2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season

A1 Grand Prix season 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Champions Ireland 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season was the fourth and final season of A1 Grand Prix. A1 Team Ireland became the fourth A1GP champions, after a title battle which went down to the final round in Great Britain. Ireland won with 112 points, with team driver Adam Carroll taking five victories at Chengdu, Sepang, Taupo and the series finale at Brands Hatch during the shortened 14 race season. Financial issues led to the cancellation of three events and ultimately the cancellation of the 2009–10 season. Calendar Ten events were scheduled to be held in the 2008–09 series.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=39734 2008/09 schedule announced 2008-06-09 2008-06-08 a1gp.com 2008-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081011105511/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=39734&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 dead Round Event Circuit Dates C Cancelled ITA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Italy Mugello Circuit 19–21 September 2008 1 NED A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 3–5 October 2008 2 CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China Chengdu Goldenport Circuit 7–9 November 2008 3 MYS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 21–23 November 2008 4 NZL A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand Taupo Motorsport Park 23–25 January 2009 C Cancelled INA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia Jakarta Street Circuit 6–8 February 2009 5 RSA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Kyalami Circuit 20–22 February 2009 6 POR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal Algarve International Circuit 10–12 March 2009 7 GBR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 1–3 May 2009 C Cancelled MEX A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 22–24 May 2009 Map center World 600 World 43.9975 11.371944 Mugello bottom World 52.388819 4.540922 Zandvoort right World 30.584722 104.115833 Chengdu top World 2.760556 101.7375 Sepang left World -25.5933 28.4080 Kyalami left World -38.665556 176.144167 Taupo left World -6.229056 106.608639 Jakarta bottom World 37.232 -8.632 Portimão bottom World 51.356667 0.2625 Brands Hatch left World 19.406111 -99.0925 Mexico City leftSource:A1 Grand Prix – 2008-2009: Racing Calendar https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2008-2009-calendar.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Cancellations On 21 August 2008, the Italian round at Mugello was postponed following a delay in the build schedule of the new chassis.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41882 A1GP delays start of Season Four 2008-08-21 2008-08-21 a1gp.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080831085638/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41882 31 August 2008 dead A replacement date was not announced and the event was never held.http://www.a1gp.com/Circuit/circuitInfo.aspx ローヤルゼリーは男性の健康にも 2008-08-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080913080247/http://www.a1gp.com/Circuit/circuitInfo.aspx 2008-09-13 Further timetable changes were announced on 26 August 2008. The Chinese round was confirmed to be held at Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, and swapped places in the calendar with the Indonesian round at Jakarta.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41897 Chengdu race announced 2008-08-26 2008-08-26 a1gp.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080831090058/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41897 31 August 2008 dead Subsequent to that, the Indonesian race was moved back further, to 8 February due to track construction. The Indonesian round was later cancelled on 16 January due to the circuit missing a construction deadline.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30511 Lippo circuit fails build deadline 2009-01-16 a1gp.com 2009-01-18 2010-03-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307005528/http://a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30511 dead On 9 September 2008, Brands Hatch was confirmed as hosting the British round at the end of the season.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41979 The battle of the Brands 2008-09-09 2008-09-08 a1gp.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080917124927/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41979 September 17, 2008 live On 19 December, Interlagos was announced as the season finale on the weekend of 15–17 May 2009.https://www.pitpass.com/36794/A1GP-heads-to-Interlagos-for-season-finale 1GP heads to Interlagos for season finale 2009-01-06 Pitpass 2023-10-13 live https://web.archive.org/web/20231013211854/https://www.pitpass.com/36794/A1GP-heads-to-Interlagos-for-season-finale 2023-10-13 On 5 March, the Interlagos race was removed from the circuit's official calendar – making Brands Hatch the finale.http://www.autodromointerlagos.com/calendario%20aut%C3%B3dromo%202009.htm calendario 2009 2009-03-06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090222044913/http://www.autodromointerlagos.com/calendario%20aut%C3%B3dromo%202009.htm 2009-02-22 The Mexican round was also moved back by one week, so as to avoid clashing with a concert held in the baseball stadium inside the circuit on the original date.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42804 A1GP Mexico City date change 2009-01-16 a1gp.com 2009-01-18 2019-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122259/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42804 dead On 17 February 2009, an official preview reported that the Mexico City round was no longer to take place on the weekend of 20–22 March and a replacement date was being sought.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId%3D43085 2009-02-18 糖尿病の初期症状を予防する 2020-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904041945/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId%3D43085 dead eTicket.com.mx advertised the event as it should take place on the weekend of 22–24 May, and was confirmed on 31 March 2009, subject to the FIA-stipulated changes to the Peraltada corner.http://www.eticket.com.mx/masinformacion.asp?crypt%3D%8E%8D%A7%96%A0%9E%9A%BD%A9%82%8A%7D%82_ ETicket dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090227153714/http://www.eticket.com.mx/masinformacion.asp?crypt%3D%8E%8D%A7%96%A0%9E%9A%BD%A9%82%8A%7D%82_ 2009-02-27 2009-02-18http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74113 Mexico City to conclude A1GP season 2009-03-31 2009-03-31 autosport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073814/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74113 2009-04-03 live On 29 April 2009, the Mexican round was cancelled due to an outbreak of swine flu.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41574 A1GP Mexico City cancelled 2009-04-29 a1gp.com 2009-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20090503020910/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41574 3 May 2009 livehttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74932 Mexico cancelled due to swine flu 2009-04-29 Haymarket Publications autosport.com Matt Beer 2009-04-29 Entry list Teams representing Monaco and South Korea joined the grid, whilst the Czech Republic left the series.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41284 Korea joins A1GP a1gp.com 2008-04-14 16 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080418104517/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41284 18 April 2008 dead http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41954 A1 Team Monaco joins A1GP a1gp.com 2008-08-29 2008-08-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080831085720/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41954 2008-08-31 Canada and Pakistan appeared on the pre-season entry list, but did not participate in any rounds.A1GP : The World Cup of Motorsport http://forix.com/a1gp/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012008&c=0 https://web.archive.org/web/20090302193830/http://forix.com/a1gp/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012008&c=0 2009-03-02 live 2009-08-11 http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41988 Khan to lead and race for Pakistan a1gp.com 2008-09-10 2008-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20080917125624/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41988 17 September 2008 dead thumb|right|Monaco made their series debut. Entrant (Team) Driver Events AUS A1 Team AustraliaAlan Docking Racing John Martin All BRA A1 Team BrazilDavid Sears Motorsport Felipe Guimarães All CAN A1 Team CanadaStatus Grand Prix Daniel Morad None CHN A1 Team ChinaTeam Astromega Ho-Pin Tung 1–3, 5–6 Congfu Cheng 4, 7 FRA A1 Team FranceDAMS Loïc Duval 1, 3–4 Nicolas Prost 2, 5–7 GER A1 Team GermanyGU-Racing International Michael Ammermüller 5, 7 André Lotterer 6 GBR A1 Team Great BritainGU-Racing InternationalA1 Team Great Britain operated itself for the first five rounds, after which it fell into administration. GU-Racing International were employed by the series to prepare the car for the final two events. Danny Watts 2–3, 5 Dan Clarke 4, 6–7 IND A1 Team IndiaArgo Racing Cars Narain Karthikeyan 2–7 INA A1 Team IndonesiaPerformance Racing Satrio Hermanto 1–4, 7 Zahir Ali 5–6 IRL A1 Team IrelandStatus Grand Prix Adam Carroll All ITA A1 Team ItalyTeam Ghinzani Fabio Onidi 1 Edoardo Piscopo 2–5 Vitantonio Liuzzi 6–7 KOR A1 Team KoreaCarlin Motorsport Hwang Jin-woo 1–3Lee Kyung-woo 5 LBN A1 Team LebanonArgo Racing Cars CAN Daniel Morad All MYS A1 Team Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1–6 Aaron Lim 7 MEX A1 Team MexicoCampos Racing David Garza 2–3 Salvador Durán 4–7 MCO A1 Team Monaco Clivio Piccione All NED A1 Team NetherlandsRacing for Holland Jeroen Bleekemolen 1, 3, 5, 7 Robert Doornbos 2, 4, 6 NZL A1 Team New ZealandDavid Sears Motorsport Earl Bamber 1, 3, 5–7 Chris van der Drift 2, 4 PAK A1 Team PakistanTeamcraft Motorsport Adam Khan None POR A1 Team PortugalBoer Racing Services Filipe Albuquerque All RSA A1 Team South AfricaDAMS Adrian Zaugg 1–6 Alan van der Merwe 7 SUI A1 Team SwitzerlandBoer Racing Services Neel Jani All USA A1 Team USAAndretti Green Racing Charlie Kimball 1 Marco Andretti 2–6 J.R. Hildebrand 7Sources:A1 Grand Prix - 2008-2009: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2008-2009-entrylist.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025A1 Grand Prix - Season 2008-2009: Results https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2008-2009-results.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Rule changes Technical changes On 11 October 2007, A1GP and Ferrari announced a six-year collaboration on the new generation of A1GP cars. The new "Powered by Ferrari" car is a modification of the Formula One Ferrari F2004 chassis with a V8 Ferrari engine producing 600 bhp.https://archive.today/20080516221221/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41524 The new A1GP car a1gp.com (May 12, 2008 ) The car was officially revealed and driven for the first time by John Watson in May 2008. Michelin supplied the tyres for the new car.Michelin to supply A1GP a1gp.com (July 21, 2008) Sporting changes The four qualifying sessions were reduced in length from fifteen minutes to ten minutes each.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41852 Rule changes for new season 2008-08-11 a1gp.com 2008-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080929194854/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41852&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 dead Teams may now utilise a "joker" qualifying lap (from Malaysia onwards). In one of the four qualifying sessions the team may elect to utilise their joker – for the flying lap in that session, the driver is granted the availability of the PowerBoost button for the entire lap.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42564 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904051538/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42564 dead September 4, 2020 Teams to get joker qualifying lap 2008-11-21 a1gp.com 2008-11-21 A mandatory pit-stop was added to the Sprint Race, brought into effect starting in Malaysia. Sprint Race time certainty was decreased to 24 minutes + 1 lap Results and standings Results summary Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winner Report 1 S NED Netherlands NED Jeroen Bleekemolen FRA Loïc Duval MYS Fairuz Fauzy Report F MYS Fairuz Fauzy USA Charlie Kimball FRA Loïc Duval 2 S CHN China IRL Adam Carroll Report F GBR Danny Watts NED Robert Doornbos POR Filipe Albuquerque 3 S MYS Malaysia SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani SUI Neel Jani Report F IRL Adam Carroll 4 S NZL New Zealand IRL Adam Carroll SUI Neel Jani IRL Adam Carroll Report F POR Filipe Albuquerque SUI Neel Jani 5 S RSA South Africa NED Jeroen Bleekemolen POR Filipe Albuquerque NED Jeroen Bleekemolen Report F MCO Clivio Piccione MYS Fairuz Fauzy SUI Neel Jani 6 S POR Portugal ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi IRL Adam Carroll NED Robert Doornbos Report F NED Robert Doornbos SUI Neel Jani 7 S GBR Great Britain IRL Adam Carroll Report F IRL Adam Carroll AUS John Martin IRL Adam CarrollSource: Championship standings Points system The Sprint Race awards points to the top eight positions as opposed to the top ten in the 2007–08 season. The teams that competed in all 7 events were required to drop their worst round pointscore as a number of teams missed the season-opener in Zandvoort due to delays in producing the new chassis.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41949 New points system for 2008/09 a1gp.com 2008-09-29 2008-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001142335/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41949 1 October 2008 dead Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL Fastest lap Ref Sprint 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1A1 Grand Prix – 2008-2009: Point standings https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2008-2009-points.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Feature 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Championship standings PosTeamDriversNEDNEDCHNCHNMYSMLYNZLNZLRSARSAPORPORGBRGBRGross Gross pointsDrop Dropped pointsPtsSFSFSFSFSFSFSF1IRL IrelandAdam CarrollRetRet1251124Ret25111121122SUI SwitzerlandNeel Jani5Ret441Ret213115183994953POR PortugalFilipe Albuquerque9Ret61426325325592924NED NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen4568146281675Robert Doornbos216351DNS5FRA FranceLoïc Duval31214464747Nicolas Prost8Ret10Ret1369106MYS MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy1213515108109NC834343Aaron Lim16Ret7NZL New ZealandEarl Bamber23368RetRetRetRetRet3636Chris van der Drift7115138AUS AustraliaJohn Martin12411684Ret4121310127836369MCO MonacoClivio PiccioneRet69712Ret16Ret535RetRet4353510GBR Great BritainDanny Watts33Ret16Ret72828Dan Clarke121211713711USA United StatesCharlie Kimball8102424Marco Andretti158Ret3111117812RetJ.R. Hildebrand41412IND IndiaNarain Karthikeyan1010RetRet976126112Ret191913MEX MexicoDavíd Garza161514151919Salvador Durán15Ret16Ret943614RSA South AfricaAdrian Zaugg6Ret59951097Ret17Ret1919Alan van der Merwe151115BRA BrazilFelipe Guimarães14Ret20RetRet714151527DNSDNSDNS181816ITA ItalyFabio Onidi7Ret1717Edoardo Piscopo14Ret711781110Vitantonio Liuzzi4Ret10917LBN Lebanon CAN Daniel Morad10812131112RetRetNC6RetRetRet128818CHN ChinaHo-Pin Tung139171210913Ret16877Congfu ChengRet1414Ret19KOR 1997 KoreaHwang Jin-WooRet71917DNSDNS 4 4Lee Kyung-woo DNA DNA20INA IndonesiaSatrio HermantoRetRet1814131313Ret121333Zahir Ali189141021 GER GermanyMichael Ammermüller141111Ret22André LottererRet9PosTeamDriversSFSFSFSFSFSFSFGross Gross pointsDrop Dropped pointsPtsNEDNEDCHNCHNMYSMLYNZLNZLRSARSAPORPORGBRGBRSources:Season 2008/09 standings after race 14 of 14 http://www.forix.com/a1gp/cp.php A1 Grand Prix 3 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20090717074910/http://www.forix.com/a1gp/cp.php 17 July 2009 dead Notes References 3 External links A1GP official web-site https://web.archive.org/web/20050706030200/http://www.a1gp.com/ 2005-07-06 A1GP A1GP A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix