Defending Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais took provisional pole position for this weekend’s race in Houston, ahead of Will Power and rookie Graham Rahal. RSport drivers Justin Wilson and Alex Tagliani were fourth and fifth quickest respectively.

New A1GP champion Nico Hülkenberg got his F3 Euroseries campaign off to a good start by finishing second to Sebastien Buemi at Hockenheim today, ahead of Franck Mailleux and fellow A1 driver Renger van der Zande.