2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season

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The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third season of A1 Grand Prix.

Calendar

The Indonesian round at Sentul was removed from the calendar. Following the farcical Beijing round the previous season, the second Chinese event was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit near Hong Kong. Two pre-season tests were held at Silverstone Circuit on 28–29 August 2007 and 18–19 September 2007.

Due to Zandvoort's noise restrictions, regular and rookie practice sessions were not held on Friday at the Dutch round.[1] Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying.

Round Event Circuit Dates
1 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 28–30 September 2007
2 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic Automotodrom Brno 12–14 October 2007
3 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 23–25 November 2007
4 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Zhuhai) Zhuhai International Circuit 14–16 December 2007
5 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand Taupo Motorsport Park 18–20 January 2008
6 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia Eastern Creek Raceway 1–3 February 2008
7 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Durban Street Circuit 22–24 February 2008
8 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 14–16 March 2008
9 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai) Shanghai International Circuit 11–13 April 2008
10 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 2–4 May 2008
Map

Entry list

All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis. No new teams entered the championships, whilst both Greece and Singapore did not return having failed to complete their debut seasons.

Entrant (Team) Driver Events
A1 Team Australia
Alan Docking Racing 		Ian Dyk 1–4
John Martin 5–10
A1 Team Brazil
Argo Racing Cars 		Sérgio Jimenez 1–6
Bruno Junqueira 7–8
Alexandre Negrão 9–10
A1 Team Canada
Status Grand Prix 		James Hinchcliffe 1–2, 10
Robert Wickens 3–9
A1 Team China
Team Astromega 		Congfu Cheng All
A1 Team Czech Republic
Charouz Racing System 		Erik Janiš 1–3
Tomáš Enge 4–6
Josef Král 7
Filip Salaquarda 8–10
A1 Team France
DAMS 		Loïc Duval 1, 3–7
Nicolas Lapierre 2
Jonathan Cochet 8
Franck Montagny 9–10
A1 Team Germany
David Sears Motorsport 		Christian Vietoris 1–2, 5
Michael Ammermüller 3–4, 6–10
A1 Team Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 1, 3–4, 7–8
Robbie Kerr 2, 5–6, 9–10
A1 Team India
Arena Motorsport 		Narain Karthikeyan 1–6, 8–10
Parthiva Sureshwaren 7
A1 Team Indonesia
A1 Team Indonesia (1–4)
Performance Racing (5–10) 		Satrio Hermanto All
A1 Team Ireland
Status Grand Prix 		Ralph Firman, Jr. 1
Adam Carroll 2–10
A1 Team Italy
Team Ghinzani 		Enrico Toccacelo 1–3
Edoardo Piscopo 4–10
A1 Team Lebanon
Argo Racing Cars 		Chris Alajajian 1, 3–6
Jimmy Auby 2, 7, 10
Khalil Beschir 8–9
A1 Team Malaysia Alex Yoong 1–5, 8–9
Fairuz Fauzy 6–7, 10
A1 Team Mexico
Teamcraft Motorsport 		Salvador Durán 1
Michel Jourdain, Jr. 2–3
David Garza 4–8
Jorge Goeters 9
David Martínez 10
A1 Team Netherlands
Racing for Holland 		Jeroen Bleekemolen All
A1 Team New Zealand
David Sears Motorsport 		Jonny Reid All
A1 Team Pakistan
Performance Racing 		Adam Khan All
A1 Team Portugal João Urbano 1–6
Filipe Albuquerque 7–10
A1 Team South Africa
DAMS 		Adrian Zaugg All
A1 Team Switzerland
Max Motorsport 		Neel Jani All
A1 Team USA Buddy Rice 1–2
Jonathan Summerton 3–10

Rule changes

Sporting

  • The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the sprint race whilst the second two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the feature race.[2]
  • The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.[3]
  • The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap.[3]
  • From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.[4]

Technical

Results and standings

Results summary

Round Event Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Report
1 S Netherlands Adrian Zaugg Adrian Zaugg Adrian Zaugg Report
F Adrian Zaugg Salvador Durán Oliver Jarvis
2 S Czech Republic Adrian Zaugg Jonny Reid Jonny Reid Report
F Jeroen Bleekemolen Congfu Cheng Jonny Reid
3 S Malaysia Neel Jani Neel Jani Neel Jani Report
F Neel Jani Neel Jani Neel Jani
4 S China (Zhuhai) Michael Ammermüller Neel Jani Michael Ammermüller Report
F Neel Jani Oliver Jarvis Narain Karthikeyan
5 S New Zealand Jonny Reid Christian Vietoris Jonny Reid Report
F Loïc Duval Neel Jani Christian Vietoris
6 S Australia Loïc Duval Loïc Duval Loïc Duval Report
F Jonny Reid Adrian Zaugg Adrian Zaugg
7 S South Africa Robert Wickens Jonny Reid Robert Wickens Report
F Neel Jani Congfu Cheng Neel Jani
8 S Mexico Adrian Zaugg Congfu Cheng Jonny Reid Report
F Robert Wickens Oliver Jarvis Adam Carroll
9 S China (Shanghai) Neel Jani Neel Jani Neel Jani Report
F Neel Jani Robert Wickens Jonathan Summerton
10 S Great Britain Robbie Kerr Congfu Cheng Robbie Kerr Report
F Narain Karthikeyan Adam Carroll Narain Karthikeyan

Championship standings

Points system

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.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Championship standings
Pos Team Drivers
NED
CZE
MLY
ZHU
NZL
AUS
RSA
MEX
SHA
GBR 		Pts
S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F
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, Jr. 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 United States 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 Congfu 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 13 6 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 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 Khan 18 17 15 20 17 14 14 14 11 10 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
Jimmy Auby 20 21 19 13 22 18
Khalil Beschir 15 17 18 22
Pos Team Drivers S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F Pts

NED
CZE
MLY
ZHU
NZL
AUS
RSA
MEX
SHA
GBR
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Green Retired, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Not classified (NC)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)
Bold Pole position
* Fastest lap
spr Sprint Race
fea Feature Race

References

  1. ^ Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007)
  2. ^ New qualifying and points system a1gp.com (August 29, 2007)
  3. ^ a b Feature race gets second pit stop a1gp.com (August 29, 2007)
  4. ^ Safety car pit light introduced a1gp.com (January 18, 2008)
  5. ^ Biofuel confirmed for Taupo a1gp.com (December 18, 2007)
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