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23.10.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport was in action again today in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, UK with some teams taking the opportunity to get some extra track time ahead of the second round of the season A1GP Chengdu, China 7 – 9 November.
A1 Teams France, Brazil and Switzerland had no pre-season testing before arriving in Zandvoort for the season-opener earlier this month.
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21.10.2008
Work is well underway in preparation for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport’s inaugural visit to Chengdu next month, the first major international motorsport event to take place in the Sichuan Province.
The series has strong ties with China, having raced there five times in the last three seasons, but this will be a new challenge for the A1GP Powered by Ferrari cars when they
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14.10.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is delighted to announce that Magneti Marelli is to be the official technical partner of the series for the 2008/09 season. Under the terms of the agreement, A1GP will utilise Magneti Marelli electronic systems in many key areas of the new A1GP Powered by Ferrari cars.
Using the Magneti Marelli modular design engine and gear control system, A
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06.10.2008
A1 Team France has claimed the first Feature race victory of the season in extremely wet conditions at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands. From third on the grid Loïc Duval put in a mature drive to take France’s 15th win. Sprint rac
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06.10.2008
1 Loic DUVAL FRANCE 36 11:58.723 -
2 Fairuz FAUZY MALAYSIA 36 12:01.011 2.288
3 Earl BAMBER NEW ZEALAND 36 12:01.432 2.709
4 John MARTIN AUSTRALIA 36 12:05.052 6.329
5 Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN NETHERLANDS 36 12:06.996 8.273
6 Clivio PICCIONE MONACO 34 12:03.356 2 Laps
7 Jin Woo HWANG KOREA 33 12:28.432 3 Laps
8 Daniel MORAD
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05.10.2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
What a superb race! It was wet, but that didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm.
Flag France win, ahead of Malaysia, New Zealand
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05.10.2008
A1 Team Malaysia has won the first race of the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands. In a rain-soaked Sprint race, Fairuz Fauzy came from fourth on the grid to take the team’s first victory in 27 races.
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05.10.2008
1 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 10 19'44.533
2 New Zealand Earl Bamber 10 19'48.007 3.474
3 France Loïc Duval 10 19'50.803 6.270
4 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 10 19'57.966 13.433
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05.10.2008
Races will be streamed in full on www.A1GP.com/livevideo
Flag It was a fantastic first race - be sure to watch it in full on our streaming service at 11:45 GMT/12.45 BST/13:45 local time on
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04.10.2008
Race: A1GP Zandvoort, The Netherlands (round 1 of 10)
Local hero Jeroen Bleekemolen will start on pole position in the A1 Team Netherlands
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04.10.2008
The Netherlands – Local hero Jeroen Bleekemolen will start on pole position for his home race, A1GP Zandvoort tomorrow after posting a 1m 24.213s in qualifying at Circuit Park Zandvoort.
Eighteen-year-old Earl Bamber put in an impressive performance for New Zealand to put Black Beauty on the front row of the grid in preparation for his first ever A1GP race start. Adam Ca
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04.10.2008
Race: A1GP Zandvoort, The Netherlands (round 1 of 10)
The Netherlands – A1 Team Netherlands set the pace in free practice for A1GP Zandvoort, the Netherlands today. Driver Jeroen Bleekemolen smashed the lap record in his new A1GP Powered by
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04.10.2008
1 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1'25.387 12
2 Switzerland Neel Jani 1'25.995 0.608 24
3 Ireland Adam Carroll 1'26.532 1.145 15
4 USA Charlie Kimball 1'26.598 1.211 18
5 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1'26.840 1.453 19
6 Monaco Clivio Piccione 1'26.856 1.469 23
7 Italy Fabio Onidi 1'27.247 1.860 19
8 Lebanon Daniel Morad 1'28.
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04.10.2008
Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti are both set to race in A1GP this season, US team boss Michael Andretti has confirmed.
It was announced earlier this week that American single-seater team Andretti Green Racing would run the US entry in A1GP this season, and team co-owner Michael Andretti flew into Zandvoort this morning to announce to the world’s media his plans f
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04.10.2008
A1 Team Netherlands set the pace in free practice for A1GP Zandvoort, the Netherlands today. Driver Jeroen Bleekemolen smashed the lap record in his new A1GP Powered by Ferrari car with a time of 1m 25.387s, as the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport 2008/09 season got underway.
Neel Jani, driving for reigning champion A1 Team Switzerland, was second quickest, an impressive show
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04.10.2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008 A1GP
1 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1'26.892
2 Ireland Adam Carroll 1'28.483 1.591
3 New Zealand Earl Bamber 1'29.884 2.992
4 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1'31.440 4.548
5 Australia John Martin 1'32.162 5.270
6 Italy Fabio Onidi 1'32.514 5.622
7 Monaco Clivio Piccione 1'38.450 11.558
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04.10.2008
A1 Team Switzerland will start the defence of its A1GP World Cup of Motorsport title this weekend at Zandvoort, following a week of drama.
The team received its chassis this week, however, despite its best efforts, was unable to prepare it in time for this weekend’s season opener, A1GP Zandvoort, The Netherlands.
However, in a bizarre twist of events, A1 Team Paki
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04.10.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will be making changes to its race weekend format for A1GP Zandvoort, the Netherlands with qualifying and the Sprint race being affected.
In place of the four separate qualifying segments there will now be just a one-hour session, with no restriction on the number of laps each car can complete. These times will determine the grid for the Sprin
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03.10.2008
In the build up to the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season opener at Zandvoort this weekend a selection of drivers limbered up with a bicycle tour of Amsterdam.
Leaving their new A1GP Powered by
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03.10.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will have a maximum of 18 cars on the grid for its first race of the 2008/09 season, A1GP Zandvoort, The Netherlands.
"We cannot blame any of the missing teams for a lack of effort. They all burnt the midnight oil and worked as hard as humanly possible to make the grid, but the car build delays just beat them," said A1GP CEO, Pete da Silva.
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22.09.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is due to hit the ground running with a full line of up of both new and renewed TV deals ensuring continued worldwide exposure for the series that kicks off Season Four in less than a month.
Commenting on the new agreements, A1GP's Director of Broadcast, Richard Dorfman said: "A1GP continues to attract new broadcasters around the
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15.09.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is making sure all its Season Four drivers and engineers have the chance to get to grips with the new Powered by Ferrari car thanks to a simulation programme created specifically for the series by All In Sports.
Based in Modena, Italy, the simulator has been designed to educate both drivers and engineers in the specific operating and electroni
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12.09.2008
Trouble free was the best way to describe the second day of testing at Donington Park with the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Powered by Ferrari cars. Heavy rain interrupted day one on Tuesday, but today was much drier with the cars covering a total of 466 laps of the 2.5-mile circuit between them and also beating the circuit’s 15-year-old track record.
The honour of g
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10.09.2008
Fans of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport can now re-live the highs and lows of what has been the closest title race to date with the release of a special two disc DVD set of the 2007/08 season.
These cover highlights of the action right from the start of the season, in front of the lively, partisan Dutch crowd at the Zandvoort track in October 2007, to the equally lively, and
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09.09.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is heading back to Brands Hatch, for the fourth year in succession and will hold the 2008/09 season finale there on 1 – 3 May 2009. The Kent circuit has played host to three superb A1GP events so far, with the inaugural race in September 2005 and the Season Two and Three finales.
A1GP Chief Executive Officer, Pete da Silva, said
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29.08.2008
The Principality of Monaco is famous worldwide for its racing heritage, so A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is delighted to announce A1 Team Monaco will be competing in the series in Season Four. Not only will the red and white colours of the Monaco flag adorn the car, but the venture also has the personal blessing of His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The team
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26.08.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has strong ties with China, having raced there five times in the last three seasons, but for Season Four the series will have a new venue in its most visited country and take the opportunity to help an earthquake struck region. The Chengdu International Circuit will host round two on the 7-9 November 2008 and proceeds f
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25.08.2008
The new A1GP Powered by Ferrari cars were in testing action again over three days last week - on UK soil for the first time at Silverstone International Circuit in Northamptonshire. The new black A1GP liveried machine made its debut running alongside the yellow t
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22.08.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has moved A1GP Mugello, Italy from the opening round of the 2008/09 championship following a delay in the build schedule of the new chassis. The first time all the nations will be seen in action will now be on the 4 – 5 October at A1GP Zandvoort, Netherlands.
The series set itself a tight schedule with less than 11 months to design, build and
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18.08.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has always prided itself in the fact that its cars are some of the safest on the world’s race tracks. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the season four A1GP Powered by Ferrari car has undergone and passed some of the most stringent crash tests possible.
The car firstly underwent FIA chassis squeeze tests, as opposed to a sudden imp
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11.08.2008
The pressure will be even greater for the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport national teams when they go to Mugello, Italy for the start of season four in September.
An extra mandatory pit stop is among the changes to the series’ Sporting Regulations planned to make the racing even more exciting with the extra stop having to be taken in the A1GP Sprint Race between laps four a
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05.08.2008
Wind tunnel testing has been a key element in the development of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Powered by Ferrari car for season four. The car that had its first public running at the Mugello circuit was the product of many hours spent by the A1GP technical team in wind tunnels at the University of Southampton’s School of Engineering Sciences.
John Travis, A1GP T
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22.07.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will race in Italy for the first time this season with the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello today holding a launch
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22.07.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has entered into a partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Government for the hosting rights for the South African A1GP event, ushering in a new era for both parties and promising to provide significant economic, social and tourism benefits for the province.
It is expected that the A1GP Gauteng event will serve as a catalyst for the creation
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21.07.2008
- Michelin is to become the exclusive tyre partner to A1GP World Cup of Motorsport starting with the 2008/09 season. The French company which has a vast motorsport heritage has signed a three year deal to provide tyres for the new A1GP Powered by Ferrari car.
Michelin tyre technicians have been working hard with the A1GP technical personnel to provide the best possible ru
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14.07.2008
Close exciting racing and maximum exposure for its sponsors and partners are the criteria for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport and its new Powered by Ferrari car for season four. With this in mind the chassis already has a re-designed engine cover.
A1GP Chief Commercial Officer, Scott Hollingsworth, explained the reasoning behind this: "With all the cars being identical we ha
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09.07.2008
From this Friday A1 Team France will be following the route of Le Tour De France, one of the world’s most famous sporting events, when it sends an A1GP World Cup of Motorsport car on a three week journey round France.
The event attracts millions of fans and they will be able to see an A1 Team France liveried car when they flock to arrival cities around the country to gree
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07.07.2008
A total of 3,500 kilometres, the equivalent of over half a season's mileage, is the distance covered to date by the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Powered by Ferrari car. The latest series of tests for the car were in Spain with five days at the Guadix Circuit near Granada followed by three days at Jerez.
Scuderia Ferrari test driver, Marc Gene, has now had his first ta
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23.06.2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport enters a new era as the 2008/09 season approaches, moving to the forefront of technology by becoming one of the first international racing series to offer its World Feed TV Broadcast in High Definition (HD).
A1GP is carried by more than 45 broadcast licensees worldwide, reaching nearly 180 countries and territories around the globe. They will
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21.06.2008
A1 Team Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi met with Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia last week. Fittipaldi was in town to race in the Brazilian GT3 Championship with his brother Wilson. In the meeting with the President, which also ha
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18.06.2008
Event: A1GP Mugello, Italy launch Date: 22 July 2008
Venue: Mugello, Italy
Mugello, Italy will host an event to launch the first race weekend of the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, 19 - 21 September 2008.
The launch will comprise of a late morning introduction with key spokespeople followed by the unveiling of the A1 Team Italy livery and first pub
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13.06.2008
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport
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10.06.2008
A1GP teams will have two multi-day test sessions to get to grips with the new A1GP car.
As part of the calendar announcement, the testing programme for the off-season was also confirmed as two official sessions.
With all nations getting a new car, powered by legendary Italian sportscar manufacturer Ferrari, for the fourth season of A1GP World cup
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10.06.2008
The fourth season of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will take place over 11 events and 22 races, A1GP officials have confirmed.
The 2008/09 schedule, released first on A1GP.com this morning, will have one more event than last season.
There will also be at least three completely new events, with Portugal and Indonesia joining the previously announced season-opener in
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27.05.2008
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport car for the 2008/09 season had its first shakedown at Fiorano, the Ferrari test track in Italy, last weekend. The Powered by Ferrari car was driven by, Andrea Bertolini.
Following the first laps the initial feedback was positive. At Fiorano for this we
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07.05.2008
Precision is a key word in both motorsport and the watch industry, so the announcement of TW Steel as the new Official Timing and Watch Partner for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is an ideal match. Both the series and the watch company are young and growing rapidly, so the three year deal, starting for the 2008/09 season, will see them continue to do this together on a world stage.
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07.05.2008
Event: A1GP 2007/08 Gala Awards
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport celebrated the end of its 2007/08 season with a glittering Gala Awards dinner at the Hilton Park Lane in London on Monday 5 May. Teams, drivers, sponsors and officials gathered to pay tribute to the memorable achievements of the
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04.05.2008
1 Switzerland 168
2 New Zealand 127
3 Great Britain 126
4 France 118
5 South Africa 96
6 Ireland 94
7 Netherlands 87
8 Germany 83
9 Canada 75
10 India 61
11 Portugal 59
12 USA 56
13 China 55
14 Brazil 44
15 Malaysia 25
16 Mexico 22
17 Aus
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04.05.2008
Race: A1GP Brands Hatch, Great Britain (round 10 of 10)
A1 Team India secured its second win of the season when Narain Karthikeyan took victory in the Brands Hatch season finale Feature race this afternoon while GBR's Robbie Kerr notched up another home race podium after a beautiful drive, j
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04.05.2008
Flag The crowd are loving this! Everyone is coming down to the podium to cheer everyone on.
Flag Donuts all round everyone! India, Great Britain and Switzerland perform end-of-season donuts to cheering fans. It's the race winner, the home team and the new champion sending the crowd wild
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