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Switzerland moves two poles closer to victory

Neel Jani, who has been on pole at Sepang the past two years, continued his domination in Malaysia with pole position for both the sprint and feature races. Already early this morning the Swiss driver had been dominant in the third practice session and clocked a very fast time of 1.49.176. In the afternoon, he followed through with both poles. 

Neel Jani commented, "I encountered a slight problem with brakes towards the end of my last outing and spun. But I managed keeping the top of the sheet in the session and I did not suffer too much from the heat, although it is a bit like being in the sauna with the heat and humidity."

During the qualifying press conference Neel Jani summed-up his session: "I am so pleased overall. I wanted to be P1 yesterday and I made it today. I pushed so hard. It was fantastic in both qualifying sessions for each race. James Robinson my engineer and everyone in the team did such a good job. They adjusted the car for each segment. At the end, in the last run it was just exactly perfect. Finishing on pole for the sprint race and the feature race was certainly more than what we were hoping. I was on pole here last year in the two races, but I did not win both races. My aim is to win both races tomorrow."

Max Welti, team principal of A1 Team Switzerland commented: "I am very pleased with the result. To be starting with a good advantage is key on this difficult track. Neel Jani, Rahel Frey our rookie, our engineers and the mechanics did a really good job all weekend. What a great qualifying result to set us up well for the two races tomorrow."

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