A1 Team Great Britain was the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
Management A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six-seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car was unveiled to the public in September 2005, displaying a distinctive blue, red and white livery to reflect the colours of the flag of the United Kingdom, rather than Britain's traditional racing green colour.
British financier Tony Clements was the national seat holder, and ran the corporate arm of the team until Round 5 of Season 4. Former Formula One and 500cc Motorcycle World Champion John Surtees was the team principal for the first 2 seasons of A1GP, working with the organisational structure, technical development, recruitment and race operations for the team. He quit his role before season 3 and was replaced by Katie Clements. The Arden International racing organisation was responsible for race operations of the team for the first season. However, for season 2 Surtees assembled a bespoke race team to handle the race operations of A1 Team Great Britain. That team stayed in place for the 3rd season of A1GP, and the first 5 rounds of Season 4.
However, between Rounds 5 and 6 of Season 4, A1 Team Great Britain entered administration. From Round 6 onwards, the car was run by mechanics and engineers employed by the series itself, with pit-stops carried out by the German team.
History
2008–09 season
Driver: Danny Watts, Dan Clarke
In his first outing for the team at Chengdu, Danny Watts took his first pole position in the Feature Race qualifying.
2007–08 season
Drivers: Oliver Jarvis, Robbie Kerr
For the third season running, Team Great Britain finished 3rd in the championship, with two victories and five podiums, including another near-perfect weekend at Brands Hatch.
2006–07 season
Drivers: Oliver Jarvis, Robbie Kerr, Darren Manning
Again, Team Great Britain finished third in the overall championship, but accumulated three race victories as well as seven podiums, including a near-perfect weekend in their home race.
2005–06 season
Drivers: Robbie Kerr, Darren Manning
A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six-seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car was unveiled to the public in September 2005, displaying a distinctive blue, red and white livery to reflect the colours of the flag of the United Kingdom, rather than Britain's traditional racing green colour.
Team Great Britain were the first team in the series to offer a testing role to a woman driver. Katherine Legge (who had previously tested a Formula One car for the now-defunct Minardi team), tested at the Dubai Autodrome during the United Arab Emirates race weekend.
The team finished 3rd in the championship, amassing eight podiums.
Drivers
Name Seasons Races(Starts) A1GP Title Wins Sprintwins Mainwins 2nd 3rd Poles FastestLaps Points Dan Clarke2008-093 (6)8 Oliver Jarvis2006-07, 2007-087 (14)2252124 Robbie Kerr2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-0823 (46)3311442154 Darren Manning2005-06, 2006-072 (4)115 Danny Watts2008-093 (6)2120
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race. Results in bold indicate pole position, and results in italics indicate fastest lap. Year Racingteam Chassis,Engine,Tyres Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122 Points Rank2005-06Arden InternationalLola,Zytek,Cooper AvonGBR sprGBR feaGER sprGER feaPRT sprPRT feaAUS sprAUS feaMYS sprMYS feaARE sprARE feaZAF sprZAF feaIDN sprIDN feaMEX sprMEX feaUSA sprUSA feaCHN sprCHN fea973rdRobbie Kerr5RetRet2Ret12523Ret922Ret21011643Darren Manning2152006-07A1 Team Great BritainLolaZytekCooper AvonNED sprNED feaCZE sprCZE feaBEI sprBEI feaMYS sprMYS feaIDN sprIDN feaNZ sprNZ feaAUS sprAUS feaZAF sprZAF feaMEX sprMEX feaSHA sprSHA feaGBR sprGBR fea923rdDarren Manning57Robbie Kerr96523Ret8Ret1910921212Oliver Jarvis72212007-08A1 Team Great BritainLolaZytekCooper AvonNED sprNED feaCZE sprCZE feaMYS sprMYS feaZHU sprZHU feaNZ sprNZ feaAUS sprAUS feaZAF sprZAF feaMEX sprMEX feaSHA sprSHA feaGBR sprGBR fea1263rdOliver Jarvis716126521122Robbie Kerr217RetRet16399122008-09A1 Team Great Britain (1-5)GU-Racing International (6-7)Ferrari,Ferrari,MichelinNEDCHNMYSNZLRSAPORGBR2810thsprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeaDanny Watts33Ret16Ret7Dan Clarke1212117137
External links
A1 Team Great Britain Official Web Site A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site