2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season

A1 Grand Prix season 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Champions Switzerland 2006–07 2008–09 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.Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145107/http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=67660 2011-07-16 paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007) Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying. Round Event Circuit Dates 1 NED A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 28–30 September 2007 2 CZE A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic Automotodrom Brno 12–14 October 2007 3 MYS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 23–25 November 2007 4 CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Zhuhai) Zhuhai International Circuit 14–16 December 2007 5 NZL A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand Taupo Motorsport Park 18–20 January 2008 6 AUS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia Eastern Creek Raceway 1–3 February 2008 7 RSA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Durban Street Circuit 22–24 February 2008 8 MEX A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 14–16 March 2008 9 CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai) Shanghai International Circuit 11–13 April 2008 10 GBR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 2–4 May 2008 Map center World 600 World 52.388819 4.540922 Zandvoort right World 49.204722 16.450556 Brno bottom World 2.760556 101.7375 Sepang bottom World 22.367194 113.556389 Zhuhai left World -38.665556 176.144167 Taupo left World -33.804167 150.870556 Eastern Creek top World -29.838322 31.034381 Durban bottom World 19.406111 -99.0925 Mexico City left World 31.338889 121.219722 Shanghai right World 51.356667 0.2625 Brands Hatch leftSource:A1 Grand Prix – 2007-2008: Racing Calendar https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2007-2008-calendar.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 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. thumb|right|Drivers in attendance at the Durban round. thumb|right|Congfu Cheng completed the season for Team China. Entrant (Team) Driver Events AUS A1 Team AustraliaAlan Docking Racing Ian Dyk 1–4 John Martin 5–10 BRA A1 Team BrazilArgo Racing Cars Sérgio Jimenez 1–6 Bruno Junqueira 7–8 Alexandre Negrão 9–10 CAN A1 Team CanadaStatus Grand Prix James Hinchcliffe 1–2, 10 Robert Wickens 3–9 CHN A1 Team ChinaTeam Astromega Congfu Cheng All CZE A1 Team Czech RepublicCharouz Racing System Erik Janiš 1–3 Tomáš Enge 4–6 Josef Král 7 Filip Salaquarda 8–10 FRA A1 Team FranceDAMS Loïc Duval 1, 3–7 Nicolas Lapierre 2 Jonathan Cochet 8 Franck Montagny 9–10 GER A1 Team GermanyDavid Sears Motorsport Christian Vietoris 1–2, 5 Michael Ammermüller 3–4, 6–10 GBR A1 Team Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 1, 3–4, 7–8 Robbie Kerr 2, 5–6, 9–10 IND A1 Team IndiaArena Motorsport Narain Karthikeyan 1–6, 8–10 Parthiva Sureshwaren 7 INA A1 Team IndonesiaA1 Team Indonesia (1–4)Performance Racing (5–10) Satrio Hermanto All IRL A1 Team IrelandStatus Grand Prix Ralph Firman, Jr. 1 Adam Carroll 2–10 ITA A1 Team ItalyTeam Ghinzani Enrico Toccacelo 1–3 Edoardo Piscopo 4–10 LBN A1 Team LebanonArgo Racing Cars AUS Chris Alajajian 1, 3–6 RSA Jimmy Auby 2, 7, 10 Khalil Beschir 8–9 MYS A1 Team Malaysia Alex Yoong 1–5, 8–9 Fairuz Fauzy 6–7, 10 MEX A1 Team MexicoTeamcraft Motorsport Salvador Durán 1 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 2–3 David Garza 4–8 Jorge Goeters 9 David Martínez 10 NED A1 Team NetherlandsRacing for Holland Jeroen Bleekemolen All NZL A1 Team New ZealandDavid Sears Motorsport Jonny Reid All PAK A1 Team PakistanPerformance Racing Adam Khan All POR A1 Team Portugal João Urbano 1–6 Filipe Albuquerque 7–10 RSA A1 Team South AfricaDAMS Adrian Zaugg All SUI A1 Team SwitzerlandMax Motorsport Neel Jani All USA A1 Team USA Buddy Rice 1–2 Jonathan Summerton 3–10Sources:A1 Grand Prix - 2007-2008: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2007-2008-entrylist.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025A1 Grand Prix - Season 2007-2008: Results https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2007-2008-results.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Rule changes Sporting The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the sprint race whilst the second two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the feature race.New qualifying and points system https://web.archive.org/web/20071017030604/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=32038 2007-10-17 a1gp.com (August 29, 2007) The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.Feature race gets second pit stop https://web.archive.org/web/20071017030559/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=32036 2007-10-17 a1gp.com (August 29, 2007) The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap. From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.Safety car pit light introduced a1gp.com (January 18, 2008) Technical From the Taupo round, the fuel mixture was changed to a 30% biofuel mix produced by Petrochem Carless.Biofuel confirmed for Taupo https://web.archive.org/web/20071220171758/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=39922 2007-12-20 a1gp.com (December 18, 2007) Results and standings Results summary Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winner Report 1 S NED Netherlands RSA Adrian Zaugg RSA Adrian Zaugg RSA Adrian Zaugg Report F RSA Adrian Zaugg MEX Salvador Durán GBR Oliver Jarvis 2 S CZE Czech Republic RSA Adrian Zaugg NZL Jonny Reid NZL Jonny Reid Report F NED Jeroen Bleekemolen CHN Congfu Cheng NZL Jonny Reid 3 S MYS Malaysia SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani Report F SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani 4 S CHN China (Zhuhai) DEU Michael Ammermüller SUI Neel Jani DEU Michael Ammermüller Report F SUI Neel Jani GBR Oliver Jarvis IND Narain Karthikeyan 5 S NZL New Zealand NZL Jonny Reid DEU Christian Vietoris NZL Jonny Reid Report F FRA Loïc Duval SUI Neel Jani DEU Christian Vietoris 6 S AUS Australia FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval Report F NZL Jonny Reid RSA Adrian Zaugg RSA Adrian Zaugg 7 S RSA South Africa CAN Robert Wickens NZL Jonny Reid CAN Robert Wickens Report F SUI Neel Jani CHN Congfu Cheng SUI Neel Jani 8 S MEX Mexico RSA Adrian Zaugg CHN Congfu Cheng NZL Jonny Reid Report F CAN Robert Wickens GBR Oliver Jarvis IRL Adam Carroll 9 S CHN China (Shanghai) SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani Report F SUI Neel Jani CAN Robert Wickens USA Jonathan Summerton 10 S GBR Great Britain GBR Robbie Kerr CHN Congfu Cheng GBR Robbie Kerr Report F IND Narain Karthikeyan IRL Adam Carroll IND Narain KarthikeyanSource: Championship standings Points system Points are now assigned in the same manner for both the sprint and feature races using the following format with one bonus point awarded for the fastest lap in each race.A1 Grand Prix – 2007-2008: Point standings https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2007-2008-points.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL Fastest lap Ref Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Championship standings PosTeamDriversNEDNEDCZECZEMYSMLYCHNZHUNZLNZLAUSAUSRSARSAMEXMEXCHNSHAGBRGBRPtsSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF1SUI SwitzerlandNeel Jani53831126Ret131023131915431682NZL New ZealandJonny Reid97115810214292010112Ret4881273UK Great BritainOliver Jarvis716126521122 126Robbie Kerr217RetRet16399124FRA FranceLoïc Duval252287331Ret112 118Nicolas Lapierre65Jonathan Cochet1213Franck Montagny1281055RSA South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1241610RetRet34771137Ret6716711966IRL IrelandRalph Firman, Jr.86 94Adam Carroll367741665151315Ret411133137NED NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen38521849Ret58985484171896878GER GermanyChristian Vietoris697821 83Michael Ammermüller16EX1447EXRetRet2061020Ret9CAN CanadaJames Hinchcliffe191812111517 75Robert Wickens3Ret15RetRet2361127522010IND IndiaNarain Karthikeyan10Ret2191167110Ret11111395751 61Parthiva Sureshwaren17Ret11POR PortugalJoão Urbano11Ret91813Ret19128121216 59Filipe Albuquerque7367326712US United StatesBuddy Rice22131615 56Jonathan Summerton121012107145Ret10Ret5321121213 CHN ChinaCongfu Cheng1715104Ret53914Ret141046171010152145514BRA BrazilSérgio Jimenez13111174318Ret13684 44Bruno JunqueiraRet9108Alexandre Negrão1413161415MYS MalaysiaAlex Yoong16Ret1714913RetRetRetRet91546 25Fairuz Fauzy20179513Ret16MEX MexicoSalvador Durán44 22Michel Jourdain, Jr.13222011David Garza161117917188Ret1614Jorge Goeters2021David Martínez201617AUS AustraliaIan Dyk2112Ret13Ret91315 20John Martin9Ret65614Ret21151414Ret18ITA ItalyEnrico Toccacelo121414108Ret 12Edoardo Piscopo11Ret12Ret131414811Ret81217919CZE Czech RepublicErik Janiš151018121515 10Tomáš Enge58Ret111815Josef Král18RetFilip SalaquardaRet161311121520PAK PakistanAdam Khan18171520171414141110Ret1212RetRet18161718Ret121INA IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto20161919191617Ret16Ret212016Ret141119191910122LIB LebanonAUS Chris Alajajian141914RetRet1315Ret1919 0RSA Jimmy Auby202119132218Khalil Beschir15171822PosTeamDriversSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFPtsNEDNEDCZECZEMYSMLYCHNZHUNZLNZLAUSAUSRSARSAMEXMEXCHNSHAGBRGBRSources: Season 2007/08 standings after race 20 of 20 http://www.forix.com/a1gp/cp.php A1 Grand Prix 3 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20080608205306/http://www.forix.com/a1gp/cp.php 8 June 2008 dead References 2 External links A1GP official web-site https://web.archive.org/web/20050706030200/http://www.a1gp.com/ 2005-07-06 A1GP online https://web.archive.org/web/20080922062346/http://a1gponline.com/ 2008-09-22 A1 Grand Prix season A1 Grand Prix season A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix