The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was an

A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix Operations Ltd. operated as A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themse ...

race which was held at

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 ...

, 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 New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. The team had planned the debut of 2008

Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix (; ) is an annual motorsport road racing event for automobiles and motorcycles held on the Guia Circuit in Macau. The event includes the Formula Regional and Motorcycle Grand Prix title races, with other races for Touri ...

winner

Keisuke Kunimoto , also known as Lee Kyung-woo () is a Japanese/Zainichi Koreans, Zainichi Korean Auto racing, race car driver who raced with a Japanese racing license. His mother is Japanese. His father, Yoshihiro Lee (李好廣、이호광 ''Lee Ho-gwang''), ...

(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 Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

and

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

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 Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

Notes

* It was the 37th race weekend (74 starts). * It was the 4th race in South Africa but the first at

. *Records: ** It was the first ever pole position for

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and

Clivio Piccione Clivio Piccione (born February 24, 1984, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is a Monaco, Monégasque race car driving, driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series season for the Durango team and David Price Racing for 2006 GP2 Series season, 2006. Career Piccio ...

. ** It was the first ever podium for

and

. **

's win in the feature race was driver

Neel Jani Neel Jani (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss people, Swiss professional racing driver. He achieved his greatest success winning the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche's Le Mans Pro ...

's ninth in A1 Grand Prix, tying the record held by

Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Sauber. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Hülkenberg won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2015 with Por ...

. **

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

recorded the best finish in their history thanks to

Daniel Morad Daniel Morad (born April 24, 1990) is a Canadian racecar driver, YouTuber, races in IMSA for Winward Racing in a Mercedes AMG GT3 in the GTD Class. He is notable for winning the 2007 American Formula BMW championship; the 2010 World Championsh ...

's sixth in the feature race.

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