2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season


The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third in the relatively short history of the championship.

Teams

All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola chassis. The following 22 teams are competitors in the 2007–08 championship :
Race TeamTeamSeat holderRace driversRoundsOther drivers
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones Ian Dyk1–4 Daniel Ricciardo
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones John Martin5–10 Daniel Ricciardo
Arena Motorsport A1 Team IndiaRavi Chilukuri Narain Karthikeyan1–6, 8–10
Arena Motorsport A1 Team IndiaRavi Chilukuri Parthiva Sureshwaren7
Argo Racing Cars Ltd. A1 Team BrazilEmerson Fittipaldi Sérgio Jimenez1–6 Clemente Faria
Felipe Guimarães
Raphael Matos
Argo Racing Cars Ltd. A1 Team BrazilEmerson Fittipaldi Bruno Junqueira7–8 Clemente Faria
Felipe Guimarães
Raphael Matos
Argo Racing Cars Ltd. A1 Team BrazilEmerson Fittipaldi Alexandre Negrão9–10 Clemente Faria
Felipe Guimarães
Raphael Matos
Argo Racing Cars Ltd. A1 Team LebanonTameem Auchi Chris Alajajian1, 3–6
Argo Racing Cars Ltd. A1 Team LebanonTameem Auchi Jimmy Auby2, 7, 10
Argo Racing Cars Ltd. A1 Team LebanonTameem Auchi Khalil Beschir8–9
Charouz Racing System A1 Team Czech RepublicAntonin Charouz Erik Janiš1–3 Jaroslav Janiš
Charouz Racing System A1 Team Czech RepublicAntonin Charouz Tomáš Enge4–6 Jaroslav Janiš
Charouz Racing System A1 Team Czech RepublicAntonin Charouz Josef Král7 Jaroslav Janiš
Charouz Racing System A1 Team Czech RepublicAntonin Charouz Filip Salaquarda8–10 Jaroslav Janiš
Connor Racing A1 Team FranceJean Paul Driot Loïc Duval1, 3–7 Guillaume Moreau
Nicolas Prost
Jean Karl Vernay
Connor Racing A1 Team FranceJean Paul Driot Nicolas Lapierre2 Guillaume Moreau
Nicolas Prost
Jean Karl Vernay
Connor Racing A1 Team FranceJean Paul Driot Jonathan Cochet8 Guillaume Moreau
Nicolas Prost
Jean Karl Vernay
Connor Racing A1 Team FranceJean Paul Driot Franck Montagny9–10 Guillaume Moreau
Nicolas Prost
Jean Karl Vernay
Connor Racing A1 Team South AfricaTokyo Sexwale Adrian ZauggAll Wesleigh Orr
DSM A1 Team GermanyWilli Weber Christian Vietoris1–2, 5 Michael Klein
DSM A1 Team GermanyWilli Weber Michael Ammermüller3–4, 6–10 Michael Klein
DSM A1 Team New ZealandColin Giltrap Jonny ReidAll Earl Bamber
Brendon Hartley
Chris van der Drift
A1 Team Great Britain A1 Team Great BritainTony Clements
John Surtees
Oliver Jarvis1, 3–4, 7–8 Duncan Tappy
Danny Watts
James Winslow
Oliver Turvey
A1 Team Great Britain A1 Team Great BritainTony Clements
John Surtees
Robbie Kerr2, 5–6, 9–10 Duncan Tappy
Danny Watts
James Winslow
Oliver Turvey
A1 Team Indonesia A1 Team IndonesiaN/A Satrio Hermanto1–4
Performance Racing A1 Team IndonesiaN/A Satrio Hermanto5–10
Performance Racing A1 Team PakistanArif Hussain Adam KhanAll
A1 Team Malaysia A1 Team MalaysiaAlex Yoong Alex Yoong1–5, 8–9 Aaron Lim
A1 Team Malaysia A1 Team MalaysiaAlex Yoong Fairuz Fauzy6–7, 10 Aaron Lim
A1 Team Portugal A1 Team PortugalLuis Vicente João Urbano1–6 Gonçalo Araújo
Frederico Duarte
Bruno Serra
A1 Team Portugal A1 Team PortugalLuis Vicente Filipe Albuquerque7–10 Gonçalo Araújo
Frederico Duarte
Bruno Serra
Max Motorsport A1 Team SwitzerlandMax Welti Neel JaniAll Sébastien Buemi
Tom Dillmann
Rahel Frey
Natacha Gachnang
Alexandre Imperatori
Racing for Holland A1 Team The NetherlandsJan Lammers Jeroen BleekemolenAll Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Team Astromega A1 Team ChinaLiu Yu Congfu ChengAll Marchy Lee
Qinghua Ma
Lin Po-Heng
Team Ghinzani A1 Team ItalyPiercarlo Ghinzani Enrico Toccacelo1–3 Paolo Bossini
Frankie Provenzano
Davide Rigon
Giuseppe Termine
Team Ghinzani A1 Team ItalyPiercarlo Ghinzani Edoardo Piscopo4–10 Paolo Bossini
Frankie Provenzano
Davide Rigon
Giuseppe Termine
Status Grand Prix A1 Team CanadaWade Cherwayko James Hinchcliffe1–2, 10 Daniel Morad
Status Grand Prix A1 Team CanadaWade Cherwayko Robert Wickens3–9 Daniel Morad
Status Grand Prix A1 Team IrelandMark Kershaw Ralph Firman1 Niall Quinn
Status Grand Prix A1 Team IrelandMark Kershaw Adam Carroll2–10 Niall Quinn
Teamcraft Motorsport A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui
Salvador Durán1 Juan Pablo Garcia
Arturo González
Esteban Gutiérrez
Picho Toledano
Teamcraft Motorsport A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui
Michel Jourdain Jr.2–3 Juan Pablo Garcia
Arturo González
Esteban Gutiérrez
Picho Toledano
Teamcraft Motorsport A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui
David Garza Perez4–8 Juan Pablo Garcia
Arturo González
Esteban Gutiérrez
Picho Toledano
Teamcraft Motorsport A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui
Jorge Goeters9 Juan Pablo Garcia
Arturo González
Esteban Gutiérrez
Picho Toledano
Teamcraft Motorsport A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui
David Martínez10 Juan Pablo Garcia
Arturo González
Esteban Gutiérrez
Picho Toledano
A1 Team USA A1 Team USARick Weidlinger Buddy Rice1–2 Charlie Kimball
A1 Team USA A1 Team USARick Weidlinger Jonathan Summerton3–10 Charlie Kimball

Swiss drivers Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang are the two first females to drive A1 Grand Prix cars this season. Their first steps were test drivers during Silverstone, September 18-19, 2007, test session. Then Natacha Gachnang drove in rookie sessions in Czech round, on October 12, 2007 and Rahel Frey in Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007
Since January 2008, the Performance Racing manage A1 Team Indonesia. Bagoes Hermanto, brother of Satrio Hermanto, became the new Team Principal.

Season calendar and winners

All 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix circuits were returned to 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season with an exception of Beijing and Sentul rounds.
Due to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.

Tests

Rule changes

Since round 5, in Taupo, a 30 per cent biofuel mix was introduce. This environmental initiative is the first initiative to help reduce its environmental footprint in motorsport series. The new fuel is an ethanol-based product Hiperflo E30 sourced from sugar beet in Europe and produced by Petrochem Carless. The prediction are a CO2 emissions reduction by 21% per car.
A new light close to the entry of pit lane is introduce since round 5, in Taupo when safety car is out. When the lights are on, drivers can pit but it is not counted as one of the two mandatory stops. Pits are allowed for mechanical work to be carried out.

Standings