A1 Team South Africa
A1 Team South Africa is the South African team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
| A1 Team South Africa | |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Seat holder(s) | Tokyo Sexwale |
| Team principal | - |
| Race driver(s) | Adrian Zaugg, Alan van der Merwe |
| Car nickname | Vulindlela |
| First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
| Rounds entered | 33 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Sprint race victories | 2 |
| Feature race victories | 1 |
| Pole positions | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Total points | 143 |
| 2008-09 position | 9th (3 pts) |
Management
A1 Team South Africa's owner is Tokyo Sexwale. The Chief Executive Officer of the team is Dana Cooper and the technical and sporting manager is Mike Carroll. For the 2006–07 season South Africa have enlisted DAMS to run their car, the outfit which ran the French and Swiss teams to 1st and 2nd places in 2005–06.
History
2008–09 season
Driver: Adrian Zaugg
2007–08 season
Driver: Adrian Zaugg
Consistent scoring, two victories, and two podiums brought Team South Africa 5th place in the championship.
2006–07 season
Drivers: Stephen Simpson, Shane Brewer, Adrian Zaugg
Team South Africa had mixed fortunes in 2006–07. A victory, a podium, and two high-placing results were offset by other bad results, and the team finished in 14th position.
2005–06 season
Drivers: Tomas Scheckter, Stephen Simpson
In the inaugural season, Team South Africa scored a podium en route to 17th place in the championship.
Drivers
| Name | Seasons | Races (Starts) |
A1GP Title | Wins | Sprint wins |
Main wins |
2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Scheckter | 2005-06 | 2 (4) | 1 | ||||||||
| Stephen Simpson | 2005-06, 2006-07 | 10 (20) | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Shane Brewer | 2006-07 | 4 (8) | 0 | ||||||||
| Adrian Zaugg | 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 | 17 (34) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 123 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.
| Year | Racing team |
Chassis, Engine, Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | BCN Competicion | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon |
GBR spr | GBR fea | GER spr | GER fea | PRT spr | PRT fea | AUS spr | AUS fea | MYS spr | MYS fea | ARE spr | ARE fea | ZAF spr | ZAF fea | IDN spr | IDN fea | MEX spr | MEX fea | USA spr | USA fea | CHN spr | CHN fea | 20 | 17th | |
| Stephen Simpson | 24 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 18 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 14 | |||||||||
| Tomas Scheckter | 12 | Ret | 10 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | DAMS | Lola Zytek Cooper Avon |
NED spr | NED fea | CZE spr | CZE fea | BEI spr | BEI fea | MYS spr | MYS fea | IDN spr | IDN fea | NZ spr | NZ fea | AUS spr | AUS fea | ZAF spr | ZAF fea | MEX spr | MEX fea | SHA spr | SHA fea | GBR spr | GBR fea | 24 | 14th | |
| Adrian Zaugg | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 15 | Ret | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen Simpson | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan van der Merwe | 3 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 16 | Ret | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | DAMS | Lola Zytek Cooper Avon |
NED spr | NED fea | CZE spr | CZE fea | MYS spr | MYS fea | ZHU spr | ZHU fea | NZ spr | NZ fea | AUS spr | AUS fea | ZAF spr | ZAF fea | MEX spr | MEX fea | SHA spr | SHA fea | GBR spr | GBR fea | 96 | 5th | |||
| Adrian Zaugg | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 11 | |||||||
| 2008-09 | DAMS | Ferrari, Ferrari, Michelin |
 NED |
 CHN |
 MYS |
 NZL |
RSA |
 POR |
 GBR |
19 | 14th | ||||||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||
| Adrian Zaugg | 6 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 17 | Ret | |||||||||||||||
| Alan van der Merwe | 15 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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