2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands

The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 30, 2007 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.

2007-08 A1GP of Netherlands
Race Details
Race 1 of 10 in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season
DateSeptember 30, 2007
LocationCircuit Park Zandvoort
Zandvoort, Netherlands
Sprint race
Qualifying
Pole South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time1'45.095
Podium
1st South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
2nd France (Loïc Duval)
3rd Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen)
Fastest Lap
FL South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time1'28.353, (Lap 2)
Feature race
Qualifying
Pole South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time1'43.979
Podium
1st Great Britain (Oliver Jarvis)
2nd South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
3rd Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Fastest Lap
FL Mexico (Salvador Durán)
Time1'29.181, (Lap 37)
Official Classifications
PDF Booklet

The sprint race was won by A1 Team South Africa, while the Great Britain car won the Feature Race. With South Africa getting second place in the Feature Race, they took the early lead in the championship.

Pre-race

Due to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session.[1] Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.

Qualifications

Sprint race qualifications
Pos Team Time Gap
1 South Africa 1'45.095 -
2 France 1'45.431 +0.336
3 Mexico 1'46.198 +1.103
4 Switzerland 1'46.728 +1.633
5 Netherlands 1'46.791 +1.696
6 Germany 1'47.056 +1.961
7 Ireland 1'47.343 +2.248
8 New Zealand 1'47.531 +2.436
9 Portugal 1'47.570 +2.475
10 Great Britain 1'47.748 +2.653
11 India 1'48.415 +3.320
12 Brazil 1'49.083 +3.988
13 Italy 1'49.099 +4.004
14 Czech Republic 1'49.444 +4.349
15 China 1'49.746 +4.651
16 Pakistan 1'50.352 +5.257
17 Australia 1'50.553 +5.458
18 Lebanon 1'50.716 +5.621
19 USA 1'52.479 +7.384
20 Malaysia 1'52.543 +7.448
21 Canada 1'52.789 +7.694
22 Indonesia 1'55.381 +10.286
Main race qualifications
Pos Team Time Gap
1 South Africa 1'43.979 -
2 Germany 1'44.670 +0.691
3 Great Britain 1'45.143 +1.164
4 Switzerland 1'45.599 +1.620
5 France 1'45.691 +1.712
6 Ireland 1'45.752 +1.773
7 Czech Republic 1'45.772 +1.793
8 Mexico 1'45.797 +1.818
9 India 1'45.993 +2.014
10 New Zealand 1'46.169 +2.190
11 Netherlands 1'46.554 +2.575
12 Canada 1'46.739 +2.760
13 Brazil 1'47.562 +3.583
14 Italy 1'48.297 +4.318
15 China 1'48.331 +4.352
16 Australia 1'48.423 +4.444
17 Pakistan 1'48.819 +4.840
18 Lebanon 1'49.899 +5.920
19 USA 1'49.924 +5.945
20 Malaysia 1'49.978 +5.999
21 Indonesia 1'52.708 +8.729
22 Portugal no time

Sprint Race

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, September 30, 2007

Pos Team Driver Laps Time Grid Points
1 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 12 18'01.087 1 15+1
2 France Loïc Duval 12 +7.532 2 12
3 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 12 +8.097 5 10
4 Mexico Salvador Durán 12 +8.205 3 8
5 Switzerland Neel Jani 12 +8.581 4 6
6 Germany Christian Vietoris 12 +10.344 6 5
7 Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 12 +10.566 10 4
8 Ireland Ralph Firman 12 +12.168 7 3
9 New Zealand Jonny Reid 12 +13.934 8 2
10 India Narain Karthikeyan 12 +18.516 11 1
11 Portugal João Urbano 12 +24.967 9
12 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 12 +25.717 13
13 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 12 +26.044 12
14 Lebanon Chris Alajajian 12 +34.547 18
15 Czech Republic Erik Janis 12 +35.268 14
16 Malaysia Alex Yoong 12 +35.895 20
17 China Cong Fu Cheng 12 +36.298 15
18 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 12 +36.510 16
19 Canada James Hinchcliffe 12 +39.509 21
20 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 12 +47.932 22
21 Australia Ian Dyk 12 +47.983 17
22 USA Buddy Rice 12 +48.208 19

Main Race

The Main Race took place also on Sunday, September 30, 2007.

Pos Team Driver Laps Time Grid Points
1 Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 45 1:09'51.394 3 15
2 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 45 +5.742 1 12
3 Switzerland Neel Jani 45 +7.974 4 10
4 Mexico Salvador Durán 45 +11.516 8 8+1
5 France Loïc Duval 45 +25.789 5 6
6 Ireland Ralph Firman 45 +33.697 6 5
7 New Zealand Jonny Reid 45 +47.635 10 4
8 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 45 +49.270 11 3
9 Germany Christian Vietoris 45 +49.876 2 2
10 Czech Republic Erik Janis 45 +59.664 7 1
11 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 45 +1'00.078 13
12 Australia Ian Dyk 45 +1'30.593 16
13 USA Buddy Rice 45 +1'31.148 19
14 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 44 +1 Lap 14
15 China Cong Fu Cheng 44 +1 Lap 15
16 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 44 +1 Lap 21
17 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 43 +2 Laps 17
18 Canada James Hinchcliffe 40 +5 Laps 12
19 Lebanon Chris Alajajian 40 +5 Laps 18
Ret India Narain Karthikeyan 13 +32 Laps 9
Ret Malaysia Alex Yoong 8 +37 Laps 20
Ret Portugal João Urbano 2 +43 Laps 22
  • Mexico won the Feature race fastest lap point with a lap time of 1'29.181 therefore giving them an extra point on top of their 4th-place finish points.

Notes

References

  1. Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007)
  2. Chris Alajajian Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  3. Satrio Hermanto results.a1gp.com
  4. Erik Janiš Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  5. Sérgio Jimenez Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  6. Buddy Rice Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  7. Janis is A1GP's 100th driver a1gp.com (September 30, 2007)
Previous race
2006-07 A1GP, Great Britain
A1 Grand Prix
2007-08 season
Next race
2007-08 A1GP, Czech Republic
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.