A1 team France

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A1 team France
France
founding 2005/2006
Licensee Jean Paul Driot
Team boss -
Racing stable Connor Racing
Total seasons 4th
Race weekends in total 39
Championships 1
Victories (sprint / main) 15 (8/7)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.) 10 (7/3)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.) 8 (5/3)
Pole positions 6th
Fastest laps 7th
Total points 404

The A1 Team France ( English stylization: A1Team.France ) was the French national team in the A1GP series. It won the title in the 2005/2006 season .

history

A1 Team France was founded by Jean Paul Driot , whose racing team DAMS has been equipping the team since the beginning (under the name "Connor Racing" since the fourth season).

In the first season , the French were the dominant team. After a second place by Alexandre Prémat in the sprint race at Brands Hatch , it was able to clinch its first double victory with Nicolas Lapierre at the wheel at the second race weekend at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz . This was followed in the season by four more double victories (in Estoril , Sepang and Monterrey by Prémat, in Eastern Creek Raceway by Lapierre) as well as three individual victories (in Dubai and Sentul by Lapierre, in Durban by Prémat) and another second place (by Lapierre in Laguna Seca ). After the penultimate race weekend in Laguna Seca, the French were already established as world champions, with a total of 172 points.

In the following season , the team could not build on the successes from the previous season. A total of eight podium finishes were achieved (four third places by Nicolas Lapierre, three second places and one third place by Loïc Duval ), but the team was unable to win. It ended the season in fourth place overall with 67 points.

In the third season , the team was on a similar level. With Loïc Duval at the wheel, it achieved a total of seven podium finishes, including a sprint victory at Eastern Creek - the first in almost two years. In Durban, the team made a novelty by fielding three drivers at the weekend: Nicolas Prost (rookie practice), Jonathan Cochet (second practice) and Duval (third practice, qualifying and race). It ended the season again in fourth overall position with 118 points.

In the fourth season , the team was able to build on its previous level of performance. After Duval achieved third place in the sprint and victory in the main race at the start in Zandvoort, another podium result followed with a second place in the Sepang sprint. With a total of five more points, the team finished the season fifth overall with 47 points.

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

driver

A1 Team France fielded seven different drivers on race weekends, all of whom also took part in the races themselves. In addition, Guillaume Moreau was used in the second official test at Silverstone 2007 .

In the list of the most individual victories, Alexandre Prémat is in third place with seven (four in sprint races, three in main races) behind Neel Jani and Nico Hülkenberg .

Overview of the drivers

driver RG SR MR RS 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. PP SRR Pt.
Duval, Loïc 26th 13 13 6th 2 (1/1) 8 (5/3) 4 (3/1) 2 2 169
Lapierre, Nicolas 23 11 12 - 6 (3/3) 1 (1/0) 4 (2/2) 2 2 126
Prémat, Alexandre 11 6th 5 - 7 (4/3) 1 (1/0) 0 (0/0) 2 3 89
Cheers, Nicolas 8th 4th 4th 11 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 7th
Vernay, Jean-Karl 4th 2 2 3 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 3
Montagny, Franck 4th 2 2 - 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) 0 0 10
Cochet, Jonathan 2 1 1 1 0 (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

Jonathan Cochet also played the second training session in Durban in 2007.

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 1. 172
2
PRÉ 		DNS
PRÉ 		1
LAP 		1
LAP 		1
PRÉ 		1
PRÉ 		1
LAP 		1
LAP 		1
PRÉ 		1
PRÉ 		7
LAP 		1
LAP 		1
PRÉ 		8
PRÉ 		1
LAP 		8
LAP 		1
PRÉ 		1
PRÉ 		2
LAP 		14
LAP 		7
PRÉ 		6
LAP
06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 4th 67
3
LAP 		19
LAP 		3
LAP 		23
LAP 		17
LAP 		4
LAP 		6
LAP 		3
LAP 		7
LAP 		3
LAP 		2
DUV 		2
DUV 		3
DUV 		9
DUV 		2
DUV 		20
DUV 		19
VER 		20
VER 		22
VER 		8
VER 		4
DUV 		7
DUV
07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 4th 118
2
DUV 		5
DUV 		6
LAP 		5
LAP 		2
DUV 		2
DUV 		8
DUV 		7
DUV 		3
DUV 		3
DUV 		1
DUV 		21
DUV 		11
DUV 		2
DUV 		12
COC 		13
COC 		12
MON 		8
MON 		10
MON 		5
MON
08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 5. 47
3
DUV 		1
DUV 		8
PRO 		18
PRO 		2
DUV 		14
DUV 		4
DUV 		6
DUV 		10
PRO 		18
PRO 		13
PRO 		6
PRO 		9
PRO 		10
PRO
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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