A1 Team France

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A1 Team France
France
Founded 2005
Seat holder Jean-Paul Driot
Team principal -
Race driver(s) Loïc Duval
Nicolas Lapierre
Nicolas Prost
First race 2005-06 Great Britain
Events entered 32
Championships 1
Sprint race victories 6
Main race victories 7
Pole positions 6
Fastest laps 10
Total points 357
2007-08 position 4th (118 pts)
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The A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix and winner of the first season, 2005-06, of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations.


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[edit] Team

A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot. The Team is managed by Driot's racing team Driot Associates Motor Sport (DAMS) since the series debut[citation needed].

2007-08 french team was launched september 24, 2007 at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris[1]. Olivier Panis, former Formula 1 driver, is announced to join A1 Team France as advisor in this season[2].

[edit] Drivers

Since 2005-06 season, 4 drivers have raced at least one Grand Prix for A1 Team France.

The main 2007-08 season driver for the French team is Loïc Duval[3] with Nicolas Lapierre[4] as is reserve and Nicolas Prost[5] as rookie driver.

Name Seasons Races
(Starts)		 A1GP Title Wins Sprint
wins		 Main
wins		 2nd 3rd Poles Fastest
Laps		 Points
Jonathan Cochet 2007-08 1(2) 0
Loïc Duval 2006-07, 2007-08 10(20) 1 1 7 3 2 1 127
Nicolas Lapierre 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 11(22) 1 6 3 3 1 4 2 2 117
Franck Montagny 2007-08 2(4) 10
Alexandre Premat 2005-06 6(12) 1 7 4 3 1 2 3 94
Jean Karl Vernay 2006-07 2(4) 4

[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix Results

(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

Year Racing
team		 Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres		 Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points Rank
2005-06 DAMS Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon		 GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea PRT spr PRT fea AUS spr AUS fea MYS spr MYS fea ARE spr ARE fea ZAF spr ZAF fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea 172 1st
Alexandre Premat 2 (DNS) 1 1* 1* 1 1 8 1 1* 7 6
Nicolas Lapierre 1 1 1* 1 7 1 1 8 2 Ret*


2006-07 DAMS Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon		 NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea BEI spr BEI fea MYS spr MYS fea IDN spr IDN fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 67 4th
Nicolas Lapierre 3 Ret 3 Ret 17 4 6 3 7 3
Loïc Duval 2 2 3 9 2 Ret 4 7
Jean Karl Vernay Ret 20 Ret 8
2007-08 DAMS Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon		 NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea MYS spr MYS fea ZHU spr ZHU fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 108 3rd
Loïc Duval 2 5 2 2 8 7 3 3 1* Ret 11 2
Nicolas Lapierre 6 5
Jonathan Cochet 12 13
Franck Montagny 12 8 10 5

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official launch for Team France, 2007-09-25
  2. ^ Olivier Panis joins France, 2007-09-25
  3. ^ France names 2007/08 drivers, 2007-09-25
  4. ^ Lapierre recalled for France, 2007-10-10
  5. ^ France confirms Nicolas Prost, 2007-08-29

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2005-06		 Succeeded by
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