team Netherlands set a fourteenth fastest time. With a fastest lap of 48.421 Jeroen Bleekemolen was six tenths behind India. The whole field was close together, the top 20 within one second.

A1 Team Neterlands Rookie Arie Luyendyk jr. was the first to go out on track for A1 Team Netherlands. Conditions were windy and it looked like it was going to rain, but the entire session was run with dry conditions.

During the session A1 Team Netherlands was not able to show the pace of yesterday, the entire morning the team suffered from a fuel pickup problem. This made the car somewhat slower.

Arie Luyendyk jr. "Today I felt more comfortable in the car and with every time I go out in the car I feel more confident. I was able to drive 38 laps today, a lot more than yesterday and with every session my confidence grew and my lap times were better. With the tyre wear where it was and the fact that we did not go out on new tyres like everyone else, I think the times were pretty reasonable. By the time we get to the Czech Republic for the Friday session I'll be prepared and hope to give some good feedback for the team and now I am looking forward to doing those demo's at Zandvoort".

Jeroen Bleekemolen; "I started later today, because Arie did a lot of driving. It is good for him that he was able to get more miles under his belt. We had a lot of things for Zandvoort on the car already, which was not ideal for this track and we also had a fuel pickup problem. That definitely did not help. We especially lost a lot on the straights. We should not look at the times too much. If we would have gone for a fast lap, we probably would have been quite a bit quicker. We did that yesterday. Again we did learn today and yesterday. We should be able to have a good car for Zandvoort and then we will be competitive".

A1 Team Netherlands and all other teams will now prepare everything for shipping from their Silverstone base to Zandvoort, where from 28-30 September the opening round of the third A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season will be held.

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