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Despite the recent rumors suggesting the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport might close its doors in 2009/10, the championship chairman Tony Teixeira yesterday announced the official calendar for the 5th year running of the series. In addition, the Portuguese official ...
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The A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport might close its doors after 4 years of existence. According to some rumors issued by the media lately, it seems Italian manufacturer Ferrari have put an end to their power plant supply for the aforementioned series.
Ferrari ...
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The current economic crisis seems to have added some more victims to its toll in recent days. According to media reports in the Middle East, Asia and the UK, no less than 2 racing series are to collapse due to financial difficulties.
Stock car racing series Speedcar ...
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Yesterday's meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council was surely a busy one, as the ruling body has announced several directions for the 2010 season of most motor sport series currently under its patronage. After confirming several changes within the Formula ...
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Adam Carroll Brings A1 Team Ireland Maiden TitleA1GPAdam Carroll came to Brands Hatch with the sole thought of securing A1 Team Ireland a place in the A1 GP hall of fame. Trailing A1 Team Switzerland for the championship lead before the British weekend, Carroll knew exactly what his mission was and did everything right in order to deliver the expected results. The former DTM driver dominated the Brands Hatch weekend from one end to another, clinching pole position for both Sprint and Feature races and taking back-to-back wins on Sunday for Team Ireland's first ever A1 GP trophy. The Irishman needed the help of his pit crew to win the sprint race on Sunday morning, as he trailed Mexico's Salvador Duran for the lead most of the time. The mandatory pit stops became the turning point of the Sprint race, as Duran's crew got stuck with a ... >> Read more |
The Mexico round of the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport, initially scheduled on May 22, was scrapped from the series' schedule this year due to the recent outbreaks of swine flu. In addition, the UK Foreign Office have advised every citizen to limit their visitation ...
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Neel Jani might have had everything worked out for him during Race 2 of the Algarve weekend, but winning it sure didn't seem like a picnic for the Swiss driver. The race had hardly started and two of Jani's main rivals for the race win – Sprint Race winner Robert ...
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Force India's reserve and test driver for 2009, Vitantonio Liuzzi, has signed a deal to represent his country in the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport in the following 2 rounds of the 2008/09 season. The former F1 driver will debut for A1 Team Italy from as early as ...
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In a time when most companies are revising their sponsorship projects in motor racing, mobile telecommunications network company Vodafone seems to do exactly the opposite. After reaffirming their support for the McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, the British company took ...
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Switzerland's Neel Jani equaled Germany's Nico Hulkenberg as the winningest driver in the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport following his win in the Future Race of Kyalami, South Africa. Although he started the second race of the weekend from 5th place, Jani got off to ...
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A1 Team France will be represented by Nicolas Prost in the upcoming event at Kyalami, South Africa. The Frenchman was asked by team principal Olivier Panis to replace regular seat holder Loic Duval, as the latter has a prior commitment this weekend.
Prost will ...
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Adam Carroll and Neel Jani had a great weekend in Taupo, winning a race each in the 4th round of the 2008/09 A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport. Carroll got himself in a great position to win both races ever since Saturday, when he clinched pole position for both sprint and ...
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Dan Clarke's days on the sideline are to be over soon. The British driver was selected by A1 Team Great Britain to make his debut in the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport at Zaupo, New Zealand. Having taken a sabbatical after failing to secure a drive in the reunited ...
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Maybe we won't get to see much of IndyCar Series at Surfers Paradise in the near future, but we'll sure have plenty of A1 GP action at the Queensland track for the next 5 years. Australia will return to the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport calendar next year ...
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A1 Team Ireland scored their second win inside the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport on Sunday, managing a perfect sprint race at Chengdu through former GP2 driver Adam Carroll. The Irishman started the first race of the weekend from pole position and never let go of ...
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After 53 races and 6 drivers inside the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport, Team Portugal have finally done it. Filipe Albuquerque held on to the lead in the dying laps of the Feature Race and resisted some intense attacking from Team Ireland's Adam Carroll to bring his ...
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Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick making their debut inside the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport this weekend doesn’t seem to have the same effect on their fellow drivers as it did to their American fans. Even if they are regarded as some of the most talented ...
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Following A1 Team Netherlands’ decision to rotate their drivers throughout their 4th season inside A1 GP, former F1 driver Robert Doornbos will be debuting in the series this weekend, at Chengdu. The Dutch driver will therefore join Marco Andretti as newcomers in ...
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A1 Team USA will bring in some fresh blood for the next round of the A1 GP calendar, at Chengdu, following the team's rather poor performances in the season opener at Zandvoort. The team's new lineup include two of the most promising rising stars of the IndyCar Series, ...
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Team Pakistan will not be joining the A1 GP caravan for the upcoming two rounds of the 2008/2010 season. The Asian team will therefore make its first appearance in the series on round 4 – as the Pakistani team was also absent at the season opener in Zandvoort ...
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