A1 Team Ireland

A1 Team Ireland
founding	2005/2006
Licensee	Teddy Yip , John P. Hynes
Team boss	Mark Gallagher
Racing stable	Status Grand Prix
Total seasons	4th
Race weekends in total	39
Championships	1
Victories (sprint / main)	6 (3/3)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.)	3 (1/2)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.)	4 (2/2)
Pole positions	6th
Fastest laps	8th
Total points	282

The A1 Team Ireland ( English stylization: A1Team.Ireland ) was the Irish national team in the A1GP series. It won the title in the 2008/2009 season .

history

The A1 Team Ireland (in the third season " Belmayne Team Ireland") was founded by Mark Gallagher and Mark Kershaw , from the fourth season Teddy Yip and John P. Hynes act as Seatholder; The team used its own racing team from the first season, which has been competing under the name Status Grand Prix in the third season since the start of the cooperation with Team Canada .

In the first season the team was upper average. Already on the premiere race weekend at Brands Hatch it was able to score the first point with tenth place in the sprint race by Michael Devaney , on the third race weekend in Estoril followed with third place in the main race by ex- Formula 1 driver Ralph Firman, the first and only Podium place of the season. Overall, the team finished 13 races in the points, at the end of the season they were eighth with 68 points.

In the following season , the team experienced a severe slump. He only got three points, namely a tenth place in the main race in Sepang by Michael Devaney as well as a sixth place in the sprint race in Durban and a fifth place in the main race in Shanghai by Richard Lyons . The team attributed the poor results during the first nine race weekends to a problem with the chassis. It ended the season in 19th place overall with eight points.

In the third season , the team with Adam Carroll as a regular driver again achieved a significant improvement. After a third place in the sprint race in Brno and numerous points results, it was finally able to celebrate its first victory in the main race in Mexico City - just one day before St. Patrick's Day . This was followed by two third places in the main race in Shanghai and in the sprint race at Brands Hatch. The team finished the season in sixth overall position with 94 points.

In the fourth season , the team was the standout. After a kick-off weekend in Zandvoort with no points, there were initially three wins (sprint races in Chengdu and Taupo , main race in Sepang) and three second places (main races in Chengdu and Taupo, sprint races in Portimão ) by regular driver Carroll. With two victories at the last race weekend of the season at Brands Hatch, the title was confidently secured. Six pole positions and five fastest race laps underline the performance of the team, which in the end had 112 points to book.

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

driver

A1 Team Ireland fielded six different drivers on race weekends, four of whom also took part in the races themselves. In addition, Patrick Hogan was used in the official test at Silverstone 2006 .

Adam Carroll , who is Northern Irish and therefore actually belongs to the United Kingdom , is entitled to start because the team represented the geographic Ireland .

Overview of the drivers

driver	RG	SR	MR	RS	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	PP	SRR	Pt.
Carroll, Adam	32	16	16	4th	6 (3/3)	3 (1/2)	3 (2/1)	6th	6th	198
Firman, Ralph	18th	9	9	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	1 (0/1)	0	2	61
Devaney, Michael	14th	7th	7th	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	16
Lyons, Richard	14th	7th	7th	4th	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	7th
Quinn, Niall	-	-	-	10	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
O'Hara, John	-	-	-	6th	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

Trivia

The team set a speed record for Lola's A1GP car at 190.6 mph, or about 305 km / h, on the runway at Cottesmore Air Force Base as part of the Fifth Gear program in May 2007 . For this purpose, the PowerBoost, which unlocks 30 more PS , was activated permanently. The presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson was at the wheel .

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 8th. 68 10 DEV 22 DEV 9 FIR 6 FIR 19 FIR 3 FIR 4 DEV 14 DEV 7 FIR 9 FIR 4 FIR 21 FIR 4 FIR 17 FIR 6 FIR 19 FIR 21 FIR 20 FIR 5 FIR 6 FIR 4 DEV 22 DEV 06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 19th 8th 15 DEV 14 DEV 13 DEV 13 DEV 20 DEV 21 DEV 14 DEV 10 DEV 17 LYO 12 LYO 20 LYO 19 LYO 10 LYO 18 LYO 6 LYO 12 LYO 22 LYO 16 LYO 12 LYO 5 LYO 8 LYO DSQ LYO 07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 6th 94 8 FIR 6 FIR 3 CAR 6 CAR 7 CAR 7 CAR 4 CAR 16 CAR 6 CAR 5 CAR 15 CAR 13 CAR 15 CAR 15 CAR 4 CAR 1 CAR 11 CAR 3 CAR 3 CAR 13 CAR 08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 1. 112 16 CAR 16 CAR 1 CAR 2 CAR 5 CAR 1 CAR 1 CAR 2 CAR 4 CAR 20 CAR 2 CAR 5 CAR 1 CAR 1 CAR 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

Individual evidence

1. ^ New car launched by Ireland a1gp.com
2. ↑ Interview with Mark Kershaw a1gp.com
3. ^ Presidents' Club - Atom. In: thepresidentsclub.blogspot.co.at. May 3, 2009, accessed April 22, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Ireland breaks A1GP speed record a1gp.com

Web links

• Team area on the official A1GP homepage ( Memento from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )