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A1 Grand Prix officials recently unveiled the 2007-2008 schedule as follows...................

Rd. 1, 30 Sept. 2007--Zandvoort, Netherlands
Rd. 2, 14 Oct. 2007--Brno, Czech Republic
Rd. 3, 4 Nov. 2007--Asia(event location TBC)
Rd. 4, 25 Nov. 2007--Sepang, Malaysia
Rd. 5, 16 Dec. 2007--Zhuhai, China
Rd. 6, 20 Jan. 2008--Taupo, New Zealand
Rd. 7, 3 Feb. 2008--Sydney, Australia
Rd. 8, 24 Feb. 2008--Durban, South Africa
Rd. 9, 16 March 2008--Mexico City, Mexico
Rd. 10, 6 April 2008--Shanghai, China
Rd. 11, 4 May 2008--Brands Hatch, England

Any predictions, thoughts...................?

First of all thanks for the hard work you put into this forum site mlittle.

My thoughts : well I believe in BLACK.

I'll support team New Zealand no matter how well they do.

Am gunna try to get to Taupo

Day 1 results from A1GP testing at Silverstone(from 28 August 2007)........................................

1st} South Africa, 1:10.487 sec
2nd} France, 1:10.531 sec
3rd} Great Britain, 1:10.559 sec
4th} Ireland, 1:10.670 sec
5th} Switzerland, 1:10.673 sec
6th} Germany, 1:10.874 sec
7th} India, 1:10.882 sec
8th} New Zealand, 1:11.025 sec
9th} Netherlands, 1:11.069 sec
10th} Malaysia, 1:11.337 sec
11th} Brazil, 1:11.348 sec
12th} United States, 1:11.445 sec
13th} Australia, 1:11.578 sec
14th} Italy, 1:11.613 sec
15th} Portugal, 1:11.672 sec
16th} China, 1:11.873 sec
17th} Indonesia, 1:12.020 sec
18th} Czech Republic, 1:12.164 sec
19th} Canada, 1:12.226 sec
20th} Pakistan, 1:12.396 sec
21st} Lebanon, 1:12.491 sec
22nd} Mexico, 1:13.338 sec

--some of the notables who tested at Silverstone....................
South Africa--Adrian Zaugg
France--Nicolas Lapierre, Nicolas Prost
United States--Buddy Rice, Jonathan Summerton
Great Britain--Oliver Jarvis
Ireland--Adam Carroll
Switzerland--Neel Jani
Brazil--Raphael Matos

Southernman wrote:First of all thanks for the hard work you put into this forum site mlittle.

My thoughts : well I believe in BLACK.

I'll support team New Zealand no matter how well they do.

Thanks, southerman......
Speaking of the Kiwi nation...............Scott Dixon leads the IndyCar Series standings by 4 markers over Dario Franchitti w/2 races remaining(the two remaining races are at Belle Isle and Chicagoland)

Julian Mayo wrote:Am gunna try to get to Taupo

Gunna try and get free tickets to Eastern Creek again.

Day 2(Aug. 29) test results from Silverstone...........................................

1st} Germany, 1:10.005 sec
2nd} Great Britain, 1:10.252 sec
3rd} Switzerland, 1:10.311 sec
4th} New Zealand, 1:10.618 sec
5th} South Africa, 1:10.714 sec
6th} Portugal, 1:10.762 sec
7th} Brazil, 1:10.817 sec
8th} Pakistan, 1:10.958 sec
9th} United States, 1:11.047 sec
10th} France, 1:11.057 sec
11th} Netherlands, 1:11.091 sec
12th} China, 1:11.152 sec
13th} Malaysia, 1:11.169 sec
14th} Ireland, 1:11.269 sec
15th} Italy, 1:11.386 sec
16th} Canada, 1:11.398 sec
17th} Australia, 1:11.535 sec
18th} Czech Republic, 1:11.828 sec
19th} Lebanon, 1:11.880 sec
20th} Indonesia, 1:12.103 sec
21st} Mexico, 1:12.638 sec

Day 1(18 Sept.) test top-5 from Silverstone..............
1st} New Zealand, 48.102 sec
2nd} India, 48.362 sec
3rd} Netherlands, 48.373 sec
4th} France, 48.395 sec
5th} China, 48.421 sec


Day 2(19 Sept.) test top-5 from Silverstone.................
1st} India, 47.809 sec
2nd} New Zealand, 47.901 sec
3rd} Switzerland, 47.932 sec
4th} Germany, 47.957 sec
5th} Malaysia, 48.114 sec
note.....both days' tests were run on Silverstone's "national" circuit

C'mon Black Beauty, c'mon

Qualifications from Zandvoort..................
~~SPRINT RACE GRID...........
1st} South Africa(Adrian Zaugg).....................1:45.096 sec
2nd} France(Loic Duval)................................-0.336 sec
3rd} Mexico(Salvador Duran).........................-1.103 sec
4th} Switzerland(Neel Jani)............................-1.633 sec
5th} Netherlands(Jeroen Bleekemolen)...........-1.696 sec
6th} Germany(Christian Vietoris)...................-1.961 sec
7th} Ireland(Ralph Firman)............................-2.248 sec
8th} New Zealand(Jonny Reid).......................-2.436 sec
9th} Portugal(Joao Urbano)............................-2.475 sec
10th} Great Britain(Oliver Jarvis)....................-2.653 sec
11th} India(Narain Karthikeyan).....................-3.320 sec
12th} Brazil(Sergio Jiminez)...........................-3.988 sec
13th} Italy(Enrico Toccacelo)..........................-4.004 sec
14th} Czech Republic(Erik Janis).....................-4.349 sec
15th} China(Cheng Congfu)...........................-4.651 sec
16th} Pakistan(Adam Khan)...........................-5.257 sec
17th} Australia(Ian Dyk)................................-5.458 sec
18th} Lebanon(Chris Alajajian).......................-5.621 sec
19th} United States(Buddy Rice).....................-7.384 sec
20th} Malaysia(Alex Yoong)............................-7.448 sec
21st} Canada(James Hinchcliffe).....................-7.694 sec
22nd} Indonesia(Satrio Hermanto)..................-10.286 sec


~~FEATURE RACE GRID.........................
1st} South Africa(Adrian Zaugg).....................1:43.979 sec
2nd} Germany(Christian Vietoris)....................-0.691 sec
3rd} Great Britain(Oliver Jarvis)......................-1.164 sec
4th} Switzerland(Neel Jani).............................-1.620 sec
5th} France(Loic Duval)..................................-1.712 sec
6th} Ireland(Ralph Firman).............................-1.773 sec
7th} Czech Republic(Erik Janis).......................-1.793 sec
8th} Mexico(Salvador Duran)..........................-1.818 sec
9th} India(Narain Karthikeyan)........................-2.014 sec
10th} New Zealand(Jonny Reid).......................-2.190 sec
11th} Netherlands(Jeroen Bleekemolen)...........-2.575 sec
12th} Canada(James Hinchcliffe)......................-2.760 sec
13th} Brazil(Sergio Jiminez)............................-3.583 sec
14th} Italy(Enrico Toccacelo)...........................-4.318 sec
15th} China(Cheng Congfu)............................-4.352 sec
16th} Australia(Ian Dyk).................................-4.444 sec
17th} Pakistan(Adam Khan)............................-4.840 sec
18th} Lebanon(Chris Alajajian)........................-5.920 sec
19th} United States(Buddy Rice)......................-5.945 sec
20th} Malaysia(Alex Yoong).............................-5.999 sec
21st} Indonesia(Satrio Hermanto)....................-8.729 sec
22nd} Portugal(Joao Urbano)...........................no posted time

Results from Zandvoort..............................
~~SPRINT RACE TOP-10
1st} South Africa(Zaugg)
2nd} France(Duval)
3rd} Netherlands(Bleekemolen)
4th} Mexico(Duran)
5th} Switzerland(Jani)
6th} Germany(Vietoris)
7th} Great Britain(Jarvis)
8th} Ireland(Firman)
9th} New Zealand(Reid)
10th} India(Karthikeyan)
--Fastest Lap, South Africa, 1:28.353(lap 2 of 12)

~~FEATURE RACE TOP-10
1st} Great Britain(Jarvis)
2nd} South Africa(Zaugg)
3rd} Switzerland(Jani)
4th} Mexico(Duran)
5th} France(Duval)
6th} Ireland(Firman)
7th} New Zealand(Reid)
8th} Netherlands(Bleekemolen)
9th} Germany(Vietoris)
10th} Czech Republic(Janis)
--Fastest Lap, Mexico, 1:29.181(lap 37 of 45)

CURRENT A1GP STANDINGS...........................................

1st} South Africa...............................28 pts(1 win)
2nd} Great Britain..............................19 pts(1 win)
3rd} France.......................................18 pts
4th} Mexico.......................................17 pts
5th} Switzerland.................................16 pts
6th} Netherlands.................................13 pts
7th} Ireland.........................................8 pts
8th} Germany......................................7 pts
9th} New Zealand................................6 pts
t-10th}[10]Czech Republic....................1 pt
t-10th}[11]India...................................1 pt

Not a shabby start to the season I must admit.....now lets just hope Zauggie can keep it together than the rest of the season....Not like last year



One small note I think is worth mentioning is that there was a Red Bull drivers day at my home circuit where Zaugg was supposed to be teaching the youngsters the basics etc.............It may be interesting to note that he put in a lap time .4 slower than mine..

<T-K> wrote:Not a shabby start to the season I must admit.....now lets just hope Zauggie can keep it together than the rest of the season....Not like last year



One small note I think is worth mentioning is that there was a Red Bull drivers day at my home circuit where Zaugg was supposed to be teaching the youngsters the basics etc.............It may be interesting to note that he put in a lap time .4 slower than mine..

Keep working hard, T-K.....who knows, we might just see you in Indy someday(picturing T-K's face on the Borg-Warner Trophy..... )

Brno Sprint Race Top-10.....................
1st} New Zealand(J. Reid).........................10 laps
2nd} Great Britain(R. Kerr)........................-5.952 sec
3rd} Ireland(A. Carroll)............................-8.824 sec
4th} South Africa(A. Zaugg)......................-10.269 sec
5th} Netherlands(J. Bleekemolen)..............-11.561 sec
6th} France(N. Lapierre)...........................-11.803 sec
7th} Germany(C. Vietoris)........................-13.200 sec
8th} Switzerland(N. Jani)...........................-13.447 sec
9th} Portugal(J. Urbano)............................-18.570 sec
10th} China(C. Chengfu)...........................-18.801 sec
--Fastest Lap, n/a

Brno Feature Race Top-10.....................
1st} New Zealand(J. Reid)..........................38 laps
2nd} Netherlands(J. Bleekemolen)..............-7.146 sec
3rd} South Africa(A. Zaugg).......................-12.277 sec
4th} China(C. Chengfu).............................-12.773 sec
5th} France(N. Lapierre).............................-19.439 sec
6th} Ireland(A. Carroll)..............................-24.348 sec
7th} Brazil(S. Jiminez)................................-29.625 sec
8th} Germany(C. Vietoris)..........................-37.949 sec
9th} India(N. Karthikeyan)..........................-38.385 sec
10th} Italy(E. Toccacelo)............................-49.406 sec
--Fastest lap, China(1:47.610 sec at lap 29 of 38]