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Just to make you feel better, I did not see the race either.

yeah, now i feel so much better....

Do you know what happened to South Africa....i have no idea how he crashed...

<T-K> wrote:yeah, now i feel so much better....

Do you know what happened to South Africa....i have no idea how he crashed...

The Austalian media coverage of Motor Sport is a joke T-K. I have no idea

Julian Mayo wrote:

<T-K> wrote:yeah, now i feel so much better....

Do you know what happened to South Africa....i have no idea how he crashed...

The Austalian media coverage of Motor Sport is a joke T-K. I have no idea

just wait till a1 comes here......hehe

The 5th round in Malaysia (Sepang) saw France win both the Sprint and Feature races.

Top 10 - Sprint:
Rank Country Driver Race Time
1 France Alexandre Premat 29.21.541
2 Switzerland Neel Jani 29.22.772
3 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 29.26.606
4 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 29.28.334
5 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 29.29.514
6 New Zealand Matt Halliday 29.34703
7 Ireland Ralph Firman 29.35.423
8 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 29.37.323
9 Portugal Alvaro Parente 29.41.932
10 USA Bryan Herta 29.42.386

Full Results (from A1GP Website)

Top 10 - Feature Race
Rank Country Driver Race Time
1 France Alexandre Premat 1.00.06.495
2 Switzerland Neel Jani 1.00.11.051
3 Czech Republic Tomas Enge 1.00.22.184
4 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1.00.30.233
5 Malaysia Alex Yoong 1.00.38.136
6 New Zealand Matt Haliday 1.00.39.192
7 USA Bryan Herta 1.00.39.832
8 Germany Timo Scheider 1.00.41.876
9 Ireland Ralph Firman 1.00.42.240
10 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 1.00.45.883

Full Results (from A1GP Website)

France now lead Switzerland in the Championship by 27 points!

The Malaysian A1 Race is the first A1 race to take place at a track currently used by Formula 1 and it is intersteng to compare the times:

Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix
Fastest Lap: Kimi Raikkonen - 1:35.483

A1 GP Sprint Race
Fastest Lap: France - Alexandre Premat - 1:55.373

A1 GP Feature Race
Fastest Lap: Netherlands - Jos Verstappen - 1:56.001

F1 Engine: 3 Litre - V10 (900 bhp - estimated)
A1GP Engine: 3.4 Litre - V8 (520 bhp - 550 bhp in PowerBoost mode)

I'll need a little bit of time to confirm this, but if the autoracing wires are correct, then Atlantic Championship driver Katherine Legge's F1 test must have been excellent. One of the more reliable autoracing newswires (autoracing1.com) is reporting on their rumors page that A1 Team Great Britain prinicpal John Surtees is planning to have her test one of the team's A1 cars at a date/time to be announced.

My guess.....I'd say there's a 60/40 chance now we'll see her on the Champ Car grid in Long Beach, not the Atlantics grid.

mlittle wrote:I'll need a little bit of time to confirm this, but if the autoracing wires are correct, then Atlantic Championship driver Katherine Legge's F1 test must have been excellent. One of the more reliable autoracing newswires (autoracing1.com) is reporting on their rumors page that A1 Team Great Britain prinicpal John Surtees is planning to have her test one of the team's A1 cars at a date/time to be announced.

My guess.....I'd say there's a 60/40 chance now we'll see her on the Champ Car grid in Long Beach, not the Atlantics grid.

It can be uncanny what information rolls by, sometimes. Case in point.....

Apparently, I was right, but it won't be as a mere test. According to speedtv.com(I'll post the appropriate link below), Katherine Legge has been tapped to be A1 Team Britain's reserve driver for the upcoming round in Dubai, and a major reason for it was the excellent test she had with Minardi back in November. As one of Britain's scheduled drivers, she will be allowed to test the 550-hp Lola/Zytek during the course of the race weekend. Like I said above, it's about 60/40 that she'll be on the CC grid in Long Beach.


Here's the link.....
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/roadracing/21000/

mlittle wrote:

mlittle wrote:I'll need a little bit of time to confirm this, but if the autoracing wires are correct, then Atlantic Championship driver Katherine Legge's F1 test must have been excellent. One of the more reliable autoracing newswires (autoracing1.com) is reporting on their rumors page that A1 Team Great Britain prinicpal John Surtees is planning to have her test one of the team's A1 cars at a date/time to be announced.

My guess.....I'd say there's a 60/40 chance now we'll see her on the Champ Car grid in Long Beach, not the Atlantics grid.

It can be uncanny what information rolls by, sometimes. Case in point.....

Apparently, I was right, but it won't be as a mere test. According to speedtv.com(I'll post the appropriate link below), Katherine Legge has been tapped to be A1 Team Britain's reserve driver for the upcoming round in Dubai, and a major reason for it was the excellent test she had with Minardi back in November. As one of Britain's scheduled drivers, she will be allowed to test the 550-hp Lola/Zytek during the course of the race weekend. Like I said above, it's about 60/40 that she'll be on the CC grid in Long Beach.


Here's the link.....
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/roadracing/21000/

That can only help her F1 aspirations

And increase her NA motorsports credentials, as well.

There'll be another new face at the upcoming A1GP round at Dubai this weekend, as 2003 IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon will test for A1 Team New Zealand during the race weekend. According to A1 team principle Bob McMurray,

We have two extra 20-minute test sessions on Friday to give our second chassis a run and it's possible that Scott could drive them to get a basic feeling for the car. We're keen to get his thoughts on the chassis.

As to whether Dixon will race at Laguna Seca when the A1 GP series makes its' American debut in March 2006, he added...

We're still working towards Scott driving the Laguna race, so the Dubai drive is more like a canape before the main course.

Currently, New Zealand sits 4th in the standings, behind France, Switzerland and Brazil.

Well...I am looking forward to the south african race....booked my tickets already......gonna be good...

Here is the link in question....
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/roadracing/21576/

According to the article, Team Canada is intent upon signing NA open-wheel veteran Patrick Carpentier to drive for them when the A1GP travels to its' two North American stops, Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Mexico, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Carpentier would replace their current driver, British Formula Renault driver Sean McIntosh, who has one podium at the EuroSpeedway(Laustizring) and has helped Canada to its' current 10th place spot in the A1GP standings.

mlittle wrote:There'll be another new face at the upcoming A1GP round at Dubai this weekend, as 2003 IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon will test for A1 Team New Zealand during the race weekend. According to A1 team principle Bob McMurray,

We have two extra 20-minute test sessions on Friday to give our second chassis a run and it's possible that Scott could drive them to get a basic feeling for the car. We're keen to get his thoughts on the chassis.

As to whether Dixon will race at Laguna Seca when the A1 GP series makes its' American debut in March 2006, he added...

We're still working towards Scott driving the Laguna race, so the Dubai drive is more like a canape before the main course.

Currently, New Zealand sits 4th in the standings, behind France, Switzerland and Brazil.

Scratch the above; Target/Ganassi Racing announced yesterday that they have told Scott Dixon in no uncertain terms that he will not be allowed to race w/A1's Team New Zealand. Essentially the reason boiled down to the fact that w/a new teammate(Wheldon), new engines(Honda) and new chassis(Dallara), the team just couldn't afford to let Dixon race in the A1GP this year.