Reid takes 4th place in 3rd-round practice run

New Zealand A1GP driver Jonny Reid has clocked the 4th fastest time in the first official practice for this weekend's third round of the championship in Malaysia.

Reid was less than a second behind pace-setting Brit Oliver Jarvis, who bettered Reid's old lap record in three successive sessions, starting with the two rookie hit-outs.

Switzerland was the second fastest in the first open session with France completing the European trifecta.

Reid survived a spin early in the session when he says he was ";a little bit optimistic" on new tyres.

Earlier in the day 17-year-old Wanganui Collegiate student Earl Bamber had an impressive debut in Black Beauty, setting the 5th fastest time across the two 25-minute Rookie Sessions.

- NEWSTALK ZB