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A1 Team USA recorded the fastest lap time at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track Wednesday during A1 Grand Prix’s second team test session. Making its debut appearance following its official unveiling in the morning, the USA car emblazoned with the American flag and the slogan “We the People” crept above A1 Team Brazil mid-way through the afternoon session.

Commenting on his team’s success, seat holder, Rick Weidinger said:

‘A1 Team USA is very pleased with the today’s results. Anytime you finish a test, especially at Paul Ricard, and you’re P1 you have to be happy. Our test driver, Scott Speed has a rich heritage of racing results and today is another indication of his talent. The team did a wonderful job, they all pulled together, and that’s a goal of ours, to be a team in the garage and on the track. We made a huge step forward today.’ Emphasising the team involvement in A1 Grand Prix.

‘Today’s A1 Team test session showed just how exciting the A1 Grand Prix races are set to be’ said A1 Grand Prix Founder, President and Chairman, Sheikh Maktoum.

“Each team became increasingly competitive as the day progressed with the countries in the top few positions changing constantly. We saw 20 identical cars each driven by a mixture of established drivers and young up and coming talent, each racing for the pride of their nation. A1 Grand Prix is a diverse Series and from today’s results we can see that it is also highly competitive. I’m looking forward to tomorrow where the Teams will experience the first rolling start of A1 Grand Prix where you will see 20 nations in a league of their own starting to compete for the first World Cup of Motorsport”‘

Fastest lap times - Wednesday 24 August 2005
01 USA 1.24.559 - SCOTT SPEED
02 BRAZIL 1.24.973 - NELSON PIQUET JR
03 FRANCE 1.25.095 - NICOLAS LAPIERE
04 GRAT BRITAIN 1.25.281 - ROBBIE KERR
05 MEXICO 1.25.296 - SALVADOR DURAN
06 PORTUGAL 1.25.377 - ALVARO PARENTE
07 NEW ZEALAND 1.25.536 - JONNY REID
08 IRELAND 1.25.687 - RALPH FIRMAN
09 AUSTRALIA 1.25.692 - WILL DAVISON
10 MALAYSIA 1.25.717 - ALEX YOONG
11 NETHERLANDS 1.25.751 - JOS VERSTAPPEN
12 PAKISTAN 1.26.139 - ADAM KHAN
13 SWITZERLAND 1.26.147 - ROMAIN GROSJEAN
14 SOUTH AFRICA 1.26.177 - THOMAS SCHECKTER
15 GERMANY 1.26.440 - TIMO SCHEIDER
16 LEBANON 1.26.477 - BASIL SHAABAN
17 INDIA 1.27.978 - KARUN CHANDOK
18 INDONESIA 1.28.430 - ANANDA MIKOLA
19 CHINA 1.29.377 - TENG JIANG
20 RUSSIA 1.32.760 - NIKOLAY FOMENKO

Source: Everything About MotorSports

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