Friday, December 22, 2006

A1GPs pit lane reporter Lee McKenzie mixes it with the drivers
A television pit lane reporter needs some very special talents. Any person attempting this job must be determined, fearless, ruthless, compassionate, intrepid, resourceful and above all have a sense of humour.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Salvador Doran meets his fans at the Mexican auto show
A1 Team Mexico’s Salvador Doran might be having a Christmas break from driving but it doesn’t mean he is taking things easily. Last week he was at home in Mexico meeting the fans and the media at the Mexican Auto Show in Mexico City. Read More >>

Monday, December 18, 2006

Durban prepares for a second A1GP street race
Preparations for the second A1GP street race in Durban, scheduled for February 25, 2007 are well in hand and spectators can look forward to an even bigger and better event than the award-winning one this year, says Ms Dana Cooper, CEO of A1 Team South Africa. Read More >>

Monday, December 11, 2006

Sheikh Maktoum exits A1GP in deal with RAB capital
As first announced on 29 September, His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Al Maktoum has completed the sale of his entire shareholding in A1GP to the RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund managed by RAB Capital plc having seen his vision of a nation versus nation motor racing series brought to life. Read More >>
Sentul- amended feature race results
A1 Team Netherlands has been excluded from the results of the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia Feature race. Read More >>

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Kiwis score the double at Sentul
New Zealand’s Jonny Reid has secured a double victory at the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia. In a rain-affected and incident-filled Feature race, Reid won by just over two seconds from Germany’s Nico Hülkenberg and France’s Nicolas Lapierre.
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The Kiwi team takes our first A1GP victory
New Zealand has secured its first-ever A1GP World Cup of Motorsport victory with a dominant lights-to-flag drive from Jonny Reid at the Sentul circuit, Indonesia.
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A1GP Sentul, Indonesia: Feature race start brought forward
Due to current weather forecasts predicting heavy rain storms to hit the Bogor region late this afternoon, the Feature race for today’s A1GP Sentul, Indonesia will begin 30 minutes early at 07.30 GMT
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Black Beauty hits the road
The New Zealand car that rocketed around race tracks in the inaugural A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season is now haring around the North Island on a two week promotional tour.
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Penalty for team Canada
A1 Team Canada has had its time from the fourth Qualifying segment disallowed after A1GP Stewards found that driver, Sean McIntosh, had blocked Brazil’s Tuka Rocha in the final session.
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New Zealands last gasp secures pole position at Sentul
A1 Team New Zealand’s Jonny Reid has snatched pole position for the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia Sprint race with a last-gasp flying lap in the dying minutes of Qualifying.
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A1 Team Mexico Takes the Heat in Sentul
The heat and humidity of Indonesia seems to suite A1 Team Mexico, as in the final practice session before qualifying for the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport race at the Sentul track it was Salvador Duran who set the quickest time.
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Pit stop practice with a twist
Pit stop practice is taken very seriously by the A1GP teams. As they well know, if the crew completes a speedy tyre change, their driver could jump up more than a few places on the track.
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Young guns go for it in Sentul
Friday’s first official practice session of the A1GP Sentul, Indonesia, reserved for rookie drivers and developing nations, gave five new drivers their first taste of an A1GP car.
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Great Britain and France set for battle in Sentul
A1 Teams Great Britain and France look set for a close fight in this weekend’s Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia after the two traded fastest times during today’s two practice sessions. Competition will be fierce however as the top 15 set times within one second of each other. Read More >>
A1 Teams nominate drivers for race 05 - Sentul
The following drivers have signed-on to drive in the A1GP Sentul, Indonesia, 8-10 December 2006.
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Friday, December 08, 2006

Ananda optimistic of a podium finish in his home race
A1 Team Indonesia driver Ananda Mikola has expressed a strong desire to get on the podium in front of his home crowd this weekend in the fifth round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Sentul, Indonesia.

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Transcript from Thursday press conference- Sentul
Moderator- David Clare, we’re in Indonesia for the second time this calendar year, since we were here in February. We had a very exciting race last year, with a driver starting the race in 23rd position, given a penalty and still going on to win the race. Are you expecting a similarly exciting race this weekend? Read More >>
Hulkenberg takes the strain
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport championship leaders, A1 Team Germany, lent a helping hand to the series’ organisers today at Sentul, but probably not in the way you’d expect. Read More >>
Welcome to the Jungle
Today A1GP drivers headed out into the wild in Indonesia to really get the adrenaline pumping in advance of the Sentul races this weekend. Read More >>

Thursday, December 07, 2006

A1GP extends global broadcast coverage
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has significantly expanded its global television reach, signing an exclusive broadcast deal with America’s SPEED channel and a terrestrial highlights package with Channel Five in the UK. Read More >>
Indonesia bekons A1GP
For the second time in two weeks, the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport series returns to South East Asia. This time, the series will set up camp at the Sentul circuit on the Indonesian island of Java, 42km from the capital Jakarta, for round five of the 12-round season. Read More >>
A1 team Brazil head to Sentul on a winning streak
Brazil are the Triathlon Champions of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Not content with just sitting on an Indonesian beach between the races in Sepang and Sentul, eight of the drivers decided to find out who was quickest off the race track and it was Raphael Matos who came away the winner. Read More >>

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Indonesian Victory Still Fresh in McIntoshs Mind
The fifth round of the 2006/07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport sees a return to the Sentul International Circuit this weekend, 8-10 December, A1 Team Canada’s Sean McIntosh took time out to reflect on his maiden A1GP in February during the inaugural season. Read More >>

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Richard Lyons to debut for A1 Team Ireland in Indonesia
Richard Lyons will drive for A1 Team Ireland in this weekend’s A1GP event in Sentul, Indonesia, the 27 year old making his debut in the series. Read More >>

Monday, December 04, 2006

Switzerland aims to close the gap in Indonesia
A1 Team Switzerland heads to Sentul, Indonesia aiming to close the gap with the other teams after a very competitive weekend in Malaysia. Neel Jani took victory in the sprint race at Sepang to take the team to 17 points in the championship. Sebastien Buemi will return as A1 Team Switzerland’s rookie and replacement driver at Sentul.
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France aims to repeat podium finish in Sentul
Last year Nicolas Lapierre won the Sprint race in Sentul and is aiming for a repeat performance with A1 Team France this weekend after the team stormed back into championship contention at the last round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Malaysia.
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

A1GP Sentul, Indonesia full steam ahead
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will return to the Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia from 8-10 December 2006 for the fifth round of the 2005/06 season, the series’s third consecutive stop in the Asia Pacific region.
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Friday, December 01, 2006

A1 Team Lebanon and GP2
Carlin Motorsport, who run A1 Team Lebanon in A1GP the World Cup of Motorsport, is one of several vastly experienced international motorsport teams involved in A1GP, and following the latest race in Malaysia has announced it will also be involved in GP2 in 2007. Read More >>