2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season

The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third season of A1 Grand Prix.

Calendar

The Indonesian round at Sentul was removed from the calendar. Following the farcical Beijing round the previous season, the second Chinese event was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit near Hong Kong. Two pre-season tests were held at Silverstone Circuit on 28–29 August 2007 and 18–19 September 2007.

Due to Zandvoort's noise restrictions, regular and rookie practice sessions were not held on Friday at the Dutch round.^[1] Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying.

Round	Event	Circuit	Dates
1	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28–30 September 2007
2	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic	Automotodrom Brno	12–14 October 2007
3	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	23–25 November 2007
4	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Zhuhai)	Zhuhai International Circuit	14–16 December 2007
5	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand	Taupo Motorsport Park	18–20 January 2008
6	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	1–3 February 2008
7	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa	Durban Street Circuit	22–24 February 2008
8	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	14–16 March 2008
9	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai)	Shanghai International Circuit	11–13 April 2008
10	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain	Brands Hatch	2–4 May 2008
Map
Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern Creek Durban Mexico City Shanghai Brands Hatch

Entry list

All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis. No new teams entered the championships, whilst both Greece and Singapore did not return having failed to complete their debut seasons.

Drivers in attendance at the Durban round.

Congfu Cheng completed the season for Team China.

Entrant (Team)	Driver	Events
A1 Team Australia Alan Docking Racing	Ian Dyk	1–4
A1 Team Australia Alan Docking Racing	John Martin	5–10
A1 Team Brazil Argo Racing Cars	Sérgio Jimenez	1–6
	Bruno Junqueira	7–8
	Alexandre Negrão	9–10
A1 Team Canada Status Grand Prix	James Hinchcliffe	1–2, 10
A1 Team Canada Status Grand Prix	Robert Wickens	3–9
A1 Team China Team Astromega	Congfu Cheng	All
A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System	Erik Janiš	1–3
	Tomáš Enge	4–6
	Josef Král	7
	Filip Salaquarda	8–10
A1 Team France DAMS	Loïc Duval	1, 3–7
	Nicolas Lapierre	2
	Jonathan Cochet	8
	Franck Montagny	9–10
A1 Team Germany David Sears Motorsport	Christian Vietoris	1–2, 5
A1 Team Germany David Sears Motorsport	Michael Ammermüller	3–4, 6–10
A1 Team Great Britain	Oliver Jarvis	1, 3–4, 7–8
A1 Team Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	2, 5–6, 9–10
A1 Team India Arena Motorsport	Narain Karthikeyan	1–6, 8–10
A1 Team India Arena Motorsport	Parthiva Sureshwaren	7
A1 Team Indonesia A1 Team Indonesia (1–4) Performance Racing (5–10)	Satrio Hermanto	All
A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix	Ralph Firman, Jr.	1
A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix	Adam Carroll	2–10
A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani	Enrico Toccacelo	1–3
A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani	Edoardo Piscopo	4–10
A1 Team Lebanon Argo Racing Cars	Chris Alajajian	1, 3–6
	Jimmy Auby	2, 7, 10
	Khalil Beschir	8–9
A1 Team Malaysia	Alex Yoong	1–5, 8–9
A1 Team Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	6–7, 10
A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport	Salvador Durán	1
	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	2–3
	David Garza	4–8
	Jorge Goeters	9
	David Martínez	10
A1 Team Netherlands Racing for Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All
A1 Team New Zealand David Sears Motorsport	Jonny Reid	All
A1 Team Pakistan Performance Racing	Adam Khan	All
A1 Team Portugal	João Urbano	1–6
A1 Team Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque	7–10
A1 Team South Africa DAMS	Adrian Zaugg	All
A1 Team Switzerland Max Motorsport	Neel Jani	All
A1 Team USA	Buddy Rice	1–2
A1 Team USA	Jonathan Summerton	3–10

Rule changes

Sporting

The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the sprint race whilst the second two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the feature race.^[2]
The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.^[3]
The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap.^[3]
From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.^[4]

Technical

From the Taupo round, the fuel mixture was changed to a 30% biofuel mix produced by Petrochem Carless.^[5]

Results and standings

Results summary

Round		Event	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Report
1	S	Netherlands	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Report
1	F	Netherlands	Adrian Zaugg	Salvador Durán	Oliver Jarvis	Report
2	S	Czech Republic	Adrian Zaugg	Jonny Reid	Jonny Reid	Report
2	F	Czech Republic	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Congfu Cheng	Jonny Reid	Report
3	S	Malaysia	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Report
3	F	Malaysia	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Report
4	S	China (Zhuhai)	Michael Ammermüller	Neel Jani	Michael Ammermüller	Report
4	F	China (Zhuhai)	Neel Jani	Oliver Jarvis	Narain Karthikeyan	Report
5	S	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	Christian Vietoris	Jonny Reid	Report
5	F	New Zealand	Loïc Duval	Neel Jani	Christian Vietoris	Report
6	S	Australia	Loïc Duval	Loïc Duval	Loïc Duval	Report
6	F	Australia	Jonny Reid	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Report
7	S	South Africa	Robert Wickens	Jonny Reid	Robert Wickens	Report
7	F	South Africa	Neel Jani	Congfu Cheng	Neel Jani	Report
8	S	Mexico	Adrian Zaugg	Congfu Cheng	Jonny Reid	Report
8	F	Mexico	Robert Wickens	Oliver Jarvis	Adam Carroll	Report
9	S	China (Shanghai)	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Report
9	F	China (Shanghai)	Neel Jani	Robert Wickens	Jonathan Summerton	Report
10	S	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	Congfu Cheng	Robbie Kerr	Report
10	F	Great Britain	Narain Karthikeyan	Adam Carroll	Narain Karthikeyan	Report

Championship standings

Points system

Points are now assigned in the same manner for both the sprint and feature races using the following format with one bonus point awarded for the fastest lap in each race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Championship standings

Pos	Team	Drivers	NED		CZE		MLY		ZHU		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		SHA		GBR		Pts
Pos	Team	Drivers	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	Pts
1	Switzerland	Neel Jani	5	3	8	3	1	1	2	6	Ret	13	10	2	3	1	3	19	1	5	4	3	168
2	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	9	7	1	1	5	8	10	2	1	4	2	9	20	10	1	12	Ret	4	8	8	127
3	Great Britain	Oliver Jarvis	7	1			6	12	6	5					2	11	2	2					126
3	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr			2	17					Ret	Ret	16	3					9	9	1	2	126
4	France	Loïc Duval	2	5			2	2	8	7	3	3	1	Ret	11	2							118
		Nicolas Lapierre			6	5
		Jonathan Cochet															12	13
		Franck Montagny																	12	8	10	5
5	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	1	2	4	16	10	Ret	Ret	3	4	7	7	1	13	7	Ret	6	7	16	7	11	96
6	Ireland	Ralph Firman, Jr.	8	6																			94
6	Ireland	Adam Carroll			3	6	7	7	4	16	6	5	15	13	15	Ret	4	1	11	3	3	13	94
7	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	3	8	5	2	18	4	9	Ret	5	8	9	8	5	4	8	4	17	18	9	6	87
8	Germany	Christian Vietoris	6	9	7	8					2	1											83
8	Germany	Michael Ammermüller					16	EX	1	4			4	7	EX	Ret	Ret	20	6	10	20	Ret	83
9	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	19	18	12	11															15	17	75
9	Canada	Robert Wickens					3	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	2	3	6	1	12	7	5	2	20			75
10	India	Narain Karthikeyan	10	Ret	21	9	11	6	7	1	10	Ret	11	11			13	9	5	7	5	1	61
10	India	Parthiva Sureshwaren													17	Ret							61
11	Portugal	João Urbano	11	Ret	9	18	13	Ret	19	12	8	12	12	16									59
11	Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque													7	3	6	7	3	2	6	7	59
12	United States	Buddy Rice	22	13	16	15																	56
12	United States	Jonathan Summerton					12	10	12	10	7	14	5	Ret	10	Ret	5	3	21	1	2	12	56
13	China	Congfu Cheng	17	15	10	4	Ret	5	3	9	14	Ret	14	10	4	6	17	10	10	15	21	4	55
14	Brazil	Sérgio Jimenez	13	11	11	7	4	3	18	Ret	13	6	8	4									44
		Bruno Junqueira													Ret	9	10	8
		Alexandre Negrão																	14	13	16	14
15	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	16	Ret	17	14	9	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					9	15	4	6			25
15	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy											20	17	9	5					13	Ret	25
16	Mexico	Salvador Durán	4	4																			22
		Michel Jourdain, Jr.			13	22	20	11
		David Garza							16	11	17	9	17	18	8	Ret	16	14
		Jorge Goeters																	20	21
		David Martínez																			20	16
17	Australia	Ian Dyk	21	12	Ret	13	Ret	9	13	15													20
17	Australia	John Martin									9	Ret	6	5	6	14	Ret	21	15	14	14	Ret	20
18	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	12	14	14	10	8	Ret															12
18	Italy	Edoardo Piscopo							11	Ret	12	Ret	13	14	14	8	11	Ret	8	12	17	9	12
19	Czech Republic	Erik Janiš	15	10	18	12	15	15															10
		Tomáš Enge							5	8	Ret	11	18	15
		Josef Král													18	Ret
		Filip Salaquarda															Ret	16	13	11	12	15
20	Pakistan	Adam Khan	18	17	15	20	17	14	14	14	11	10	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	18	16	17	18	Ret	1
21	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	20	16	19	19	19	16	17	Ret	16	Ret	21	20	16	Ret	14	11	19	19	19	10	1
22	Lebanon	Chris Alajajian	14	19			14	Ret	Ret	13	15	Ret	19	19									0
		Jimmy Auby			20	21									19	13					22	18
		Khalil Beschir															15	17	18	22
Pos	Team	Drivers	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	Pts
Pos	Team	Drivers	NED		CZE		MLY		ZHU		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		SHA		GBR		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Green	Retired, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)
Bold	Pole position
*	Fastest lap
spr	Sprint Race
fea	Feature Race

References

^ Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007)
^ New qualifying and points system a1gp.com (August 29, 2007)
^ ^a ^b Feature race gets second pit stop a1gp.com (August 29, 2007)
^ Safety car pit light introduced a1gp.com (January 18, 2008)
^ Biofuel confirmed for Taupo a1gp.com (December 18, 2007)

External links

[1] Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007)

[2] New qualifying and points system a1gp.com (August 29, 2007)

[pit-3] Feature race gets second pit stop a1gp.com (August 29, 2007)

[4] Safety car pit light introduced a1gp.com (January 18, 2008)

[5] Biofuel confirmed for Taupo a1gp.com (December 18, 2007)

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