A1 Team India

A1 Team India
founding	2005/2006
Licensee	A1 Team India Limited
Team boss	-
Racing stable	Argo Racing Ltd
Total seasons	4th
Race weekends in total	35
Championships	0
Victories (sprint / main)	2 (0/2)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.)	1 (1/0)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.)	0 (0/0)
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	0
Total points	93

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

history

A1 Team India in Kyalami 2009

A1 Team India was founded by Atul Gupta , who was replaced as Seatholder in the second season by Yohann Setna , in the third season by Ravi Chilukuri and in the fourth season by a consortium called A1 Team India Limited ; Akbar Ebrahim acted as racing team in the first season , the British team Arena Motorsport and then the British team Argo Racing in the second and third seasons .

In the first season the team was one of the backbenchers, the best result is an eleventh place by regular driver Armaan Ebrahim in the sprint race in Sepang . The team did not compete on the last three race weekends due to internal quarrels and ended the season in 23rd place without a point.

In the following season , it didn't look like an improvement at first. After five race weekends without winning points, Armaan Ebrahim was replaced by the former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan , who was able to score the first points for the team in seventh place in the main race in Taupo . This was followed by two more points with a ninth place in the main race in Durban and a fourth place in the main race at Brands Hatch . The team finished the season in 16th place overall with 13 points.

The final breakthrough came in the third season . After several points results, the team with Karthikeyan as regular driver was able to celebrate its first victory in the main race in Zhuhai . There were no further podium finishes at first, but first place was achieved again in the main race at Brands Hatch. The team finished the season in tenth overall position with 61 points.

At the start of the fourth season , the team had to pass due to the chassis delivery problems. In the remaining race weekends, five points followed, including the highlight of a second place by Karthikeyan in the sprint race at Brands Hatch. The team finished the season in twelfth place overall with 19 points.

A1 Team India took part in 35 race weekends of the A1GP series.

driver

A1 Team India fielded four different drivers on race weekends, all four of whom also took part in the races themselves.

Overview of the drivers

driver	RG	SR	MR	RS	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	PP	SRR	Pt.
Karthikeyan, Narain	40	20th	20th	6th	2 (0/2)	1 (1/0)	0 (0/0)	1	0	93
Ebrahim, Armaan	22nd	11	11	2	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Sureshwaren, Parthiva	4th	2	2	14th	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Chandhok, Karun	4th	2	2	-	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

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 23. 0 15 CHA DNS CHA 16 CHA 21 CHA 17 EWC 13 EWC 17 EWC 13 EWC 11 EWC DSQ EWC 20 EWC 14 EWC 14 EWC 18 EWC 18 EWC 15 EWC 06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 16. 13 22 EWC 18 EWC 17 EWC 18 EWC 18 EWC 11 EWC 16 EWC 18 EWC 18 EWC 19 EWC 10 CARS 7 CARS 18 Sur 16 Sur 15 CARS 9 * CAR 11 CARS 18 CARS 7 CARS 17 CARS 7 CARS 4 CARS 07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 10. 61 10 CARS 20 CARS 21 CARS 9 CARS 11 CARS 6 CARS 7 CARS 1 CAR 10 CARS 22 CARS 11 CARS 11 CARS 17 Sur 17 Sur 13 CARS 9 CARS 5 CARS 7 CARS 5 CARS 1 CAR 08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 12. 19th 10 CARS 10 CARS 18 CARS 18 CARS 9 CARS 7 CARS 6 CARS 12 CARS 6 CARS 11 CARS 2 CARS 19 CARS 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

Web links

Commons : A1 Team India  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Team area on the official A1GP homepage ( Memento from October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ India to miss Mexico as field gets stronger? crash.net, February 21, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 .