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Netherlands happy with first day

On the first day of the A1GP Brands Hatch A1 Team Netherlands has shown itself amongst the front runners again. In the afternoon free practice Jeroen Bleekemolen was in the top three for a long time. In the end A1 Team Netherlands had to settle for seventh though,with the whole field being very close together 

Jeroen Bleekemolen was also happy with the result; "It went well. I am glad that we at least have a car again that works properly. We have tried a lot of things and done very much. We were quickest straight away, were in the top three for a long time and finished in seventh in the end, but less than three tenths from second place, so we are competitive again. Now it is important that we make the right steps with the car tonight. Then we should really be in contention for the front rows tomorrow. It is really competitive at the moment. Now we have to do our homework very well and get the absolute maximum. The gaps are really small, even smaller than usual. When you manage to make just a few small steps you are there. We are sharing data with China, that is interesting, because they were 15 hundreds quicker and are in second. That is also helping us. Let's hope that we will be a bit stronger tomorrow."

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