A makeshift A1 Team GBR indeed!

[kerrmanningjarv]

Autosport described the British team that took to the track at Algarve as "makeshift" and, through some pictorial investigative work, I have come to the conclusion that this was very accurate.

In all the pictures of the weekend, I could find only 1 picture in which a pit crew man in an A1 Team GBR uniform was present - http://teams.a1gp-photo.com/gbr/view...e.asp?id=26794 the man at the front of the car wheeling it into the garage. Now, it could be that some GBR staff stayed on and weren't photographed, but I have a feeling most of them have gone, replaced by a smattering of engineers and mechanics from up and down the pits.

I read on the official A1GP Fanzone that the German crew was running the GBR car, and I did some more snooping. I found this - http://teams.a1gp-photo.com/gbr/view...e.asp?id=27171 - the man Dan is talking to works for the German team, as seen here - http://a1gp-photo.com/viewpicture.asp?id=23939. So while it may or may not have been run by the whole German crew, it definitely had some involvement from the German team.

Then comes the interesting part - going back to this picture http://teams.a1gp-photo.com/gbr/view...e.asp?id=27171, if you view it in high res, you can see that the collar of Dan's overalls says "A1..." and then something is taped over with black tape. Seemingly, they are a pair of Adam Khan's overalls (they look Pakistani), replacing the GBR overalls that Dan wore in Taupo - http://teams.a1gp-photo.com/gbr/view...e.asp?id=24962. Perhaps his Taupo overalls didn't fit too well, or maybe A1GP isn't letting anyone from the team wear A1 Team GBR gear now.

Take what you will from this long and crazy topic but it does seem that GBR have very few staff now, as expected after administration.