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Ryan Briscoe has had an impressive start in the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, finishing the feature race in eighth place and earning A1 Team Australia three valuable competition points in the second last race of the inaugural series.

The weather over the weekend at the Mazda Laguna Seca track was an issue for the drivers. Starting on Friday’s practice, with a freak snow storm meaning the second session had to be cancelled.

In Saturday’s qualifying session Ryan was the first man out in the opening session, and while he was also the first man to come off the track, he managed to recover with style to finish the day fifth fastest. This was A1 Team Australia’s best result in qualifying since the first race of the series at Brands Hatch, last September.

A1 Team Australia has been trying to secure Ryan for quite some time but due to other commitments have had to wait until Laguna Seca before getting him in the car. On the announcement Ryan said: “I would like to thank A1 Team Australia for giving me the opportunity to represent my country in the World Cup of Motorsport and I look forward to successful results for the team and our sponsor, Foster’s.