Day one of qualifying at the A1GP in Taupo is over and New Zealand's Jonny Reid is lying eighth on the grid, heading into tomorrow's final qualifying session for race one.
Much of the talk leading into today's qualifying centred on the changes to a particular corner of the track.
The NZ Herald's Matt Greenop decided to check out the changes first hand, with his own A1GP hotlap, to round-out the day's action.
Get a close-up view of Matt's hotlap in our online video here.
