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Jarvis slightly disappointed

A1 Team Great Britain will start the Zandvoort feature race from third on the grid as 2007-08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season commenced today. Oliver Jarvis set the fastest lap of the final qualifying segment but fast laps from Germany, and eventual pole sitter South Africa, in the final minutes of the session meant a front row start was missed out on. Jarvis produced a strong performance on his last qualifying run putting him 3rd on the grid for tomorrow's race.

The earlier qualifying segments for the Sprint Race saw Oliver line up in 10th position, intermittent light showers and strong winds made for challenging conditions and the team struggled to find a suitable setup over the first two runs. Improvements were made for the final two runs resulting in Oliver improving on his previous best time by almost two seconds.

Oliver Jarvis: "It's been quite a frustrating day. We struggled in the two morning practice sessions, then before qualifying I thought we had a good chance as I felt we learnt a lot in the break, but unfortunately my first sprint race qualifying session didn't go so well. We definitely improved in the second sprint race qualifying session, yet the majority of teams went slower in the session. We made a few changes to the car before the feature race qualifying and made a big jump forward by almost two seconds. To qualify 10th and 3rd respectively is slightly disappointing but I am delighted to at least make it into the top three after a difficult day"

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