2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic

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2007-08 A1GP of Czech Republic
Race Details
Race 2 of 10 in the 2007-08 A1GP season.
Date	October 14, 2007
Location	Brno Circuit Brno, Czech Republic
Weather
Sprint race
Qualifying
Pole	South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time	1'44.859
Podium
1st	New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
2nd	Great Britain (Robbie Kerr)
3rd	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Fast Lap
FL	New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
Time	1'48.438, (Lap 5)
Main race
Qualifying
Pole	Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen)
Time	1'44.649
Podium
1st	New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
2nd	Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen)
3rd	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Fast Lap
FL	China (Cong Fu Cheng)
Time	1'47.610, (Lap 29)
Official Classifications
PDF Booklet

The 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 14, 2007 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic. This was the second meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.

The sprint race was won by New Zealand as was the Feature race.

Contents 1 Pre-race 2 Qualifications 3 Sprint race 4 Main Race 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Pre-race

Swiss driver Natacha Gachnang was the first ever woman to enter in A1GP weekend, on Friday, during rookies sessions^[1].

[edit] Qualifications

Sprint race qualifications Pos Team Time Gap 1 South Africa 1'44.859 - 2 New Zealand 1'45.077 +0.218 3 Great Britain 1'45.163 +0.304 4 Ireland 1'45.304 +0.445 5 Netherlands 1'45.359 +0.500 6 Switzerland 1'45.367 +0.508 7 Germany 1'45.409 +0.550 8 Portugal 1'45.822 +0.963 9 Brazil 1'45.993 +1.134 10 France 1'46.007 +1.148 11 China 1'46.387 +1.528 12 India 1'46.423 +1.564 13 Pakistan 1'46.752 +1.893 14 USA 1'46.780 +1.921 15 Mexico 1'46.901 +2.042 16 Italy 1'47.098 +2.239 17 Indonesia 1'47.231 +2.372 18 Malaysia 1'47.463 +2.604 19 Australia 1'47.521 +2.662 20 Canada 1'47.538 +2.679 21 Czech Republic 1'47.918 +3.059 22 Lebanon 1'48.249 +3.390

Main race qualifications Pos Team Time Gap 1 Netherlands 1'44.649 - 2 South Africa 1'44.872 +0.223 3 Great Britain 1'44.927 +0.278 4 Switzerland 1'45.099 +0.450 5 China 1'45.294 +0.645 6 Brazil 1'45.328 +0.679 7 New Zealand 1'45.471 +0.822 8 France 1'45.701 +1.052 9 Germany 1'45.765 +1.116 10 Canada 1'45.889 +1.240 11 India 1'45.918 +1.269 12 Italy 1'46.023 +1.374 13 Mexico 1'46.204 +1.555 14 Australia 1'46.209 +1.560 15 Indonesia 1'46.531 +1.882 16 Portugal 1'46.783 +2.134 17 Czech Republic 1'46.926 +2.277 18 Ireland 1'47.028 +2.379 19 Pakistan 1'47.038 +2.389 20 USA 1'47.390 +2.741 21 Lebanon 1'48.012 +3.363 22 Malaysia 1'59.718 +15.069

[edit] Sprint race

The Sprint Race took place and a one of those as well on Sunday, October 14, 2007

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	10	18'11.609	15+1
2	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	10	+5.952	12
3	Ireland	Adam Carroll	10	+8.824	10
4	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	10	+10.269	8
5	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	10	+11.561	6
6	France	Nicolas Lapierre	10	+11.803	5
7	Germany	Christian Vietoris	10	+13.200	4
8	Switzerland	Neel Jani	10	+13.447	3
9	Portugal	João Urbano	10	+18.570	2
10	China	Congfu Cheng	10	+18.801	1
11	Brazil	Sérgio Jimenez	10	+22.172
12	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	10	+23.996
13	Mexico	Michel Jourdain Jr.	10	+24.927
14	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	10	+25.922
15	Pakistan	Adam Langley-Khan	10	+28.763
16	USA	Buddy Rice	10	+31.076
17	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	10	+33.661
18	Czech Republic	Erik Janis	10	+34.715
19	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	10	+48.189
20	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	10	+49.830
21	India	Narain Karthikeyan	10	+1'37.816
Ret	Australia	Ian Dyk	3	+7 laps

[edit] Main Race

The Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 14, 2007.

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	38	1:10'34.700	15
2	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	38	+7.146	12
3	Switzerland	Neel Jani	38	+12.277	10
4	China	Cong Fu Cheng	38	+12.723	8+1
5	France	Nicolas Lapierre	38	+19.439	6
6	Ireland	Adam Carroll	38	+24.348	5
7	Brazil	Sérgio Jimenez	38	+29.625	4
8	Germany	Christian Vietoris	38	+37.949	3
9	India	Narain Karthikeyan	38	+38.385	2
10	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	38	+49.406	1
11	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	38	+51.531
12	Czech Republic	Erik Janis	38	+57.799
13	Australia	Ian Dyk	38	+1'02.548
14	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	38	+1'03.238
15	USA	Buddy Rice	38	+1'22.790
16	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	38	+1'23.100
17	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	38	+1'23.733
18	Portugal	João Urbano	38	+1'24.918
19	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	38	+1'25.337
20	Pakistan	Adam Langley-Khan	38	+1'31.515
21	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	37	+1 lap
22	Mexico	Michel Jourdain Jr.	37	+1 lap

[edit] Notes

• It was the 24th race weekend (48 starts)
• It was the 2nd Czech grand prix and 2nd in Brno Circuit
• It was the first race for Adam Carroll^[2] and Michel Jourdain Jr.^[3].
• It was the first race weekend for Paolo Bossini^[4], Adam Carroll^[2], Natacha Gachnang^[1], Michel Jourdain Jr.^[3], Charlie Kimball^[5], Marchy Lee^[6], Arie Luyendyk Jr.^[7], John Martin^[8], Wesleigh Orr^[9], Nicolas Prost^[10] and Robert Wickens^[11].
• Records:
  • South Africa take 6 poles position.
  • A1 Team Lebanon participate on 24 races (48 starts) without won points since their first Grand Prix.
  • Alex Yoong participate on 23 races (44 starts).
  • Neel Jani won 169 points.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sprint Race results
• Main Race results

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