2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China

Pre-race

Qualifications

Sprint race For the Sprint race, Switzerland take the lead behind Canada, Portugal, Malaysia, India, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Great Britain and Ireland. New Zealand crash out at start after a collision with USA. Cong Fu Cheng passes Adam Carroll for 10th in Lap 4 when Neel Jani score the Fastest lap. Despite efforts from Filipe Albuquerque on Robert Wickens and from Michael Ammermüller on Narain Karthikeyan, the order remained the same until the finish line. Switzerland win the race with the Fastest lap. Canada take the second position behind Portugal, Malaysia, India, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Great Britain and China. Both Switzerland opponent for the title, France and New Zealand, doesn't score any points. Pos Team Driver Laps Time Points 1 Switzerland Neel Jani 10 15'59.612 15+1 2 Canada Robert Wickens 10 +4.643 12 3 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 10 +5.335 10 4 Malaysia Alex Yoong 10 +12.169 8 5 India Narain Karthikeyan 10 +13.068 6 6 Germany Michael Ammermüller 10 +13.810 5 7 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 10 +14.999 4 8 Italy Edoardo Piscopo 10 +15.835 3 9 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 10 +17.120 2 10 China Cong Fu Cheng 10 +17.692 1 11 Ireland Adam Carroll 10 +18.581 12 France Franck Montagny 10 +19.114 13 Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda 10 +21.165 14 Brazil Alexandre Negrão 10 +22.111 15 Australia John Martin 10 +24.363 16 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 10 +26.298 17 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 10 +28.053 18 Lebanon Jimmy Auby 10 +29.029 19 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 10 +30.196 20 Mexico Jorge Goeters 10 +38.267 21 USA Jonathan Summerton 1 +9 laps Ret New Zealand Jonny Reid 0 +10 laps Main race After the start, USA led, ahead of Switzerland, India, Portugal, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France and Italy. USA and Switzerland escaped from the rest of the field until the first mandatory pit stops. In Lap 6, Filipe Albuquerque passed for 3rd Narain Karthikeyan in the final hairpin. Adam Carroll try to pass Narain Karthikeyan in the same turn, one lap later, but finally passes him in Lap 8. In Lap 9, the pits are open. USA, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Canada pits early, in Lap 10 and Jonny Reid with a fast stop, exits ahead Alex Yoong and Narain Karthikeyan. USA lead still Switzerland after the stops but the Swiss driver, Neel Jani, lost the second gear of his car. In Lap 15, Jonathan Summerton is 4.3 seconds ahead of Switzerland losing time. In the next lap, for speeding in the pit lane, Lebanon received a drive-through penalty, five laps then his driver received a 10-second Stop and Go penalty. Portugal was then pushing Switzerland for 2nd position. Ireland close to both drivers and New Zealand it is also faster than Switzerland and comes near in the few next laps. The second pit stop window opens in Lap 24. Ireland and New Zealand got ahead of Switzerland at the pit stops. In Lap 27, Portugal had the fastest lap. After the pits, USA still led Portugal, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Malaysia, India, France, Great Britain and Germany. In Lap 33, Robert Wickens had the fastest lap. The victory went to Summerton, who gave his country the honours for the first time. The Yanks' victory made them the 16th nation to win an A1GP race. Pos Team Driver Laps Time Points 1 USA Jonathan Summerton 38 1:02'25.206 15 2 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 38 +9.729 12 3 Ireland Adam Carroll 38 +15.303 10 4 New Zealand Jonny Reid 38 +19.533 8 5 Switzerland Neel Jani 38 +26.193 6 6 Malaysia Alex Yoong 38 +34.410 5 7 India Narain Karthikeyan 38 +35.967 4 8 France Franck Montagny 38 +38.213 3 9 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 38 +39.280 2 10 Germany Michael Ammermüller 38 +39.890 1 11 Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda 38 +47.568 12 Italy Edoardo Piscopo 38 +50.348 13 Brazil Alexandre Negrão 38 +50.968 14 Australia John Martin 38 +52.624 15 China Cong Fu Cheng 38 +53.240 16 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 38 +55.629 17 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 38 +1'05.352 18 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 38 +1'14.390 19 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 38 +1'20.252 20 Canada Robert Wickens 38 +1'21.003 +1 21 Mexico Jorge Goeters 37 +1 lap 22 Lebanon Jimmy Auby 37 +1 lap After race and New Zealand are the only team that can win the championship. Switzerland lead with 29 points the season before the last venue in Great Britain. A1 Team Korea was announced to be part of the next season of the competition. The seat holder will be Joshua Kim of Omnibus Investment and Good EMG support the project. In Shanghai this weekend, a ceremony officialise the participation of South Korea in the 2008-09 season.