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South Africa takes sprint race pole

Adrian Zaugg set the single fastest lap during the first two qualifying segments putting Vulindlela in the top spot for the start of the Sprint race, followed by 2006 pole-sitter New Zealand's Jonny Reid who will start from second place.

Zaugg was pleased with his third pole position of the 2007/08 season but also frustrated after making a few mistakes: "We are just running on old tyres like most of the guys," he said. "We were on old tyres this morning so it was very difficult to know how the car would behave on new tyres so I think we really did a good job. Germany was just ahead of me on the exit of turn one but to be fair I don't think it cost me that much time, but then I had two or three little mistakes from myself so I threw it away there but it is still a good position and we have a good chance for tomorrow."

Reid was held up by traffic but still managed to qualify second for the Sprint race and feels confident ahead of tomorrow's two races.

"There was a bit of traffic and there was a car spun on the final new tyre run at turn one which is quite a key corner to do on your hot lap here," Reid said. "I lost a lot of time and it was either bad timing or not enough courtesy out there, because there was a car in front of me and going into turn one they took the racing line and slowed down. Anyway, I'm confident for the races because if you look at the practice times we were at the top quite considerably."

Great Britain's Robbie Kerr and Ireland's Adam Carroll will line up alongside each other on the second row of the Sprint race grid, followed by Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Dutch car and Switzerland's Neel Jani in fifth and sixth position respectively.

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