A1 Team Switzerland

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A1 Team Switzerland
Switzerland
Founded 2005
Seat holder Max Welti
Team principal -
Race driver(s) Neel Jani
First race 2005-06 Great Britain
Events entered 32
Championships 1
Sprint race victories 4
Main race victories 2
Pole positions 9
Fastest laps 7
Total points 339
2007-08 position 1st (168 pts)
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The A1 Team Switzerland is the Swiss team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

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[edit] History

A1 Team Switzerland owner is Max Welti.

[edit] Drivers

Since 2005, the main driver for the Suisse team is Neel Jani.

Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang are the two first females to drive A1 Grand Prix cars during race weekend. Their first steps were test drivers during Silverstone, September 18-19, 2007, test session[1]. Then Natacha Gachnang drove in rookie sessions in Czech round, on October 12, 2007[2] and Rahel Frey in Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007[3].

Name Seasons Races
(Starts)
A1GP Title Wins Sprint
wins
Main
wins
2nd 3rd Poles Fastest
Laps
Points
Sébastien Buemi 2006-07 4(8) 25
Marcel Fässler 2006-07 1(2) 0
Neel Jani 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 23(46) 1 6 3 3 8 9 9 6 314
Giorgio Mondini 2005-06 2(4) 0

[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 121 2nd
Neel Jani 9 Ret 2 5 3 2 6 3 2 2 1 Ret 3 2 5 5 2 3
Giorgio Mondini 16 13 Ret Ret
2006-07 Max Motorsport 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 50 8th
Sébastien Buemi 10 8 8 10 5 4 4 7 4 9 Ret DSQ
Neel Jani 9 Ret 1 4 10 8 5 4
Marcel Fässler 10 14
2007-08 Max Motorsport 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 168 1st
Neel Jani 5 3 8 3 1* 1* 2* 6 Ret 13* 10 2 3 1 3 19 1* 5 4 3

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Germany
Flag of Germany
A1 Grand Prix Champion
2007-08
Succeeded by
Incumbent