A1 Team Singapore is the

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national team representing

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. Singapore took part in this competition for the first time in its history in October

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Christian Murchison Christian Murchison (born 1 November 1980) is a racing driver from Singapore. Biography In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden ...

Denis Lian Denis Lian (traditional Chinese: ) (born 8 March 1972) is a Singaporean race car driver. Denis Lian is Singapore's most successful professional racing driver. In 2002, he was crowned Asian Formula 2000 Champion, becoming the first Singaporean ...

and Hafiz Koh were the original drivers for the team. The team was launched on 19 September 2006 by sports minister

Vivian Balakrishnan Vivian Balakrishnan ( ta, விவியன் பாலகிருஷ்ணன்; born 1961) is a Singaporean politician, diplomat and former ophthalmologist who has been serving in the Cabinet as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015. A m ...

, with

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to run the car. The future of the Singapore A1 team is in doubt for the third season, with both drivers Denis Lian and Hafiz Koh already being dropped from the team in season 2.

No-show

After participating in the

Race of South Africa held in

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, the Singapore A1 Grand Prix team has not raced in all of the subsequent legs, namely the Mexican, Chinese (Shanghai) and British

s. This is due to an injury suffered by their one and only driver, Christian Murchison, in the South African leg of the season.

Drivers

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

References

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