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7 Apr 2008, 07:02 (Ref:2171931) | #1 | ||
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Just received a bunch of details about this weekend. The support race program is a shocker - there basically isn't one! A couple of Ferrari events and that's it...
Hopefully a lot of off track activities to give the crowd something to do between sessions (although expect Shanghai International circuit to show a complete lack of concern for their customers as usual). Anyway for the vast majority who will be watching via TV anyway it should be very interesting, and with only one more round after this one we'll get a clear idea if SUI are going to wrap it up or if NZ/France can take it to the wire. |
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7 Apr 2008, 07:24 (Ref:2171942) | #2 | ||
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they didnt allowed chinese races to race in same weekend.just ferrari festival. no racing but exhibition.
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7 Apr 2008, 14:41 (Ref:2172367) | #3 | ||
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Alexandre Negrao in the driving seat for Brazil for this round. As a GP2 driver he has decent credentials however at some point Brazil need to find a stable driver...
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8 Apr 2008, 11:56 (Ref:2173089) | #4 | ||
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Is there an event schedule yet? Such as it is. Just the usual (local) start times? When they race in Asia, a.k.a. midnight to 2 am here...
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9 Apr 2008, 06:42 (Ref:2173614) | #5 | ||
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Shanghai is GMT +8.
Friday: Practice 1 (Rookie sessions) 1100 - 1200 Practice 2 1400 - 1500 Saturday: Practice 3 1100 - 1200 Qualifying 1415 - 1530 (TV coverage 1400 - 1600) Sunday: Sprint Race 1100 - 1120 Feature Race 1500 - 1630 (TV coverage incl. Sprint 1430 - 1700 I guess) |
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9 Apr 2008, 11:34 (Ref:2173787) | #6 | ||
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Oh, thanks Kiwi.
On board lap with Frankie Cheng and the Driver Entry List (Mexico hasn't given-up on Garza have they?): AUS: Martin / Antunes BRA: Negrao / Guimaraes CAN: Wickens / Morad CHN: Cheng CZE: Salaquarda FRA: Montagny / Prost GER: Ammermuller GBR: Kerr / Tappy IND: Karthikeyan / Sureshwaren INA: Hermanto IRL: Carroll ITA: Piscopo / Rigon LEB: Auby MAL: Yoong MEX: TBA NED: Bleekemolen / Luyendyk NZL: Reid PAK: Khan POR: Albuquerque RSA: Zaugg / Orr SUI: Jani / Imperatori USA: Summerton |
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9 Apr 2008, 13:43 (Ref:2173870) | #7 | |
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Mexico are going with Jorge Goeters:
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9 Apr 2008, 13:50 (Ref:2173877) | #8 | ||
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They have one stable driver in the team since the very first race: Emerson Fittipaldi. |
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10 Apr 2008, 04:32 (Ref:2174259) | #9 | ||
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Well GP2 is a much better credential than a 37 year old second-tier Nascar driver.
Mexico appear to have completely run out of options! According to the report I've just read Garza is unavailable due to commitments in the US. He wasn't very good anyway... |
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11 Apr 2008, 07:30 (Ref:2175024) | #10 | ||
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thats the most nicer circuit of the championship.
free practie:asian driver alex imperatori was impressive 3th and portugal was impressive 1st. france was second and for me they will get two out of two. |
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11 Apr 2008, 09:23 (Ref:2175087) | #11 | |
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FP1 - Portugal on top ahead of NZL and CZE. Switzerland Germany and France were 4th, 5th and 7th.
http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41175 |
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Anybody have any requests for questions that you want me to put forward in the press conference tomorrow? I am going to try and get some hints about season 4 venues but I'm sure they'll keep a straight face and say 'no comment' until they are ready to announce things.
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. F.Albuquerque Portugal 1:35.223 19 2. Jonny Reid New Zealand 1:35.600 + 0.377 19 3. Filip Salaquarda Czech Republic 1:35.609 + 0.386 18 4. Neel Jani Switzerland 1:35.646 + 0.423 20 5. M.Ammermuller Germany 1:35.657 + 0.434 23 6. Robbie Kerr Great Britain 1:35.689 + 0.466 19 7. Franck Montagny France 1:35.822 + 0.599 22 8. J.Summerton USA 1:35.845 + 0.622 22 9. Cheng Cong Fu China 1:35.903 + 0.680 24 10. Daniel Morad Canada 1:35.913 + 0.690 11 11. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 1:36.428 + 1.205 18 12. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands 1:36.457 + 1.234 21 13. Alexandre Negrao Brazil 1:36.482 + 1.259 25 14. Adam Carroll Ireland 1:36.523 + 1.300 20 15. Alex Yoong Malaysia 1:36.543 + 1.320 21 16. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 1:36.560 + 1.337 26 17. N.Karthikeyan India 1:36.584 + 1.361 21 18. John Martin Australia 1:36.598 + 1.375 25 19. Adam Khan Pakistan 1:37.049 + 1.826 26 20. Jimmy Auby Lebanon 1:37.166 + 1.943 23 21. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1:37.456 + 2.233 24 22. Jorge Goeters Mexico 1:38.414 + 3.191 26 |
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12 Apr 2008, 08:06 (Ref:2175687) | #14 | ||
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Results: Sprint race grid
Saturday, April 12, 2008 Pos A1 Team Time Gap 1 Switzerland 1'34.163 - 2 Portugal 1'34.613 0.450 3 Canada 1'34.682 0.519 4 India 1'34.688 0.525 5 New Zealand 1'34.742 0.579 6 USA 1'34.791 0.628 7 Malaysia 1'34.850 0.687 8 Ireland 1'34.928 0.765 9 Germany 1'35.012 0.849 10 Great Britain 1'35.015 0.852 11 South Africa 1'35.198 1.035 12 Italy 1'35.224 1.061 13 Australia 1'35.336 1.173 14 Brazil 1'35.492 1.329 15 China 1'35.508 1.345 16 Czech Republic 1'35.590 1.427 17 Netherlands 1'35.670 1.507 18 France 1'35.789 1.626 19 Pakistan 1'35.923 1.760 20 Lebanon 1'35.931 1.768 21 Indonesia 1'36.612 2.449 22 Mexico 1'38.312 4.149 Results: Feature race grid Saturday, April 12, 2008 Pos A1 Team Time Gap 1 Switzerland 1'34.172 - 2 USA 1'34.626 0.454 3 Portugal 1'35.022 0.850 4 Ireland 1'35.035 0.863 5 India 1'35.195 1.023 6 Malaysia 1'35.207 1.035 7 New Zealand 1'35.283 1.111 8 Great Britain 1'35.357 1.185 9 South Africa 1'35.392 1.220 10 France 1'35.496 1.324 11 Italy 1'35.520 1.348 12 Canada 1'35.554 1.382 13 Germany 1'35.558 1.386 14 Czech Republic 1'35.611 1.439 15 Australia 1'35.653 1.481 16 Pakistan 1'35.865 1.693 17 Brazil 1'35.887 1.715 18 Netherlands 1'35.921 1.749 19 Lebanon 1'36.066 1.894 20 China 1'36.136 1.964 21 Indonesia 1'36.326 2.154 22 Mexico 1'37.440 3.268 Well done Switzerland (buggers) thats got to put you in great shape to take out the title Where the hell did Portugal and USA come from, nice work Last edited by NAC; 12 Apr 2008 at 08:12. |
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12 Apr 2008, 13:01 (Ref:2175837) | #15 | ||
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I must say that when I said the support program is a shocker I didn't fully understand what the Ferrari activities are. They are a trial run of how some events will be organised next year. Basically a large number of Ferrari road cars have turned up, plus a couple of Ferrari F1 cars, and Ferrari's top line models. The top line models and F1 cars are demonstrated and the Ferrari owners get to drive their cars around an active racetrack. A1GP and Ferrari are therefore co-jointly organising the weekend, which for the latter is a sales program for their vehicle sales, and no doubt a fantastic networking opportunity for both parties.
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12 Apr 2008, 14:25 (Ref:2175865) | #17 | ||
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ferrari is a prestigious brand in china and is stub to motor racing. a friend of mine working in ferrari south east china told me how happy ferrari dealer in shangai was with this festival at a1gp. happy people jump silhouettes on blue sky.
on the race i am disapooint with china. cheng can do more. he was zhuhai hero and chinese people deserve more. portugal is the surprise and i can see that the country who ruled my land can be back to the top after they dismsised alvaro parent. swiss car is going to win the series. |
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13 Apr 2008, 00:59 (Ref:2176157) | #18 | ||
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Frankie was very disappointed after qualifying and quick to point out that they had suspension problems, i.e. not his fault.
Strider, they definitely will keep a good support race program at Brands Hatch, with the UK being such a developed motorsport market, however in countries such as China where motorsport is still undeveloped they will use this model. In other words I guess in Malaysia, India or the Middle East if they race there in future they will replicate this model. I agree it is not very good for spectators however in China spectators are already treated like dirt anyway, so it doesn't make much difference! If I was limited to the public areas for this race I wouldn't bother, there is absolutely no atmosphere or entertainment in the public areas, something which A1GP might need to address in these newer type venues. |
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Edit: wait, wait, wait...tape-delayed maybe?
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13 Apr 2008, 10:51 (Ref:2176324) | #20 | ||
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What no points for NZ in sprint.
From what I saw from Jonny's in car camera looked like it was Jonny that moved into USA. Any other thoughts??? |
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13 Apr 2008, 11:31 (Ref:2176347) | #21 | |
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It must be delayed telecast for you guys. The race is over but I won't spill the results. About the crash, I think it's a racing incident. It's an extremely difficult position for Reid and he clearly did not notice how close the USA car was to his. I think Reid was focusing more on the folks in front of him and the rolling start being very compact and tight, it's a miracle only Jonny and Jonathan Summerton got caught.
I love this race. It shows much professionalism and no bullsh*t. Good stuff, and I hope Summerton recovers well. |
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13 Apr 2008, 13:04 (Ref:2176399) | #22 | ||
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Awesome result for both USA and Portugal. Fantastic
Nice to see there is also a glimmer of hope for NZL |
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13 Apr 2008, 13:53 (Ref:2176434) | #23 | ||
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Nicely done Jonathan, he's earned it.
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I suppose Switzerland were unlucky in race 2, but at least it keeps the title chase open until Brands. Jani coped well with the loss of 2nd gear. I'm not sure he would have caught Summerton, but a solid runner-up place was his for the taking. Nice to see Adam Carroll on the podium again. As for Team GBR, let's just say Olly Jarvis was missed. |
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