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Switzerland celebrates dream result

A1 Team Switzerland driver Neel Jani fulfilled his dream and won the two races of the Malaysian weekend to take his team ten points clear of France at the top of the championship with 61 points. 

"The start of the sprint race was a bit messy," Jani said. "I braked too late and went wide and almost touched cars with France. But I was lucky and maintained the car and the lead. The car was perfect on both the slow and quick corners. In the feature race, the safety car disrupted our flow as we were blocked in the pit lane. The
pit crew did a fantastic job. I started to push again when I rejoined the race and after a while, I was in position to work back up in the classification and retake the lead which lasted till the end of the race. My dream is fulfilled and I won two races on this fantastic Sepang track. We getting to understand each other better and better in the team and I hope we can continue like this all year round."

Team boss Max Welti added, "I am very proud for the team and the country about our two race wins. To earn two poles, the fastest laps in each sprint and feature races and two wins the same week-end is a fantastic achievement from Neel Jani and the entire team. Neel controlled the two races remarkably well. In the feature race Neel drove superbly after an excellent start and the car was extremely competitive, and Neel was able to fight in a tough way. It brought Team A1 Switzerland to two consecutive wins in the same week-end, a first in the history of our young team A1 Switzerland. It was great team work all along the race, including the pit stops, showing how much our young team has progressed. I would like to congratulate the drivers, Rahel Frey and Neel Jani and everyone in the team for an extremely professional job over the weekend and the best ever races of our young team's history today. A1 Team Switzerland could not have done better this week-end. Really proud that Neel did the double!"

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