Source: A1 Team Canada Press Office Robert Wickens successfully carried his front-running form from Friday's practice sessions into Saturday qualifying as the 18-year-old Toronto-native posted A1 Team Canada's best qualifying slot of the 2007-08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season courtesy of fourth on the grid for Round 5's Feature race, hosted at Taupo Motorsports Park in New Zealand tomorrow, Sunday 20th January.Wickens earlier captured eighth on the grid for Sunday morning's shorter Sprint race, the Canadian charger now with four top-ten starts to his credit in just six races representing his country in the winter-based, nation versus nation open-wheel racing series. Utilizing two new sets of tires for his two Sprint qualifying runs, Robert's second effort of 1m16.201s sealed eighth on the grid with home-favorite Jonny Reid snatching pole. Wickens improved his best lap time to 1m15.922s on old rubber for his first Feature run before going faster still and capturing fourth on the Feature grid on his last tour on new tires with a 1m15.588s lap around the 3.5km track. Round 5 SPRINT Race Qualifying Top-5 1, New Zealand, Jonny Reid, 1:15.2412, South Africa, Adrian Zaugg, 1:15.5223, France, Loic Duval, 1:15.6284, Germany, Christian Vietoris, 1:15.7245, Netherlands, Jeroen Bleekemolen, 1:16.036*8, CANADA, ROBERT WICKENS, 1:16.201 Round 5 FEATURE Race Qualifying Top-5 1, France, Loic Duval, 1:15.2962, Germany, Christian Vietoris, 1:15.3313, Switzerland, Neel Jani, 1:15.4764, CANADA, ROBERT WICKENS, 1:15.5885, New Zealand, Jonny Reid, 1:15.618
Wickens Seals Second Row Feature Start