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A1GP owes its existance thanks to a rich arabian sheik who has been plowing money into it. Of course the drivers love it, they get paid to do it. Every racing driver's dream. Jani is now doing his best to prop it up - because that's where his career will be! Reason is, in 07 he was a part of the Red Bull Junior programme, who paid for his seat at PKV. For 2008 the programme has been cut down in size quite a bit (Daniel Morad was also one of the victims despite a tremendeous season), and now Jani hasn't got anyone to pay for his seat. So rather than going out hunting for sponsorship he did the sensible thing and took the A1GP Team Switzerland seat. That's also why he hasn't got anything lined up for the "real" season: he's got no budget for it. I have no doubt that he would still have been in Champ Car in 2008 if Red Bull had kept paying for his seat. Oh, and A1GP lost $212 million during their 05/06 season.
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