Alesi takes pole in Malaysia

Jean Alesi timed the fastest lap at Speedcar Series' qualifying today, putting him on pole position when the first race of the weekend is flagged off.

Alesi clocked a best time of 2:11.342 followed closely by Briton Johnny Herbert, with a 1.39 second gap, leading by 0.01 second over Austrian Mathias Lauda.

The 45 minute qualifying session determined the starting grid for the first race of the weekend tomorrow morning. The top 8 finishers of the first race will be placed in reverse order on the grid for the second race on Friday.

Alesi currently leads the pack with the 18 points scored thus far in the inaugural season. Hot on his heels is German driver Uwe Alzen with 14 points and Mathias Lauda follows in third spot with 12 points.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1.	J. Alesi	Speedcar Team	2:11.342
2.	J. Herbert	Speedcar Team	2:12.732
3.	M. Lauda	G.P.C. Team	2:12.742
4.	D. Terrien	UP Team	2:13.414
5.	U. Alzen	Phoenix Racing	2:14.014
6.	A. Mikola	Speedcar Team	2:14.165
7.	H. AL Maktoum	UP Team	2:14.479
8.	U. Katayama	Speedcar Team	2:14.597
9.	G. Morbidelli	Speedcar Team	2:14.602
10.	S. Johansson	Speedcar Team	2:14.670
11.	N. Navarro	First Centreville	2:14.673
12.	F. Giroix	First Centreville	2:15.213
13.	M. Lee	Speedcar Team	2:16.508
14.	C. Danner	Phoenix Racing	2:17.072
15.	A. Yoong	Speedcar Team	2:17.436
16.	J. Lehto	Speedcar Team	2:17.740