A1 Team South Africa

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A1 Team South Africa
Flag of South Africa.svg
Founded2005
Seat holder(s) Tokyo Sexwale
Team principal-
Race driver(s) Adrian Zaugg, Alan van der Merwe
Car nicknameVulindlela
First race 2005-06 Great Britain
Rounds entered33
Championships0
Sprint race victories2
Feature race victories1
Pole positions5
Fastest laps3
Total points143
2008-09 position9th (3 pts)

A1 Team South Africa was the South African team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

Contents

Management

A1 Team South Africa's owner was Tokyo Sexwale. The Chief Executive Officer of the team was Dana Cooper and the technical and sporting manager was Mike Carroll. For the 2006–07 season South Africa have enlisted DAMS to run their car, the outfit which ran the French and Swiss teams to 1st and 2nd places in 2005–06.

History

2005–06 season

Drivers: Tomas Scheckter, Stephen Simpson

In the inaugural season, Team South Africa scored a podium en route to 17th place in the championship.

2006–07 season

Drivers: Stephen Simpson, Alan van der Merwe, Adrian Zaugg

Team South Africa had mixed fortunes in 2006–07. A victory, a podium and two high-placing results were offset by other bad results and the team finished in 14th position.

2007–08 season

Driver: Adrian Zaugg

Consistent scoring, two victories and two podiums brought Team South Africa to 5th place in the championship.

2008–09 season

Drivers: Adrian Zaugg , Alan van der Merwe

Drivers

NameSeasonsRaces
(Starts)
A1GP TitleWinsSprint
wins
Main
wins
2nd3rdPolesFastest
Laps
Points
Tomas Scheckter 2005-06 2 (4)1
Stephen Simpson 2005-06, 2006-07 10 (20)1019
Alan van der Merwe 2006-07, 2008-09 8 (10)0
Adrian Zaugg 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 17 (34)3211253123

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

YearRacing
team
Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres
Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122PointsRank
2005-06 BCN Competicion Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon
GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea POR spr POR fea AUS spr AUS fea MAS spr MAS fea UAE spr UAE fea RSA spr RSA fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea 2017th
Stephen Simpson 246RetRetRet12123Ret5Ret11Ret1811Ret1114
Tomas Scheckter 12Ret10Ret
2006-07 DAMS Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea BEI spr BEI fea MAS spr MAS fea IDN spr IDN fea NZL spr NZL fea AUS spr AUS fea RSA spr RSA fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 2414th
Adrian Zaugg 1RetRet513127Ret4315Ret
Stephen Simpson Ret11
Alan van der Merwe 9Ret7616Ret812
2007-08 DAMS Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea MAS spr MAS fea ZHU spr ZHU fea NZL spr NZL fea AUS spr AUS fea RSA spr RSA fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 965th
Adrian Zaugg 1241610RetRet34771137Ret6716711
2008-09 DAMS Ferrari,
Ferrari,
Michelin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Flag of Malaysia.svg MAS Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL Flag of South Africa.svg RSA Flag of Portugal.svg POR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR 1914th
sprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfea
Adrian Zaugg 6Ret59951097Ret17Ret
Alan van der Merwe 1511

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