This article is a list of records in the A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport, since the inaugural 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, and is accurate up to and including the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season.
A1 Grand Prix team records
Championships TeamTitle2nd3rd1 Switzerland122 France1 Germany1 Ireland15 New Zealand26 Great Britain37 Portugal1
Wins TeamWinsSprintFeatureWinning drivers1 France1587Alexandre Prémat 7, Nicolas Lapierre 6, Loïc Duval 22 Germany1147Nico Hülkenberg 9, Michael Ammermüller 1, Christian Vietoris 13 Switzerland1055Neel Jani 104 New Zealand743Jonny Reid 75 Ireland633Adam Carroll 66 Great Britain532Robbie Kerr 3, Oliver Jarvis 2 Malaysia541Alex Yoong 4, Fairuz Fauzy 18 Netherlands431Jeroen Bleekemolen 2, Robert Doornbos 1, Jos Verstappen 19 South Africa321Adrian Zaugg 310 Brazil211Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 Canada211Sean McIntosh 1, Robert Wickens 1 India202Narain Karthikeyan 2 Mexico211Salvador Durán 214 Czech Republic101Tomáš Enge 1 Italy101Enrico Toccacelo 1 Portugal101Filipe Albuquerque 1 USA101Jonathan Summerton 1 Most wins in a season : 13 (7 Sprints, 6 Mains) France in 2005–06.
Pole positions TeamPole positionsPole drivers1 Switzerland10Neel Jani 102 France6Loïc Duval 2, Nicolas Lapierre 2, Alexandre Prémat 2 Ireland6Adam Carroll 64 Great Britain5Robbie Kerr 4, Danny Watts 1 Netherlands5Jeroen Bleekemolen 4, Robert Doornbos 1 South Africa5Adrian Zaugg 57 Germany4Nico Hülkenberg 3, Michael Ammermüller 1 New Zealand4Jonny Reid 49 Malaysia3Alex Yoong 2, Fairuz Fauzy 110 Brazil2Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 Canada2Robert Wickens 212 India1Narain Karthikeyan 1 Italy1Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 Mexico1Salvador Durán 1 Monaco1Clivio Piccione 1 Most pole positions in a season : 6 Switzerland in 2007–08, and Ireland in 2008–09.
Fastest laps TeamFastest lapsFastest lap drivers1 France11Alexandre Prémat 5, Nicolas Lapierre 4, Loïc Duval 22 Ireland9Adam Carroll 6, Ralph Firman 3 Switzerland9Neel Jani 8, Sébastien Buemi 14 Germany6Nico Hülkenberg 5, Christian Vietoris 1 New Zealand6Jonny Reid 66 Mexico5Salvador Durán 57 Brazil4Nelson Piquet Jr. 4 China4Cheng Congfu 4 Great Britain4Oliver Jarvis 2, Robbie Kerr 2 Malaysia4Alex Yoong 3, Fairuz Fauzy 1 South Africa4Adrian Zaugg 412 Netherlands3Jos Verstappen 2, Robert Doornbos 1 USA3Phil Giebler 1, Charlie Kimball 1, Jonathan Summerton 114 Canada2James Hinchcliffe 1, Robert Wickens 1 Portugal2Filipe Albuquerque 216 Australia1John Martin 1 Italy1Enrico Toccacelo 1 Most fastest laps in a season : 9 France in 2005–06.
Points TeamPoints1 Switzerland4382 France4043 Great Britain3434 New Zealand3335 Netherlands2946 Ireland2827 Germany2518 Portugal2279 Malaysia19710 Canada167
Teams yet to score points Both teams have yet to reappear since 2005–06. TeamRacesStarts1 Russia362 Greece24
Other Most drivers used during same weekend France used three different drivers at the same 2007–08 South Africa weekend: Loïc Duval as race driver; Jonathan Cochet as practice driver; and Nicolas Prost as rookie driver. ( Greece employed three different drivers at the Netherlands weekend in 2006–07, but only two took part).The Three Musketeers a1gp.com (February 21, 2008)
Consecutive starts without points Lebanon participated in 65 races without winning points beginning with the inaugural 2005–06 Great Britain Sprint Race. The team finally scored its first-ever points finish in the feature race at Zandvoort, in its 33rd race weekend.
Driver records
Caps DriverCapsFirst Cap1 Neel Jani60Sprint Race, 2005–06 2 Alex Yoong54Feature Race, 2005–06 3 Jeroen Bleekemolen47Sprint Race, 2006–07 4 Robbie Kerr46Sprint Race, 2005–06 5 Salvador Durán44Sprint Race, 2005–06 Adrian Zaugg44Sprint Race, 2006–07 7 Narain Karthikeyan40Sprint Race, 2006–07 Ananda Mikola40Sprint Race, 2005–06 Enrico Toccacelo40Sprint Race, 2005–06 10 Tomáš Enge38Sprint Race, 2005–06 Jonny Reid38Sprint Race, 2005–06
Youngest capped drivers DriverAgeFirst race1 Armaan Ebrahim16 years, 5 months and 6 daysSprint Race, 2005–06 2 Graham Rahal17 years, 1 month and 22 daysSprint Race, 2005–06 3 Sergio Pérez17 years, 3 months and 20 daysSprint Race, 2006–07 4 Felipe Guimarães17 years, 6 months and 13 daysSprint Race, 2008–09 5 Josef Král17 years, 8 months and 9 daysSprint Race, 2007–08 6 Sébastien Buemi17 years and 11 monthsSprint Race, 2006–07 7 Christian Vietoris17 years, 11 months and 24 daysSprint Race, 2006–07 8 Jan Charouz18 years, 2 months and 8 daysSprint Race, 2005–06 9 Earl Bamber18 years, 2 months and 26 daysSprint Race, 2008–09 10 Mikhail Aleshin18 years, 5 months and 1 daySprint Race, 2005–06
Oldest capped drivers DriverAgeLast race1 Jorge Goeters37 years, 9 months and 18 daysSprint Race, 2007–08 2 Hideki Noda36 years, 7 months and 2 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 3 Massimiliano Papis36 years, 5 months and 9 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 4 Bryan Herta35 years, 9 months and 17 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 5 Christian Fittipaldi35 years, 3 months and 15 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 6 Patrick Carpentier34 years, 7 months and 20 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 7 Jos Verstappen34 years and 29 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 8 Alexey Vasilyev33 years, 8 months and 12 daysFeature Race, 2005–06 9 Denis Lian33 years and 7 monthsFeature Race, 2006–07 10 Nur Ali32 years, 8 months and 17 daysFeature Race, 2006–07
Wins DriverWinsStartsSprintFeature1 Neel Jani1060552 Nico Hülkenberg920363 Alexandre Prémat71043 Jonny Reid738435 Adam Carroll63233 Nicolas Lapierre623337 Alex Yoong454318 Robbie Kerr34630 Adrian Zaugg3442110 Jeroen Bleekemolen24720 Salvador Durán24411 Loïc Duval22611 Oliver Jarvis21402 Narain Karthikeyan24002 Nelson Piquet Jr.21411
Youngest : Christian Vietoris, 18y 9m 19d, Feature Race, 2007–08
Pole positions DriverPole positionsStarts1 Neel Jani10602 Adam Carroll6323 Adrian Zaugg5444 Jeroen Bleekemolen447 Robbie Kerr446 Jonny Reid4387 Nico Hülkenberg3208 Loïc Duval226 Nicolas Lapierre223 Nelson Piquet Jr.214 Alexandre Prémat210 Robert Wickens214 Alex Yoong254 Youngest : Robert Wickens, 18y 11m 11d, Sprint Race, 2007–08 .Wickens is youngest polesitter a1gp.com (February 23, 2008)
Fastest laps DriverFastest lapsStarts1 Neel Jani8602 Adam Carroll632 Jonny Reid6384 Salvador Durán544 Nico Hülkenberg520 Alexandre Prémat5107 Cheng Congfu436 Nicolas Lapierre423 Nelson Piquet Jr.414 Adrian Zaugg444 Youngest : Sébastien Buemi, 18y 5m 29d, Feature Race, 2006–07
Other Consecutive starts Alex Yoong ran consecutively 45 starts (24 races) from Feature Race, 2005–06 to Feature Race, 2007–08 .Fauzy replaces Yoong at Malaysia a1gp.com (January 30, 2008)
Different teams Enrico Toccacelo ran for two different teams, A1 Team Italy and A1 Team Pakistan. He raced the Pakistani car after Adam Langley-Khan was injured during practice sessions of 2005–06, South Africa. Daniel Morad drove as Rookie driver for Canada in 2007–08 and as Main driver for Lebanon in 2008–09. His Canadian-Lebanese heritage allowed him to switch nationalities, as he had not yet made his race debut.
Other
Events by Country CountryEventsVenuesTracks1 China64Beijing International Streetcircuit, Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit x3, Zhuhai International Circuit2 Great Britain41Brands Hatch x4 Malaysia41Sepang International Circuit x4 South Africa42Durban street circuit x3, Kyalami5 Australia31Eastern Creek Raceway x3 Mexico32Fundidora Park Raceway, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez x2 Netherlands31Circuit Park Zandvoort x3 New Zealand31Taupo Motorsport Park x3 9 Czech Republic21Auto Motodrom Brno x2 Indonesia21Sentul International Circuit x2 Portugal22Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Autódromo do Estoril
Tracks with most race weekends TrackEventsSeason1 Brands Hatch4All seasons Sepang International Circuit4All seasons3 Durban street circuit32005–06 to 2007–08 Eastern Creek Raceway32005–06 to 2007–08 Shanghai International Circuit32005–06 to 2007–08 Taupo Motorsport Park32006–07 to 2008–09 Zandvoort32006–07 to 2008–098 Brno22006–07 to 2007–08 Mexico City22006–07 to 2007–08 Sentul International Circuit22005–06 to 2006–07
Fuel A1 Grand Prix is the first racing series to use a 30% biofuel mix.Biofuel confirmed for Taupo a1gp.com (December 18, 2007) An ethanol based product, Hiperflo E30, has been used since 2007–08, New Zealand.
References
External links All-time Statistics results.a1gp.com