The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 30, 2007, at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.
The sprint race was won by A1 Team South Africa, while the Great Britain car won the Feature Race. With South Africa getting second place in the Feature Race, they took the early lead in the championship.
Pre-race Due to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session.Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007) Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.
Qualifications Sprint race qualificationsPosTeamTimeGap1 South Africa1'45.095 -2 France1'45.431 +0.3363 Mexico1'46.198 +1.1034 Switzerland1'46.728 +1.6335 Netherlands1'46.791 +1.6966 Germany1'47.056 +1.9617 Ireland1'47.343 +2.2488 New Zealand1'47.531 +2.4369 Portugal1'47.570 +2.47510 Great Britain1'47.748 +2.65311 India1'48.415 +3.32012 Brazil1'49.083 +3.98813 Italy1'49.099 +4.00414 Czech Republic1'49.444 +4.34915 China1'49.746 +4.65116 Pakistan1'50.352 +5.25717 Australia1'50.553 +5.45818 Lebanon1'50.716 +5.62119 USA1'52.479 +7.38420 Malaysia1'52.543 +7.44821 Canada1'52.789 +7.69422 Indonesia1'55.381 +10.286Main race qualificationsPosTeamTimeGap1 South Africa1'43.979 -2 Germany1'44.670 +0.6913 Great Britain1'45.143 +1.1644 Switzerland1'45.599 +1.6205 France1'45.691 +1.7126 Ireland1'45.752 +1.7737 Czech Republic1'45.772 +1.7938 Mexico1'45.797 +1.8189 India1'45.993 +2.01410 New Zealand1'46.169 +2.19011 Netherlands1'46.554 +2.57512 Canada1'46.739 +2.76013 Brazil1'47.562 +3.58314 Italy1'48.297 +4.31815 China1'48.331 +4.35216 Australia1'48.423 +4.44417 Pakistan1'48.819 +4.84018 Lebanon1'49.899 +5.92019 USA1'49.924 +5.94520 Malaysia1'49.978 +5.99921 Indonesia1'52.708 +8.72922 Portugal no time
Sprint Race The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, September 30, 2007
PosTeamDriverLapsTimeGridPoints1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1218'01.087115+12 FranceLoïc Duval12 +7.532 2123 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen12 +8.0975104 MexicoSalvador Durán12 +8.205 385 SwitzerlandNeel Jani12 +8.581466 GermanyChristian Vietoris12 +10.344657 Great BritainOliver Jarvis12 +10.5661048 IrelandRalph Firman12 +12.168739 New ZealandJonny Reid12 +13.934 8210 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan12 +18.516 11111 PortugalJoão Urbano12 +24.967912 ItalyEnrico Toccacelo12 +25.7171313 BrazilSérgio Jimenez12 +26.0441214 LebanonChris Alajajian12 +34.5471815 Czech RepublicErik Janis12 +35.2681416 MalaysiaAlex Yoong12 +35.8952017 ChinaCong Fu Cheng12 +36.2981518 PakistanAdam Langley-Khan12 +36.5101619 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe12 +39.5092120 IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto12 +47.9322221 AustraliaIan Dyk12 +47.9831722 USABuddy Rice12 +48.20819
Main Race The Main Race took place also on Sunday, September 30, 2007.
PosTeamDriverLapsTimeGridPoints1 Great BritainOliver Jarvis451:09'51.3943152 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg45 +5.742 1123 SwitzerlandNeel Jani45 +7.9744104 MexicoSalvador Durán45 +11.516 88+15 FranceLoïc Duval45 +25.789566 IrelandRalph Firman45 +33.697657 New ZealandJonny Reid45 +47.6351048 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen45 +49.2701139 GermanyChristian Vietoris45 +49.8762210 Czech RepublicErik Janis45 +59.6647111 BrazilSérgio Jimenez45 +1'00.0781312 AustraliaIan Dyk45 +1'30.5931613 USABuddy Rice45 +1'31.1481914 ItalyEnrico Toccacelo44 +1 Lap1415 ChinaCong Fu Cheng44 +1 Lap1516 IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto44 +1 Lap2117 PakistanAdam Langley-Khan43 +2 Laps1718 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe40 +5 Laps1219 LebanonChris Alajajian40 +5 Laps18Ret IndiaNarain Karthikeyan13 +32 Laps9Ret MalaysiaAlex Yoong8 +37 Laps20Ret PortugalJoão Urbano2 +43 Laps22
Mexico won the Feature race fastest lap point with a lap time of 1'29.181 therefore giving them an extra point on top of their 4th-place finish points.
Notes It was the 23rd race weekend (46 starts) It was the 2nd race in the Circuit Park Zandvoort and the 2nd in Netherlands. It was the first race for Chris Alajajian,Chris Alajajian results.a1gp.com Satrio Hermanto,Satrio Hermanto results.a1gp.com Erik Janiš,Erik Janiš results.a1gp.com Sérgio JimenezSérgio Jimenez results.a1gp.com and Buddy Rice.Buddy Rice results.a1gp.com It was the first race weekend for Chris Alajajian, Satrio Hermanto, Erik Janiš, Sérgio Jimenez and Buddy Rice. Records: South Africa take 5 poles position. A1 Team Lebanon participate on 23 races (46 starts) without won points since their first Grand Prix. Alex Yoong participate on 22 races (42 starts). Neel Jani won 156 points. Erik Janiš became the 100th A1GP race driver.Janis is A1GP's 100th driver a1gp.com (September 30, 2007)
References
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