A1 GP teams and drivers?? - Page 6

**FIRE** · 12 Sep 2005, 17:16 (Ref:1405851)

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Originally Posted by foxy mole

The Team Ireland car is being demonstrated at the this weekend's British F3/GT meeting at Mondello Park. It will be interesting to see who drives it. Michael Keohane, if Ralph Firman may not be available?

The Dutch car is being demonstrated at the DTM race in Lausitz.

Rob29 · 12 Sep 2005, 18:03 (Ref:1405917)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

The Dutch car is being demonstrated at the DTM race in Lausitz.

Why? Would have thought that the Trophy of the Dunes at Zandvoot would have been more appropriate?

**FIRE** · 12 Sep 2005, 18:09 (Ref:1405922)

You are right. The Dutch car at Zandvoort and the German car at Lausitz would be more logical.

**FIRE** · 12 Sep 2005, 19:54 (Ref:1406039)

Next monday there's a test session at Silverstone for the teams who didn't test in the previous sessions. These teams are Canada, Czech Rep., Ireland, Germany, Japan and Italy.

Shootmaster_44 · 13 Sep 2005, 00:54 (Ref:1406240)

Who will be driving for Canada at Silverstone?

Rob29 · 13 Sep 2005, 07:40 (Ref:1406383)

Ireland & Germany DID test at Paul Ricard.

Kicking-back · 13 Sep 2005, 07:46 (Ref:1406387)

Yes, but they didn't test at the first Silverstone test

SALEEN S7R · 13 Sep 2005, 08:01 (Ref:1406403)

Fantastic to have Czech Republic on board, I hope they do well. They should do IMO providing the team can get a good setup, they certainly have 1 of the best drivers on the grid IMO in the shape of Tomas Enge, another big name ex F1 driver joins A1 GP.

go-jordan · 13 Sep 2005, 15:00 (Ref:1406715)

looks like miichael devaney will be driving the team ireland car at brands hatch as firman is contracted to race in gt. hes the best irish driver out there at the moment and is in 2nd in german f3 even though he missed the first two races due to sponsership problems. i doubt michael keohane will be involved. hes still looking at a cart seat and id rate deaney over him anyhow. hes a smooth driver and is not erratic.

Hein · 13 Sep 2005, 17:16 (Ref:1406806)

Does anybody know for sure who the South African drivers will be? I found a couple of A1 sites, but can't seem to find what I am looking for.

strider · 13 Sep 2005, 21:52 (Ref:1407097)

Stephen Simpson seems to have done all the driving, but I'd have thought that Alan van der Merwe was the obvious candidate if Tomas Scheckter isn't interested.

Oaksnaf · 14 Sep 2005, 02:38 (Ref:1407233)

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Originally Posted by foxy mole

Stephen Simpson seems to have done all the driving, but I'd have thought that Alan van der Merwe was the obvious candidate if Tomas Scheckter isn't interested.

Yeah id go with Simpson if you cant have Thomas racing because Van Der Merwe hasn't exactly performed to the level at which most thought he would. He is still a good steerer for sure, but more than likely if Thomas isn't driving at all the races will be shared like most countries. Maybe they will do a practice session each and the quickest gets to do the final practice session and qualify plus race, who knows.

Gaz · 14 Sep 2005, 08:37 (Ref:1407394)

Bit harsh the comments about Van Der Merwe. He's had very little opportunity to impress since he won the British F3 title but he certainly won that in style against a pretty strong field so he's not the tugger you make him out to be. Certainly I would have him down as a better prospect than Simpson who I stand to be corrected has yet to win a race in Renault yet? Certainly this season anyway because the one at Snetterton was taken away.

Just reading today's motorsportnews and reading between the lines Mr Surtees isn't giving the impression he's mightily impressed with Alex Lloyd. Reading is that he's unsure when Alex will drive and that he's considering guest drivers as an option during the season. He's told Alex to go and get some running somewhere and then come back to him.

Andrew Kitson · 14 Sep 2005, 08:47 (Ref:1407400)

Agree on the comments about AvdM. He has had pretty bad luck over the past couple of years and IMO deserves the seat more than Stephen due to his record but by all accounts Stephen's times have been pretty impressive. Both really great guys. Would like to see them share the drive.
As I mentioned in the marshals forum, anyone seen the impressive hospitality set up for the Sheik and guests built on South bank for the race? It will include a footbridge over the bottom straight into the pit area.

Kicking-back · 14 Sep 2005, 09:30 (Ref:1407446)

I believe we'll see Scheckter in the seat once the IndyCar season is over.

Gerben24 · 16 Sep 2005, 10:32 (Ref:1409184)

Source: F1-live.com

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation said Friday it would launch legal action against the A1 GP championship, just days ahead of the breakaway competition's first race.

Corporation chairman Ron Walker said he had authorised legal proceedings following a breakdown in talks in London with A1 GP's lawyers over the use of the term 'grand prix.' The Australian Grand Prix Corporation believes that the use of the phrase "A1 Grand Prix" infringes on its intellectual property rights.

"It is unfortunate that the matter has come to this, however, the corporation must protect its valuable intellectual property in relation to the Grand Prix," Walker said in a statement.

The A1 Grand Prix, the brainchild of Sheikh Maktoum of Dubai, has been billed as the ‘World Cup of motorsport’ because drivers compete for their countries as opposed to Formula One where they represent car manufacturers. The inaugural A1 GP series is due to begin in Britain on September 25. The London race will be followed by races every second Sunday in various countries until the 12th race in Beijing in March 2006 decides the overall winner.

The term ‘Grand Prix’ it must be noted is used in athletics, snooker, ballet, chess, tennis, dressage, volleyball, motorcycling, Champ Car and a whole host of other sports and disciplines and is not just a Formula One motor racing term. In fact the term was first used for the Grand Prix de Paris horse race dating back to 1863….

mabs_nsx · 16 Sep 2005, 13:05 (Ref:1409318)

I think there could be 27 or more countries that will have a A1GP team in the 2005/2006 season. Here is a list of all the countries that I think will have a team.

Australia

Austria
Brazil
Canada
China
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy

Japan
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Portugal
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Switzerland
Turkey
Usa

Kicking-back · 16 Sep 2005, 13:48 (Ref:1409344)

Strike South Korea and Turkey from that list and you have the actual line-up.

Oaksnaf · 16 Sep 2005, 14:27 (Ref:1409369)

What about adding in Spain for 2006/2007 season.

Gerben24 · 16 Sep 2005, 14:35 (Ref:1409373)

As rumoured earlier, it has been confirmed that Ralph Firman won't race at Brands. Michael Devaney is taking the seat.

**FIRE** · 16 Sep 2005, 16:23 (Ref:1409440)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mabs_nsx

I think there could be 27 or more countries that will have a A1GP team in the 2005/2006 season. Here is a list of all the countries that I think will have a team.

Australia

Austria
Brazil
Canada
China
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy

Japan
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Portugal
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Switzerland
Turkey
Usa

There's also interest from Belgium

AndyVolykhov · 16 Sep 2005, 17:58 (Ref:1409494)

I read in Russian mass-media that Russia won't drive in first races - the team and drivers are busy in GT and LMES.

mabs_nsx · 17 Sep 2005, 00:25 (Ref:1409675)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

Strike South Korea and Turkey from that list and you have the actual line-up.

I thought they were 2 of the 25 confirmed teams.

Rob29 · 17 Sep 2005, 06:54 (Ref:1409769)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mabs_nsx

I thought they were 2 of the 25 confirmed teams.

They were deleted from the website a couple of weeks ago,together with Italy ,which seems to be back?

**FIRE** · 20 Sep 2005, 19:57 (Ref:1412546)

Astromega is running the Chinese team.

Who are running Malaysia, Czech, Ireland and Russia?

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