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taken from www.a1teammlaysia.com.my

Mexico City, 23 March 2007

The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Mexico, opened today with A1 Team
Malaysia immediately showing its performance potential with a fourth
fastest lap from Alex Yoong in the afternoon practice session. Earlier,
Aaron Lim, the new rookie driver for the team, had been out in the
Malaysian car on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.

Team Malaysia rebounded from a tough South African weekend to be right on
the pace at this technically demanding track. The complex circuit which
features a famed 'Peraltada' corner that resembles the Parabolica of the
historic Monza track, lies 5,200 feet above sea level, to add to the
challenge of this venue.

The afternoon session with the field of regular drivers in the A1GP
series was a fast and furious hour of running, with the lap times
tumbling as the teams improved their car setup and improved their
performances. The Malaysian team was one of the top ten teams for most of
the session, improving to be fourth quickest after 21 laps of the track
for Yoong.

He said after the session, "It was really good today; our best Friday of
the season so far. We came here knowing that we needed to be more
competitive, and to get on the pace much quicker. We've changed a few
things that we thought where the problem in the last couple of races and
this has improved things for us. It's a good start and we've clearly made
progress.

"The track is great, really fast, really challenging; it's good fun. The
altitude isn't affecting me, but it does affect the performance of the
car. You can feel the difference in the car; it's much slower, with the
altitude sapping the engine, and it feels slow and sluggish, particularly
on the front straight."

Lim enjoyed his two 25 minute rookie sessions in the morning. In the
first one he made steady progress, lowering his laptimes as the session
developed, while also carrying out a number of routine engineering setup
tasks for the team. In the second 25 minutes he was able to make further
improvements and, although it was his first participation in an A1GP race
weekend, his quickest lap time was better than two of the regular Series
drivers, each of whom has substantially more racing experience than Lim.

Of his time in the car Lim said, "I'm so excited to be involved with A1
Team Malaysia, and it's just been a great experience from the start of
the weekend when I was off to a traditional Mexican 'Charros' with all
the other drivers for a media event. The driving this morning has, of
course, been the highlight for me. It's a great track, not very easy to
drive, so it really tests my driving ability. The sessions have gone
quite well and I think I have accomplished what the team wanted me to
cover today."

Chief Executive, A1 Team Malaysia, Jack Cunningham added, "This is the
performance level that we need and we're delighted to see the return to
form that we know lies within the team. Both Alex and Aaron have driven
very well today, and being on top of things on a Friday should be able to
help us score championship points this weekend. We don't want to get
carried away at this early stage in the weekend, as it's such a strong
field and there are a few dark horses that could challenge us. Well done
to the team for a good start; here's to hoping that we can keep it up
right through to Sunday afternoon!

I would particularly like to pick out Aaron for praise. This is a big
step up from where he has driven in the past. So new team, new car, new
circuit, excellent performance. It's a great pleasure to introduce
another young man to this level of motorsport. He will never forget this
day, I am sure."

Ends.



Saturday 24 Mar 2007

[hawarey]

sorry my man, he got pole for the race today...
chaiyok....

em, seem that no live broadcast huhu..

[khimfoh]

I think got live broadcast...but it was 2am Malaysian time onwards.