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2006–07 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, Netherlands
The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season. Report Practice Qualifying Qualification took place on Saturday, September 30, 2006 *After a technical oversight, the fastest time for A1 Team Switzerland was disallowed, adjusting their starting position from 5th to 11th. Sprint race Main race Results Sprint Race Results The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 1, 2006 * Zaugg was awarded extra point for fastest lap out of the two races. Feature race grid New for the 2006/07 season is the way to determine the feature race order. The grid is determined on three factors: # The driver’s grid position for the Sprint race. # The driver’s final position in the Sprint race. # The fastest lap time in the Sprint race. Points are awarded for each element. If a driver started the Spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zandvoort
Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam water supply dunes. It hosts the country's most prominent motor racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort. The municipality of extends to take in Bentveld; it had a population of 16,954 in 2017. A nudist bathing section of the beach begins about 2 km to the south, with six eateries, which extends kilometers further. History Zandvoort is known to exist in 1100, called ''Sandevoerde'' (a combination of "sand" and "''voorde''", meaning ford; compare English '' Sandford''). Until 1722 the area was under the control of the Lords of Brederode. The village was dependent on fishing for many centuries until the 19th century when it started to transform itself into a seaside resort, following the pattern set by similar towns in the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team USA
A1 Team USA was the American team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management Owner Rick Weidinger became interested in A1 Team USA and the A1 Grand Prix series when national franchises were being bid for the new series. Along with minority partners and friends Rusty Lewis and Bill Dean, Weidinger finalized the franchise acquisition in July 2005. The engineering side of the team was originally run by British squads David Price Racing, and then West Surrey Racing. For 2008–2009 the team was run by IndyCar Series team Andretti Green Racing and Andretti Green's IndyCar drivers, primarily Marco Andretti drove the majority of races. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Marco Andretti, Charlie Kimball, J. R. Hildebrand'' 2008-09 marked the first season in which Andretti Green Racing ran Team USA. Following the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Zandvoort race, it was announced that Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick would race for Team USA at some poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Australia
A1 Team Australia was the Australian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management The team chairman is former Formula One world champion Alan Jones (racing driver), Alan Jones, backed by general manager and former NASCAR driver Peter Nolan. The seat is owned by Formula One talent-spotter come principal engineer Alan Docking through his Alan Docking Racing, eponymous racing team organisation. History Will Power was the team's driver for the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, opening round at Brands Hatch, scoring a fourth place in the Sprint Race and a second in the Main Race, beaten only by Nelson Piquet Jr. who dominated the weekend. Power amassed 16 points for these two results; however, he had already signed for Champ Car, Champ Car's Team Australia and made no further appearance in A1GP. His replacement was seat owner Jones' son Christian Jones (racing driver), Christian Jones, who did not fare so well; 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Mikola
Ananda Mikola Soeprapto (born 27 April 1980 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian former racing driver. Mikola competed in the Italian and International Formula 3000 series from 1999 to 2001 and was champion of Asian F3 in the 2005 season. He is best known for competing in A1 Grand Prix, representing Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ... for two seasons and scoring a best race finish of fifth. Racing history Career summary A1 Grand Prix results ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Notes References External links * Profile aDriver Database 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Jakarta Indonesian socialites Indonesian racing drivers A1 Team Indonesia drivers Auto GP drivers Formula V6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Indonesia
A1 Team Indonesia was the Indonesian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Indonesia'' has been operating since January 2008 by Performance Racing, which provide technical and race services. Its team now is managed by Bobby Issazadhe and helped by their new race engineer, Dave Luff. ''a1podium.com'' The new team principal is Bagoes Hermanto. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Satrio Hermanto, Zahir Ali'' 2007–08 season ''Driver: Satrio Hermanto'' Team Indonesia again only managed to score in a single race, this time not scoring until the final race of the season. They finished in 21st position with a single point. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Ananda Mikola, Moreno Soeprapto Moreno Soepraptopage 18, Autosport magazine - 28 September 2006 (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 14, 1982) is an Indonesian politician and former racing In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Buemi
Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi (; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Envision. In formula racing, Buemi competed in Formula One from to , and won the 2015–16 Formula E Championship with Renault. In endurance racing, Buemi has won a joint-record four FIA World Endurance Championship titles—tied with Brendon Hartley—and is a four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, all with Toyota. Buemi has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing (formerly Toyota Racing) since 2012. He became the 2014 World Endurance Champion in the LMP1 class. He won both the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans and, subsequently, the 2018-19 WEC Championship. He also won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. Buemi has raced FIA Formula E Championship with e.dams Renault (now Nissan Formula E Team) since 2014. He won the Formula E Championship in 2015–16. Buemi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Switzerland
A1 Team Switzerland was 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Yoong
Alexander Charles Yoong Loong (; born 20 July 1976) is a Malaysian racing driver and sports broadcasting, broadcaster, who competed in Formula One at 18 Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix from to . Yoong remains the only Malaysian driver to compete in Formula One. Born in Kuala Lumpur to a Malaysian Chinese father and English people, English mother, Yoong began his career in Sedan (automobile), saloon cars before moving into the Proton one-make series. He later raced in single-seater cars where he won the Malaysian Championship in 1995. He moved into Formula Renault in 1996 with help from sponsors but finished outside the top-10. Yoong consulted his father, who believed his son would succeed in lower categories. Yoong decided to drive in Formula Three but dropped out in 1999 after withdrawal from his sponsors. He subsequently went into Formula 3000 and managed to improve despite a horrific crash at Spa-Francorchamps during the season. Yoong also raced in Formula Nippon where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Malaysia
A1 Team Malaysia was the Malaysian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management A1 Team Malaysia was operated by A1 Team (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. The team was founded by Jack Cunningham, a Briton, and former Malaysian F1 driver Alex Yoong. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Fairuz Fauzy, Aaron Lim'' Fairuz Fauzy raced for A1 Team Malaysia in 6 of the 7 rounds of the 2008-09 season winning the Sprint race at Zandvoort while Aaron Lim participated in all the rookie sessions and raced at Brands Hatch. The team finished 6th overall that season. 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Fairuz Fauzy, Alex Yoong'' In comparison to previous seasons, Team Malaysia struggled. They finished 15th in the championship. 2006–07 season ''Driver: Alex Yoong'' Team Malaysia continued with their form from the previous season, taking three wins en route to 6th in the championship. At the Czech Republic race, A1 Team Malaysia won the Sprint Race giving them pole position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Halliday (racing Driver)
Matthew Brent Halliday (born 14 July 1979) is a motor racing driver. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Single seater racing Halliday's formula racing career has involved various single seater series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States. Following two seasons in the Formula Holden category contesting the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1999 and 2000, he moved to the United States and ran in both the Indy Lights and Toyota Atlantic series in 2001. In 2002 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series but was injured after two races. He finished 3rd and 4th in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix races at Brands Hatch in 2005 went on to have a very successful season with A1 Team New Zealand. He ran the first three races of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season for Conquest Racing however his sponsorship ended after three races and he was replaced by Jan Heylen. He was to drive for Team Australia in the 2008 Champ Car season but this didn't happen with the merger in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team New Zealand
A1 Team New Zealand was the New Zealand team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management The team was formed by and is owned by prominent Auckland businessman Colin Giltrap, well known for this car dealerships. The team is managed by Kiwi Bob McMurray who retired last year after nearly 30 years involvement with the McLaren Formula One racing team. The car is run by David Sears' organisation, Super Nova Racing, as is the A1 Team Germany car, meaning that the two teams are often thought of as one. Prior to Super Nova's involvement, the car was run by West Surrey Racing, a British organisation run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts which fields the Team RAC cars in the British Touring Car Championship. History 2008–09 season ''Drivers: Earl Bamber, Chris van der Drift'' Team New Zealand shocked the A1 paddock by revealing 18-year-old Earl Bamber as their main driver for the race in Zandvoort, even after the success of Jonny Reid in previous seasons. Bambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Jeroen Pascal Bleekemolen (born 23 October 1981 in Heemstede) is a Dutch professional Auto racing, racing driver. In the Chrysler Viper GTS-R he drove in the FIA GT Championship, with great success. He competed in the German Formula Three Championship and drove a number of times at the Masters of Formula 3 at Circuit Zandvoort, the unofficial F3 World Championship. Together with Opel he raced in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, DTM. In 2005 Bleekemolen won the Elf Aquitaine, ELF BRL V6 championship. Jeroen Bleekemolen was the first driver for A1 Team Netherlands in the A1 Grand Prix series after replacing Jos Verstappen. Bleekemolen was a backup driver in the first season. He also participated, and took a class victory (and 10th overall), in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driving the Van Merksteijn Motorsport's Le Mans Prototype, LMP2 class Porsche RS Spyder. Bleekemolen is the son of former Formula One driver Michael Bleekemolen. Racing record Complete Deutsche Toure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
