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Germany expected better qualifying result

A1 Team Germany qualified on the fifth and seventh row for rounds nine and ten of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Shanghai. Ammermüller clinched the ninth grid spot for the sprint race and 13th for the feature race on the GP circuit close to the Chinese metropolis.

Michael Ammermüller commented, "Obviously we are disappointed that we couldn't do any better today. It won't be easy to convert these grid positions into good results in both races. Qualifying started reasonably well with fifth place. We then made a change to the set-up, a very small change actually. In spite of this the car got worse and worse throughout the session. We simply can't explain it until now. The aerodynamics in Shanghai is an extremely critical element. In the race we hope that we can benefit from slipstreaming on the long straights. I think we could see several interesting duels and overtaking manoeuvres."

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