2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands explained

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.

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
PosTeamTimeGap
1 South Africa1'45.095-
2 France1'45.431+0.336
3 Mexico1'46.198+1.103
4 Switzerland1'46.728+1.633
5 Netherlands1'46.791+1.696
6 Germany1'47.056+1.961
7 Ireland1'47.343+2.248
8 New Zealand1'47.531+2.436
9 Portugal1'47.570+2.475
10 Great Britain1'47.748+2.653
11 India1'48.415+3.320
12 Brazil1'49.083+3.988
13 Italy1'49.099+4.004
14 Czech Republic1'49.444+4.349
15 China1'49.746+4.651
16 Pakistan1'50.352+5.257
17 Australia1'50.553+5.458
18 Lebanon1'50.716+5.621
19 USA1'52.479+7.384
20 Malaysia1'52.543+7.448
21 Canada1'52.789+7.694
22 Indonesia1'55.381+10.286
Main race qualifications
PosTeamTimeGap
1 South Africa1'43.979-
2 Germany1'44.670+0.691
3 Great Britain1'45.143+1.164
4 Switzerland1'45.599+1.620
5 France1'45.691+1.712
6 Ireland1'45.752+1.773
7 Czech Republic1'45.772+1.793
8 Mexico1'45.797+1.818
9 India1'45.993+2.014
10 New Zealand1'46.169+2.190
11 Netherlands1'46.554+2.575
12 Canada1'46.739+2.760
13 Brazil1'47.562+3.583
14 Italy1'48.297+4.318
15 China1'48.331+4.352
16 Australia1'48.423+4.444
17 Pakistan1'48.819+4.840
18 Lebanon1'49.899+5.920
19 USA1'49.924+5.945
20 Malaysia1'49.978+5.999
21 Indonesia1'52.708+8.729
22 Portugalno time

Sprint Race

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

PosTeamDriverLapsTimeGridPoints
1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1218'01.087115+1
2 FranceLoïc Duval12+7.532 212
3 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen12+8.097510
4 MexicoSalvador Durán12+8.205 38
5 SwitzerlandNeel Jani12+8.58146
6 GermanyChristian Vietoris12+10.34465
7 Great BritainOliver Jarvis12+10.566104
8 IrelandRalph Firman12+12.16873
9 New ZealandJonny Reid12+13.934 82
10 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan12+18.516 111
11 PortugalJoão Urbano12+24.9679
12 ItalyEnrico Toccacelo12+25.71713
13 BrazilSérgio Jimenez12+26.04412
14 LebanonChris Alajajian12+34.54718
15 Czech RepublicErik Janis12+35.26814
16 MalaysiaAlex Yoong12+35.89520
17 ChinaCong Fu Cheng12+36.29815
18 PakistanAdam Langley-Khan12+36.51016
19 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe12+39.50921
20 IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto12+47.93222
21 AustraliaIan Dyk12+47.98317
22 USABuddy Rice12+48.20819

Main Race

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

PosTeamDriverLapsTimeGridPoints
1 Great BritainOliver Jarvis451:09'51.394315
2 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg45+5.742 112
3 SwitzerlandNeel Jani45+7.974410
4 MexicoSalvador Durán45+11.516 88+1
5 FranceLoïc Duval45+25.78956
6 IrelandRalph Firman45+33.69765
7 New ZealandJonny Reid45+47.635104
8 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen45+49.270113
9 GermanyChristian Vietoris45+49.87622
10 Czech RepublicErik Janis45+59.66471
11 BrazilSérgio Jimenez45+1'00.07813
12 AustraliaIan Dyk45+1'30.59316
13 USABuddy Rice45+1'31.14819
14 ItalyEnrico Toccacelo44+1 Lap14
15 ChinaCong Fu Cheng44+1 Lap15
16 IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto44+1 Lap21
17 PakistanAdam Langley-Khan43+2 Laps17
18 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe40+5 Laps12
19 LebanonChris Alajajian40+5 Laps18
Ret IndiaNarain Karthikeyan13+32 Laps9
Ret MalaysiaAlex Yoong8+37 Laps20
Ret PortugalJoão Urbano2+43 Laps22

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=67660 Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview
  2. http://results.a1gp.com/driver.php?l=0&d=201&r=1986103100&c=0 Chris Alajajian
  3. http://results.a1gp.com/driver.php?l=0&d=201&r=1984062901&c=0 Satrio Hermanto
  4. http://results.a1gp.com/driver.php?l=0&d=201&r=1987092300&c=0 Erik Janiš
  5. http://results.a1gp.com/driver.php?l=0&d=201&r=1984052500&c=0 Sérgio Jimenez
  6. http://results.a1gp.com/driver.php?l=0&d=201&r=1976013100&c=0 Buddy Rice
  7. http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=34307 Janis is A1GP's 100th driver