2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season

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.Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007) 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 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) 11–13 April 2008 10 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 2–4 May 2008 Map Source:

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 Ian Dyk 1–4 John Martin 5–10 A1 Team Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 1–6 Bruno Junqueira 7–8 Alexandre Negrão 9–10 A1 Team Canada James Hinchcliffe 1–2, 10 Robert Wickens 3–9 A1 Team China Congfu Cheng All Erik Janiš 1–3 Tomáš Enge 4–6 Josef Král 7 Filip Salaquarda 8–10 A1 Team France Loïc Duval 1, 3–7 Nicolas Lapierre 2 Jonathan Cochet 8 Franck Montagny 9–10 A1 Team Germany 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 Narain Karthikeyan 1–6, 8–10 7 A1 Team Indonesia Satrio Hermanto All A1 Team Ireland Ralph Firman, Jr. 1 Adam Carroll 2–10 A1 Team Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1–3 Edoardo Piscopo 4–10 A1 Team Lebanon 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 Salvador Durán 1 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 2–3 David Garza 4–8 Jorge Goeters 9 David Martínez 10 A1 Team Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen All A1 Team New Zealand Jonny Reid All A1 Team Pakistan Adam Khan All A1 Team Portugal João Urbano 1–6 Filipe Albuquerque 7–10 A1 Team South Africa Adrian Zaugg All A1 Team Switzerland Neel Jani All A1 Team USA Buddy Rice 1–2 Jonathan Summerton 3–10Sources:

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.New qualifying and points system a1gp.com (August 29, 2007) The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.Feature race gets second pit stop a1gp.com (August 29, 2007) The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap. From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.Safety car pit light introduced a1gp.com (January 18, 2008)

Technical From the Taupo round, the fuel mixture was changed to a 30% biofuel mix produced by Petrochem Carless.Biofuel confirmed for Taupo a1gp.com (December 18, 2007)

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 KarthikeyanSource:

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 Ref Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Championship standings PosTeamDriversNEDCZEMLYZHUNZLAUSRSAMEXSHAGBRPtsSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF1 SwitzerlandNeel Jani53831126Ret131023131915431682 New ZealandJonny Reid97115810214292010112Ret4881273 Great BritainOliver Jarvis716126521122 126Robbie Kerr217RetRet16399124 FranceLoïc Duval252287331Ret112 118Nicolas Lapierre65Jonathan Cochet1213Franck Montagny1281055 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1241610RetRet34771137Ret6716711966 IrelandRalph Firman, Jr.86 94Adam Carroll367741665151315Ret411133137 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen38521849Ret58985484171896878 GermanyChristian Vietoris697821 83Michael Ammermüller16EX1447EXRetRet2061020Ret9 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe191812111517 75Robert Wickens3Ret15RetRet2361127522010 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan10Ret2191167110Ret11111395751 6117Ret11 PortugalJoão Urbano11Ret91813Ret19128121216 59Filipe Albuquerque7367326712 United StatesBuddy Rice22131615 56Jonathan Summerton121012107145Ret10Ret5321121213 ChinaCongfu Cheng1715104Ret53914Ret141046171010152145514 BrazilSérgio Jimenez13111174318Ret13684 44Bruno JunqueiraRet9108Alexandre Negrão1413161415 MalaysiaAlex Yoong16Ret1714913RetRetRetRet91546 25Fairuz Fauzy20179513Ret16 MexicoSalvador Durán44 22Michel Jourdain, Jr.13222011David Garza161117917188Ret1614Jorge Goeters2021David Martínez201617 AustraliaIan Dyk2112Ret13Ret91315 20John Martin9Ret65614Ret21151414Ret18 ItalyEnrico Toccacelo121414108Ret 12Edoardo Piscopo11Ret12Ret131414811Ret81217919Erik Janiš151018121515 10Tomáš Enge58Ret111815Josef Král18RetFilip SalaquardaRet161311121520 PakistanAdam Khan18171520171414141110Ret1212RetRet18161718Ret121 IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto20161919191617Ret16Ret212016Ret141119191910122 Lebanon Chris Alajajian141914RetRet1315Ret1919 0 Jimmy Auby202119132218Khalil Beschir15171822PosTeamDriversSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFPtsNEDCZEMLYZHUNZLAUSRSAMEXSHAGBRSources:

References

External links

A1GP official web-site A1GP online