Jim Pla (FR) secured an excellent starting position for what he hopes will be a successful Formula BMW World Final campaign. In single-lap qualifying at Mexico City's "Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez", the DAMS Team driver set a fastest lap time of 1:35.807 minutes, thus relegating the two Eurointernational drivers, Alexander Rossi (US) and Daniel Juncadella (ES), to second and third. Local hero Esteban Gutiérrez (MX) took fourth for Josef Kaufmann Racing.Pla is on pole position for the first two intermediate heats on Saturday, followed by the other seven competitors in today's Super Pole contest. The remaining grid positions for the first pair of heats is determined by the result of the qualifying session, which was held before the single-lap shoot-out and saw Juncadella finishing first in front of Pla and Rossi. The line-up for the Heat 3 grid on Sunday will be the results of Heat 1. Once the heats have been run, an overall points standing will determine the grid for the Formula BMW World Final. Four exciting races await the 21 competitors, before the successor to Philipp Eng (AT), who drove a BMW Sauber F1 Team car on Thursday in recognition of last year's victory, will be found. Rossi has set his sights on this ambitious goal. Qualifying Result
Pos Driver Team Time1 Daniel Juncadella Eurointernational 1:35.115 mins2 Jim Pla DAMS Team +0.120 secs3 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational +0.1774 Michael Christensen Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.3235 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.3626 Gabriel Chaves Euro Junior Team +0.5627 Ollie Millroy Motaworld Racing +0.5698 Jazeman Jaafar Eifelland Racing +0.6009 William Buller Eurointernational +0.65210 Mikael Grenier Apex-HBR Racing Team +0.68411 Facu Regalia Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.69712 Alfonso Toledano Euro Junior Team +0.72513 Giancarlo Vilarinho Eurointernational +0.79114 Thomas Hillsdon Eifelland Racing +0.82715 David Mengedorf Eifelland Racing +1.03216 Doru Sechelariu Eurointernational +1.04517 David Ostella Eurointernational +1.16318 Simon Moss Motaworld Racing +1.18319 Gianmarco Raimondo Autotecnica +1.29220 Maxime Pelletier Autotecnica +1.74021 Velibor Jovanovic DAMS Team +2.124 Super Pole Result
Pos Driver Team Time 1 Jim Pla DAMS Team 1:35.807 mins2 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational +0.709 secs3 Daniel Juncadella Eurointernational +0.7734 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.8075 Gabriel Chaves Euro Junior Team +0.9576 Michael Christensen Josef Kaufmann Racing +1.0267 Ollie Millroy Motaworld Racing +1.1318 Jazeman Jaafar Eifelland Racing +1.263
Pos Driver Team Time1 Daniel Juncadella Eurointernational 1:35.115 mins2 Jim Pla DAMS Team +0.120 secs3 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational +0.1774 Michael Christensen Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.3235 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.3626 Gabriel Chaves Euro Junior Team +0.5627 Ollie Millroy Motaworld Racing +0.5698 Jazeman Jaafar Eifelland Racing +0.6009 William Buller Eurointernational +0.65210 Mikael Grenier Apex-HBR Racing Team +0.68411 Facu Regalia Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.69712 Alfonso Toledano Euro Junior Team +0.72513 Giancarlo Vilarinho Eurointernational +0.79114 Thomas Hillsdon Eifelland Racing +0.82715 David Mengedorf Eifelland Racing +1.03216 Doru Sechelariu Eurointernational +1.04517 David Ostella Eurointernational +1.16318 Simon Moss Motaworld Racing +1.18319 Gianmarco Raimondo Autotecnica +1.29220 Maxime Pelletier Autotecnica +1.74021 Velibor Jovanovic DAMS Team +2.124 Super Pole Result
Pos Driver Team Time 1 Jim Pla DAMS Team 1:35.807 mins2 Alexander Rossi Eurointernational +0.709 secs3 Daniel Juncadella Eurointernational +0.7734 Esteban Gutiérrez Josef Kaufmann Racing +0.8075 Gabriel Chaves Euro Junior Team +0.9576 Michael Christensen Josef Kaufmann Racing +1.0267 Ollie Millroy Motaworld Racing +1.1318 Jazeman Jaafar Eifelland Racing +1.263