Brands Hatch - Driver Nominations

storyline · 24 Sep 2005, 13:35 (Ref:1415366)

A1 GRAND PRIX OF NATIONS, BRANDS HATCH, GREAT BRITAIN

A1 DRIVER NOMINATIONS FOR QUALIFYING

Brands Hatch, 24 September – The final official practice session of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brands Hatch, Great Britain finished and the drivers for Qualifying have been nominated.

Official Practice Session 3 (11.00 – 12.00)

A1 Team Driver Time No. Laps
1 France Alexandre Premat 1.15.420 29
2 New Zealand Matt Halliday 1.15.802 25
3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 1.15.833 26
4 USA Scott Speed 1.15.968 19
5 Switzerland Neel Jani 1.16.292 25
6 South Africa Stephen Simpson 1.16.364 16
7 Portugal Alvaro Parente 1.16.537 22
8 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 1.16.704 19
9 Japan Ryo Fukuda 1.16.809 27
10 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1.16.860 19
11 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1.16.861 21
12 Australia Will Power 1.16.970 27
13 Mexico Salvador Duran 1.17.039 24
14 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1.17.045 22
15 Czech Republic Jan Charouz I.17.185 24
16 Ireland Michael Devaney 1.17.206 30
17 Canada Sean McIntosh 1.17.513 29
18 Austria Mathias Lauda 1.17.626 12
19 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1.17.678 27
20 Germany Timo Scheider 1.17.692 13
21 Pakistan Adam Khan 1.17.804 20
22 India Karun Chandhok 1.18.983 12
23 Lebanon Khalil Beschir 1.19.368 26
24 China Tengyi Jiang 1.20.441 27
25 Russia Nikolay Fomenko 1.29.789 9

Qualifying consists of four 15 minute sessions with a 10 minute break between each. Only one driver per A1 Team is allowed to take part in Qualifying but that driver must have completed at least three timed laps in an Official Practice session. Each driver is limited to three laps - effectively one “flying lap” - per session and must record at least two times, an aggregate of which will determine that A1 Team’s position on the grid for Sunday’s Sprint race. The grid for the Feature race will be determined by the outcome of the Sprint race.

Nominated drivers for Qualifying

A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brands Hatch, Great Britain – Sat 24 September 2005

A1 Team A1 Driver
Australia Will Power
Austria Mathias Lauda
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Canada Sean McIntosh
China Tengyi Jiang
Czech Republic Jan Charouz
France Alexandre Premat
Germany Timo Scheider
Great Britain Robbie Kerr
India Karun Chandhok
Indonesia Ananda Mikola
Ireland Michael Devaney
Italy Enrico Toccacelo
Japan Ryo Fukuda
Lebanon Khalil Beschir
Malaysia Alex Yoong
Mexico Salvador Duran
Netherlands Jos Verstappen
New Zealand Matt Halliday
Pakistan Adam Khan
Portugal Alvaro Parente
Russia Alexey Vasiliev
South Africa Stephen Simpson
Switzerland Neel Jani
USA Scott Speed

P.Cummins · 24 Sep 2005, 17:34 (Ref:1415487)

Thank you. I didn't understand how this worked. I thought both drivers ran on the track at the same time. I never knew they were nominated.

storyline · 24 Sep 2005, 22:32 (Ref:1415655)

No - only one car per team is allowed on the track at any time during the meeting.

Car nominations should be through Sunday morning - will post them when I receive them.

P.Cummins · 24 Sep 2005, 23:00 (Ref:1415667)

So, hang on. If Michael Devaney is nominated for qualifying, can Ralph Firman still be nominated for the race?

alfasud · 25 Sep 2005, 01:29 (Ref:1415701)

Quote:

Originally Posted by P.Cummins

So, hang on. If Michael Devaney is nominated for qualifying, can Ralph Firman still be nominated for the race?

Yes... but that might depend on his practice times.

http://www.a1gp.com/news/index.php?f...Id=1&newsid=54

Quote:

However, in a twist to the traditional motorsport format, the driver who took part in qualifying may not be the one who competes in both races. Any of the A1 Team’s drivers that have set a practice time within 102 per cent of the team’s fastest qualifying lap are in with a chance to race.

Alan Green · 25 Sep 2005, 01:53 (Ref:1415707)

I thought Ralph Firman was away (contracted to race GTs in Japan this weekend), which is why he couldn't take up his A1GP seat for this event?

marcus · 25 Sep 2005, 02:49 (Ref:1415723)

thanks for the update on how this works , certainly an interesting format

Hazza · 25 Sep 2005, 03:07 (Ref:1415728)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Green

I thought Ralph Firman was away (contracted to race GTs in Japan this weekend), which is why he couldn't take up his A1GP seat for this event?

I belive that is the case.

strider · 25 Sep 2005, 10:11 (Ref:1415843)

Team Malaysia have made a bizarre decision. Fairuz Fauzy is driving the Sprint race today, with Alex Yoong taking over for the Feature race.

P.Cummins · 25 Sep 2005, 10:25 (Ref:1415852)

Thanks for clearing that up Alfasud.

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