A1 Team Switzerland is the Swiss team of

A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most f ...

, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the third season, 2007-08.

Management

A1 Team Switzerland is owned by

Max Welti Max Welti (born 6 September 1952 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a former Swiss racing driver, Sauber's first team manager and thus double winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as two-time sports car world champion with Sauber Mercedes. Five yea ...

History

In the inaugural season, Team Switzerland were "best of the rest", with a victory and ten podiums, finishing 2nd in the championship. Team Switzerland lost their competitive edge in 2006-07, with only a single race victory, and finishing 8th in the championship. After a spectacular 2007–08 season,

Neel Jani Neel Jani (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss professional Porsche factory driver. His father is from India and his mother is German Swiss. He achieved his greatest success winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche's LMP ...

single-handedly clinched the championship for Team Switzerland, with four victories and seven podiums. In 2008–09, after having scored 4 wins and 3 other podium finishes,

scored a total of 95 points for Team Switzerland. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the championship, 17 points behind the champions,

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, and just 3 points ahead of Team Portugal.

Drivers

Rahel Frey Rahel Frey (born 23 February 1986 in Niederbipp, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss Audi factory racing driver. She has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, International Formula Master and the German Formula Three Championship. ...

and

Natacha Gachnang Natacha Gachnang (born 27 October 1987 in Vevey, Switzerland) is a Swiss race driver and the cousin of former Formula One driver Sébastien Buemi. In 2010 she was a member of the first all-female crew to race at Le Mans 24 hours since 1991 and she ...

were the two first females to drive an

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during a race weekend. They first drove as test drivers during a test session at Silverstone. Natacha Gachnang drove in the rookie sessions in the 2007-08 Czech round, on October 12, 2007; and Rahel Frey in the 2007-08 Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007.Malaysia: Rahel Frey rookie driver
''results.a1gp.com'' (November 23, 2007)

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(

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), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.

References

External links

Official A1 Grand Prix website
a1gp.com
A1 Team Switzerland
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