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Duval and France all set for Zhuhai

A1 Team France is currently in second place in the overall classification eight points behind the leader, Switzerland, thanks to Loïc Duval's two rostrum finishes in Malaysia. In third place comes New Zealand fifteen points behind while Holland is fourth twenty-two points in arrears. For the French team this weekend's mission is clear: a top-three finish in both the Sprint and Feature races to close the gap to the leader. 

None of the twenty-two teams has raced at Zhuhai before, so everybody will begin tomorrow's free practice sessions in the same boat. They have no telemetry information and their aim will be to learn the circuit and fine-tune their set-up without wasting any time. 

A1 Team France will not be able to take part in the two rookie sessions, as Nicolas Prosy has been retained in Europe to take part in a private test session for the DTM Championship with Audi. 

"After our excellent weekend at Sepang we've arrived in China hugely motivated," Duval said. "We've managed two second places on the trot and we've just got to go one step further to score a victory. And that's what we're out to achieve this week-end. Nobody knows the track and taming it will be a challenge that we're more than ready to take up."

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