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Canada takes sprint race pole

Eighteen-year-old rookie Robert Wickens set the fastest lap during the second 15-minute qualifying segment to take pole position for A1 Team Canada for tomorrow morning's Sprint race, claiming the team's first ever pole position and the first of his A1GP career. 

'We had a really good run in qualifying, the car was really solid underneath me and I was able to put in a pretty good lap,' Wickens said. 'It's Canada's best qualifying ever so I'm excited to get them their first pole and their second front row start.'

Brazil's Bruno Junqueira, who was 12th quickest in practice this morning, leapt up the time sheets to qualify in second alongside Canada, while New Zealand's Jonny Reid and GBR's Oliver Jarvis will start the race from third and fourth place on the second row. Switzerland's Neel Jani and Germany's Michael Ammermuller will line up on the third row of the grid in fifth and sixth place respectively.

Ireland's Adam Carroll cruised to a halt early on in the first qualifying segment with a fuel pump problem and only six nations managed to set a time as the session was red-flagged with three minutes remaining, when the New Zealand car spun off the track. The start of the second qualifying segment was delayed slightly while the track was cleared.

South Africa's Adrian Zaugg will start the Sprint race from the back of the grid because he pushed hard and spun out at the third turn, failing to set a flying lap time.

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