Championship contender Renger van der Zande stole a march on his rivals today in qualifying for round 17 of the 2009 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series at the Algarve circuit in Portugal, the Dutch driver bagging pole position by a margin of more than a tenth.
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1. Renger vd Zande Hitech Dallara-Mercedes 1m 37.729s 2. Max Chilton Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen 1m 37.892s 3. Jules Bianchi ART Dallara-Mercedes 1m 38.086s #
The six week gap between the first and second GP2 Asia rounds has prompted a variety of changes on the grid, with a total of six different drivers lining up in Dubai that didn't race in China.