2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season

The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third season of A1 Grand Prix.

The Indonesian round at Sentul was removed from the calendar. Following the farcical Beijing round the previous season, the second Chinese event was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit near Hong Kong. Two pre-season tests were held at Silverstone Circuit on 28–29 August 2007 and 18–19 September 2007.

Due to Zandvoort's noise restrictions, regular and rookie practice sessions were not held on Friday at the Dutch round.^[1] Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying.

Round	Event	Circuit	Dates
1	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28–30 September 2007
2	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic	Automotodrom Brno	12–14 October 2007
3	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	23–25 November 2007
4	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Zhuhai)	Zhuhai International Circuit	14–16 December 2007
5	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand	Taupo Motorsport Park	18–20 January 2008
6	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	1–3 February 2008
7	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa	Durban Street Circuit	22–24 February 2008
8	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	14–16 March 2008
9	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai)	Shanghai International Circuit	11–13 April 2008
10	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain	Brands Hatch	2–4 May 2008
Map
Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern Creek Durban Mexico City Shanghai Brands Hatch

All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis. No new teams entered the championships, whilst both Greece and Singapore did not return having failed to complete their debut seasons.

Entrant (Team)	Driver	Events
A1 Team Australia Alan Docking Racing	Ian Dyk	1–4
	John Martin	5–10
A1 Team Brazil Argo Racing Cars	Sérgio Jimenez	1–6
	Bruno Junqueira	7–8
	Alexandre Negrão	9–10
A1 Team Canada Status Grand Prix	James Hinchcliffe	1–2, 10
	Robert Wickens	3–9
A1 Team China Team Astromega	Congfu Cheng	All
A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System	Erik Janiš	1–3
	Tomáš Enge	4–6
	Josef Král	7
	Filip Salaquarda	8–10
A1 Team France DAMS	Loïc Duval	1, 3–7
	Nicolas Lapierre	2
	Jonathan Cochet	8
	Franck Montagny	9–10
A1 Team Germany David Sears Motorsport	Christian Vietoris	1–2, 5
	Michael Ammermüller	3–4, 6–10
A1 Team Great Britain	Oliver Jarvis	1, 3–4, 7–8
	Robbie Kerr	2, 5–6, 9–10
A1 Team India Arena Motorsport	Narain Karthikeyan	1–6, 8–10
	Parthiva Sureshwaren	7
A1 Team Indonesia A1 Team Indonesia (1–4) Performance Racing (5–10)	Satrio Hermanto	All
A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix	Ralph Firman, Jr.	1
	Adam Carroll	2–10
A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani	Enrico Toccacelo	1–3
	Edoardo Piscopo	4–10
A1 Team Lebanon Argo Racing Cars	Chris Alajajian	1, 3–6
	Jimmy Auby	2, 7, 10
	Khalil Beschir	8–9
A1 Team Malaysia	Alex Yoong	1–5, 8–9
	Fairuz Fauzy	6–7, 10
A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport	Salvador Durán	1
	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	2–3
	David Garza	4–8
	Jorge Goeters	9
	David Martínez	10
A1 Team Netherlands Racing for Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All
A1 Team New Zealand David Sears Motorsport	Jonny Reid	All
A1 Team Pakistan Performance Racing	Adam Khan	All
A1 Team Portugal	João Urbano	1–6
	Filipe Albuquerque	7–10
A1 Team South Africa DAMS	Adrian Zaugg	All
A1 Team Switzerland Max Motorsport	Neel Jani	All
A1 Team USA	Buddy Rice	1–2
	Jonathan Summerton	3–10

• The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the sprint race whilst the second two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the feature race.^[2]
• The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.^[3]
• The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap.^[3]
• From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.^[4]

• From the Taupo round, the fuel mixture was changed to a 30% biofuel mix produced by Petrochem Carless.^[5]

Round		Event	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Report
1	S	Netherlands	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Report
	F		Adrian Zaugg	Salvador Durán	Oliver Jarvis
2	S	Czech Republic	Adrian Zaugg	Jonny Reid	Jonny Reid	Report
	F		Jeroen Bleekemolen	Congfu Cheng	Jonny Reid
3	S	Malaysia	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Report
	F		Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani
4	S	China (Zhuhai)	Michael Ammermüller	Neel Jani	Michael Ammermüller	Report
	F		Neel Jani	Oliver Jarvis	Narain Karthikeyan
5	S	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	Christian Vietoris	Jonny Reid	Report
	F		Loïc Duval	Neel Jani	Christian Vietoris
6	S	Australia	Loïc Duval	Loïc Duval	Loïc Duval	Report
	F		Jonny Reid	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg
7	S	South Africa	Robert Wickens	Jonny Reid	Robert Wickens	Report
	F		Neel Jani	Congfu Cheng	Neel Jani
8	S	Mexico	Adrian Zaugg	Congfu Cheng	Jonny Reid	Report
	F		Robert Wickens	Oliver Jarvis	Adam Carroll
9	S	China (Shanghai)	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Report
	F		Neel Jani	Robert Wickens	Jonathan Summerton
10	S	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	Congfu Cheng	Robbie Kerr	Report
	F		Narain Karthikeyan	Adam Carroll	Narain Karthikeyan

Points system

Points are now assigned in the same manner for both the sprint and feature races using the following format with one bonus point awarded for the fastest lap in each race.

Championship standings

Pos Team Drivers NED CZE MLY ZHU NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR Pts S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F 1 Switzerland Neel Jani 5 3 8 3 1 1 2 6 Ret 13 10 2 3 1 3 19 1 5 4 3 168 2 New Zealand Jonny Reid 9 7 1 1 5 8 10 2 1 4 2 9 20 10 1 12 Ret 4 8 8 127 3 Great Britain Oliver Jarvis 7 1 6 12 6 5 2 11 2 2 126 Robbie Kerr 2 17 Ret Ret 16 3 9 9 1 2 4 France Loïc Duval 2 5 2 2 8 7 3 3 1 Ret 11 2 118 Nicolas Lapierre 6 5 Jonathan Cochet 12 13 Franck Montagny 12 8 10 5 5 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1 2 4 16 10 Ret Ret 3 4 7 7 1 13 7 Ret 6 7 16 7 11 96 6 Ireland Ralph Firman, Jr. 8 6 94 Adam Carroll 3 6 7 7 4 16 6 5 15 13 15 Ret 4 1 11 3 3 13 7 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 3 8 5 2 18 4 9 Ret 5 8 9 8 5 4 8 4 17 18 9 6 87 8 Germany Christian Vietoris 6 9 7 8 2 1 83 Michael Ammermüller 16 EX 1 4 4 7 EX Ret Ret 20 6 10 20 Ret 9 Canada James Hinchcliffe 19 18 12 11 15 17 75 Robert Wickens 3 Ret 15 Ret Ret 2 3 6 1 12 7 5 2 20 10 India Narain Karthikeyan 10 Ret 21 9 11 6 7 1 10 Ret 11 11 13 9 5 7 5 1 61 Parthiva Sureshwaren 17 Ret 11 Portugal João Urbano 11 Ret 9 18 13 Ret 19 12 8 12 12 16 59 Filipe Albuquerque 7 3 6 7 3 2 6 7 12 United States Buddy Rice 22 13 16 15 56 Jonathan Summerton 12 10 12 10 7 14 5 Ret 10 Ret 5 3 21 1 2 12 13 China Congfu Cheng 17 15 10 4 Ret 5 3 9 14 Ret 14 10 4 6 17 10 10 15 21 4 55 14 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 13 11 11 7 4 3 18 Ret 13 6 8 4 44 Bruno Junqueira Ret 9 10 8 Alexandre Negrão 14 13 16 14 15 Malaysia Alex Yoong 16 Ret 17 14 9 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 15 4 6 25 Fairuz Fauzy 20 17 9 5 13 Ret 16 Mexico Salvador Durán 4 4 22 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 13 22 20 11 David Garza 16 11 17 9 17 18 8 Ret 16 14 Jorge Goeters 20 21 David Martínez 20 16 17 Australia Ian Dyk 21 12 Ret 13 Ret 9 13 15 20 John Martin 9 Ret 6 5 6 14 Ret 21 15 14 14 Ret 18 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 12 14 14 10 8 Ret 12 Edoardo Piscopo 11 Ret 12 Ret 13 14 14 8 11 Ret 8 12 17 9 19 Czech Republic Erik Janiš 15 10 18 12 15 15 10 Tomáš Enge 5 8 Ret 11 18 15 Josef Král 18 Ret Filip Salaquarda Ret 16 13 11 12 15 20 Pakistan Adam Khan 18 17 15 20 17 14 14 14 11 10 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 18 16 17 18 Ret 1 21 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 20 16 19 19 19 16 17 Ret 16 Ret 21 20 16 Ret 14 11 19 19 19 10 1 22 Lebanon Chris Alajajian 14 19 14 Ret Ret 13 15 Ret 19 19 0 Jimmy Auby 20 21 19 13 22 18 Khalil Beschir 15 17 18 22 Pos Team Drivers S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F Pts NED CZE MLY ZHU NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Green Retired, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX) Bold Pole position * Fastest lap spr Sprint Race fea Feature Race

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