2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season

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2007-08 FIA A1 Grand Prix of Nations
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The 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third in the relatively short history of the championship.

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Contents 1 Teams 2 Season calendar and winners 3 Tests 4 Rule changes 5 Season standings 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Teams

All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including chassis (Lola), engine (Zytek) and tyre (Cooper Avon). The following 22 teams are competitors in the 2007-08 championship :

Country	Team	Race team	Seat holder	Race drivers	Rookie drivers [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]	pre-season test drivers[10][11]
Australia	A1 Team Australia	Alan Docking Racing[12]	Alan Jones	Ian Dyk John Martin	John Martin	Ian Dyk John Martin Daniel Ricciardo
Brazil	A1 Team Brazil	Argo Racing Cars Ltd[13]	Emerson Fittipaldi	Sérgio Jimenez Bruno Junqueira Alexandre Negrão	Clemente Faria Felipe Guimarães Sérgio Jimenez Alexandre Negrão	Sérgio Jimenez Bruno Junqueira Raphael Matos
Canada	A1 Team Canada	Status Grand Prix[14]	Wade Cherwayko	James Hinchcliffe Robert Wickens	Daniel Morad Robert Wickens	James Hinchcliffe Robert Wickens
China	A1 Team China	Team Astromega[15]	Liu Yu	Congfu Cheng	Marchy Lee Ying-Kin	Congfu Cheng Marchy Lee Ying-Kin Qinghua Ma Lin Po-Heng
Czech Republic	A1 Team Czech Republic	Charouz Racing System[16]	Antonin Charouz	Tomáš Enge Erik Janiš Josef Král Filip Salaquarda	Erik Janiš Jaroslav Janiš Josef Král Filip Salaquarda	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Erik Janiš Jaroslav Janiš Filip Salaquarda
France	A1 Team France	Connor Racing[17]	Jean Paul Driot	Jonathan Cochet Loïc Duval Nicolas Lapierre Franck Montagny	Jonathan Cochet Nicolas Prost	Loïc Duval Nicolas Lapierre Guillaume Moreau Nicolas Prost Jean Karl Vernay
Germany	A1 Team Germany	DSM[18]	Willi Weber	Michael Ammermüller Christian Vietoris	Michael Ammermüller Michael Klein Christian Vietoris	Christian Vietoris
Great Britain	A1 Team Great Britain	A1 Team Great Britain[19]	Tony Clements	Oliver Jarvis Robbie Kerr	Oliver Jarvis Duncan Tappy Danny Watts James Winslow	Oliver Jarvis Robbie Kerr Oliver Turvey
India	A1 Team India	Arena Motorsport[20]	Ravi Chilukuri	Narain Karthikeyan Parthiva Sureshwaren	Parthiva Sureshwaren	Narain Karthikeyan Parthiva Sureshwaren
Indonesia	A1 Team Indonesia	A1 Team Indonesia then Performance Racing[21]	N/A	Satrio Hermanto	Satrio Hermanto	Satrio Hermanto
Ireland	A1 Team Ireland	Status Grand Prix[22]	Mark Kershaw	Adam Carroll Ralph Firman	Adam Carroll Niall Quinn	Adam Carroll Ralph Firman
Italy	A1 Team Italy	Team Ghinzani[23]	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Enrico Toccacelo Edoardo Piscopo	Paolo Bossini Edoardo Piscopo Frankie Provenzano Davide Rigon	Paolo Bossini Edoardo Piscopo Giuseppe Termine Enrico Toccacelo
Lebanon	A1 Team Lebanon	Argo Racing Cars Ltd[24]	Tameem Auchi	Chris Alajajian Jimmy Auby Khalil Beschir	Chris Alajajian Jimmy Auby Khalil Beschir	Chris Alajajian Jimmy Auby Khalil Beschir
Malaysia	A1 Team Malaysia	A1 Team Malaysia[25]	Alex Yoong	Fairuz Fauzy Alex Yoong	Fairuz Fauzy Aaron Lim	Fairuz Fauzy Aaron Lim Alex Yoong
Mexico	A1 Team Mexico	Team Craft[26]	N/A	Salvador Durán Jorge Goeters Davíd Garza Pérez Michel Jourdain Jr. David Martínez	Davíd Garza Pérez Michel Jourdain Jr. David Martínez	Juan Pablo Garcia Arturo González Esteban Gutierrez Picho Toledano
The Netherlands	A1 Team The Netherlands	Racing for Holland[27]	Jan Lammers	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Arie Luyendyk Jr.	Jeroen Bleekemolen Arie Luyendyk Jr.
New Zealand	A1 Team New Zealand	DSM[28]	Colin Giltrap	Jonny Reid	Earl Bamber Brendon Hartley Chris van der Drift	Brendon Hartley Jonny Reid
Pakistan	A1 Team Pakistan	Performance Racing[29]	Arif Hussain	Adam Langley-Khan		Adam Langley-Khan
Portugal	A1 Team Portugal	A1 Team Portugal[30]	Luís Vicente	Filipe Albuquerque João Urbano	Filipe Albuquerque Gonçalo Araújo Frederico Duarte Bruno Serra João Urbano	João Urbano
South Africa	A1 Team South Africa	Connor Racing[31]	Tokyo Sexwale	Adrian Zaugg	Wesleigh Orr	Wesleigh Orr Adrian Zaugg
Switzerland	A1 Team Switzerland	Max Motorsport Consulting[32]	Max Welti	Neel Jani	Tom Dillmann Rahel Frey Natacha Gachnang Alexandre Imperatori	Sebastien Buemi Rahel Frey Natacha Gachnang Neel Jani
United States	A1 Team USA	A1 Team USA[33]	Rick Weidinger	Buddy Rice Jonathan Summerton	Charlie Kimball	Charlie Kimball Buddy Rice Jonathan Summerton

Swiss drivers Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang are the two first females to drive A1 Grand Prix cars this season. Their first steps were test drivers during Silverstone, September 18–19, 2007, test session.^[34] Then Natacha Gachnang drove in rookie sessions in Czech round, on October 12, 2007^[35]and Rahel Frey in Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007^[36]

Since January 2008, the Performance Racing manage A1 Team Indonesia.^[37] Bagoes Hermanto, father of Satrio Hermanto, became the new Team Principal.

[edit] Season calendar and winners

Round	Date	Country	Circuit	Sprint Winner	Main Winner	Report
1	30 September 2007	Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	South Africa	Great Britain	Report
2	14 October 2007	Czech Republic	Brno Circuit	New Zealand	New Zealand	Report
3	25 November 2007	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	Switzerland	Switzerland	Report
4	16 December 2007	China	Zhuhai International Circuit	Germany	India	Report
5	20 January 2008	New Zealand	Taupo Motorsport Park	New Zealand	Germany	Report
6	3 February 2008	Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	France	South Africa	Report
7	24 February 2008	South Africa	Durban street circuit	Canada	Switzerland	Report
8	16 March 2008	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	New Zealand	Ireland	Report
9	13 April 2008	China	Shanghai International Circuit	Switzerland	USA	Report
10	4 May 2008	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Great Britain	India	Report

Due to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session^[38]. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.

[edit] Tests

Test	Date	Country	Circuit
1	28 August 2007	UK	Silverstone
2	29 August 2007	UK	Silverstone
3	18 September 2007	UK	Silverstone
4	19 September 2007	UK	Silverstone

[edit] Rule changes

• Qualifying will remain the current format, however the first two qualifying sessions will determine the grid for the sprint race while the second two qualifying sessions will determine the grid for the feature race.^[39]
• There are now 2 pit stops required in the feature race.^[40]
• The feature race remains a distance of 69 minutes plus one lap, while the sprint race has increased to 29 minutes plus one lap.^[40]
• 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.
• Prize awarded in both sprint and feature races.

	Sprint		Feature
Pos.	Points	Prize	Points	Prize
1	15	$100,000	15	$200,000
2	12	$70,000	12	$130,000
3	10	$50,000	10	$100,000
4	8	$35,000	8	$75,000
5	6	$30,000	6	$50,000
6	5	$20,000	5	$40,000
7	4	$15,000	4	$25,000
8	3	$10,000	3	$20,000
9	2	$7,000	2	$13,000
10	1	$3,000	1	$7,000
Fast lap	1		1

Since round 5, in Taupo, a 30 per cent biofuel mix was introduce.^[41] This environmental initiative its the first initiatives to help reduce its environmental footprint in motorsport series. The new fuel its an ethanol based product Hiperflo E30 sourced from sugar beet in Europe and produced by Petrochem Carless. The prediction are a CO2 emissions reduction by 21% per car.

A new light close to the entry of pit lane is introduce since round 5, in Taupo^[42] when safety car is out. When the lights are on, drivers can pit but its not counted as one of the two mandatory stops. Pits are allowed for mechanical work or to be carried out.

[edit] Season standings

Pos	Team	Drivers	NLD		CZE		MYS		CHN		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		CHN		UK		Pts
			spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea
1	Switzerland	Neel Jani	5	3	8	3	1*	1*	2*	6	Ret	13*	10	2	3	1	3	19	1*	5	4	3	168
2	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	9	7	1*	1	5	8	10	2	1	4	2	9	20*	10	1	12	Ret	4	8	8	127
3	Great Britain	Oliver Jarvis	7	1			6	12	6	5*					2	11	2	2*					126
		Robbie Kerr			2	17					Ret	Ret	16	3					9	9	1	2
4	France	Loïc Duval	2	5			2	2	8	7	3	3	1*	Ret	11	2							118
		Nicolas Lapierre			6	5
		Jonathan Cochet															12	13
		Franck Montagny																	12	8	10	5
5	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	1*	2	4	16	10	Ret	Ret	3	4	7	7	1*	13	7	Ret	6	7	16	7	11	96
6	Ireland	Ralph Firman	8	6																			94
		Adam Carroll			3	6	7	7	4	16	6	5	15	13	15	Ret	4	1	11	3	3	13*
7	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	3	8	5	2	18	4	9	Ret	5	8	9	8	5	4	8	4	17	18	9	6	87
8	Germany	Christian Vietoris	6	9	7	8					2*	1											83
		Michael Ammermüller					16	EX	1	4			4	7	EX	Ret	Ret	20	6	10	20	Ret
9	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	19	18	12	11															15	17	75
		Robert Wickens					3	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	2	3	6	1	12	7	5	2	20*
10	India	Narain Karthikeyan	10	Ret	21	9	11	6	7	1	10	Ret	11	11			13	9	5	7	5	1	61
		Parthiva Sureshwaren													17	Ret
11	Portugal	João Urbano	11	Ret	9	18	13	Ret	19	12	8	12	12	16									59
		Filipe Albuquerque													7	3	6	7	3	2	6	7
12	USA	Buddy Rice	22	13	16	15																	56
		Jonathan Summerton					12	10	12	10	7	14	5	Ret	10	Ret	5	3	21	1	2	12
13	China	Cong Fu Cheng	17	15	10	4*	Ret	5	3	9	14	Ret	14	10	4	6*	17*	10	10	15	21*	4	55
14	Brazil	Sérgio Jimenez	13	11	11	7	4	3	18	Ret	6	13	8	4									44
		Bruno Junqueira													Ret	9	10	8
		Alexandre Negrão																	14	13	16	14
15	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	16	Ret	17	14	9	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					9	15	4	6			25
		Fairuz Fauzy											20	17	9	5					13	Ret
16	Mexico	Salvador Durán	4	4*																			22
		Michel Jourdain Jr.			13	22	20	11
		David Garza Perez							16	11	17	9	17	18	8	Ret	16	14
		Jorge Goeters																	20	21
		David Martínez																			20	16
17	Australia	Ian Dyk	21	12	Ret	13	Ret	9	13	15													20
		John Martin									9	Ret	6	5	6	14	Ret	21	15	14	14	Ret
18	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	12	14	14	10	8	Ret															12
		Edoardo Piscopo							11	Ret	12	Ret	13	14	14	8	11	Ret	8	12	17	9
19	Czech Republic	Erik Janiš	15	10	18	12	15	15															10
		Tomáš Enge							5	8	Ret	11	18	15
		Josef Král													18	Ret
		Filip Salaquarda															Ret	16	13	11	12	15
20	Pakistan	Adam Langley-Khan	18	17	15	20	17	14	14	14	10	11	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	18	16	17	18	Ret	1
21	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	20	16	19	19	19	16	17	Ret	16	Ret	21	20	16	Ret	14	11	19	19	19	10	1
22	Lebanon	Chris Alajajian	14	19			14	Ret	Ret	13	15	Ret	19	19									0
		Khalil Beschir			20	21									19	13					22	18
		Jimmy Auby															15	17	18	22
Pos	Team	Drivers	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	spr	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	Pts
			NLD		CZE		MYS		CHN		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		CHN		UK

Gold	Winner	Green	Points finish	Purple	Did not finish (Ret)	Black	Disqualified (DSQ)	Bold	Pole Position
Silver	2nd place	Green	(Ret) but Points finish	White	Did not start (DNS)	Blank	Excluded (EX)	*	Fast Lap
Bronze	3rd place	Blue	Non-points finish	Blank	Did not participate

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• A1GP official web-site
• A1podium fansite
• A1GP online