2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa explained

The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was an A1 Grand Prix race which was held at Kyalami, South Africa.

Pre-race

A1 Team Korea failed to participate the race as the organiser of the series could not supply electrical units and fuel tank due to mistake of the transportation from New Zealand.[1] [2] The team had planned the debut of 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto (Lee Kyung-Woo), a Japanese driver of Korean descent, as rookie driver on the weekend.[3]

Drivers

TeamMain DriverRookie Driver(s)[4] Reserve Driver
AustraliaJohn MartinAshley Walsh
BrazilFelipe Guimarães
CanadaDid Not Participate
ChinaHo-Pin TungCongfu Cheng
FranceNicolas Prost[5] Nicolas Prost
GermanyMichael AmmermüllerMichael Ammermüller
Great BritainDanny Watts[6] Danny WattsJames Winslow
IndiaNarain KarthikeyanParthiva Sureshwaren
IndonesiaZahir AliZahir AliSatrio Hermanto
IrelandAdam Carroll
ItalyEdoardo Piscopo
KoreaDid Not Participate
LebanonDaniel MoradDaniel MoradJimmy Auby
MalaysiaFairuz FauzyAaron Lim
MexicoSalvador DuranJuan Pablo García
MonacoClivio PiccioneHubertus Bahlsen
The NetherlandsJeroen BleekemolenDennis Retera
New ZealandEarl Bamber[7] Earl BamberChris van der Drift
PakistanDid Not Participate
PortugalFilipe AlbuquerqueAntónio Félix da Costa
South AfricaAdrian ZauggGavin CronjeCristiano Morgado
SwitzerlandNeel JaniAlexandre Imperatori
USAMarco AndrettiJ. R. Hildebrand

Qualifying

Sprint race qualifying
PosTeamTimeGap
1 Netherlands1:27.717–
2 Portugal1:28.072+ 0.355
3 Switzerland1:28.153+ 0.436
4 Monaco1:28.417+ 0.700
5 India1:28.431+ 0.714
6 Ireland1:28.437+ 0.720
7 France1:28.531+ 0.814
8 South Africa1:28.890+ 1.173
9 Malaysia1:28.904+ 1.187
10 Italy1:29.253+ 1.536
11 Germany1:29.337+ 1.620
12 New Zealand1:29.364+ 1.647
13 Great Britain1:29.567+ 1.850
14 Brazil1:29.726+ 2.009
15 China1:29.758+ 2.041
16 Mexico1:29.884+ 2.167
17 USA1:29.916+ 2.199
18 Lebanon1:30.136+ 2.419
19 Australia1:30.414+ 2.697
20 Indonesiano time
Feature race qualifying
PosTeamTimeGap
1 Monaco1:27.269–
2 Malaysia1:27.405+ 0.136
3 New Zealand1:27.569+ 0.300
4 Australia1:28.439+ 1.170
5 Switzerland1:28.521+ 1.252
6 Ireland1:28.593+ 1.324
7 Portugal1:28.773+ 1.504
8 Brazil1:28.878+ 1.609
9 Netherlands1:28.926+ 1.657
10 Great Britain1:29.092+ 1.823
11 France1:29.155+ 1.886
12 China1:29.158+ 1.889
13 Mexico1:29.343+ 2.074
14 USA1:29.487+ 2.218
15 Germany1:29.565+ 2.296
16 South Africa1:29.884+ 2.615
17 Italy1:30.063+ 2.794
18 India1:30.505+ 3.236
19 Indonesiano time
20 Lebanonno time

Sprint Race

PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints
1 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen1421:35.10510
2 PortugalFilipe Albuquerque14+ 4.4078+1
3 SwitzerlandNeel Jani14+ 10.6006
4 IrelandAdam Carroll14+ 12.9255
5 MonacoClivio Piccione14+ 14.3634
6 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan14+ 18.4743
7 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg14+ 21.1782
8 New ZealandEarl Bamber14+ 26.5391
9 MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy14+ 26.925
10 FranceNicolas Prost14+ 28.101
11 ItalyEdoardo Piscopo14+ 32.081
12 AustraliaJohn Martin14+ 34.474
13 ChinaHo-Pin Tung14+ 37.804
14 GermanyMichael Ammermüller14+ 39.068
15 BrazilFelipe Guimarães14+ 39.717
16 MexicoSalvador Durán14+ 45.006
17 USAMarco Andretti14+ 55.636
18 IndonesiaZahir Ali14+ 1:17.724
19 Great BritainDanny Watts9Accident
20 LebanonDaniel Morad6+ 8 Laps

Feature Race

PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints
1 SwitzerlandNeel Jani401:02:24.61715
2 BrazilFelipe Guimarães40+ 13.17612
3 MonacoClivio Piccione40+ 14.19310
4 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen40+ 17.0248
5 PortugalFilipe Albuquerque40+ 17.9956
6 LebanonDaniel Morad40+ 31.2105
7 Great BritainDanny Watts40+ 34.3284
8 USAMarco Andretti40+ 59.0003
9 IndonesiaZahir Ali40+ 1:03.9952
10 ItalyEdoardo Piscopo40+ 1:04.8561
11 GermanyMichael Ammermüller40+ 1:08.603
12 IndiaNarain Karthikeyan40+ 1:09.150
13 AustraliaJohn Martin40+ 1:20.545
14 ChinaHo-Pin Tung22Electrics
15 MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy17+ 23 Laps0+1
16 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg15Electrics
17 New ZealandEarl Bamber3Accident
18 FranceNicolas Prost3Accident
19 MexicoSalvador Durán3Accident
20 IrelandAdam Carroll0Spin

Post-race

Following the race, the team principals of both Ireland and Malaysia issued statements regarding the on-track incident on the first lap of the Feature Race, which resulted in Ireland spinning out into retirement, and subsequently losing the championship lead to Switzerland.[8]

Notes

Notes and References

  1. News: 사진 스위스, A1GP 5R 우승 '단독선두' . A1 Team Korea official website . 24 February 2009 . 25 February 2009 . Korean . https://web.archive.org/web/20090228055753/http://www.a1kor.com/press/news/view.asp?cnum=418 . 28 February 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. News: 달려보지도 못한 A1 "나 원~" . chosun.com . 23 February 2009. 25 February 2009. Korean.
  3. News: 자동차경주 A1 팀코리아, 이경우 영입 . A1 Team Korea official website . 5 February 2009 . 25 February 2009 . Korean .
  4. News: 2008/09, Kyalami, South Africa, Rookies. 20 February 2009. a1gp.com. 21 February 2009.
  5. News: Prost gets surprise France recall. 12 February 2009. a1gp.com. 13 February 2009.
  6. News: Watts to return to A1GP at Kyalami. 13 February 2009. autosport.com. 13 February 2009.
  7. News: Black Beauty's Bamber boost. 11 February 2009. a1gp.com. 11 February 2009.
  8. News: War of words. 25 February 2009. a1gp.com. 25 February 2009.

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