A1 Team Pakistan was the representative team of

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in the former

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motor racing series.

History

2005–06 season

A1 Team

was launched in front of the

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. Pakistan's President

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was a guest at the event, hosted by A1 Team Pakistan Chairman Arif Hussain and its managing director, Chaudry Salik Hussain. The team was to be run by

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was the first driver to be named in A1GP, but was replaced before the first round with British-born driver

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. In the first race at

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, Adam 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 to score a point until the final race in China where Khan finished fifth. The team missed three rounds after Khan was injured in a practice crash in

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, although

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was drafted in as a non-scoring substitute driver for said weekend. Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of 10 points.

2006–07 season

Khan left the team, and Nur Ali was recalled to race in season two. Swedish outfit

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took over the running of the team from Super Nova. Ali contested the full season, qualified last at every round (bar Beijing where qualifying was cancelled) and scored the teams' only point as the last classified finisher in the South African feature race.

2007–08 season

Khan returned to the squad for season three. Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.

2008–09 season

On 10 September 2008, Khan was announced as both the driver and team seat holder for the 2008–09 season. Team Craft took over the running of the team. The team failed to appear at any events that season, initially due to problems with Khan fitting in the new chassis and later due to date-clashes with Khan's duties as demonstration driver for the Renault F1 Team.http://www.indiacar.net/news/n70229.htm

Drivers

¹ Italian driver

from

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, drove the Team Pakistan car in the 2005–06 South African race, after

was injured during the practice sessions.

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Pakistan's first ever local Formula racing driver was also nominated to race for the team but did not carry on with it.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

( key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

References

External links

A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web SiteA1teampak.com Official A1 Team Pakistan WebsiteRacingPakistan.com , Official Racing Pakistan Web SiteNew Pakistan A1 driver impresses in China
{{National sports teams of Pakistan Pakistan A1 team Motorsport in Pakistan A Auto racing teams established in 2005 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2008