In the second Rookie session 3 extra teams were listed over the 14 in the first session.
A1Teams GBR, GER and ITA with Vitantonio Liuzzi getting his first taste of A1GP. But still no sign of A1Teams KOR or PAK.
With 13m 15s to go in the session Ana Beatriz in the A1Team.BRA car had an incident in the first sector which lead to a Red Flag for a very long time. It seems she had a big off into the tyre barriers but seems to be okay.
The session eventually restarted after a stop of 54mins with a final session of Rookie 2 being 10 mins. This was followed 5 mins later by another Red Flag caused by Robbie Pecorari in the A1Team.USA car which brought the session to an end.
The session ended with A1Team.FRA topping the times with a 1:34.963 from teams NZL, GER, SUI, NED, IRL.
| Pos | A1 Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | Nicolas Prost | 1′34.963 | 10 | |
| 2 | New Zealand | Earl Bamber | 1′35.309 | 0.346 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany | André Lotterer | 1′35.472 | 0.509 | 10 |
| 4 | Switzerland | Alexandre Imperatori | 1′35.764 | 0.801 | 10 |
| 5 | Netherlands | Dennis Retera | 1′36.730 | 1.767 | 11 |
| 6 | Ireland | Niall Quinn | 1′37.561 | 2.598 | 7 |
| 7 | USA | Robbie Pecorari | 1′37.955 | 2.992 | 11 |
| 8 | Malaysia | Aaron Lim | 1′39.151 | 4.188 | 12 |
| 9 | South Africa | Cristiano Morgado | 1′39.335 | 4.372 | 11 |
| 10 | Indonesia | Zahir Ali | 1′40.007 | 5.044 | 13 |
| 11 | Lebanon | Jimmy Auby | 1′40.150 | 5.187 | 10 |
| 12 | Brazil | Ana Beatriz | 1′40.334 | 5.371 | 9 |
| 13 | Italy | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 1′40.493 | 5.530 | 10 |
| 14 | Portugal | Armando Parente | 1′41.304 | 6.341 | 7 |
| 15 | India | Parthiva Sureshwaren | 1′41.787 | 6.824 | 10 |
| 16 | Monaco | Hubertus Bahlsen | 1′42.782 | 7.819 | 7 |
| 17 | Great Britain | Dan Clarke | 1′47.549 | 12.586 | 8 |
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