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2008–09 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, South Africa
The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was an A1 Grand Prix race which was held at Kyalami, South Africa. Pre-race A1 Team Korea failed to participate the race as the organiser of the series could not supply electrical units and fuel tank due to mistake of the transportation from New Zealand. The team had planned the debut of 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto (Lee Kyung-Woo), a Japanese driver of Korean descent, as rookie driver on the weekend. Drivers Qualifying Sprint Race Feature Race Post-race Following the race, the team principals of both Ireland and Malaysia issued statements regarding the on-track incident on the first lap of the Feature Race, which resulted in Ireland spinning out into retirement, and subsequently losing the championship lead to Switzerland. Notes * It was the 37th race weekend (74 starts). * It was the 4th race in South Africa but the first at Kyalami. *Records: ** It was the first ever pole positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyalami
Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (from ''Khaya lami'', ''My home'' in Zulu language, Zulu) is a motor racing circuit located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Johannesburg. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix twenty times. Among the Formula One races held at the track the 1977 South African Grand Prix stands out, as it is principally remembered for the fatal accident that claimed the lives of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver Tom Pryce. In recent years, the area surrounding the circuit has developed into a residential and commercial suburb of Johannesburg. More recently, Kyalami has played host to five rounds of the Superbike World Championship from 1998 to 2002 and later in 2009 and 2010, the season finale of the Superstars Series in 2009 and 2010, and the South African round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season. International racing returned to the circu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Canada
A1 Team Canada was 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 Patrick Carpentier (born August 13, 1971) is a Canadian former professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthiva Sureshwaren
Parthiva Sureshwaren (born 21 February 1981) is a former racing driver from India. Career A1 Grand Prix Sureshwaren drove in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team India at the Australian round, replacing Narain Karthikeyan. He did so again for the 2007–08 season, replacing the injured Karthikeyan at Durban. He competed in Formula V6 Asia for the remainder of 2007 and got 2 podium finishes at the Sepang International circuit. He then targeted a move to the IndyCar Series in 2009. Formula V6 Asia In 2007 Parthiva raced for half the season in the Formula V6 Asian championship. He achieved 2 podiums in Sepang, Malaysia. Formula Two In 2010, Sureshwaren began competing in the FIA Formula Two Championship, taking part in the first six rounds and scoring points in Monza, Italy. In 2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narain Karthikeyan
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (; born 14 January 1977) is an Indian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between and . Early life and family background Karthikeyan was born on 14 January 1977 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Sheela and Kakarla Karthikeyan Naidu. He has an elder sister, Deepika and younger brother, Rajeev. He did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. His interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father Karthikeyan was a former Indian national rally champion winning South India Rally seven times. He went on the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, and became a semifinalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992. Early career Narain finished on the podium in his first race at Sriperumbudur in a Formula Maruti National racing championship. Then, he went to France and attended the Elf Winfield Racing School. He returned to India to race in Formula Maruti for the 1993 season a ... [...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] |
James Winslow
James Winslow (born 16 April 1983) is a British professional car racing driver who races at Le Mans 24 Hours. A ten-time Motorsport champion member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, he competes in Europe, Australia & Asia in Le Mans LMP & GT cars. He represented Great Britain in A1 Grand Prix the World Cup of Motorsport. Awarded the Royal Humane Award in 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II, for saving the life of a fellow driver trapped in his burning race car, he gained international attention and many bravery awards followed before featuring in the BBC's 'Accidental Heroes' TV Series. He currently holds the record for the most Formula 3 open-wheeler wins after a tally of 86 victories, and ranked in the Top 10 'Most Victories of all time' listings for British drivers. Racing career 2004–2008 In 2004, Winslow won the British ARP Formula 3 Championship in 2004, winning 10 races driving an older model carHe then went on and wonthe Asian Formula Three Championship and also won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Watts
Danny Watts (born 31 December 1979) is a retired British professional racing driver. Career Watts was born in Aylesbury, and started racing in 1993, when he began karting. After five seasons of karting, he stepped up to single seater racing in 1998 in the UK Formula First championship, in which he dominated with 12 wins. He also competed in the Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series, in preparation for running the main Formula Palmer Audi championship the following year. 2000 saw a step up to the British Formula Renault Championship, when he was teammate to Kimi Räikkönen. In his third year of Formula Renault, he won the championship with 6 wins. Watts ascended another tier in 2003, stepping up to the British Formula 3 Championship, with HiTech Racing. He took his first win in the series the same year in the second race at Castle Combe, having crashed out of the lead in race one. In 2004 he became the first driver for eleven years to win a round of the British Formula 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Great Britain
A1 Team Great Britain was the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six-seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car was unveiled to the public in September 2005, displaying a distinctive blue, red and white livery to reflect the colours of the flag of the United Kingdom, rather than Britain's traditional racing green colour. British financier Tony Clements was the national seat holder, and ran the corporate arm of the team until Round 5 of Season 4. Former Formula One and 500cc Motorcycle World Champion John Surtees was the team principal for the first 2 seasons of A1GP, working with the organisational structure, technical development, recruitment and race operations for the team. He quit his role before season 3 and was replaced by Katie Clements. The Arden International racing organisation was responsible for race operations of the team for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ammermüller
Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a racing driver from Germany. After competing in various junior formulae, he became a test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, 2007 season. Following this, he represented Germany in the final two seasons of the A1 Grand Prix series in 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season, 2007–08 and 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season, 2008–09, before competing for two seasons in ADAC GT Masters. In 2012, he began competing in the Porsche Supercup series for Walter Lechner Racing. He won three consecutive seasons, having won in 2017 Porsche Supercup, 2017, 2018 Porsche Supercup, 2018 and 2019 Porsche Supercup, 2019. Career In 2004, he drove the number three car in German Formula Renault and competed in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2006, he competed in the GP2 Series for Arden International. As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, after Christian Klien was dropped by the Red Bull ... [...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] |
Nicolas Prost
Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981) is a French professional racing driver. He most recently raced in the FIA Formula E Championship before quitting the series. Previously, he was a longstanding racer in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Rebellion Racing, Lotus Rebellion Racing. He competes in the Andros Trophy. He was a reserve driver for the now defunct Lotus F1 team. He is a son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. Career Early years Born in Saint-Chamond, Loire, and despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost and his wife Anne-Marie, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. He was born 2 days after his father had competed in the 1981 Austrian Grand Prix. Like his father, Prost is a golfer, and has won numerous tournaments during his tenure at Columbia University in New York City, New York. Formula Three In 2006, he joined Racing Engineering to contest in the Spanish Formula Three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team France
A1 Team France was the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06. Management A1 Team France's owner was Jean-Paul Driot. The team was previously managed by Driot's racing team Driot Associates Motor Sport (DAMS) since the series debut, but has switched to Connor Racing for the 2008–09 season. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Loïc Duval'' 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Jonathan Cochet, Loïc Duval, Nicolas Lapierre, Franck Montagny'' Team France remained competitive during 2007–08, with a win and six podiums leaving them in 4th position overall. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Loïc Duval, Nicolas Lapierre, Jean Karl Vernay'' Team France fell from grace in 2006–07, however still managed to score seven podiums to finish 4th in the championship. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Camile Bernard Lapierre (born 2 April 1984) is a retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
