2007-08 A1 Season

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Contents 1 2007-08 Season Rule Changes 2 Nations and Drivers 3 Test Schedule 4 Race Results 5 Championship Standings

2007-08 Season Rule Changes

• Race Length and Pit Window Regulation Changes
• Qualifying and Points System Change
• Introduction of BioFuel Mixture

Nations and Drivers

• Active Drivers are those that took part in a Sprint and/or a Feature race during the season.
• Nominated Drivers are those nominated by the teams to take part in a race weekend, but didn't drive in either a Sprint or Feature race.
• Test Drivers are those that have participated in an official A1 Grand Prix test but have yet to feature on a race weekend.

Team	Constructor	Tire	Active Drivers	Nominated Drivers	Test Drivers
A1 Team Australia	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Ian Dyk	Nathan Antunes	Daniel Ricciardo
			John Martin
A1 Team Brazil	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Sergio Jimenez	Clemente Faria Jr
			Bruno Junqueira		Raphael Matos
			Alexandre Negrao	Felipe Guimaraes
A1 Team Canada	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	James Hinchcliffe	Daniel Morad
			Robert Wickens
A1 Team China	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Congfu Cheng	Marchy Lee Ying-Kin	Qinghua Ma
					Lin Po-Heng
A1 Team Czech Republic	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Erik Janis	Jaroslav Janis	Jan Charouz
			Tomas Enge
			Josef Kral
			Filip Salaquarda
A1 Team France	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Loic Duval	Nicolas Prost	Guillaume Moreau
			Nicolas Lapierre		Jean Karl Vernay
			Jonathan Cochet
			Franck Montagny
A1 Team Germany	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Christian Vietoris	Michael Klein
			Michael Ammermuller
A1 Team Great Britain	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Oliver Jarvis	Danny Watts
			Robbie Kerr	James Winslow
				Duncan Tappy
A1 Team India	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Narain Karthikeyan
			Parthiva Sureshwaren
A1 Team Indonesia	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Satrio Hermanto
A1 Team Ireland	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Ralph Firman	Niall Quinn
			Adam Carroll
A1 Team Italy	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Enrico Toccacelo	Paolo Bossini	Giuseppe Termine
			Edoardo Piscopo	Davide Rigon
				Frankie Provenzano
A1 Team Lebanon	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Chris Alajajian
			Khalil Beschir
			Jimmy Auby
A1 Team Malaysia	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Alex Yoong	Aaron Lim
			Fairuz Fauzy
A1 Team Mexico	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Salvador Duran		Juan Pablo Garcia
			Michel Jourdain Jr		Arturo Gonzalez
			David Garza		Esteban Gutierrez
			Jorge Goeters		Picho Toledano
			David Martinez
A1 Team Netherlands	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Arie Luyendyk Jr.
A1 Team New Zealand	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Jonny Reid	Earl Bamber
				Brendon Hartley
				Chris van der Drift
A1 Team Pakistan	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Adam Khan
A1 Team Portugal	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Joao Urbano	Goncalo Araujo
			Filipe Albuquerque	Frederico Duarte
				Bruno Serra
A1 Team South Africa	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Adrian Zaugg	Wesleigh Orr
A1 Team Switzerland	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Neel Jani	Natacha Gachnang	Sebastien Buemi
				Rahel Frey
				Alexandre Imperatori
				Tom Dillmann
				Marcel Fassler
A1 Team USA	Zytek / Lola	Cooper	Buddy Rice	Charlie Kimball
			Jonathan Summerton

Test Schedule

#		Test	Date	Track	Fastest Team
1		0708 - A1 Official Test 1	28/29-Aug-2007	Silverstone	Germany
2		0708 - A1 Official Test 2	18/19-Sep-2007	Silverstone	India

Race Results

#		Grand Prix	Date	Track	Race	Pole	Winner
1		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Netherlands	30-Sep-2007	Zandvoort	Sprint:	South Africa	South Africa
					Feature:	South Africa	Great Britain
2		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Czech Republic	14-Oct-2007	Brno	Sprint:	South Africa	New Zealand
					Feature:	Netherlands	New Zealand
3		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Malaysia	25-Nov-2007	Sepang	Sprint:	Switzerland	Switzerland
					Feature:	Switzerland	Switzerland
4		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Zhuhai	16-Dec-2007	Zhuhai	Sprint:	Germany	Germany
					Feature:	Switzerland	India
5		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of New Zealand	20-Jan-2008	Taupo	Sprint:	New Zealand	New Zealand
					Feature:	France	Germany
6		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Australia	03-Feb-2008	Eastern Creek	Sprint:	France	France
					Feature:	New Zealand	South Africa
7		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of South Africa	24-Feb-2008	Durban	Sprint:	Canada	Canada
					Feature:	Switzerland	Switzerland
8		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Mexico	16-Mar-2008	Mexico City	Sprint:	South Africa	New Zealand
					Feature:	Canada	Ireland
9		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Shanghai	13-Apr-2008	Shanghai	Sprint:	Switzerland	Switzerland
					Feature:	Switzerland	USA
10		0708 - A1 Grand Prix of Great Britain	04-May-2008	Brands Hatch	Sprint:	Great Britain	Great Britain
					Feature:	India	India

Championship Standings

A1 Grand Prix Season Awards

Champion	A1 Team Switzerland
Rookie of the Year	Robert Wickens
Best Event	A1 Grand Prix of Mexic
Most Improved Team	A1 Team Ireland
Most Spectacular Overtaking Move	Robert Wickens
A1GP.com Favourite A1 Team	A1 Team Malaysia
Team PR Excellence	A1 Team Netherlands
Best Presented Team	A1 Team Ireland
Best Broadcaster	ESPN Star Sports

Pos	Nation	Points
1	Switzerland	168
2	New Zealand	127
3	Great Britain	126
4	France	118
5	South Africa	96
6	Ireland	94
7	Netherlands	87
8	Germany	83
9	Canada	75
10	India	61
11	Portugal	59
12	USA	56
13	China	55
14	Brazil	44
15	Malaysia	25
16	Mexico	22
17	Australia	20
18	Italy	12
19	Czech Republic	10
20	Pakistan	1
21	Indonesia	1
22	Lebanon	0