List of A1 Grand Prix records

This article is a list of records in the A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport, since the inaugural 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, and is accurate up to and including the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season.

A1 Grand Prix team records

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Championships

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Team Title 2nd 3rd
1   Switzerland 1 2
2   France 1
  Germany 1
  Ireland 1
5   New Zealand 2
6   Great Britain 3
7   Portugal 1

Wins

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Team Wins Sprint Feature Winning drivers
1   France 15 8 7 Alexandre Prémat 7, Nicolas Lapierre 6, Loïc Duval 2
2   Germany 11 4 7 Nico Hülkenberg 9, Michael Ammermüller 1, Christian Vietoris 1
3   Switzerland 10 5 5 Neel Jani 10
4   New Zealand 7 4 3 Jonny Reid 7
5   Ireland 6 3 3 Adam Carroll 6
6   Great Britain 5 3 2 Robbie Kerr 3, Oliver Jarvis 2
  Malaysia 5 4 1 Alex Yoong 4, Fairuz Fauzy 1
8   Netherlands 4 3 1 Jeroen Bleekemolen 2, Robert Doornbos 1, Jos Verstappen 1
9   South Africa 3 2 1 Adrian Zaugg 3
10   Brazil 2 1 1 Nelson Piquet Jr. 2
  Canada 2 1 1 Sean McIntosh 1, Robert Wickens 1
  India 2 0 2 Narain Karthikeyan 2
  Mexico 2 1 1 Salvador Durán 2
14   Czech Republic 1 0 1 Tomáš Enge 1
  Italy 1 0 1 Enrico Toccacelo 1
  Portugal 1 0 1 Filipe Albuquerque 1
  USA 1 0 1 Jonathan Summerton 1

Pole positions

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Team Pole positions Pole drivers
1   Switzerland 10 Neel Jani 10
2   France 6 Loïc Duval 2, Nicolas Lapierre 2, Alexandre Prémat 2
  Ireland 6 Adam Carroll 6
4   Great Britain 5 Robbie Kerr 4, Danny Watts 1
  Netherlands 5 Jeroen Bleekemolen 4, Robert Doornbos 1
  South Africa 5 Adrian Zaugg 5
7   Germany 4 Nico Hülkenberg 3, Michael Ammermüller 1
  New Zealand 4 Jonny Reid 4
9   Malaysia 3 Alex Yoong 2, Fairuz Fauzy 1
10   Brazil 2 Nelson Piquet Jr. 2
  Canada 2 Robert Wickens 2
12   India 1 Narain Karthikeyan 1
  Italy 1 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1
  Mexico 1 Salvador Durán 1
  Monaco 1 Clivio Piccione 1

Fastest laps

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Team Fastest laps Fastest lap drivers
1   France 11 Alexandre Prémat 5, Nicolas Lapierre 4, Loïc Duval 2
2   Ireland 9 Adam Carroll 6, Ralph Firman 3
  Switzerland 9 Neel Jani 8, Sébastien Buemi 1
4   Germany 6 Nico Hülkenberg 5, Christian Vietoris 1
  New Zealand 6 Jonny Reid 6
6   Mexico 5 Salvador Durán 5
7   Brazil 4 Nelson Piquet Jr. 4
  China 4 Cheng Congfu 4
  Great Britain 4 Oliver Jarvis 2, Robbie Kerr 2
  Malaysia 4 Alex Yoong 3, Fairuz Fauzy 1
  South Africa 4 Adrian Zaugg 4
12   Netherlands 3 Jos Verstappen 2, Robert Doornbos 1
  USA 3 Phil Giebler 1, Charlie Kimball 1, Jonathan Summerton 1
14   Canada 2 James Hinchcliffe 1, Robert Wickens 1
  Portugal 2 Filipe Albuquerque 2
16   Australia 1 John Martin 1
  Italy 1 Enrico Toccacelo 1

Points

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Team Points
1   Switzerland 438
2   France 404
3   Great Britain 343
4   New Zealand 333
5   Netherlands 294
6   Ireland 282
7   Germany 251
8   Portugal 227
9   Malaysia 197
10   Canada 167

Teams yet to score points

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  • Both teams have yet to reappear since 2005–06.
Team Races Starts
1   Russia 3 6
2   Greece 2 4

Other

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Most drivers used during same weekend

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Consecutive starts without points

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Driver records

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Caps

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Driver Caps First Cap
1   Neel Jani 60 Sprint Race, 2005–06  
2   Alex Yoong 54 Feature Race, 2005–06  
3   Jeroen Bleekemolen 47 Sprint Race, 2006–07  
4   Robbie Kerr 46 Sprint Race, 2005–06  
5   Salvador Durán 44 Sprint Race, 2005–06  
  Adrian Zaugg 44 Sprint Race, 2006–07  
7   Narain Karthikeyan 40 Sprint Race, 2006–07  
  Ananda Mikola 40 Sprint Race, 2005–06  
  Enrico Toccacelo 40 Sprint Race, 2005–06  
10   Tomáš Enge 38 Sprint Race, 2005–06  
  Jonny Reid 38 Sprint Race, 2005–06  

Youngest capped drivers

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Driver Age First Race
1   Armaan Ebrahim 16 years, 5 months and 6 days Sprint Race, 2005–06  
2   Graham Rahal 17 years, 1 month and 22 days Sprint Race, 2005–06  
3   Sergio Pérez 17 years, 3 months and 20 days Sprint Race, 2006–07  
4   Felipe Guimarães 17 years, 6 months and 13 days Sprint Race, 2008–09  
5   Josef Král 17 years, 8 months and 9 days Sprint Race, 2007–08  
6   Sébastien Buemi 17 years and 11 months Sprint Race, 2006–07  
7   Christian Vietoris 17 years, 11 months and 24 days Sprint Race, 2006–07  
8   Jan Charouz 18 years, 2 months and 8 days Sprint Race, 2005–06  
9   Earl Bamber 18 years, 2 months and 26 days Sprint Race, 2008–09  
10   Mikhail Aleshin 18 years, 5 months and 1 day Sprint Race, 2005–06  

Oldest capped drivers

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Driver Age Last Race
1   Jorge Goeters 37 years, 9 months and 18 days Sprint Race, 2007–08  
2   Hideki Noda 36 years, 7 months and 2 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
3   Massimiliano Papis 36 years, 5 months and 9 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
4   Bryan Herta 35 years, 9 months and 17 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
5   Christian Fittipaldi 35 years, 3 months and 15 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
6   Patrick Carpentier 34 years, 7 months and 20 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
7   Jos Verstappen 34 years and 29 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
8   Alexey Vasilyev 33 years, 8 months and 12 days Feature Race, 2005–06  
9   Denis Lian 33 years and 7 months Feature Race, 2006–07  
10   Nur Ali 32 years, 8 months and 17 days Feature Race, 2006–07  

Wins

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Driver Wins Starts Sprint Feature
1   Neel Jani 10 60 5 5
2   Nico Hülkenberg 9 20 3 6
3   Alexandre Prémat 7 10 4 3
  Jonny Reid 7 38 4 3
5   Adam Carroll 6 32 3 3
  Nicolas Lapierre 6 23 3 3
7   Alex Yoong 4 54 3 1
8   Robbie Kerr 3 46 3 0
  Adrian Zaugg 3 44 2 1
10   Jeroen Bleekemolen 2 47 2 0
  Salvador Durán 2 44 1 1
  Loïc Duval 2 26 1 1
  Oliver Jarvis 2 14 0 2
  Narain Karthikeyan 2 40 0 2
  Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 14 1 1

Pole positions

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Driver Pole positions Starts
1   Neel Jani 10 60
2   Adam Carroll 6 32
3   Adrian Zaugg 5 44
4   Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 47
  Robbie Kerr 4 46
  Jonny Reid 4 38
7   Nico Hülkenberg 3 20
8   Loïc Duval 2 26
  Nicolas Lapierre 2 23
  Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 14
  Alexandre Prémat 2 10
  Robert Wickens 2 14
  Alex Yoong 2 54

Fastest laps

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Driver Fastest laps Starts
1   Neel Jani 8 60
2   Adam Carroll 6 32
  Jonny Reid 6 38
4   Salvador Durán 5 44
  Nico Hülkenberg 5 20
  Alexandre Prémat 5 10
7   Cheng Congfu 4 36
  Nicolas Lapierre 4 23
  Nelson Piquet Jr. 4 14
  Adrian Zaugg 4 44

Other

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Consecutive starts

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  Alex Yoong ran consecutively 45 starts (24 races) from Feature Race, 2005–06   to Feature Race, 2007–08  .[3]

Different teams

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Other

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Events by Country

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Country Events Venues Tracks
1   China 6 4 Beijing International Streetcircuit, Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit x3, Zhuhai International Circuit
2   Great Britain 4 1 Brands Hatch x4
  Malaysia 4 1 Sepang International Circuit x4
  South Africa 4 2 Durban street circuit x3, Kyalami
5   Australia 3 1 Eastern Creek Raceway x3
  Mexico 3 2 Fundidora Park Raceway, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez x2
  Netherlands 3 1 Circuit Park Zandvoort x3
  New Zealand 3 1 Taupo Motorsport Park x3
9   Czech Republic 2 1 Auto Motodrom Brno x2
  Indonesia 2 1 Sentul International Circuit x2
  Portugal 2 2 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Autódromo do Estoril

Tracks with most race weekends

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Track Events Season
1   Brands Hatch 4 All seasons
  Sepang International Circuit 4 All seasons
3   Durban street circuit 3 2005–06 to 2007–08
  Eastern Creek Raceway 3 2005–06 to 2007–08
  Shanghai International Circuit 3 2005–06 to 2007–08
  Taupo Motorsport Park 3 2006–07 to 2008–09
  Zandvoort 3 2006–07 to 2008–09
8   Brno 2 2006–07 to 2007–08
  Mexico City 2 2006–07 to 2007–08
  Sentul International Circuit 2 2005–06 to 2006–07

Fuel

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A1 Grand Prix is the first racing series to use a 30% biofuel mix.[5] An ethanol based product, Hiperflo E30, has been used since 2007–08, New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ The Three Musketeers a1gp.com (February 21, 2008)
  2. ^ Wickens is youngest polesitter a1gp.com (February 23, 2008)
  3. ^ Fauzy replaces Yoong at Malaysia a1gp.com (January 30, 2008)
  4. ^ "Morad to switch to A1 Team Lebanon". A1GP.com. 2008-09-18. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  5. ^ Biofuel confirmed for Taupo a1gp.com (December 18, 2007)
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