The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third season of
A1 Grand Prix.
Calendar
The Indonesian round at Sentul was removed from the calendar. Following the farcical Beijing round the previous season, the second Chinese event was moved to
Zhuhai International Circuit near
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. Two pre-season tests were held at
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 British Grand ...
on 28–29 August 2007 and 18–19 September 2007.
Due to
Zandvoort's noise restrictions, regular and rookie practice sessions were not held on Friday at the
Dutch round. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying.
Entry list
All teams used same
A1 Grand Prix car including
Zytek-powered,
Cooper Avon-shod and
Lola A1GP chassis. No new teams entered the championships, whilst both
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
and
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
did not return having failed to complete their debut seasons.
Rule changes
Sporting
* The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the sprint race whilst the second two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the feature race.
* The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.
[Feature race gets second pit stop]
''a1gp.com'' (August 29, 2007)
* The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap.
[
* From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.
]
Technical
* From the Taupo round, the fuel mixture was changed to a 30% biofuel
Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from Biomass (energy), biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil. Biofuel can be produced from plants or from agricu ...
mix produced by Petrochem Carless.Biofuel confirmed for Taupo
''a1gp.com'' (December 18, 2007)
Results and standings
Results summary
Championship standings
;Points system
Points are now assigned in the same manner for both the sprint and feature races using the following format with one bonus point awarded for the fastest lap in each race.
;Championship standings
References
External links
A1GP official web-siteA1GP online
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