The 2008–09 Vodafone A1GP Algarve, Portugal was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal.
Drivers TeamMain DriverRookie Driver(s)Reserve Driver AustraliaJohn Martin BrazilFelipe GuimarãesAna Beatriz CanadaDid Not Participate ChinaHo-Pin Tung FranceNicolas ProstNicolas Prost GermanyAndré LottererAndré Lotterer Great BritainDan ClarkeDan Clarke IndiaNarain KarthikeyanParthiva Sureshwaren IndonesiaZahir AliZahir Ali IrelandAdam CarrollNiall Quinn ItalyVitantonio LiuzziVitantonio Liuzzi KoreaDid Not Participate LebanonDaniel MoradJimmy Auby MalaysiaFairuz FauzyAaron Lim MexicoSalvador Durán MonacoClivio PiccioneHubertus Bahlsen The NetherlandsRobert DoornbosDennis Retera New ZealandEarl BamberEarl Bamber PakistanDid Not Participate PortugalFilipe AlbuquerqueArmando Parente South AfricaAdrian ZauggCristiano Morgado SwitzerlandNeel JaniAlexandre Imperatori USAMarco AndrettiRobbie Pecorari
Qualifying Sprint race qualifyingPosTeamTimeGap1 Italy1:30.875† –2 Netherlands1:31.346 + 0.4713 Ireland1:31.600 + 0.7254 Lebanon1:31.756† + 0.8815 Portugal1:31.777 + 0.9026 New Zealand1:32.006 + 1.1317 Germany1:32.084† + 1.2098 South Africa1:32.301 + 1.4269 India1:32.358† + 1.48310 Monaco1:32.420 + 1.54511 Malaysia1:32.929 + 2.05412 USA1:33.214 + 2.33913 Great Britain1:33.860 + 2.98514 Brazil1:33.985 + 3.11015 Indonesia1:34.005 + 3.13016 Mexico1:34.216 + 3.34117 Australia1:34.405 + 3.53018 France1:36.567 + 5.69219 China1:36.838 + 5.96320 Switzerland no timeFeature race qualifyingPosTeamTimeGap1 Netherlands1:30.415† –2 Ireland1:30.696† + 0.2813 Switzerland1:30.878† + 0.4634 South Africa1:30.984† + 0.5695 Brazil1:31.023† + 0.6086 Malaysia1:31.025† + 0.6107 Portugal1:31.095† + 0.6808 USA1:31.459† + 1.0449 Monaco1:31.495† + 1.08010 Italy1:31.852 + 1.43711 New Zealand1:31.925† + 1.51012 Australia1:31.939† + 1.52413 Mexico1:32.031† + 1.61614 Germany1:32.269 + 1.85415 Lebanon1:32.352 + 1.93716 Great Britain1:32.400† + 1.98517 India1:32.504 + 2.08918 Indonesia1:32.573† + 2.15819 France1:32.941† + 2.52620 China1:33.237† + 2.822 † Team utilized Powerboost lap.
Sprint Race PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 NetherlandsRobert Doornbos1119:33.501102 IrelandAdam Carroll11 + 3.6358+13 PortugalFilipe Albuquerque11 + 5.72864 ItalyVitantonio Liuzzi11 + 9.08755 MonacoClivio Piccione11 + 10.04846 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan11 + 12.59637 BrazilFelipe Guimarães11 + 13.29728 MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy11 + 18.01419 MexicoSalvador Durán11 + 20.54510 AustraliaJohn Martin11 + 22.68311 Great BritainDan Clarke11 + 23.08012 USAMarco Andretti11 + 23.15413 FranceNicolas Prost11 + 24.17514 IndonesiaZahir Ali11 + 39.40015 SwitzerlandNeel Jani11 + 44.296†16 ChinaHo Pin Tung11 + 50.65517 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg9 + 2 Laps18 LebanonDaniel Morad1 Acc. Damage19 GermanyAndré Lotterer0 Accident20 New ZealandEarl Bamber0 Spin † Switzerland assessed penalty for pitting outside of pit-stop window.
Feature Race The second pit-stop window was set as Laps 26–34. PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 SwitzerlandNeel Jani421:10:45.011152 PortugalFilipe Albuquerque42 + 6.786123 MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy42 + 9.705104 MexicoSalvador Durán42 + 16.33285 IrelandAdam Carroll42 + 25.411†6+16 FranceNicolas Prost42 + 27.32257 Great BritainDan Clarke42 + 29.88048 ChinaHo Pin Tung42 + 34.58639 GermanyAndré Lotterer42 + 43.970210 IndonesiaZahir Ali42 + 1:13.993111 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan39 Brakes12 AustraliaJohn Martin38 (Retired)13 ItalyVitantonio Liuzzi18 Accident14 USAMarco Andretti18 Accident15 MonacoClivio Piccione18 Accident16 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg15 Accident17 New ZealandEarl Bamber15 Accident18 LebanonDaniel Morad1 Puncture19 BrazilFelipe GuimarãesDid Not Start20 NetherlandsRobert DoornbosDid Not Start † – Ireland were given a 25-second penalty post-race for passing Australia under the safety car.
Notes It was the 38th race weekend (76 starts). It was the 2nd race in Portugal and the first at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. It was the first race as main driver for Vitantonio Liuzzi and André Lotterer. It was the first race weekend as rookie driver for Vitantonio Liuzzi, André Lotterer and Robbie Pecorari. A1 Team Italy and Vitantonio Liuzzi achieved their first pole position. Robert Doornbos achieved his first Sprint Race victory. Neel Jani's win in the Feature Race was his tenth career victory, surpassing Nico Hülkenberg's record.
References
External links Doornbos' Dutch delight Sprint race: lap-by-lap Sprint race results Switzerland's fun in the sun Feature race results