| A1 Team Switzerland | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Seat holder(s) | Max Welti |
| Team principal | - |
| Race driver(s) | Neel Jani |
| Car nickname | - |
| First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
| Rounds entered | 39 (78 starts) |
| Championships | 1 |
| Sprint race victories | 5 |
| Feature race victories | 5 |
| Pole positions | 10 |
| Fastest laps | 8 |
| Total points | 438 |
| 2008-09 position | 2nd (95 pts) |
A1 Team Switzerland was the Swiss team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the third season, 2007-08.
Management
A1 Team Switzerland is owned by Max Welti.
History
In the inaugural season, Team Switzerland were "best of the rest", with a victory and ten podiums, finishing 2nd in the championship.
Team Switzerland lost their competitive edge in 2006-07, with only a single race victory, and finishing 8th in the championship.
After a spectacular 2007–08 season, Neel Jani single-handedly clinched the championship for Team Switzerland, with four victories and seven podiums.
In 2008–09, after having scored 4 wins and 3 other podium finishes, Neel Jani scored a total of 95 points for Team Switzerland. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the championship, 17 points behind the champions, Team Ireland, and just 3 points ahead of Team Portugal.
Drivers
Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang were the two first females to drive an A1 Grand Prix car during a race weekend.
They first drove as test drivers during a test session at Silverstone.[1] Natacha Gachnang drove in the rookie sessions in the 2007-08 Czech round, on October 12, 2007;[2] and Rahel Frey in the 2007-08 Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007.[3]
| Name | Seasons | Rounds (Starts) |
Titles | Wins | Sprint wins |
Feature wins |
2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sébastien Buemi | 2006-07 | 6 (12 starts) | 31 | ||||||||
| Neel Jani | 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 |
30 (60 starts) | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 407[* 1] |
| Marcel Fässler | 2006-07 | 1 (2 starts) | 0 | ||||||||
| Giorgio Mondini | 2005-06 | 2 (4 starts) | 0 |
- ^ This includes the 4 points scored during the 2008–09 Dutch Grand Prix, where the team scored its worst result of the 2008–09 season and the points of which were therefore later deducted.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.
| Year | Racing team |
Chassis, Engine, Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | DAMS | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon |
 GBR |
 GER |
 POR |
 AUS |
 MYS |
 UAE |
 RSA |
 INA |
 MEX |
 USA |
 CHN |
121 | 2nd | ||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||
| Neel Jani | 9 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Giorgio Mondini | 16 | 13 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Max Motorsport | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon |
 NED |
 CZE |
BEI |
MYS |
INA |
 NZL |
AUS |
RSA |
MEX |
SHA |
GBR |
50 | 8th | ||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||
| Sébastien Buemi | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | Ret | DSQ | |||||||||||||||
| Neel Jani | 9 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Fässler | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | Max Motorsport | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon |
NED |
CZE |
MYS |
ZHU |
NZL |
AUS |
RSA |
MEX |
SHA |
GBR |
168 | 1st | |||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||
| Neel Jani | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| 2008–09 | Boer Racing Services | Ferrari, Ferrari, Michelin |
NED |
CHN |
MYS |
NZL |
RSA |
POR |
GBR |
95 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||
| spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||
| Neel Jani | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Swiss female set to be rookie choice, September 19, 2007 Archived October 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Female rookie for Switzerland (October 11, 2007) Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malaysia: Rahel Frey rookie driver results.a1gp.com (November 23, 2007)
External links
- Official A1 Grand Prix website a1gp.com
- A1 Team Switzerland Official team website at a1gp.com
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