The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 30, 2007 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.
 2007-08 A1GP of Netherlands | |
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| Race Details | |
| Race 1 of 10 in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season | |
| Date | September 30, 2007 |
| Location | Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands |
| Sprint race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |  South Africa (Adrian Zaugg) |
| Time | 1'45.095 |
| Podium | |
| 1st | South Africa (Adrian Zaugg) |
| 2nd |  France (Loïc Duval) |
| 3rd | Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen) |
| Fastest Lap | |
| FL | South Africa (Adrian Zaugg) |
| Time | 1'28.353, (Lap 2) |
| Feature race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole | South Africa (Adrian Zaugg) |
| Time | 1'43.979 |
| Podium | |
| 1st |  Great Britain (Oliver Jarvis) |
| 2nd | South Africa (Adrian Zaugg) |
| 3rd |  Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
| Fastest Lap | |
| FL |  Mexico (Salvador Durán) |
| Time | 1'29.181, (Lap 37) |
| Official Classifications | |
| PDF Booklet | |
The sprint race was won by A1 Team South Africa, while the Great Britain car won the Feature Race. With South Africa getting second place in the Feature Race, they took the early lead in the championship.
Pre-race
editDue to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session.[1] Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.
Qualifications
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Sprint Race
editThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, September 30, 2007
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 |  South Africa
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Adrian Zaugg | 12 | 18'01.087 | 1 | 15+1 |
| 2 |  France
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Loïc Duval | 12 | +7.532 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 |  Netherlands
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Jeroen Bleekemolen | 12 | +8.097 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 |  Mexico
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Salvador Durán | 12 | +8.205 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 |  Switzerland
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Neel Jani | 12 | +8.581 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 |  Germany
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Christian Vietoris | 12 | +10.344 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 |  Great Britain
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Oliver Jarvis | 12 | +10.566 | 10 | 4 |
| 8 |  Ireland
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Ralph Firman | 12 | +12.168 | 7 | 3 |
| 9 |  New Zealand
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Jonny Reid | 12 | +13.934 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 |  India
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Narain Karthikeyan | 12 | +18.516 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 |  Portugal
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João Urbano | 12 | +24.967 | 9 | |
| 12 |  Italy
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Enrico Toccacelo | 12 | +25.717 | 13 | |
| 13 |  Brazil
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Sérgio Jimenez | 12 | +26.044 | 12 | |
| 14 |  Lebanon
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Chris Alajajian | 12 | +34.547 | 18 | |
| 15 |  Czech Republic
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Erik Janis | 12 | +35.268 | 14 | |
| 16 |  Malaysia
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Alex Yoong | 12 | +35.895 | 20 | |
| 17 |  China
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Cong Fu Cheng | 12 | +36.298 | 15 | |
| 18 |  Pakistan
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Adam Langley-Khan | 12 | +36.510 | 16 | |
| 19 |  Canada
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James Hinchcliffe | 12 | +39.509 | 21 | |
| 20 |  Indonesia
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Satrio Hermanto | 12 | +47.932 | 22 | |
| 21 |  Australia
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Ian Dyk | 12 | +47.983 | 17 | |
| 22 |  USA
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Buddy Rice | 12 | +48.208 | 19 |
Main Race
editThe Main Race took place also on Sunday, September 30, 2007.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | Great Britain
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Oliver Jarvis | 45 | 1:09'51.394 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | South Africa
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Adrian Zaugg | 45 | +5.742 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Switzerland
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Neel Jani | 45 | +7.974 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Mexico
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Salvador Durán | 45 | +11.516 | 8 | 8+1 |
| 5 | France
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Loïc Duval | 45 | +25.789 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Ireland
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Ralph Firman | 45 | +33.697 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | New Zealand
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Jonny Reid | 45 | +47.635 | 10 | 4 |
| 8 | Netherlands
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Jeroen Bleekemolen | 45 | +49.270 | 11 | 3 |
| 9 | Germany
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Christian Vietoris | 45 | +49.876 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Czech Republic
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Erik Janis | 45 | +59.664 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | Brazil
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Sérgio Jimenez | 45 | +1'00.078 | 13 | |
| 12 | Australia
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Ian Dyk | 45 | +1'30.593 | 16 | |
| 13 | USA
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Buddy Rice | 45 | +1'31.148 | 19 | |
| 14 | Italy
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Enrico Toccacelo | 44 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
| 15 | China
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Cong Fu Cheng | 44 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 16 | Indonesia
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Satrio Hermanto | 44 | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| 17 | Pakistan
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Adam Langley-Khan | 43 | +2 Laps | 17 | |
| 18 | Canada
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James Hinchcliffe | 40 | +5 Laps | 12 | |
| 19 | Lebanon
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Chris Alajajian | 40 | +5 Laps | 18 | |
| Ret | India
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Narain Karthikeyan | 13 | +32 Laps | 9 | |
| Ret | Malaysia
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Alex Yoong | 8 | +37 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | Portugal
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João Urbano | 2 | +43 Laps | 22 |
- Mexico won the Feature race fastest lap point with a lap time of 1'29.181 therefore giving them an extra point on top of their 4th-place finish points.
Notes
edit- It was the 23rd race weekend (46 starts)
- It was the 2nd race in the Circuit Park Zandvoort and the 2nd in Netherlands.
- It was the first race for Chris Alajajian,[2] Satrio Hermanto,[3] Erik Janiš,[4] Sérgio Jimenez[5] and Buddy Rice.[6]
- It was the first race weekend for Chris Alajajian,[2] Satrio Hermanto,[3] Erik Janiš,[4] Sérgio Jimenez[5] and Buddy Rice.[6]
- Records:
- South Africa take 5 poles position.
- A1 Team Lebanon participate on 23 races (46 starts) without won points since their first Grand Prix.
- Alex Yoong participate on 22 races (42 starts).
- Neel Jani won 156 points.
- Erik Janiš became the 100th A1GP race driver.[7]
References
edit- ^ Zandvoort: A1 Team by Team Race Preview Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine paddocktalk.com (September 28, 2007)
- ^ a b Chris Alajajian Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
- ^ a b Satrio Hermanto results.a1gp.com
- ^ a b Erik Janiš Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
- ^ a b Sérgio Jimenez Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
- ^ a b Buddy Rice Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
- ^ Janis is A1GP's 100th driver a1gp.com (September 30, 2007)
External links
edit| Previous race 2006-07 A1GP, Great Britain |
A1 Grand Prix 2007-08 season |
Next race 2007-08 A1GP, Czech Republic |