Jani leads Practice 3 in Malaysia
Champ Car driver Neel Jani, who masterfully converted his pole position to a win in last year's Sepang Sprint race, set the pace early on and went on to record a blisteringly quick lap of 1m49.176s on used tires, 40 minutes into the hour long session.
The Swiss racer was closely followed by France's Loic Duval, who clocked the second fastest time ahead of India's Narain Karthikeyan, with just over half a second separating the top three.
Despite spinning off the track into the gravel at the start of the session, GBR's Oliver Jarvis finished fourth fastest while USA's Jonathan Summerton and A1GP debutante Germany's Michael Ammermüller impressed the crowd by setting the fifth and sixth fastest times respectively.
South Africa's Adrian Zaugg was classified seventh while Brazil's Sergio Jimenez, who has been on strong form all weekend despite this being his first experience of the Sepang circuit, set the eighth quickest lap time of the morning.
Local hero Alex Yoong was obviously a lot happier with the set up of the Malaysian car, pleasing the home crowd by ending the session 10th fastest.
Current championship leader New Zealand's Jonny Reid was confined to the garage for much of the session due to a problem with second gear, but the team remain confident that the issue will be resolved in time for qualifying, which starts at 14.15 this afternoon.
Current championship leader New Zealand's Jonny Reid ended the session 16th, having been confined to the garage for much of the hour due to a problem with second gear, but the team remain confident that the issue will be resolved in time for qualifying, which starts at 14.15 this afternoon.
Official Practice Session 3
| POS | DRIVER | A1 TEAM | TIME | GAP FIRST | LAPS |
| 1 | Neel JANI | SWITZERLAND | 01:49.176 | 15 | |
| 2 | Loic DUVAL | FRANCE | 01:49.468 | -0.292 | 18 |
| 3 | Narain KARTHIKEYAN | INDIA | 01:49.711 | -0.535 | 23 |
| 4 | Oliver JARVIS | GREAT BRITAIN | 01:49.806 | -0.630 | 19 |
| 5 | Jonathan SUMMERTON | USA | 01:49.879 | -0.703 | 17 |
| 6 | Michael AMMERMÃœLLER | GERMANY | 01:49.900 | -0.724 | 18 |
| 7 | Adrian ZAUGG | SOUTH AFRICA | 01:50.158 | -0.982 | 21 |
| 8 | Sergio JIMENEZ | BRAZIL | 01:50.167 | -0.991 | 18 |
| 9 | Erik JANIS | CZECH REPUBLIC | 01:50.289 | -1.113 | 14 |
| 10 | Alex YOONG | MALAYSIA | 01:50.466 | -1.290 | 20 |
| 11 | CongFu CHENG | CHINA | 01:50.477 | -1.301 | 8 |
| 12 | Robert WICKENS | CANADA | 01:50.482 | -1.306 | 20 |
| 13 | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | NETHERLANDS | 01:50.510 | -1.334 | 19 |
| 14 | Ian DYK | AUSTRALIA | 01:50.651 | -1.475 | 23 |
| 15 | Chris ALAJAJIAN | LEBANON | 01:50.706 | -1.530 | 17 |
| 16 | Jonny REID | NEW ZEALAND | 01:50.918 | -1.742 | 5 |
| 17 | Adam CARROLL | IRELAND | 01:50.981 | -1.805 | 20 |
| 18 | Enrico TOCCACELO | ITALY | 01:51.311 | -2.135 | 18 |
| 19 | Satrio HERMANTO | INDONESIA | 01:51.315 | -2.139 | 21 |
| 20 | Joao URBANO | PORTUGAL | 01:51.421 | -2.245 | 13 |
| 21 | Michel JOURDAIN | MEXICO | 01:51.429 | -2.253 | 20 |
| 22 | Adam KHAN | PAKISTAN | 01:51.745 | -2.569 | 20 |
Nominated drivers for Qualifying – A1GP Sepang, Malaysia (round 3 of 10)
| A1 TEAM | DRIVER |
| Australia | Ian Dyk |
| Brazil | Sergio Jimenez |
| Canada | Robert Wickens |
| China | CongFu Cheng |
| Czech Republic | Erik Janis |
| France | Loic Duval |
| Germany | Michael Ammermüller |
| Great Britain | Oliver Jarvis |
| India | Narain Karthikeyan |
| Indonesia | Satrio Hermanto |
| Ireland | Adam Carroll |
| Italy | Enrico Toccacelo |
| Lebanon | Chris Alajajian |
| Malaysia | Alex Yoong |
| Mexico | Michel Jourdain |
| Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen |
| New Zealand | Jonny Reid |
| Pakistan | Adam Khan |
| Portugal | Joao Urbano |
| South Africa | Adrian Zaugg |
| Switzerland | Neel Jani |
| USA | Jonathan Summerton |