A1 Team Ireland

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A1 Team Ireland
Ireland
Founded 2005
Seat holder Mark Kershaw
Team principal Mark Gallagher
Race driver(s) Ralph Firman
Adam Carroll
First race 2005-06 Great Britain
Events entered 32
Championships 0
Sprint race victories 0
Main race victories 1
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 4
Total points 170
2007-08 position 6th (94 pts)
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The A1 Team Ireland is the Irish team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Their franchise covers the island of Ireland and not just the state.

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[edit] History

The team is owned by Status Grand Prix Ltd and the team owner is Mark Kershaw[1]. Eden Rock Sports plan out the team activity but Mark Gallagher, drivers manager and senior manager in the former Formula One team Jordan Grand Prix, is the managing director and team principal of the A1 Team Ireland[2]. Therefore, the team is self managed and doesn't collaborate with a racing team like most of A1 teams.

The inaugural team's 2005-06 car was presented to the public on 15 September, 2005[3]. The series organisers aware the team for the best presented team[1]. They finished eight overall, on 68 points, competing in all races and scoring points in all but one.

For the 2007-08 season, the team secured LM Developments as the title sponsor and is now known as Belmayne A1 Team Ireland[4].

[edit] Drivers

The main driver for the Irish team for the 2007-08 season is Adam Carroll, with Niall Quinn as Team Ireland's test and reserve driver[4].

Name Seasons Races
(Starts)		 A1GP Title Wins Sprint
wins		 Main
wins		 2nd 3rd Poles Fastest
Laps		 Points
Adam Carroll 2007-08 9(18) 1 1 3 1 86
Michael Devaney 2005-06, 2006-07 7(14) 16
Ralph Firman 2005-06, 2007-08 9(18) 1 2 61
Richard Lyons 2006-07 7(14) 7

[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 A1 Team Ireland 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 68 8th
Michael Devaney 10 Ret 4 14 4 Ret
Ralph Firman 9 6 19 3 7 9 4 Ret* 4 Ret 6 Ret* Ret Ret 5 6
2006-07 A1 Team Ireland 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 8 19th
Michael Devaney 15 14 13 13 20 Ret 14 10
Richard Lyons 17 12 Ret 19 10 Ret 6 Ret Ret 16 12 5 8 DSQ
2007-08 A1 Team Ireland 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 94 6th
Ralph Firman 8 6
Adam Carroll 3 6 7 7 4 16 6 5 15 13 15 Ret 4 1 11 3 3 13*

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b A1 Team Ireland at Eden Rock Sports edenrocksports.com
  2. ^ Speaker Details of Mark Gallagher globalspeakers.com.au
  3. ^ Team Ireland reveals driver formula3.cc (16 September 2005)
  4. ^ a b Belmayne A1 Team Ireland launches its bid... girlracer.co.uk (12 September 2007)

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