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Britain targets podiums

After an extremely competitive afternoon, which saw the top four drivers in both the Sprint and Feature qualifying sessions separated by just two tenths of a second, A1 Team GBR's Oliver Jarvis will begin both races from fourth on the grid.

Oliver Jarvis commented, "I think we definitely had the pace to be on the front row for both races. We got caught out by the red flag in Sprint qualifying 1, as did many other teams, so didn't set a lap. But we managed to set a good time in Sprint qualifying 2 though unfortunately got held up by a car spinning, which probably cost us three-tenths, which would have been good enough for pole. Feature qualifying 1 went well, finishing second fastest, then in the final qualifying we ideally could have gone a bit later, but at the same time there were a few minor mistakes on my part. However, the car is very good and we'll definitely be challenging for podium places in both races tomorrow."

Team boss Katie Clements added, "Strategically Durban is quite a challenging qualifying because there is the high possibility of flags. We were caught out in first qualifying because of that, but so were most of the other teams, so it was a situation that a lot of people had to deal with. We came back well though and we're very pleased with the fourth place starts. Of course, we would have preferred to be on the front row, but we have proved we can be very strong here this weekend, and we are aiming for podium finishes tomorrow."

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