A1 Team New Zealand

A1 Team New Zealand
founding	2005/2006
Licensee	Colin Giltrap
Team boss	-
Racing stable	DS Motorsport
Total seasons	4th
Race weekends in total	39
Championships	0
Victories (sprint / main)	7 (4/3)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.)	6 (4/2)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.)	8 (5/3)
Pole positions	4th
Fastest laps	4th
Total points	333

The A1 Team New Zealand ( English stylization: A1Team.New Zealand ) was the New Zealand national team in the A1GP series. It was runner-up in the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 seasons .

history

A1 Team New Zealand in Kyalami 2009

The A1 Team New Zealand was founded by Colin Giltrap ; The British team West Surrey Racing acted as racing team in the first season and then the British team DS Motorsport .

In the first season the team was one of the most consistent. After it was able to celebrate its best result of the season with a third place in the sprint race by Matt Halliday at the premiere race weekend at Brands Hatch , it was followed by 14 further places in the points, including five fourth places alone. The team finished the season in fourth place with 77 points.

In the following season the team even managed to improve. It was on pole position for the first time at the race weekend in Brno , but was eliminated after the start due to a collision with Germany's team Nico Hülkenberg . After the first podium of the season, a third place in the sprint race in Sepang , the team with Jonny Reid at the wheel achieved a double victory in Sentul . This was followed by two third places in Taupo at home and two second places in Eastern Creek as well as two third places at the race weekend in Durban by Matt Halliday. Second place in the sprint race in Shanghai was followed by victory in the main race, again by Reid. Eighth place in the main race at Brands Hatch by Halliday finally secured the team the runner-up with 93 points, just ahead of Team Great Britain .

In the third season , too, the team was one of the best. Already at the race weekend in Brno it scored a double victory with Jonny Reid at the wheel, followed by two individual victories in the sprint races in Taupo and Mexico City and two second places in the main race in Zhuhai and in the sprint race in Eastern Creek. The team finished the season again in second place overall with 127 points.

In the fourth season the team weakened a bit. With a second place in the sprint and a third in the main race in Zandvoort as well as a third place in the Sepang sprint race by Earl Bamber , three podiums were achieved in the first part of the season, but similar results were not achieved in the second half. After the last two race weekends had no points, the team finished the season in seventh place overall with 36 points.

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

driver

The A1 Team New Zealand fielded eight different drivers on race weekends, 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.
Reid, Jonny	38	19th	19th	1	7 (4/3)	5 (3/2)	3 (2/1)	4th	4th	219
Halliday, Matt	26th	13	13	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	3 (2/1)	0	0	78
Bamber, Earl	10	5	5	6th	0 (0/0)	1 (1/0)	2 (1/1)	0	0	30th
van der Drift, Chris	4th	2	2	4th	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	6th
Hartley, Brendon	-	-	-	1	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Cunningham, Wade	-	-	-	1	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Gaunt, Daniel	-	-	-	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

Not on the list is Scott Dixon , who did the second training session for the team in Dubai in 2005.

Trivia

In the run-up to their home races in Taupo, the team drew attention to itself and the series several times with spectacular actions. In January 2007, for example, Jonny Reid crossed the Auckland Harbor Bridge in the New Zealand A1GP car, known as "Black Beauty" . In January 2008, the team held at the Auckland Airport , an acceleration duel against a Boeing 777 of Air New Zealand . The plane and the A1GP bolide with Reid at the wheel each won one of the two races.

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 4th 77 3 HAL 4 HAL 4 REI 4 REI 14 HAL 16 HAL 14 REI 8 REI 6 HAL 6 HAL 15 HAL 13 HAL 6 HAL 4 HAL 8 HAL 7 HAL 18 HAL 8 HAL 8 HAL 12 HAL 8 HAL 4 HAL 06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 2. 93 6 HAL 11 HAL 22 REI 7 REI 10 HAL 9 HAL 3 REI 8 REI 1 REI 1 REI 3 REI 3 REI 2 REI 2 REI 3 HAL 3 HAL 16 REI 6 REI 2 REI 1 REI 16 HAL 8 HAL 07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 2. 127 9 REI 7 REI 1 REI 1 REI 5 REI 8 REI 10 REI 2 REI 1 REI 4 REI 2 REI 9 REI 20 REI 10 REI 1 REI 12 REI 22 REI 4 REI 8 REI 8 REI 08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 7th 36 2 BAM 3 BAM 7 VDD 11 VDD 3 BAM 6 BAM 5 VDD 13 VDD 8 BAM 17 BAM 20 BAM 17 BAM 18 BAM 17 BAM 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 New Zealand  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Black Beauty races the jet . a1gp , January 8, 2008, archived from the original on January 9, 2008 ; accessed on July 12, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).