2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa


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

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. The team had planned the debut of 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto, a Japanese driver of Korean descent, as rookie driver on the weekend.

Drivers

Qualifying

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.