A1 Team Australia

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A1 Team Australia
Australia
founding 2005/2006
Licensee Alan Jones
Team boss -
Racing stable Alan Docking Racing
Total seasons 4th
Race weekends in total 39
Championships 0
Victories (sprint / main) 0 (0/0)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.) 1 (0/1)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.) 5 (1/4)
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 1
Total points 132

The A1 Team Australia ( English stylization: A1Team.Australia ) was the Australian national team in the A1GP series.

history

A1 Team Australia in Kyalami, South Africa 2009

A1 Team Australia was founded by Alan Jones , Formula 1 World Champion from 1980 ; The Australian team Alan Docking Racing acted as racing team from the beginning .

In the first season the team was mediocre. On the first race weekend at Brands Hatch , Will Power achieved the best result of the season with second place in the main race . Further highlights of the season were the third place of Marcus Marshall in the main race in Sentul and the third place of Ryan Briscoe in the main race in Shanghai . The team finished the season in 13th place with 51 points.

In the following season it was unchanged. The team again achieved three podium positions, namely a third place each for Ryan Briscoe in the main race in Zandvoort , Karl Reindler in the main race in Beijing and Ian Dyk in the sprint race in Mexico City . It ended the season again in 13th place overall with 25 points.

The third season was the worst of the team. Only five points could be achieved, the best result was a fifth place by John Martin in the main race in Eastern Creek . The team finished the season in 17th overall position with 20 points.

In the fourth season there was a clear upward trend. With three fourth places and a total of seven points, all achieved by Martin, the team finished eighth overall with 36 points.

A1 Team Australia took part in all 39 race weekends of the A1GP series.

driver

A1 Team Australia fielded ten different drivers on race weekends, eight of whom also took part in the races themselves. In addition, Barton Mawer was used in the official test in Silverstone in 2006 and Daniel Ricciardo in the same place in the first official test in 2007 .

Overview of the drivers

driver RG SR MR RS 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. PP SRR Pt.
Martin, John 26th 13 13 7th 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 1 54
Dyk, Ian 14th 7th 7th 6th 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 1 (1/0) 0 0 9
Briscoe, Ryan 10 5 5 - 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 2 (0/2) 0 0 24
Davison, Will 10 5 5 - 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 13
Reindler, Karl 10 5 5 4th 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 1 (0/1) 0 0 8th
Jones, Christian 4th 2 2 - 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 0
Marshall, Marcus 2 1 1 - 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 1 (0/1) 0 0 8th
Power, Will 2 1 1 - 0 (0/0) 1 (0/1) 0 (0/0) 0 0 16
Walsh, Ashley - - - 3 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 -
Antunes, Nathan - - - 2 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 -

Legend: RG = total race; SR = sprint race; HR = main race; RS = rookie sessions; PP = pole position; SRR = fastest race lap

Results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 rank Points
05/06 Brands H. EuroSpeed. Estoril Eastern C. Sepang Dubai Durban Sentul Monterrey Laguna S. Shanghai 13. 51
4
POW 		2
POW 		15
JON 		14
JON 		24
DAV 		6
DAV 		11
DAV 		6
DAV 		24
DAV 		11
DAV 		21
DAV 		10
DAV 		9
DAV 		22
DAV 		16
mma 		3
mma 		16
JON 		19
JON 		10
BRI 		8
BRI 		9
BRI 		3
BRI
06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 13. 25th
13
BRI 		3
BRI 		15
REI 		16
REI 		12
REI 		3
REI 		12
BRI 		17
BRI 		6
BRI 		10
BRI 		14
REI 		13
REI 		14
REI 		14
REI 		16
REI 		18
REI 		3
DYK 		8
DYK 		16
DYK 		21
DYK 		14
DYK 		19
DYK
07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 17th 20th
21
DYK 		12
DYK 		22
DYK 		13
DYK 		22
DYK 		9
DYK 		13
DYK 		15
DYK 		9
JMA 		17
JMA 		6
JMA 		5
JMA 		6
JMA 		14
JMA 		21
JMA 		21
JMA 		15
JMA 		14
JMA 		14
JMA 		22
JMA
08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 8th. 36
11
JMA 		4
JMA 		11
JMA 		6
JMA 		8
JMA 		4
JMA 		19
JMA 		4
JMA 		12
JMA 		13
JMA 		10
JMA 		12
JMA 		7
JMA 		8
JMA
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

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