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10.08.2006
The two week interval between the San Jose and Denver race weekends might be a break from racing for some drivers, but not for Graham Rahal. The young driver flew to the UK after the Grand Prix of San Jose and two days later was powering around the Snetterton racetrack in a 550 horsepower A1GP car. He was back in the cockpit of the A1 Team Lebanon car in preparation for the secon
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07.08.2006
With the start of the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season in Holland just a handful of weeks away, motorsport fans in the UK have an early opportunity to see A1 Team GBR’s A1GP car in action as the team gets set to participate in Sky Festival hosted this weekend in Manchester, Friday 11th – Sunday 13th August.
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06.08.2006
With two spectacular demonstrations during the Masters of F3, A1 Team Netherlands has kicked off the promotour op A1GP in the Netherlands.
On a sunny and crowded Circuit Park Zandvoort Jos Verstappen drove the A1 Team Netherlands car again, together with Jan Lammers in the Rac
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06.08.2006
A1 Grand Prix’s Executive Board and Seatholders met today in London to discuss the upcoming season and a variety of changes, both commercial and technical, to be implemented in the Series’ second season to commence 1 October in Zandvoort, the Netherlands.
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06.08.2006
Zandvoort, August 5, 2006
With a spectacular demo, today at Circuit Park Zandvoort, A1 Team Netherlands and Jos Verstappen gave a little prelude to the upcoming A1GP, on October 1.
Jos Verstappen, who was confirmed last week as the A1 Team Netherlands driver
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02.08.2006
Jos Verstappen will again drive for A1 Team Netherlands in the upcoming season of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, which kicks off at Zandvoort on October 1.
It was a long wait, but finally there is the confirmation that the successful trio of Jos Verstapp
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02.08.2006
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will bring speed and excitement to the streets of Manchester, UK this summer as part of Sky Festival. In a UK-first, six elite A1GP cars and drivers will complete a 1.5km course, through the centre of Manchester from 2-3pm on Sunday 13 August – the third and final day of the three day free festival.
Members of the public will be able to t
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19.07.2006
A1 Team Great Britain enjoyed a successful two day test at Pembrey this week, 17th-18th July, with Cambridgeshire’s Oliver Jarvis (22) sampling an A1GP car for the first time in his burgeoning career.
The reigning Formula Renault UK Champion and 2006 British F3 race winner, no stranger to the South Wales circuit thanks to its popularity as an F3 test venue, showcased his
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19.07.2006
Canadian racing stand-outs James Hinchcliffe and Kevin Lacroix lived up to their respective billings as two of the country’s hottest young open-wheel talents when they sampled the might of a 500bhp A1GP race car courtesy of a test with A1 Team Canada in the United Kingdom this week, 17th-18th July.
With the new season of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport looming large, Hi
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13.07.2006
Oliver Jarvis, winner of the 2005 McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award, will sample an A1GP car for the first time next week, Monday 17th – Tuesday 18th July, having been invited to test with A1 Team Great Britain at the Pembrey Circuit in South Wales.
Jarvis, the 2005 Formula Renault UK Champion, will have his first taste of the 500bhp A1GP car on Monda
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13.07.2006
James Hinchcliffe and Kevin Lacroix, two of Canada’s most exciting open-wheel racing prospects, have been invited by A1 Team Canada to sample the power of an A1 Grand Prix car at a test to be held at the Pembrey Circuit in the United Kingdom next week, Monday 17th – Tuesday 18th July.
The driver evaluation, hosted on the 1.456-mile track in South Wales, will allow Hinchc
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07.07.2006
Sean McIntosh’s global exploits racing for A1 Team Canada in last season’s A1 Grand Prix of Nations have helped further elevate his profile back home in Canada – a fact reflected in the latest polling in the ‘Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards’ as he emerged as the top-ranked open-wheel
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06.07.2006
Today A1 Grand Prrix has unveiled the provisional calendar for the second A1GP season. At the moment there are 13 races scheduled. As announced earlier the A1 season kicks off on October 1, at a completely sold out Zandvoort. The weekend after the race at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic will be held, after which A1 Grand Prix says goodbye to Europe. The season finale is th
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04.07.2006
To help celebrate the relocation and re-opening of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (CMHF), now situated in Halton Hills, Ontario, A1 Team Canada’s Sean McIntosh has donated the race boots and gloves he wore in Indonesia as he claimed Canada’s maiden victory in the A1 Grand Prix of Nations back in February.
Having moved to its new home last month, based at Legendary
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04.07.2006
A1 race car put through its paces
The A1 race car was tested for sheer speed last month, when international magazine Autocar pitched it against the most expensive supercars in the world. Recording a time of 8.4 seconds from 0-100-0mph, the 550bhp V8 A1 car was unsurprisingly top of the time sheet.
It was the first run for an A1 car in the UK, since being
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29.06.2006
During the past season, there have been various try outs and polls and the result was very positive.
Jan Lammers: "We are pleased with this sponsor deal with Remeha. A strong, innovative and 100 % Dutch company with activities all over Europe. A1 Team Netherla
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27.06.2006
Sean McIntosh and Patrick Carpentier were on-hand to see A1 Team Canada’s A1GP car displayed in Canada for the very first time as it stole the limelight on Montreal’s St. Laurent Boulevard during the Grand Prix festivities last weekend, 22nd-25th June.
Famous for its restaurants and bars, St. Laurent Boulevard is one of THE places to be seen in Montreal and put simply it
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14.06.2006
A1 Grand Prix's Executive Board and Seatholders met today in London to discuss the upcoming season and a variety of changes, both commercial and technical, to be implemented in the Series' second season to commence 1 October in Zandvoort, the Netherlands.
Among discussion points that were agreed were:
The extension of the Feature race from 60 minutes to 70
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26.05.2006
Robbie Kerr will be reunited with his A1GP car next Thursday, 1st June, as A1 Team Great Britain participates in Autocar Magazine’s 0-100-0 challenge at the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire.
Forming part of a stellar line-up of vehicles being put to th
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25.05.2006
Attracted by the success of A1 Grand Prix’s (A1GP) first racing season, major London investors have committed to providing full funding for the Series, assuring a strong future for the first ever World Cup of Motorsport.
A1GP has engaged Nomura to ra
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15.05.2006
Busy weekend for A1 drivers
A number of A1 drivers continued their summer programmes with a busy weekend of racing.
In the fourth round of GP2, Nelson Piquet, Alex Premat, Nicolas Lapierre and Fairuz Fauzy were taking part in their sec
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04.05.2006
The A1 Team Malaysia crew members are currently enjoying a well-deserved break from A1 Grand Prix competition, but the team’s drivers, Alex Yoong and Fairuz Fauzy, are both racing in Europe during the summer.
Fauzy remains in a single seater, competing in the International GP2 series, which supports the FIA Formula One World Championship while Yoong has opted for a sport
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21.04.2006
Sean McIntosh’s efforts over the winter behind the wheel of Canada’s entry in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix of Nations caught the attention of many industry observers and media alike, not least the 20-year-old’s sublime drive from last-to-first in Indonesia in February to capture A1 Team C
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21.04.2006
Reliability a highlight in the first season of A1 Grand Prix
As attention turns to the second season of A1 Grand Prix, one of the main achievements to be taken from the first season is the amazing reliability of the A1 Cars. Providing exciting and close racing, with thrilling overtaking manoeuvres in every race, the A1 Cars have shown near 100 per cent reliability
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20.04.2006
The second season of A1 Grand Prix has already got off to a flying start, with event organisers experiencing an overwhelming demand for tickets for the first race in The Netherlands on 1 October. Additional grandstand tickets released this week have already been snapped up b
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07.04.2006
Having posted top-five times in his Formula Renault 3.5 World Series car at Le Mans last weekend, Britain’s Robbie Kerr headed to Germany’s Nurburgring this week, Wednesday 5th- Thursday 6th April, for the final two days of official pre-season testing with Team KTR. Brake problems restricted Kerr’s pro
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07.04.2006
Canada’s Sean McIntosh concluded the final two days of pre-season testing in the World Series by Renault by heading the timesheets at Germany’s Nurburgring Circuit on Wednesday before finishing third fastest in yesterday’s final day of practice ahead of the start of the s
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03.04.2006
Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai International Circuit, China
Team Australia have finished the inaugural A1 Grand Prix of Nations season in style, making it to the podium in the final race of the series.
The race was held in China, at the Shanghai Inter
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02.04.2006
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02.04.2006
Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai/China;
Sunday, 2 April 2006 - A1 Team France, with its drivers Nicolas Lapierre and Alexandre Prémat, won in stunning manner, by taking 13 wins from 22 races and claiming three pole positions, five fastest race laps and 20 finishes
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02.04.2006
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02.04.2006
Shanghai, 2 April 2006
For A1 Team Netherlands the finish of the first A1 Grand Prix season was not what they had hoped for beforehand. After a difficult start of the weekend the team stayed outside the points in both races today. With a total of 69 points A1 Team Nethe
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02.04.2006
A1 Team Malaysia took a convincing first win in the Sprint race at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China event today, and followed this with a second place finish in the Feature race.
A dominant performance by Alex Yoong, driving for his
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02.04.2006
A1 Team Lebanon equalled its best performance in China today with an 11th place finish in the final race of the season at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China.
Seventeen-year-old Graham Rahal was driving for the team this weekend and proved his ability to race
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02.04.2006
Round 11 – A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai International Circuit, China Qualified: 11th / Sprint Race Finish: DNF / Feature Race Finish: 7th / Series standing: =10th (59pts) A1 Team Canada, despite a mixed day today in the final round of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations
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02.04.2006
Round 11 – A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai International Circuit, China Qualified: 2nd , Sprint Race: 2nd , Feature Race: 14th , Series Standing: 3rd
Darren Manning didn’t get an easy time in his first A1 race and had a tough time holding onto se
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02.04.2006
Black Beauty bolts to 4th in the championship
The New Zealand A1 Grand Prix team has jumped up two places on the championship table to finish the inaugural World Cup of Motorsport in 4 th place, a result the team is calling "remarkable".
After qualifying a disappoi
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02.04.2006
It was a disappointing day for A1 Team Brasil in the final races of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix series. After a difficult qualifying session yesterday, Christian did well to score a point in today’s Sprint race, but did not score any points in the Feature race after a spin caused his engine t
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02.04.2006
The Czech Republic became the eighth nation to win an A1 Grand Prix event, crossing the line first at the end of the Shanghai Feature race. Snatching first place from Sprint race winner, Malaysia’s Alex Yoong who still managed to retain second ahead of Australia’s Ryan Br
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02.04.2006
Shanghai – A1 Team Malaysia’s Alex Yoong converted his first pole position into the team’s first race win after a dominant performance in the Sprint race at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai Circuit, China, taking his spot at the head of the grid for the following Feature race.
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01.04.2006
Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai/China
Saturday, 1 April 2006 - A1 Team Switzerland will start tomorrow's final round of the iaugural A1 Grand Prix season from 10th place on the grid. Giorgio Mondini started the first of four qualifying sessions by setting the 10th fast
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01.04.2006
Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai/China; Saturday, 1 April 2006
A1 Team France starts tomorrow's Sprint Race in Shanghai/China from row two of the grid. After a very competitive and exciting session, Alexandre Prémat took third place on the grid behind pole setter
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01.04.2006
Shanghai, China, 1 April 2006
A1 Team Malaysia celebrated the team’s first A1 Grand Prix pole position today at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China.
The team continued preparations for the final two races of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix ser
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01.04.2006
Shanghai, 1 April 2006
The seventh grid position of A1 Team Netherlands tomorrow for the Sprintrace of the A1 Grand Prix at Shanghai, creates possibilities for the team. During qualifying Verstappen set an aggregate time of 3’46.208 (1’52.366 & 1’52.840). Malays
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01.04.2006
1st April 2006 Qualifying, Round 11 – A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai International Circuit, China
In his first event in an A1 car Darren Manning was on a charge for his qualifying sessions, taking eight tenths of a second over the competition on his first run. He mai
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01.04.2006
Team Lebanon continued its preparations for the final races of the A1 Grand Prix 2005/06 season, with a final practice session and qualifying for the Sprint race tomorrow. Graham Rahal, one of the three A1 Team Lebanon drivers, was selected to be in the cockpit for the team this weeken
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01.04.2006
A1 GP SERIES - SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT, CHINA
Shanghai – A1 Team Malaysia snatched their first pole position for the final Sprint race of the 2005/06 A1 Grand Prix season this afternoon after the flag had dropped in the last of the four Qualifyin
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01.04.2006
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01.04.2006
DRIVER NOMINATIONS FOR QUALIFYING
Shanghai - Half the field topped the timing sheet this morning in the last official practice session of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai International Circuit, China. With France, USA, Great Britain, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Czec
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01.04.2006
OFFICIAL PRACTICE SESSION RESULTS
Shanghai – The closing round of A1 Grand Prix’s inaugural season got underway today with 22 A1 race cars taking to the impressive Shanghai International Circuit for two Official Practice sessions.
Fastest of the day was A1 Team F
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