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A1 Team Singapore
A1 Team Singapore represented Singapore in the A1 Grand Prix motor racing championship. History Singapore's participation in A1GP came as a result of founder Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum approaching the state government about hosting a round of the inaugural season in the city state. The Singaporean authorities turned down the offer on the basis that it was too risky to close the city for a street race run by an unproven championship, and instead opted to enter a team. The outfit struggled to find sponsorship to fund set-up, going so far as to advertise in The New Paper. A1 Team Singapore missed the deadline to enter the first season, but found support from lawyer Krishna Ramachandra, footballers R. Sasikumar, Luis Figo and Ronaldo, and 300 citizens who pledged SG$50 in exchange for their names to be stickered onto the rear wing ahead of their debut in the 2006–07 season. West Surrey Racing were contracted to operate the team. Former Formula Asia champion Denis Lian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Murchison
Christian Murchison (born 1 November 1980) is a racing driver from Singapore. Biography In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden Championship for two year consecutive years. He finished 5th in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1999, and won the West Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1998. He was named "Rookie of the Year" in Formula Holden in 2000 and in Formula Ford in 1998. In six years of competitive kart racing from 1992–98, he won five West Australian state titles. In 2006, Murchison was selected to drive for the newly formed A1 Team Singapore for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations 2006-7 season. He repaid the team's management by scoring the team's first points in Singapore's third A1 GP event by finishing 8th on the Beijing Street Circuit. Murchison has also dabbled in V8 Supercars endurance events. In 2000 he drove for Perkins Engineering, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draft Evasion
Conscription evasion or draft evasion (American English) is any successful attempt to elude a government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces of one's nation. Sometimes draft evasion involves refusing to comply with the military draft laws of one's nation. Illegal draft evasion is said to have characterized every military conflict of the 20th and 21st centuries, in which at least one party of such conflict has enforced conscription. Such evasion is generally considered to be a criminal offense,Beare, Margaret E., ed. (2012). ''Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice''. Sage Publications, p. 110 ("Draft Dodging" entry). . and laws against it go back thousands of years. There are many draft evasion practices. Those that manage to adhere to or circumvent the law, and those that do not involve taking a public stand, are sometimes referred to as draft avoidance. Draft evaders are sometimes pejoratively referred to as draft dodgers,Bell, Walter F. "Draft Dod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying. 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. Rule changes Sporting * The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Team Italy
A1 Team Italy was the Italian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Italy'' owner was Piercarlo Ghinzani. History 2008–09 season ''Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Fabio Onidi'' For the 2008–09 season, Edoardo Piscopo will be returning to drive for the team, and will be joined by Fabio Onidi, a Euroseries 3000 racer. The traditional dark blue livery of the car has also been changed to a red, white and green livery. 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Enrico Toccacelo'' Team Italy scored on just five occasions, finishing 18th in the championship with 12 points. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Alessandro Pier Guidi, Enrico Toccacelo'' The season was moderately successful for the team, with three podiums and a victory, scoring 52 points, and finishing 7th in the championship. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Massimiliano Busnelli, Max Papis, Enrico Toccacelo Enrico Toccacelo (born 14 December 1978 in Rome) is an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, South Africa
The eighth race of the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season was held on 25 February 2007 in Durban, South Africa. Results The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 25 February 2007. Feature Race results The Feature Race took place on Sunday, 25 February 2007 References {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, South Africa 2007 in South African motorsport, A1 Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Devaney (racing Driver)
Michael Devaney (born 29 November 1984 in Dublin) is an Irish racing driver. Career overview Michael Devaney has been racing since 1997 when he had a successful stint in the Irish Junior Karting Championship winning the All-Ireland and National Championships. He moved into Irish Formula Ford Championship in 2001 aged 16 winning many races, he then moved on to German Formula BMW in 2002 and won in just his second race ahead of Nico Rosberg. Devaney moved up to German Formula 3 in 2004 and became Ireland's youngest ever Formula 3 race winner, in 2005 he fought for the championship and finished 2nd overall despite missing the first two races due to lack of funding. The Dublin man then became the driver for A1 Team Ireland in the A1 Grand Prix series for the 2006–07 season after some strong showings in 2005 while substituting for Ralph Firman Jnr. After leaving his drive with Team Ireland, Devaney signed for newly formed Ultimate Motorsport to compete in the International Brit ... [...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] |
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, Malaysia
The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 26, 2006, at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. This shall be the fourth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit. Report Practice Qualifying Sprint race Main race In wet conditions, Team Germany driver Nico Hülkenberg dominated the field and won by over 40 seconds. Results Qualification Qualification took place on Saturday, November 25, 2006 *After an incident in Qualifying segment 1, in which A1 Team Germany, Germany's Nico Hülkenberg was judged to have caused an avoidable collision with A1 Team Ireland, Ireland's Michael Devaney (racing driver), Michael Devaney, Hülkenberg was deducted his fastest time, though his had no effect on his Sprint race starting grid position. **After an incident in Qualifying segment 2, in which A1 Team South Africa, South Africa's Adrian Zaugg was judged to have blocked A1 Team USA, USA drive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations, Beijing, China
The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first and the only meeting held at the circuit. Due to various safety concerns, the circuit was shortened, and the races started behind the safety car, with the Sprint Race was run mostly behind the safety car. These incidents led to questions about the management and organization of both the event and A1GP in general, eventually leading to series' collapse in 2009. Following the incident and the track's lack of funding, the first Chinese race of the season was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit for the 2007-08 season. Report Practice The first day of practice was canceled because of safety concerns, as the hairpin at the end of the backstraight was too tight for the cars to negotiate safely due to a 180 degree left turn – resulting in cars were running wide ... [...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] |
Ananda Mikola
Ananda Mikola Soeprapto (born 27 April 1980 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian former racing driver. Mikola competed in the Italian and International Formula 3000 series from 1999 to 2001 and was champion of Asian F3 in the 2005 season. He is best known for competing in A1 Grand Prix, representing Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ... for two seasons and scoring a best race finish of fifth. Racing history Career summary A1 Grand Prix results ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Notes References External links * Profile aDriver Database 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Jakarta Indonesian socialites Indonesian racing drivers A1 Team Indonesia drivers Auto GP drivers Formula V6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
