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France looking for improvement

A1 Team France began preparing for the 2 races on the Brands Hatch circuit in England, the final round of the 2007/2008 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Nicolas Prost set the 11th-quickest time of the rookie drivers, and then handed over to Franck Montagny for the final run. Franck set the 10th-fastest time only 0.536s off the best time of the day. 

Olivier Panis, sporting director commented, "Today, we were working on fine-tuning the car's set-up on a track that Franck doesn't know. We still have a little more to do: above all we have to improve our performance in the first sector, but overall we're happy with Friday's results." 

Franck Montagny added, "I'm feeling pretty confident about tomorrow as we made a lot of progress throughout the day. In addition, I now feel at home in the car. The fact that I don't know the circuit is an advantage as I haven't come here with my mind full of F1 settings, and I can adapt to it at the rhythm required by the A1GP car. I think we'll be able to get into the first five in tomorrow's qualifying. That's my aim" Nicolas Prost: "I used the first session to bed in the brake discs and pads and to learn the circuit. In the second, I began to run through the set-ups and the engineers and me found a few interesting paths to explore. The car wasn't great in the opening runs, but we managed to improve its handling on each outing. This is the last meeting and I'm staying with the team until Sunday to give it my support." Copyright-free pictures for A1 Team France are available in the media section of the site www.a1gp.com.

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