2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic

The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 14, 2007 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic. This was the second meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.

2007-08 A1GP of Czech Republic
Race Details
Race 2 of 10 in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season
DateOctober 14, 2007
LocationBrno Circuit
Brno, Czech Republic
WeatherClear, 11°C
Sprint race
Qualifying
Pole South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time1'44.859
Podium
1st New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
2nd Great Britain (Robbie Kerr)
3rd Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Fastest Lap
FL New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
Time1'48.438, (Lap 5)
Feature race
Qualifying
Pole Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen)
Time1'44.649
Podium
1st New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
2nd Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen)
3rd Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Fastest Lap
FL China (Cong Fu Cheng)
Time1'47.610, (Lap 29)
Official Classifications
PDF Booklet

The sprint race was won by New Zealand as was the Feature race.

Pre-race

Swiss driver Natacha Gachnang was the first ever woman to enter in A1GP weekend, on Friday, during rookies sessions.[1]

Qualifications
Sprint race qualifications
Pos Team Time Gap
1 South Africa 1'44.859 -
2 New Zealand 1'45.077 +0.218
3 Great Britain 1'45.163 +0.304
4 Ireland 1'45.304 +0.445
5 Netherlands 1'45.359 +0.500
6 Switzerland 1'45.367 +0.508
7 Germany 1'45.409 +0.550
8 Portugal 1'45.822 +0.963
9 Brazil 1'45.993 +1.134
10 France 1'46.007 +1.148
11 China 1'46.387 +1.528
12 India 1'46.423 +1.564
13 Pakistan 1'46.752 +1.893
14 USA 1'46.780 +1.921
15 Mexico 1'46.901 +2.042
16 Italy 1'47.098 +2.239
17 Indonesia 1'47.231 +2.372
18 Malaysia 1'47.463 +2.604
19 Australia 1'47.521 +2.662
20 Canada 1'47.538 +2.679
21 Czech Republic 1'47.918 +3.059
22 Lebanon 1'48.249 +3.390
Main race qualifications
Pos Team Time Gap
1 Netherlands 1'44.649 -
2 South Africa 1'44.872 +0.223
3 Great Britain 1'44.927 +0.278
4 Switzerland 1'45.099 +0.450
5 China 1'45.294 +0.645
6 Brazil 1'45.328 +0.679
7 New Zealand 1'45.471 +0.822
8 France 1'45.701 +1.052
9 Germany 1'45.765 +1.116
10 Canada 1'45.889 +1.240
11 India 1'45.918 +1.269
12 Italy 1'46.023 +1.374
13 Mexico 1'46.204 +1.555
14 Australia 1'46.209 +1.560
15 Indonesia 1'46.531 +1.882
16 Portugal 1'46.783 +2.134
17 Czech Republic 1'46.926 +2.277
18 Ireland 1'47.028 +2.379
19 Pakistan 1'47.038 +2.389
20 USA 1'47.390 +2.741
21 Lebanon 1'48.012 +3.363
22 Malaysia 1'59.718 +15.069

Sprint race

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 14, 2007

Pos Team Driver Laps Time Grid Points
1 New Zealand Jonny Reid 10 18'11.609 2 15+1
2 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 10 +5.952 3 12
3 Ireland Adam Carroll 10 +8.824 4 10
4 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 10 +10.269 1 8
5 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 10 +11.561 5 6
6 France Nicolas Lapierre 10 +11.803 10 5
7 Germany Christian Vietoris 10 +13.200 7 4
8 Switzerland Neel Jani 10 +13.447 6 3
9 Portugal João Urbano 10 +18.570 8 2
10 China Congfu Cheng 10 +18.801 11 1
11 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 10 +22.172 9
12 Canada James Hinchcliffe 10 +23.996 20
13 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. 10 +24.927 15
14 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 10 +25.922 16
15 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 10 +28.763 13
16 USA Buddy Rice 10 +31.076 14
17 Malaysia Alex Yoong 10 +33.661 18
18 Czech Republic Erik Janis 10 +34.715 21
19 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 10 +48.189 17
20 Lebanon Khalil Beschir 10 +49.830 22
21 India Narain Karthikeyan 10 +1'37.816 12
Ret Australia Ian Dyk 3 +7 Laps 19

Main Race

The Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 14, 2007.

Pos Team Driver Laps Time Grid Points
1 New Zealand Jonny Reid 38 1:10'34.700 7 15
2 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 38 +7.146 1 12
3 Switzerland Neel Jani 38 +12.277 4 10
4 China Cong Fu Cheng 38 +12.723 5 8+1
5 France Nicolas Lapierre 38 +19.439 8 6
6 Ireland Adam Carroll 38 +24.348 18 5
7 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 38 +29.625 6 4
8 Germany Christian Vietoris 38 +37.949 9 3
9 India Narain Karthikeyan 38 +38.385 11 2
10 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 38 +49.406 12
11 Canada James Hinchcliffe 38 +51.531 10
12 Czech Republic Erik Janis 38 +57.799 17
13 Australia Ian Dyk 38 +1'02.548 14
14 Malaysia Alex Yoong 38 +1'03.238 22
15 USA Buddy Rice 38 +1'22.790 20
16 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 38 +1'23.100 2
17 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 38 +1'23.733 3
18 Portugal João Urbano 38 +1'24.918 16
19 Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 38 +1'25.337 15
20 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 38 +1'31.515 19
21 Lebanon Khalil Beschir 37 +1 Lap 21
22 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. 37 +1 Lap 13

Notes

References
  1. Female rookie for Switzerland Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine a1gp.com (October 11, 2007)
  2. Ireland puts faith in Adam Carroll a1gp.com' (October 07, 2007)
  3. Jourdain Jr in for Mexico a1gp.com' (October 10, 2007)
  4. Paolo Bossini Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  5. Charlie Kimball Archived 2007-12-20 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  6. Marchy Lee Archived 2007-12-26 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  7. Arie Luyendyk Jr. Archived 2007-12-20 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  8. John Martin Archived 2007-12-20 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  9. Wesleigh Orr Archived 2007-12-20 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
  10. Lapierre recalled for France a1gp.com (October 10, 2007)
  11. Robert Wickens Archived 2007-12-18 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
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