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2008–09 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, China
The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held at Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu, People's Republic of China. All proceeds from this race were donated to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund, following the earthquake which devastated the region in May 2008. Drivers After missing the first race due to a lack of cars, A1 Teams Great Britain, India and Mexico took part in this race. Both A1 Team Pakistan and A1 Team Germany will not make their season debut until the fourth round at Taupo. Team Pakistan require more changes to their chassis to render it suitable for their lead driver Adam Khan, while Team Germany is undergoing management restructuring. The status of A1 Team Canada was not announced, but they were removed from the race's drivers list on the A1GP website front page, and did not make an appearance. Their status for future events is still unknown. ↑ Karthikeyan and Andretti were granted special dispensation to participate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chengdu Goldenport Circuit
Chengdu Goldenport Circuit () also known as Chengdu International Circuit in English, was a permanent circuit in Shi Sheng Road, Jin Jiang, 610023 Chengdu, People's Republic of China. It held a round of Asian Touring Car Series (ATCS), Formula V6 Asia in 2007 and 2008. On August 26 2008, the circuit was confirmed to be hosting a round of the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season. It was the fourth different circuit in China to have hosted an A1 Grand Prix race. The track hosted the second round of the Grand Prix season on 9 November 2008, the Sprint race was won by Adam Carroll of Team Ireland and the Feature race was won by Filipe Albuquerque of Team Portugal. The fastest lap at the circuit was set by Robert Doornbos of Team The Netherlands, who managed a lap of 1:15.212. In August 2019, the venue was announced to be demolished. According to renowned F1 journalist Joe Saward, plans are for a redevelopment of the circuit to be FIA Grade 1 in order to start work towards a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Langley-Khan
Adam Langley-Khan (born 24 May 1985) is a British racing driver of Pakistani descent. History Khan began racing with an intensive course at the BRDC Silverstone Racing School in 2001, and jointly competed in several Junior Formula Ford races. The following year he participated in four races through a scholarship class in the BRDC Formula 3 Winter Series. In May 2003, Eddie Jordan endorsed Adam Khan's career when Khan was 17 years of age for the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. In October same year, he joined Performance Racing programme. Grand Prix 2005–06 After the launching of A1 Team Pakistan, Nur Ali was the first driver to be named in the inaugural 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, but was replaced before the first round with Adam Khan. In the first race at Brands Hatch, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Ireland
A1 Team Ireland was the Irish team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the fourth season, 2008-09. The team Founded by Mark Kershaw and Mark Gallagher in 2005, the team was owned and run by Status Grand Prix. In 2008, Mark Kershaw sold his interest in the team. The new the seat holders were Mark Gallagher, Teddy Yip Jr., John P. Hynes and David Kennedy. History The inaugural team's 2005-06 car was presented to the public on 15 September 2005. For that debut season, Ralph Firman was the team's principal driver, scoring the team its first podium in Portugal to finish 8th overall in the championship. The series organisers awarded the team for being the best presented team,A1 Team Ireland at Eden Rock Sports ''edenrocksports.com'' the first of three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satrio Hermanto
Adil Satryaguna "Satrio" Hermanto (born June 29, 1984 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian racing driver. Career Karting He started racing in the Indonesian karting National Championship in 1994.A1 Team Indonesia drivers ''a1-teamindonesia.com'' * 1995: National Champion Category intercontinental A * 1996: 3rd Place in National Champion Category Intercontinental A * 1997: National Champion Category intercontinental A * 2005: 9th Place in Grand Finale World Rotax Max Touring Car In 1998, he became national champion in Timor (car), Timor One Make Race Division II.Formulas In 1999 he took the 2nd place in the National Formula Asia and 3rd place in the 2000 Formula Ford, Formula Ford Euro Asia Cup in Sentul International Circuit, Sentul. He tested cars in Formula ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Indonesia
A1 Team Indonesia was the Indonesian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Indonesia'' has been operating since January 2008 by Performance Racing, which provide technical and race services. Its team now is managed by Bobby Issazadhe and helped by their new race engineer, Dave Luff. ''a1podium.com'' The new team principal is Bagoes Hermanto. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Satrio Hermanto, Zahir Ali'' 2007–08 season ''Driver: Satrio Hermanto'' Team Indonesia again only managed to score in a single race, this time not scoring until the final race of the season. They finished in 21st position with a single point. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Ananda Mikola, Moreno Soeprapto Moreno Soepraptopage 18, Autosport magazine - 28 September 2006 (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 14, 1982) is an Indonesian politician and former racing In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narain Karthikeyan
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (; born 14 January 1977) is an Indian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between and . Early life and family background Karthikeyan was born on 14 January 1977 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Sheela and Kakarla Karthikeyan Naidu. He has an elder sister, Deepika and younger brother, Rajeev. He did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. His interest in motorsport began at an early age, as his father Karthikeyan was a former Indian national rally champion winning South India Rally seven times. He went on the Elf Winfield Racing School in France, and became a semifinalist in the Pilote Elf Competition for Formula Renault cars in 1992. Early career Narain finished on the podium in his first race at Sriperumbudur in a Formula Maruti National racing championship. Then, he went to France and attended the Elf Winfield Racing School. He returned to India to race in Formula Maruti for the 1993 season a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Prost
Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981) is a French professional racing driver. He most recently raced in the FIA Formula E Championship before quitting the series. Previously, he was a longstanding racer in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Rebellion Racing, Lotus Rebellion Racing. He competes in the Andros Trophy. He was a reserve driver for the now defunct Lotus F1 team. He is a son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. Career Early years Born in Saint-Chamond, Loire, and despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost and his wife Anne-Marie, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. He was born 2 days after his father had competed in the 1981 Austrian Grand Prix. Like his father, Prost is a golfer, and has won numerous tournaments during his tenure at Columbia University in New York City, New York. Formula Three In 2006, he joined Racing Engineering to contest in the Spanish Formula Three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team France
A1 Team France was the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06. Management A1 Team France's owner was Jean-Paul Driot. The team was previously managed by Driot's racing team Driot Associates Motor Sport (DAMS) since the series debut, but has switched to Connor Racing for the 2008–09 season. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Loïc Duval'' 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Jonathan Cochet, Loïc Duval, Nicolas Lapierre, Franck Montagny'' Team France remained competitive during 2007–08, with a win and six podiums leaving them in 4th position overall. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Loïc Duval, Nicolas Lapierre, Jean Karl Vernay'' Team France fell from grace in 2006–07, however still managed to score seven podiums to finish 4th in the championship. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Camile Bernard Lapierre (born 2 April 1984) is a retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Dutch-born racing driver who races with a Chinese license. Career Tung was born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, to Chinese parents with ancestry tracing to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters. In 2001 he raced in the Dutch Formula Ford championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. After winning the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series, he was rewarded with a test drive with the Williams F1 team. In 2004, he joined the ATS Formel 3 Cup. Although he scored race wins and podium finishes, he finished 7th in his rookie year. Tung stayed in the ATS F3 Cup in 2005, finishing the series in third place, before taking the title in 2006, winning 9 races, 4 pole positions and 5 fastest laps. At the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix, he was announced as a test driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team the rest of the year. On 4 April 2007, BCN Competición announced that it had signed T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team China
A1 Team China was the People's Republic of China, Chinese team of A1 Grand Prix, a now defunct international racing series. Management The seat holder ''A1 Team China'' is Liu Yu (刘煜). Werner Gillis is the team principal, and technical support is provided by Team Astromega. History 2008–09 season ''Drivers: Cheng Congfu, Ho-Pin Tung'' 2007–08 season ''Driver: Cheng Congfu'' A mixed bag of results for the team, culminated in 13th position, including a podium at one of the team's home races in 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China, Zhuhai. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Cheng Congfu, Ho-Pin Tung'' Fortunes changed for Team China, as the mix of Cheng and Tung managed to lift the team to 15th position, as well as scoring a podium. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Tengyi Jiang, Qinghua Ma'' Team China were uncompetitive in the inaugural season, scoring points only once and finishing in 22nd position. Drivers Complete A1 Grand Prix results (Template:A1GP results le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Guimarães
Felipe "Lopes" Guimarães (born March 22, 1991, in Anápolis, Goiás) is a Brazilian racing driver. After a childhood in karting, Guimarães transitioned to the extremely competitive Formula Three Sudamericana series at the age of 16 and finished 4th in points with two victories. 2008 took him to Europe where he competed in Euroseries 3000 where he finished 9th in points. He then competed in 11 rounds of the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team Brazil where his best finish was second place in the feature race at Kyalami. He signed on with Bryan Herta Autosport to make his Firestone Indy Lights debut at Watkins Glen International in July 2009. indycar.com, June 30, 2009 He finished on the podium in 3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Brazil
A1 Team Brazil was the Brazilian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management The seat holder for ''A1 Team Brazil'' is the former Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi. Since 2005, Brazilian footballer Ronaldo has been the co-owner of A1 Team Brazil. The team principal is Fernando Paiva. Technical support is provided by DS Motorsport Ltd. History 2008–09 season ''Driver: Felipe Guimarães'' 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Sérgio Jimenez, Bruno Junqueira, Alexandre Negrão'' Performances picked up during the 2007–08 season, with the team scoring a podium in Malaysia, and finishing 11th overall. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Bruno Junqueira, Raphael Matos, Vítor Meira, Tuka Rocha'' The team suffered a bad season, scoring points in only four races and finishing 18th. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Christian Fittipaldi Christian Fittipaldi (born 18 January 1971) is a Brazilian former racing driver who has competed in var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
