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Britain celebrates double podium

In the Sprint and Feature races at the Mexico City circuit for round eight of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Oliver Jarvis put in a superb performance to finish second in each event for A1 Team Great Britain. Jarvis also collected the bonus point for fastest lap in the Feature race and, with GBR netting the highest points haul of all the teams and the only team to score two podiums, GBR now move up to fourth in the championship within striking distance of third-placed France. 

Oliver Jarvis commented, "We had a fantastic start and I really thought we could take the lead but the guys in front defended well. I managed to gain a place and was then held up by Canada so we decided to pit a lap later, but Canada and Ireland both had good pitstops so we lost a place. I made an opportunistic move on Canada going into turn 4 and fortunately managed to make it stick. After the second stop, USA closed in on me and I had to push really hard. He came back very strong towards the end and I lost time behind back-markers, it was good close racing and fortunately I managed to hold the place. Obviously I would have loved a win in Mexico again, but I'm delighted to come away with second and a strong points haul for the team ahead of the last two rounds"

Katie Clements, team principal added, "We were the highest scoring team this weekend with two podiums and a fastest lap in the Feature race and, as a result, we have moved up to fourth in the championship and are closing in on France. Although we would have loved to have achieved another win here in Mexico, we are nonetheless very happy with the results here today."

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