A1 Team Pakistan was the representative team of Pakistan in the former A1 Grand Prix motor racing series.
History 2005–06 season A1 Team Pakistan was launched in front of the Lahore Fort. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf was a guest at the event, hosted by A1 Team Pakistan Chairman Arif Hussain and its managing director, Chaudry Salik Hussain. The team was to be run by Super Nova Racing.
Nur Ali was the first driver to be named in A1GP, but was replaced before the first round with British-born driver Adam Khan.
In the first race at Brands Hatch, Adam Khan qualified in 7th place and finished the sprint race in 8th. The team had problems in the pit stop in the feature race and resulted in Khan finishing 13th. Following this, the team failed to score a point until the final race in China where Khan finished fifth. The team missed three rounds after Khan was injured in a practice crash in South Africa, although Enrico Toccacelo was drafted in as a non-scoring substitute driver for said weekend. Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of 10 points.
2006–07 season Khan left the team, and Nur Ali was recalled to race in season two. Swedish outfit Performance Racing took over the running of the team from Super Nova. Ali contested the full season, qualified last at every round (bar Beijing where qualifying was cancelled) and scored the teams' only point as the last classified finisher in the South African feature race.
2007–08 season
Khan returned to the squad for season three. Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.
2008–09 season On 10 September 2008, Khan was announced as both the driver and team seat holder for the 2008–09 season. Team Craft took over the running of the team. The team failed to appear at any events that season, initially due to problems with Khan fitting in the new chassis and later due to date-clashes with Khan's duties as demonstration driver for the Renault F1 Team.http://www.indiacar.net/news/n70229.htm
Drivers
Name Seasons Races(Starts) A1GP Title Wins Sprintwins Mainwins 2nd 3rd Poles FastestLaps Points Nur Ali2006–0711 (22)1 Adam Khan2005–06, 2007–0817 (34)11 Enrico Toccacelo 12005–061 (2)0 1 Italian driver Enrico Toccacelo from A1 Team Italy, drove the Team Pakistan car in the 2005–06 South African race, after Adam Khan was injured during the practice sessions. Adnan Sarwar Pakistan's first ever local Formula racing driver was also nominated to race for the team but did not carry on with it.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race. Year Racingteam Chassis,Engine,Tyres Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122 Points Rank2005-06Super Nova RacingLola,Zytek,Cooper AvonGBR sprGBR feaGER sprGER feaPRT sprPRT feaAUS sprAUS feaMYS sprMYS feaARE sprARE feaZAF sprZAF feaIDN sprIDN feaMEX sprMEX feaUSA sprUSA feaCHN sprCHN fea1020thAdam Khan7RetRet12Ret15121113Ret16Ret125Enrico Toccacelo11Ret2006-07Performance RacingLolaZytekCooper AvonNED sprNED feaCZE sprCZE feaBEI sprBEI feaMYS sprMYS feaIDN sprIDN feaNZ sprNZ feaAUS sprAUS feaZAF sprZAF feaMEX sprMEX feaSHA sprSHA feaGBR sprGBR fea122ndNur Ali20Ret20Ret21Ret18212015181820Ret181015212018Ret172007-08Performance RacingLolaZytekCooper AvonNED sprNED feaCZE sprCZE feaMYS sprMYS feaCHN sprCHN feaNZ sprNZ feaAUS sprAUS feaZAF sprZAF feaMEX sprMEX feaSHA sprSHA feaGBR sprGBR fea120thAdam Khan18171520171414141011Ret1212RetRet18161718Ret
References
External links A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site A1teampak.com Official A1 Team Pakistan Website RacingPakistan.com | Official Racing Pakistan Web Site New Pakistan A1 driver impresses in China