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Switzerland upbeat after qualifying

Neel Jani, took pole for the feature race in Zhuhai and qualified on the front row for the sprint race. The Swiss team is confident of repeating its domination of the last round in Malaysia in tomorrow's two races.

"By the time of the third practice, our brake problems from yesterday had being cured," Jani said. "I was able to push to find out the potential of the car and that was a lot better. I was determined to take another good result for the two qualifying sessions. I had to be careful as the track had become slightly dirty in places where cars ran wide
and kicked up dust. The start will be difficult because of the extremely tight and narrow first corner. It's about 400 to 500m after the start line and cars will already be going to up to 220 - 230 km/h at that corner. So we will have to be on our toes, be aware and watch for the guys around them. But there will be opportunities to pass and the circuit should provide some great races."

Max Welti, team principal, A1 Team Switzerland commented: "I'm very pleased with the result. Neel Jani impressed me so much today. He is so focused and improved constantly on the track. What an excellent team work. The first step is to be starting with a good advantage on this difficult track. Neel Jani, Alexandre Imperatori, our rookie, our engineers and the mechanics did an excellent team work up to now all weekend. What a great qualifying to set us up well for the two races tomorrow."

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