“Pole was great; I was driving on the limit and we obviously had enough speed to take pole,” the youngster said, “But then I pushed too hard and spun in turn four, and backed it into the wall, which obviously wasn't too good!”
The TanderSport crew had to rush to repair the rear of the car for the second qualifying session, and only managed to get Reindler back out on track with half of the second session remaining, without time to work on the set-up and with little time to set a flying lap. As a result, he only managed to qualify in fifth for Sunday's second race.
Second in the first qualifying session was Opes Prime Team BRM driver Lee Farrell, who said the team were just as focused on finding the right set-up after engine problems in practice as they were to getting a good grid position.
“There's still a little bit of time in the car, but I was happy enough with that session – we look strong for tomorrow,” the Irishman said.
Third was Chris Gilmour, followed by two Daniels - Schulz and Cotton - with Mathew Radisich rounding out the top six.
Class pole in race one was far quicker than for race two, after the A1GP rubber made for slightly slippery conditions in perfectly dry weather. Experienced campaigner Gilmour was best prepared for the session, taking the Opes Prime National Pole in 1min 28.66287secs – over two-and-a-half seconds off the pace compared to the first session.
“It always seems to be quicker around here in the morning, but the A1GP tyres made things pretty hard in second qualifying, but we still had the speed to take pole,” Gilmour explained, “I picked up a lot of pace over yesterday by pushing harder myself and working on the set-up. We had some aero problems in qualifying one, which we fixed, and then we took pole by almost half a second in the second session.”
Schulz overcame traffic problems in the first session to set the second quickest time in the Opes Prime National Class for race two.
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