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2005–06 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, China
The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of April 2, 2006 at Shanghai International Circuit. Report Qualifying A1 Team Malaysia snatched their first pole position for the final Sprint race of the 2005/06 A1 Grand Prix season this afternoon after the flag had dropped in the last of the four qualifying sessions. A1 Team Great Britain’s Darren Manning, who led from the word go, was denied the opportunity to head up the grid in his first A1GP race by Malaysia’s Alex Yoong. While Manning still recorded the fastest lap of qualifying (1.51.832), Yoong pushed his aggregate time ahead of A1 Team France and Great Britain, with a 1.51.846 flying lap after leaving the pits in the last few minutes of the session. With three official practice sessions and four 15 minute qualifying sessions completed over two days, not a single red flag was seen all weekend. There were a few spins including a matching pair from A1 Team Australia and USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai International Racing Circuit Track Map
Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the List of cities in China by population and built-up area, most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the List of largest cities, second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only List of cities by GDP, city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index, second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in Human Development Index, human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Qinghua
Ma Qinghua () (born 25 December 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup with Cyan Performance Lynk & Co. Ma became the first Chinese driver to win an FIA World Championship race when he won race two of the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia. He has also previously competed in the World Touring Car Championship, GP2, a few practice sessions in Formula 1, and Formula E. Career Ma started his professional racing career in the 2005 Asian Formula Renault challenge with Asia Racing Team for 6 races coming 16th with the highest finish of 5th. He also competed in one race in the 2005 Italian Formula 3000 championship for team Astromega and raced in the 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship for the same team. He also raced in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season for Team China at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China at the Shanghai International Circuit, coming 17th. For the next few years he raced in European Formula 3 champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PowerBoost
Spectrum is a trade name of Charter Communications, used to market consumer and commercial cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the company. The brand was first introduced in 2014; prior to that, these services were marketed primarily under the Charter name. Following the acquisitions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks by Charter, these operations also assumed the Spectrum brand. Original programming On June 26, 2018, Charter Communications announced it had given ''L.A.'s Finest'' a series order for a first season consisting of 13 episodes. The series premiered as the cable service's first original series on May 13, 2019, marking Charter's first foray into original programming. In August, ''Curfew'' and ''E Is for Edie'' received pickups. On March 6, 2019, the service picked up a 12-episode eighth season of the 1992-1999 NBC sitcom ''Mad About You'', which premiered six of the episodes on November 20, 2019. On June 11, 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Devaney (racing Driver)
Michael Devaney (born 29 November 1984 in Dublin) is an Irish racing driver. Career overview Michael Devaney has been racing since 1997 when he had a successful stint in the Irish Junior Karting Championship winning the All-Ireland and National Championships. He moved into Irish Formula Ford Championship in 2001 aged 16 winning many races, he then moved on to German Formula BMW in 2002 and won in just his second racahead of Nico Rosberg. Devaney moved up to German Formula 3 in 2004 and became Ireland's youngest ever Formula 3 race winner, in 2005 he fought for the championship and finished 2nd overall despite missing the first two races due to lack of funding. The Dublin man then became the driver for A1 Team Ireland in the A1 Grand Prix series for the 2006–07 season after some strong showings in 2005 while substituting for Ralph Firman Jnr. After leaving his drive with Team Ireland, Devaney signed for newly formed Ultimate Motorsport to compete in the International Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Ireland
A1 Team Ireland was the Irish team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the fourth season, 2008-09. The team Founded by Mark Kershaw and Mark Gallagher in 2005, the team was owned and run by Status Grand Prix. In 2008, Mark Kershaw sold his interest in the team. The new the seat holders were Mark Gallagher, Teddy Yip Jr., John P. Hynes and David Kennedy. History The inaugural team's 2005-06 car was presented to the public on 15 September 2005. For that debut season, Ralph Firman was the team's principal driver, scoring the team its first podium in Portugal to finish 8th overall in the championship. The series organisers awarded the team for being the best presented team,A1 Team Ireland at Eden Rock Sports ''edenrocksports.com'' the first of three cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Lebanon
A1 Team Lebanon was the Lebanese team of A1 Grand Prix, a former international racing series. Management A1 Team Lebanon's owner is Tameem Auchi. History Daniel Morad became the race driver for A1 Team Lebanon for the 2008-09 season. Although having previously driven in rookie sessions for A1 Team Canada, his Canadian-Lebanese heritage allowed him to switch nationalities, as he had not yet made his race debut. Morad scored Team Lebanon's first ever points in four years in the series at the first weekend of the season at Zandvoort, finishing in 8th place in the Feature Race. Drivers In 2007 several Lebanese fans reacted disappointedly to the decision to drop Beschir, and set up an online petition calling on the team to reinstate him as lead driver. ''a1gpfanzone.com'' ...
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A1 Team Austria
The A1 Team Austria was the Austrian representative team in A1 Grand Prix. The team competed only in the inaugural season of the championship. Ownership A1 Team Austria was owned and operated by Lauda Motorsport Management. The management team included Niki Lauda and Keke Rosberg, both former Formula 1 World Champions. Whilst the team was racing for Austria, Team Rosberg, based in Germany operated the race team. Lauda's son, Lukas, officially ran Lauda Motorsport Management who worked with other teams such as Scuderia Coloni. Their entry to the championship was announced ahead of the first race, along with A1 Team Italy and A1 Team Japan. Ahead of the 2006-07 season, A1 Team Austria withdrew from A1 Grand Prix along with Japan, Russia and Portugal. Drivers During their one season in the championship, the A1 Team Austria employed Mathias Lauda and Patrick Friesacher as their drivers. 2005-06 Season The season began poorly for A1 Team Austria, with no points scored until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Canada
A1 Team Canada is the Canadian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Canada's'' previous seat holder was Jay Laski. However Wade Cherwayko took over and became the current seat holder. History 2008–09 season The team did not race, apparently due to a lack of sponsorship cash. 2007–08 season ''Drivers: James Hinchcliffe, Robert Wickens'' After an uncompetitive start, Robert Wickens scored all of the team's 75 points in 2007–08, as well as picking up another victory and four podiums. The team finished 9th overall. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: James Hinchcliffe, Sean McIntosh'' Although the team scored in less races, Team Canada still managed to pick up a podium and finish in 11th position. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Patrick Carpentier, Sean McIntosh'' Team Canada had mixed fortunes during the first season. A victory, and a podium finish along with other consistent scoring helped them to finish in 11th position. Driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Switzerland
A1 Team Switzerland is the Swiss team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the third season, 2007-08. Management A1 Team Switzerland is owned by Max Welti. History In the inaugural season, Team Switzerland were "best of the rest", with a victory and ten podiums, finishing 2nd in the championship. Team Switzerland lost their competitive edge in 2006-07, with only a single race victory, and finishing 8th in the championship. After a spectacular 2007–08 season, Neel Jani single-handedly clinched the championship for Team Switzerland, with four victories and seven podiums. In 2008–09, after having scored 4 wins and 3 other podium finishes, Neel Jani scored a total of 95 points for Team Switzerland. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the championship, 17 points behind the champions, Team Ireland, and just 3 points ahead of Team Portugal. Drivers Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang were the two firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Mexico
A1 Team Mexico is the Mexican team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Mexico'' owners are Juan Cortina and Julio Jáuregui.Team-by-team guide to the A1 Grand Prix series ''telegraph.co.uk'' (September 23, 2005) The technical assistance was initially provided by in 2005-06. However, new regulations brought in for 2006-07 stated that a racing team co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starting Grid
Start can refer to multiple topics: *Takeoff, the phase of flight where an aircraft transitions from moving along the ground to flying through the air *Starting lineup in sports *Standing start, and rolling start, in an auto race Acronyms *Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties, a series of arms reduction treaties between the US and USSR **START I (1991) **START II (1993) **START III (1997), never signed into effect **New START (2010), initiated to continue the effects of previous START treaties **"START", a 2018 episode and the series finale of the period spy thriller ''The Americans'' *Simple triage and rapid treatment *Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak *Spanish Technical Aid Response Team *Stanislaus Regional Transit, predecessor to the Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority Books and publications * ''Start'' (newspaper), a daily tabloid published in Serbia * ''STart'' (magazine), an Atari ST publication *Start, by Susan Long (journalist) *''Start'', by Terry Virgo Places *Start, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pole Position
In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the race. The number-one qualifying driver is also referred to as the pole-sitter. The pole position, pole sitter, starts the race "at the front of the starting grid. This provides the driver in the pole position the privilege of starting ahead of all the other drivers" Grid position is typically determined by a qualifying session before the race, where race participants compete to ascend to the number 1 grid slot, the driver, pilot, or rider having recorded fastest qualification time awarded the advantage of the number 1 grid slot (i.e., the pole-position) ahead of all other vehicles for the start of the race. Historically, the fastest qualifier was not necessarily the designated ''pole-sitter''. Different sanctioning bodies in motor sport emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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