A1 team Mexico

A1 team Mexico
founding	2005/2006
Licensee	Julio Jáuregui , José Ramón Elizondo , Juan Cortina
Team boss	-
Racing stable	Escudería del Mediterráneo
Total seasons	4th
Race weekends in total	38
Championships	0
Victories (sprint / main)	2 (1/1)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.)	3 (3/0)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.)	5 (3/2)
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	2
Total points	135

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

history

A1 Team Mexico in Kyalami 2009

The A1 Team Mexico was founded by Juan Cortina and Julio Jáuregui , in the fourth season José Ramón Elizondo was added as a Seatholder; The French team DAMS acted as racing team in the first two seasons , the British Teamcraft in the third season and then the Spanish Escudería del Mediterráneo .

In the first season the team was mediocre. After a sixth place in the sprint race at Brands Hatch by Salvador Durán and thus the first point placement, it was able to achieve the first podium with third place in the main race. Another highlight of the season was third place in the sprint race in Sentul , which was also achieved by Durán. The team offered the strongest performance of the season with a one-two at Laguna Seca , driver was again Durán. After another podium finish - a third place at the last race weekend in Shanghai - the team finished the season in eleventh place with 59 points.

In the following season it was unchanged. A second place in the sprint race of the opening weekend in Zandvoort was followed by a third place in the main race in Brno . With another podium finish, a second place in the sprint race in Beijing , the team briefly took over the championship lead. The team was able to celebrate another second place in the sprint race in Sentul. After a dry spell of six racing weekends in a row without a place in the points (the team scored the only point with the fastest race lap at the home race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez ), the team finished the season in tenth place overall with 35 points.

In the third season the team slipped into the back of the field. After Salvador Durán had made a good start with two fourth places in Zandvoort, the team was only able to achieve two more points with Davíd Garza as driver. It finally ended the season in 16th overall position with 22 points.

At the opening weekend of the fourth season , the team was forced to watch due to the chassis delivery problems. Four race weekends followed without a single point result, until Durán finally achieved the first in the main race in Portimão with fourth place. Two more followed at Brands Hatch, including a third place in the sprint race. The team finished the season in 13th place overall with 19 points.

A1 Team Mexico took part in 38 race weekends of the A1GP series.

driver

A1 Team Mexico fielded eight different drivers on race weekends, all of whom also took part in the races themselves. In addition, Memo Rojas was used in the official test at Silverstone in 2005 and Mario Domínguez in the official test in 2006 . It was followed by Alfonso "Picho" Toledano and Arturo González in the first official test in 2007 and Esteban Gutiérrez in the second.

Overview of the drivers

driver	RG	SR	MR	RS	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	PP	SRR	Pt.
Duran, Salvador	44	22nd	22nd	-	2 (1/1)	3 (3/0)	5 (3/2)	1	2	126
Garza, David	14th	7th	7th	5	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	5
Martínez, David	6th	3	3	2	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	4th
Jourdain Jr., Michel	4th	2	2	2	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Perez, Sergio	2	1	1	8th	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
García, Juan Pablo	2	1	1	3	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Diaz, Luis	2	1	1	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Goeters, Jorge	2	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

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 11. 59 6 DUR 3 DUR 8 MAR 13 MAR 23 DUR 24 DUR 22 DUR 21 DUR 19 DIA 15 DIA 18 DUR 8 DUR 10 MAR 14 MAR 3 DUR 20 DUR 22 DUR 21 DUR 1 DUR 1 DUR 3 DUR 8 DUR 06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 10. 35 2 DUR 5 DUR 7 DUR 3 DUR 2 DUR 20 DUR 11 DUR 21 DUR 2 DUR 6 DUR 12 DUR 20 DUR 11 DUR 15 DUR 21 DUR 11 DUR 17 DUR 22 DUR 15 PÉR 22 PÉR 18 JPG 14 JPG 07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 16. 22nd 4 DUR 4 DUR 13 JOU 22 JOU 20 JOU 11 JOU 16 DGA 11 DGA 17 DGA 9 DGA 17 DGA 18 DGA 8 DGA 19 DGA 16 DGA 14 DGA 20 GOE 21 GOE 20 MAR 16 MAR 08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 13. 19th 16 DGA 15 DGA 14 DGA 15 DGA 15 DUR 16 DUR 16 DUR 19 DUR 9 DUR 4 DUR 3 DUR 6 DUR 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. ↑ The Technical Side Of A1 Team Mexico In The Hands Of Escuderia Del Mediterraneo  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) paddocktalk.com

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