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2007–08 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, Malaysia
The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 25, 2007, at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. This will be the third meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season and the 50th start in the A1 Grand Prix history. Pre-race Swiss driver Rahel Frey was the second ever woman to enter in A1GP weekend, on Friday, during rookies sessions. Her compatriot Natacha Gachnang drove the rookies sessions in Czech round also in 2007. Qualifications Neel Jani clocked the best lap time of the weekend in the sprint race qualifications and improve this in the main race qualifications in 1'47.648. Swiss driver demonstrate his superiority in the Sepang circuit and take a double pole for Sunday races. The Lebanese cars was found to be under the minimum weight limit during main race qualifying. A1 Team Lebanon start from the back of the grid (22nd), instead of 18th, because of the Chris Alajajian car was found 3 kg und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepang International Circuit
Sepang International Circuit () (known as Petronas Sepang International Circuit for commercial reasons) is a motorsport race track in Sepang District, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It hosted the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix between 1999 and 2017, and is also the venue for the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, the Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race, and other major motorsport events. Previously known as the Sepang F1 Circuit, it was renamed the Sepang International Circuit. On 31 October 2023, it was announced that Petronas has acquired the naming rights to the circuit for three years in an undisclosed fee. History The circuit was designed by German designer Hermann Tilke, who would subsequently design circuits including in Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, and Yas Marina C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Germany
A1 Team Germany was the German team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the second season, 2006-07. They were run by the English Super Nova Racing team until the end of 2007-08. GU-Racing took over for 2008-09, but the team missed the first four rounds. Management Rolf Beisswanger took over the role of seat holder from Willi Weber, in preparation for 2009. History 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Timo Scheider, Sebastian Stahl, Adrian Sutil'' The team had a mediocre season, finishing at a disappointing 15th place in the championship. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Nico Hülkenberg, Christian Vietoris'' Team Germany clinched the A1GP title, with a dominant, and almost singlehanded performance by Nico Hülkenberg, scoring nine victories, and beating nearest rivals New Zealand by 35 points. 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Michael Ammermüller, Christian Vietoris'' Team Germany fell from grace in 2007–08. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Czech Republic
A1 Team Czech Republic was the Czech team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Although no official announcement was made, the team's flag icon was removed from the A1GP website, and they do not appear in the 2008–09 season results page. Management The ''A1 Team Czech Republic'' seat holder was Antonin Charouz. History 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Tomáš Enge, Erik Janiš, Josef Král, Filip Salaquarda'' The team fared worse in 2007–08, scoring in just three events, and finishing 19th overall. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge, Jaroslav Janiš, Tomáš Kostka, Filip Salaquarda'' Although the team scored on less occasions, the team still finished in 12th position, including a podium in their home race. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge (; born 11 September 1976) is a Czech former professional racing driver who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Mexico
A1 Team Mexico was the Mexican team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Mexico'' owners were 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Portugal
A1 Team Portugal was the Portuguese team for A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management The ''A1 Team Portugal'' team owners were Luís Figo and Carlos Queiroz. The team's operations were run by CEO Luís Vicente, manager of the Fundação Luís Figo. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Filipe Albuquerque'' Filipe Albuquerque was the primary driver for A1 Team Portugal through to the end of the 2009–10 A1 Grand Prix season, 2009–10 season. He scored his first A1GP victory in the feature race in China. With four additional podium finishes and only two races without points (both during the same event), Albuquerque went on to finish as 3rd in the 2008–09 championship, with 92 points. 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Filipe Albuquerque, João Urbano'' After a dismal start to the season, scoring only five points in the first six races, Team Portugal came alive after Filipe Albuquerque became lead driver. The team scored three podiums, and finished 11th in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team India
A1 Team India was the Indian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management The seatholder for Team India was former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan. Argo racing Cars Ltd. were the Technical Servicer Provider for A1 Team India in Season 4. The UK based team was founded by David Sears and was best known for competing in GP2, and many other single-seater championships. David Sears’ experience lay not only in single-seaters, but in almost all other forms of motorsport. He is considered one of the most widely experienced team principals in recent decades. Gordon Flynn was the team manager, and Greg Wheeler was the team's race engineer. Yohann Setna had been involved with A1 Team India since the first season and stood as Sporting Director this year. History The inaugural A1 Team India car was presented to the public in July 2005. The team did not take part in the full first season, with their last race in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the ... [...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 ... [...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] |
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 Netherlands
A1 Team Netherlands was the Dutch team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management A1 Team Netherlands' owner was former Formula One driver and Le Mans winner Jan Lammers. The team was managed by Lammers's racing team Racing for Holland, notable for their participation in the 24 hours of Le Mans and FIA sportscars series. History The 2005-06 season had a difficult start for Team Netherlands. In the first two sprint races the car was hit in the first turn on both the Brands Hatch and EuroSpeedway circuits. Despite these setbacks, Jos Verstappen showed impressive overtaking action in the main races moving from the back of the grid to the seventh position. The season continued with average results, with 4th up to 19th positions as end results. The street circuit of Durban, South Africa brought the first victory for A1 Team Netherlands as in the last turn of the main race, Jos Verstappen managed to take the lead from the Swiss car. A similar manoeuvre that fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team China
A1 Team China was the People's Republic of China, Chinese team of A1 Grand Prix, a now defunct international racing series. Management The seat holder ''A1 Team China'' is Liu Yu (刘煜). Werner Gillis is the team principal, and technical support is provided by Team Astromega. History 2008–09 season ''Drivers: Cheng Congfu, Ho-Pin Tung'' 2007–08 season ''Driver: Cheng Congfu'' A mixed bag of results for the team, culminated in 13th position, including a podium at one of the team's home races in 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Zhuhai. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Cheng Congfu, Ho-Pin Tung'' Fortunes changed for Team China, as the mix of Cheng and Tung managed to lift the team to 15th position, as well as scoring a podium. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Tengyi Jiang, Qinghua Ma'' Team China were uncompetitive in the inaugural season, scoring points only once and finishing in 22nd position. Drivers Complete A1 Grand Prix results (Template:A1GP results le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team South Africa
A1 Team South Africa was the South African team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management A1 Team South Africa's owner was Tokyo Sexwale. The Chief Executive Officer of the team was Dana Cooper and the technical and sporting manager was Mike Carroll. For the 2006–07 season South Africa have enlisted DAMS to run their car, the outfit which ran the French and Swiss teams to 1st and 2nd places in 2005–06. History 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Tomas Scheckter, Stephen Simpson'' In the inaugural season, Team South Africa scored a podium en route to 17th place in the championship. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Stephen Simpson, Alan van der Merwe, Adrian Zaugg'' Team South Africa had mixed fortunes in 2006–07. A victory, a podium and two high-placing results were offset by other bad results and the team finished in 14th position. 2007–08 season ''Driver: Adrian Zaugg'' Consistent scoring, two victories and two podiums brought Team South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
