A1 Team South Africa

A1 Team South Africa
founding	2005/2006
Licensee	Tokyo sex whales
Team boss	-
Racing stable	Connor Racing
Total seasons	4th
Race weekends in total	39
Championships	0
Victories (sprint / main)	3 (2/1)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.)	1 (0/1)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.)	3 (0/3)
Pole positions	5
Fastest laps	3
Total points	159

The A1 Team South Africa ( English stylization: A1Team.South Africa ) was the South African national team in the A1GP series.

history

A1 Team South Africa in Kyalami 2009

The A1 Team South Africa was founded by Tokyo Sexwale ; The Spanish team BCN Competición acted as racing team in the first season and since then the French team DAMS (which has been competing under the name "Connor Racing" since the fourth season).

In the first season the team was below average; it was able to achieve its first points with a sixth place in the main race at Brands Hatch by Stephen Simpson . This was followed by three more points in the course of the season, including the first podium with a third place in the main race in Dubai for Simpson. The team finished the season in 17th place with 20 points.

In the following season , the team was able to improve a little. Already in the sprint race of the opening weekend in Zandvoort he achieved his first victory with Adrian Zaugg at the wheel, after he had previously achieved the first pole position . Over the course of the season, the team was mostly unable to match this performance - the race weekend in Mexico City was an exception , when Zaugg was fourth in the sprint race and third in the main race. It ended the season in 14th place overall with 24 points.

In the third season , the team with Adrian Zaugg was able to establish itself as a regular driver at the top. A victory and a second place at the opening weekend in Zandvoort was followed by another podium result with a third place in the sprint race in Zhuhai . In the main race in Eastern Creek , Adrian Zaugg achieved the second success of the season in rainy conditions, and there were also regular placements in the points. The team ended the season in fifth overall position with 96 points.

In the fourth season , the team fell back to the level of the first two years. Although Zaugg was able to achieve a total of six point results, including two fifth places in the sprint race in Chengdu and in the main race in Sepang , it did not achieve more than 14th overall with 19 points.

The A1 Team South Africa participated in all 39 race weekends of the A1GP series.

driver

A1 Team South Africa fielded eight different drivers on race weekends, four of whom also took part in the races themselves. Marc Murray was also given the opportunity to test an A1GP car at a rookie test in Snetterton before the 2007/2008 season .

Overview of the drivers

driver	RG	SR	MR	RS	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	PP	SRR	Pt.
Zaugg, Adrian	44	22nd	22nd	3	3 (2/1)	1 (0/1)	2 (0/2)	5	3	139
Simpson, Stephen	20th	10	10	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	1 (0/1)	0	0	19th
van der Merwe, Alan	10	5	5	5	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Scheckter, Tomas	4th	2	2	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	1
Orr, Wesleigh	-	-	-	9	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Cronje, Gavin	-	-	-	3	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Morgado, Cristiano	-	-	-	3	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Murray, Jennifer	-	-	-	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 17th 20th 24 SIM 6 SIM 12 SCH 22 SCH 10 SCH 22 SCH 21 SIM 24 SIM 21 SIM 12 SIM 12 SIM 3 SIM 20 SIM 5 SIM 21 SIM 11 SIM 17 SIM 18 SIM 11 SIM 22 SIM 11 SIM 14 SIM 06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 14th 24 1 ZAU 23 ZAU 21 SIM 11 SIM 22 ZAU 5 ZAU 13 ZAU 12 ZAU 9 VDM 18 VDM 7 VDM 16 VDM 16 VDM 20 VDM 7 ZAU 17 ZAU 4 ZAU 3 ZAU 8 VDM 12 VDM 15 ZAU 20 ZAU 07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 5. 96 1 ZAU 2 ZAU 4 ZAU 16 ZAU 10 ZAU 19 ZAU 20 ZAU 3 ZAU 4 ZAU 7 ZAU 7 ZAU 1 ZAU 13 ZAU 7 ZAU 20 ZAU 6 ZAU 7 ZAU 16 ZAU 7 ZAU 11 ZAU 08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 14th 19th 6 ZAU 13 ZAU 5 ZAU 9 ZAU 9 ZAU 5 ZAU 10 ZAU 9 ZAU 7 ZAU 16 ZAU 17 ZAU 16 ZAU 15 VDM 11 VDM 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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