A1 Grand Prix

[Maxkarter]

This is the latest entry into international motorsport, and labelled as the world cup of motorsport aswell.

Here is the race calender:
25 September 2005 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brands Hatch, Great Britain

9 October 2005 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, EuroSpeedway, Lausitz, Germany

23 October 2005 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Circuito Estoril, Portugal

6 November 2005 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia

20 November 2005 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia

11 December 2005 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Dubai Autodrome, UAE

15 January 2006 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Sentul Circuit, Indonesia

29 January 2006 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa

12 February 2006 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba, Brazil

26 February 2006 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Parque Fundidora Monterrey, Mexico

19 March 2006 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Laguna Seca, California, USA

2 April 2006 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai International Circuit, China

Here is the current driver list:

Christian Jones
Confirmed

Will Davison
Confirmed

Will Power (Find tht guys name quite funny tbh!)
Confirmed

Rubens Carrapatoso
Testing

Nelson Piquet JR
Confirmed

Bruno Senna
Confirmed

Roman Grosjean
Testing

Neil Jani
Testing

Giorgio Mondini
Testing

Qing Hua Ma
Confirmed

Teng Yi Jiang
Confirmed

Tomas Enge
Confirmed

Timo Scheider
Testing

Alexandre Premat
Confirmed

Nicolas Lapierre
Confirmed

Christophe Bouchut
Testing

Alex Lloyd
Confirmed

Robbie Kerr
Confirmed

Ananda Mikola
Confirmed

Ralph Firman
Confirmed

Michael Devaney
Confirmed

Karun Chandhok
Confirmed

Armaan Ebrahim
Unconfirmed

Khalil Beschir
Confirmed


Basil Shaaban
Confirmed

Luis Diaz
Confirmed

Salvador Duran
Confirmed

Memo Rojas
Testing

David Martinez
Testing

Alex Yoong
Confirmed

Fairuz Fauzy
Confirmed

Jos Verstappen
Confirmed

Jeroen Bleekemolen
Confirmed

Jonny Reid
Testing

Matt Halliday
Testing

Adam Kahn
Confirmed

Nur Ali
Confirmed

Pedro Lamy
Confirmed

Alvaro Parente
Confirmed

Nikolay Fomenko
Testing

Alexy Vasiliev
Testing

Scott Speed
Confirmed

Matt Jaskol
Confirmed

Colin Fleming
Testing

Stephen Simpson
Confirmed

Tomas Scheckter
Confirmed

Alan van der Merwe
Testing

Its also nice to see lots of ex-F1 and ex-DTM (Current) drivers in there.

Sorry for such a 'half-assed' copy & paste job!
I know that list is quite inaccurate aswell, considering that a friend of mine, and Rotax Max Karting World Champion Gavin Cronje is drving the South African car. Once I find more information I will keep you guys updated!

 

[Kev]

I am toying with the idea of going to Brands Hatch as its only about 8 miles from my house but I dont really know a lot about the series and am not sure its worth the ?30 entrance fee

 

[danny2502]

sounds good the A1 seris been loooking foward to it since i first heard of the idea but it's on sky sports so it's gonna be s***

 

[Gibbsrules]

Yay,I can't wait,being the motorsport fanatic I am.Its nice to have something to watch in the F1 off season.Go South Africa!

As for the last few F1 races,Go McLaren111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andrew G]

I'll be going to the Eastern Creek round here in Australia,
I'm sure it'll be better than watching F1, it's much harder to
build a huge lead over an opponent, so there should be more
passing and aggressive driving.

I know South Africa produce some top talent, so I'll be keeping
a keen eye on their progress, but I'm an Aussie so I'm barracking
for them first, then the South African's. Nelson Piquet Jr. will be
another to keep an eye on, that guy has some serious talent.

 

[Gibbsrules]

Yeah,the Aussies and SA are kind of underdogs in this,it would be nice to see them beating the established motorsport nations(eg the English).It could be comedy seeing Alex Yoong race again though!

 

[Skater]

This should be good.
F1 is so unfair with the different engines and tyres that can improve performance.
Ralph Firman is racing! Hoo-ray! :happy

 

[Maxkarter]

Yeah,the Aussies and SA are kind of underdogs in this,it would be nice to see them beating the established motorsport nations(eg the English).It could be comedy seeing Alex Yoong race again though!

I don't know which hole you have been in , but South Africa has some of the best names in motorsport coming through the ranks! We are hardly the underdogs in this series, in terms of driver ability and experience. The only side on which we could be wanting is the technical expertise.

Anyway, looking forward to the weekend!!!

 

[taimurasad]

Adam Kahn
Confirmed

Is he from Pakistan?

 

[Maxkarter]

Not too sure i'll go and check.

Yes, he is the chosen Pakistani driver.

 

[taimurasad]

Yes, he is the chosen Pakistani driver.

thnx for the info max. im glad that finally a pakistani made into motorsports!

 

[Maxkarter]

No probs mate

 

[Gibbsrules]

I don't know which hole you have been in , but South Africa has some of the best names in motorsport coming through the ranks! We are hardly the underdogs in this series, in terms of driver ability and experience. The only side on which we could be wanting is the technical expertise.

Anyway, looking forward to the weekend!!!

So we have,but we are not really a country associated with motorsport,thats what I meant when I said that.I just hope tomas Scheckter can still remember how to turn right.

 

[Maxkarter]

Well he will find out on Sunday when the IRL heads to The Glen for the inaugural round. Hope he has a good result!

Why is it taking sooo long for Saturday to come!!!! I can't wait for everyone to eat our dust

 

[Maxkarter]

Wow! This is becoming really interesting! Any thoughts on the qualifying?