Season 3 schedule

Kiwi3 · 7 Jun 2007, 02:28 (Ref:1930836)

Dear All,

In the A1 Team NZL Fans newsletter it is stated that the season 3 schedule is almost finalised, and will be out at the end of this month. A 10 round schedule has been agreed with a possibility to add an 11th.

A return to Taupo in January and Australia in February is almost certain.

jackaroo · 4 Jul 2007, 02:44 (Ref:1953855)

Has any one seen the 07/08 programme

Fiorentina 1 · 4 Jul 2007, 04:55 (Ref:1953868)

Hopefully back to the US

Frankie Francis · 5 Jul 2007, 15:44 (Ref:1955287)

go robbie ker!

Francis Albert · 9 Jul 2007, 14:28 (Ref:1958668)

Nothing official yet, but I heard that the new calendar will be very much along the lines of Season 2.

Koulle · 10 Jul 2007, 23:50 (Ref:1960271)

Well, Zandvoort has been confirmed as the season opener, we know that much.

Brands Hatch and Durban should also be there given their strong crowds.

Will be interesting to see if there are any new venues.

Kiwi3 · 18 Jul 2007, 12:17 (Ref:1966492)

Read today that A1GP have requested a change to the Taupo circuit to aid overtaking (tightening of the corner at the end of the back straight so that stronger braking is required), which further suggests Taupo is holding a round again.

roachy101 · 18 Jul 2007, 19:17 (Ref:1966793)

there are rumours of a race in germany or france but nothing has been confirmed

autot · 20 Jul 2007, 07:16 (Ref:1968079)

The calender will be out in the next week, it is 11 races at the moment.
Zuhai instead of Bejing and there is a poss of adding a 12th at either usa/brazil/canada.
There were rumours of a race in vallelunga instead of brno but it will stay as brno.

**Stephen Green** · 20 Jul 2007, 12:29 (Ref:1968312)

And welcome to ten-tenths autot

dave not neil · 21 Jul 2007, 18:47 (Ref:1969329)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwi3

Read today that A1GP have requested a change to the Taupo circuit to aid overtaking (tightening of the corner at the end of the back straight so that stronger braking is required), which further suggests Taupo is holding a round again.

Heard somewhere that Taupo ha a contract for 5 years with A1

Foster · 23 Jul 2007, 17:59 (Ref:1971349)

Quote:

Originally Posted by autot

The calender will be out in the next week, it is 11 races at the moment.
Zuhai instead of Bejing and there is a poss of adding a 12th at either usa/brazil/canada.
There were rumours of a race in vallelunga instead of brno but it will stay as brno.

10 bucks says it's not Canada. Winter racing around these parts means one thing snowmobiles. Though I do love the idea of racing on ice, I doubt it will happen. All the race tracks don't really open till May, and they close around Oct.
That leaves very little time to fill in for the A1 schedule, see as they start in Europe in the end of Sept.

blew by u · 26 Jul 2007, 22:34 (Ref:1974422)

Confirmed today that Jonny Reid will drive for A1 Team New Zealand in season three as the principal driver along side Brendon hartley doing the rookie sessions and pre season testing, It has also been confirmed That Taupo will host round 6 on the championship on January 18-20 2008

Great news for us Kiwis im pleased with our driver and team line up i think we will be a threat this season as well but im sure everyone will be alot quicker this season

fantastic

Kiwi3 · 28 Jul 2007, 13:01 (Ref:1975273)

The full season 3 schedule will be released on the official A1GP website at 9am GMT on Wednesday.

Armco Bender · 28 Jul 2007, 23:24 (Ref:1975498)

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Heard somewhere that Taupo ha a contract for 5 years with A1

They are on a one year at a time deal.Drove past the track on Friday,they are working away there still.

They really need to do something better with the temporary stands next year that they got from China,because the average Kiwis rear end is twice the size of the ones they provided.

Kiwi3 · 29 Jul 2007, 02:59 (Ref:1975538)

Narain Kartikeyan has said in an interview that he will at least be driving for A1 Team India in the Zandvoort and Czech Republic rounds. So I guess round two is Brno again.

He also mentioned the team is being restructured and has a new seat holder.

thejester · 31 Jul 2007, 01:22 (Ref:1976807)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwi3

Read today that A1GP have requested a change to the Taupo circuit to aid overtaking (tightening of the corner at the end of the back straight so that stronger braking is required), which further suggests Taupo is holding a round again.

Fair enough. There was certainly a lack of it.

cos · 31 Jul 2007, 21:23 (Ref:1977650)

Pitpass expects the calendar to be

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Holland (Zandvoort), the Czech Republic, China (Zuhai), Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand (Taupo), Australia, Durban, Mexico, China (Shanghai) and the UK.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=32291

Kiwi3 · 1 Aug 2007, 04:06 (Ref:1977824)

No surprises if that's the case.

Valker · 1 Aug 2007, 07:22 (Ref:1977888)

A1GP failed to release season 3 schedule 1.8. 9:00 GMT...

Francis Albert · 1 Aug 2007, 09:33 (Ref:1978011)

It's on now!

Link

Suze · 1 Aug 2007, 10:00 (Ref:1978039)

Just had the calendar through, Brands is a bit later in the season and on the BH weekend if I've got my dates right....

strider · 2 Aug 2007, 22:22 (Ref:1979451)

It's a shame.They still haven't managed to avoid clashing with events that are part of the main racing season.

The opening round clashes with the last round of British F3, for instance, whilst the last two events at Shanghai and Brands Hatch could clash with all manner of events yet to be announced.

I like A1GP and it keeps me entertained during the winter months, but if they expect other established Championships to jump out of their way, it just ain't going to happen.

Kiwi3 · 3 Aug 2007, 02:47 (Ref:1979566)

I don't think A1GP can avoid clashes with other series, otherwise it would be a very short season. Besides they cannot avoid people scheduling events to conflict with A1GP, as Bernie is doing with his Asian GP2.

I think A1GP organisers would like it to gradually grow so that it is eventually second only to F1 in importance anyway, at which point drivers should choose it over established championships.

Mr Revhead · 3 Aug 2007, 21:42 (Ref:1980158)

already booked my time off for taupo

armco bender, ahmen to that!
i was in the general admission stand at the beginning of the back straight.... there wasnt enough room for me and a person either side! so i got an isle seat on the sunday!
that said, if the seating is the same next time, ill still be there!
but i think ill go for a gold seat so i dont have to get up at 5am for a seat....

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