Teams and drivers 06/07

[strider]

Originally Posted by Kiwi3

Would be a shame if Salvador Duran was not in the Mexico car considering how well he did last season. Anyone know why he has not been so good in British F3 this year (I have not seen any of the races, only read the results)?

The polite way to put it is to say that the race results in British F3 this year have been dominated by Räikkönen Robertson Racing and Carlin Motorsport and Duran is not driving for either of those teams. I don't think he has lost his ability, although his confidence may have taken a knock.

[nkfan]

Originally Posted by madmed

France : Dams
South Africa : Dams
India : Arena Motorsport
N.Z : Super Nova
USA: WSR

how do you know india is with arena motorsport ?? ..i cant find any news about them, dont even know if they are running a car this year. I will be dissappointed if they wont.

[cos]

Autosport magazine last week suggested that Arena would run India's entry.

[madmed]

Originally Posted by nkfan

how do you know india is with arena motorsport ?? ..i cant find any news about them, dont even know if they are running a car this year. I will be dissappointed if they wont.

http://www.italiaracing.net/news.asp...PRIX&cart=a1gp (sorry only italien)
This what you get with a translator:
Dams with Sudafrica, Farmers with Turkey?
They miss fifteen days to the by of the collective tests A1 Grand Prix and the market franchigie / team / pilots is in ferment. According to as Autosport it brings, they have attended three new enty: Nigeria, Singapore and Turkey. Meanwhile the Dams would have released Switzerland and Mexico to focus only on France, winning of the title 2005/2006 and on the South Africa, orphan of the BCN that won't participate in the category. The West Surrey Racing will place side by side the United States, that the last season was with DPR to the New Zelanda. Among the novelties, the Arena Motorsport (English Btcc) that would manage the team India. In the operation Turkey should be involved the Farmers Motorsport with Tahinci. There won't be instead Portugal, that was managed by the team Carlin.

[jondownunder]

Italiaracing.net are reporting Gian Maria Gabbiani (Beppe's son; sometimes written Gianmaria[?]) will drive for Italy at Silverstone - alongside Gatto and Rugolo. Not sure if they mean he's replacing Bossini, or they're still mentioning Bossini as the other driver to test? Gabbiani's another strange choice as far as I can see. Hasn't seemed at all impressive in his Italian F3 and F3000 Int. Masters outings. Guess it's all to do with the Euros these guys are bringing to the team.

Also, Sean McIntosh and James Hinchcliffe will be apparently be testing for Canada at Silverstone.

[cos]

Indonesia confirmed to return; Mikola and Moreno Soeprapto to participate at the Silverstone test. Linky.

[madmed]

think firman will drive again for ireland as ther are some news about him in the official site http://www.a1teamireland.ie

[cos]

Al Unser Jr to team USA?

[kipper]

Originally Posted by cos

Al Unser Jr to team USA?

Not having read the article in question (no Autosport subscription), I'd argue that that such a move would be desirable. Unser Jnr remains a big name which would bring a lot of attention to A1GP and Team USA, who he does have some links with due to the Indy 500.

[Kiwi3]

Surely at this stage of his career Unser Jnr would be slow.

The article also states that Herta and Giebler will be back.

[madmed]

Originally Posted by cos

Al Unser Jr to team USA?

Yes Al unser jr (44!) will be the first driver of a1 team USA with Bryan Herta and Phil Giebler (Italiaracing.net)
http://www.a1teamusatv.com/al_unser_jr.htm

[kipper]

Originally Posted by Kiwi3

Surely at this stage of his career Unser Jnr would be slow.

I would say that could be a realistic occurence. I'm sure that there are more competitive drivers out there, although probably without the illustrious name and history.

[Kiwi3]

I don't know how much trust to put in the Autosport article actually as when it was first posted they had mixed up some of the countries and drivers! Although some of it is corrected they still have some driver names wrong. Anyway:

Team USA Al Unser Jr, Phil Giebler, Bryan Herta;
Team France Nicolas Lapierre, Alex Premat;
Team GB Robbie Kerr, Darren Manning, Oliver Jarvis;
Team Germany Nico Hulkenberg, Michael Ammermueller;
Team Brazil Tuka Rocha;
Team Canada Sean McIntosh, James Hinchliffe;
Team China Conffu Cheng;
Team Indonesia Ananda Mikola, Moreno Soeprato;
Team Ireland Michael Devaney;
Team Italy Michele Rugolo, M. Gatto, A. Pieguidi, D. Valsechi;
Team Lebanon Graham Rahal, Basil Shaaban;
Team Malaysia Alex Yoong, Fairuz Fauzy, Nick Irwan, Aaron Luis;
Team Mexico Salvador Duran;
Team Holland Jos Verstappen;
Team New Zealand Chris van der Drift, Johnny Reid;
Team Pakistan Adam Khan;
Team South Africa Stephen Simpson, Tomas Scheckter;
Team Switzerland TBC;
Team Czech Republic TBC.

Malaysian 3rd and 4th drivers are actually Aaron Lim and Nik Iruwan. Singapore is missing although their entry has been well publicised. The Chinese driver's name is also mis-spelled, it is Cheng Congfu, one time McLaren F1 tester (not very seriously I don't think) and currently sitting third in UK Formula Renault driving for Manor Motorsport (not bad at all).

[Rizweed]

wat r the rules bout drivers?? must there b 2 drivers minimum or is one still allowed?? i read somewhere taht there has to be 2 minimum. someone plz clarify. Thx

[Suze]

Please, don't just speak in text language...

[ss_collins]

Team Nigeria, SS Collins? dunno but I've got a nice shiny new Nigerian flag and the Nigerian guys at Notting Hill didn't want to let us leave!

[madmed]

Translated from Italiaracing.net:
Turkey confirms the entry, in list Greece and Sweden
Meanwhile Turkey has officially furnished his/her own adhesion to the championship guaranteeing the presence to the first competition of Zandvoort. Owner is the Lodos Racing Inc that also enjoys some financings of the government. They have attended, as already brought, also Nigeria and Singapore even if it is not understood who the pilot of the African nation could be. Today you/he/she is also learned that they are interested to other two entities to enter: Greece and Sweden. Confirmed the withdrawal of Portugal instead while the destiny of the team Austria is not known. To Silverstone they were present winds monoposto for as many teams / nations. The organizers count to reach the 24 cars to Zandvoort.

[mabs_nsx]

A1GP need some better and more experienced drivers. I didn't know who most of the drivers are last season.

I hope Team Australias drivers are Ryan Briscoe, Michael Patrizi and Will Power

October 2006
Round 1 Ryan Briscoe and Michael Patrizi
Round 2 Ryan Briscoe and Michael Patrizi

November 2006
Round 3 Ryan Briscoe and Michael Patrizi
Round 4 Ryan Briscoe and Michael Patrizi

December 2006
Round 5 Ryan Briscoe, Michael Patrizi and Will Power

January 2007
Round 6 Ryan Briscoe, Michael Patrizi and Will Power

Febuary 2007
Round 7 Ryan Briscoe, Michael Patrizi and Will Power
Round 8 Ryan Briscoe, Michael Patrizi and Will Power

March 2007
Round 9 Michael Patrizi and Will Power
Round 10 Michael Patrizi and Will Power

April 2007
Round 11 Michael Patrizi
Round 12 Michael Patrizi
Round 13 Michael Patrizi

Will Power will be racing in Champ Cars in October and November in 2006 and April in 2007. I think Ryan Briscoe is racing in the Indy Car Series again next year wich will probably start in March.

[madmed]

article in italia racing says that the nigerian entry will not be for this season but for the next season and the driver may be ss collins

Meanwhile italiaracing has known that the team Nigeria won't enter to belong to the affiliate for this season, but he is preparing for the next one. The pilot should be SS Collins, Anglo-Nigerian of London that after different departed years in the karting, from 2003 you/he/she races in the F.Super Vee alternating this experiences category rallistiche. Collins is editor of the magazine Racecar Engineering.

[jondownunder]

Any truth in that? Or have they just been reading this forum?

[madmed]

If it is true; we have an a1gp driver in this forum!

[ss_collins]

The article is true - though bear in mind it does not say I am the driver...

[ss_collins]

by the way here's a trick to work out who the 06/07 teams are... use the website address. www.A1teamfrance.com - gives you a holding page from Omnis networks - as does A1teamsweden.com - however A1teamnorway.com does not exist at all same for nigeria. So this suggests Sweden (and some others try yourself) have an entry.

Nigerias site for example is not likely to go live for another 6 months.

[madmed]

Originally Posted by ss_collins

by the way here's a trick to work out who the 06/07 teams are... use the website address. www.A1teamfrance.com - gives you a holding page from Omnis networks - as does A1teamsweden.com - however A1teamnorway.com does not exist at all same for nigeria. So this suggests Sweden (and some others try yourself) have an entry.

Nigerias site for example is not likely to go live for another 6 months.

[mabs_nsx]

Countries Taking Part in the 2006/2007 A1 Grand Prix Series are

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Brazil
4. Canada
5. China
6. Czech Republic
7. France
8. Germany
9. Great Britain
10. Indonesia
11. Ireland
12. Italy
13. Lebanon
14. Malaysia
15. Mexico
16. The Netherlands
17. New Zealand
18. Pakistan
19. Singapore (New)
20. South Africa
21. Switzerland
22. Turkey (New)
23. USA
24. Nigeria* (New)
25. India*
26. Japan*
27. Portugal*
28. Russia*

* Unconfirmed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006-07...nd_Prix_season

New Teams
A1 Team Turkey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_Team_Turkey

A1 Team Singapore
http://www.a1gpteamsingapore.com/home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_Team_Singapore
Singapore to field team for A1 Grand Prix
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...223291/1/.html

A1 Team Nigeria*