1 3 ▁teams ▁had ▁be aten ▁the ▁previous ▁record , ▁which ▁was ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁Formula ▁Hold en . ▁ ▁It ▁ra ined ▁heavily ▁mid way ▁through ▁the ▁session , ▁leaving ▁Mexico ' s ▁Salvador ▁Dur án ▁in ▁second ▁place , ▁but ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁second ▁behind ▁the ▁p aces etter ▁Pi quet . ▁A 1 ▁Team ▁France ▁came ▁in ▁third ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 ' 2 0 . 6 2 7 , ▁followed ▁by ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁a ▁res urg ent ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁A 1 ▁Team ▁China ▁managed ▁ 1 3 th ▁place , ▁ 3 . 1 1 6 ▁seconds ▁behind ▁Pi quet , ▁whilst ▁A 1 ▁Team ▁Russia ▁continued ▁to ▁struggle , ▁down ▁in ▁ 2 3 rd , ▁ahead ▁of ▁only ▁A 1 ▁Team ▁India , ▁whose ▁car ▁was ▁still ▁slightly ▁dam aged ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁race . ▁ ▁The ▁track ▁d ried ▁in ▁time ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁tim ed ▁session , ▁which ▁saw ▁France ' s ▁Nicolas ▁Lap ierre ▁come ▁out ▁on ▁top ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 ' 2 1 . 0 3 7 . ▁Brazil ▁and ▁Switzerland ▁continued ▁their ▁good ▁form ▁to ▁come ▁in ▁ 2 nd ▁and ▁ 3 rd , ▁in ▁a ▁session ▁where ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 1 ▁cars ▁were ▁within ▁one ▁second ▁of ▁France ' s ▁best ▁time . ▁USA ' s ▁Bry an ▁H erta , ▁on ▁debut , ▁was ▁just ▁outside ▁this ▁range , ▁coming ▁in ▁ 1 2 th ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 ' 2 2 . 0 8 4