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Britain closes to within 12 points of France

Robbie Kerr collected four championship points for A1 Team Great Britain today at the penultimate round of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport at the Shanghai International Circuit in China. His two ninth-place finishes in the Sprint and Feature race closed the gap to Team France in the championship to 12 points, and GBR is now aiming to pass them in the championship in three weeks time at the final round of the season at Brands Hatch.

Robbie Kerr commented, "It was a tough race today as we were in the mix throughout. We had a reasonable start but couldn't quite make the most of it. Our first pit stop was really good but unfortunately India in the pit box in front didn't, blocking us on the way out and costing us a position to France. From that point on, we had the pace to attack France in front, but of course with Germany right behind I had to defend hard too. We had another good stop but got caught on the exit as South Africa came in. Its been a challenging weekend, but we've come away with some points and still have a fighting chance of getting third (or possibly second if New Zealand have an unlikely bad weekend) in the championship with a strong performance at Brands Hatch."

Katie Clements, Team Principal added, "This has obviously been a disappointing weekend for us because although we scored some points, we are used to scoring much higher, and had a very good chance to gain good ground on France for third place in the championship. It has been one of those weekends you can have in racing where it just didn't come together for us. We are now firmly focused on our home race at Brands Hatch in three weeks and we have not changed our objective of a top three championship finish."

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