A1 Team Switzerland

A1 Team Switzerland
founding	2005/2006
Licensee	Max Welti
Team boss	-
Racing stable	Boer Services
Total seasons	4th
Race weekends in total	39
Championships	1
Victories (sprint / main)	10 (5/5)
2nd places (Sr./Hr.)	9 (5/4)
3rd places (Sr./Hr.)	11 (5/6)
Pole positions	10
Fastest laps	7th
Total points	434 (438)

The A1 Team Switzerland ( English stylization: A1Team.Switzerland ) was the Swiss national team in the A1GP series. It won the title in the 2007/2008 season and was runner-up in 2005/2006 and 2008/2009 .

history

A1 Team Switzerland in Kyalami 2009

The A1 Team Switzerland was founded by Max Welti ; The French team DAMS acted as racing team in the first season , Welti's own team Max Motorsport in the second and third seasons, and subsequently Boer Services from France.

In the first season , the Swiss were among the top teams. After the team scored its first points in ninth place in the sprint race at Brands Hatch with regular driver Neel Jani at the wheel, it achieved the first podium with second place in the sprint race at the race weekend at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz . Further podium results followed with third place in the sprint and second place in the main race in Estoril and third place in the main race in Eastern Creek . At the race weekend in Sepang , the team was on pole position for the first time , but Jani had to admit defeat to the French team on the last lap of the sprint race . The team also finished the main race in second place. After taking pole position again in Dubai , Jani scored her first victory in the sprint race; in the main race he was eliminated. With further podium finishes, a third place in the sprint and a second place in the main race in Durban as well as a second place in the sprint and a third place in the main race in Monterrey , the team finally secured the runner-up with 121 points.

"Seatholder" Max Welti (2007)

In the following season , the team slipped into the upper midfield. The highlight of the season was Jani's victory in the sprint race in Sepang. In total, the team achieved eleven points, including five fourth places (two for Jani, three for Sébastien Buemi ). It ended the season in eighth place overall with 50 points.

In the third season , the Swiss were the decisive team with Neel Jani as the regular driver. After two third places in the main races in Zandvoort and Brno , it provided the first highlight with a one-two in Sepang. Another three podium results (two second, one third) followed before another victory could be celebrated in the main race in Durban. After a third place in the sprint race in Mexico City , the fourth win of the season was achieved in the sprint race in Shanghai . The team started the last race weekend at Brands Hatch with a reassuring lead and achieved the preliminary decision in the championship fight with fourth place in the sprint race. It finished the main race in third place. A total of six pole positions underline the strength of the team, which ultimately became world champion with 168 points.

In the fourth season , the team presented itself as strong. With four victories (achieved in the sprint race in Sepang and the main races in Taupo , Kyalami and Portimão ) and another three podium results, all achieved by Jani, only Ireland had to admit defeat in the end . At the end of the day, 95 points were awarded, whereby four more are not included due to the rule of the cancellation results.

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

driver

A1 Team Switzerland fielded eight different drivers on race weekends, four of whom also took part in the races themselves. Romain Grosjean was also used in the official test in Le Castellet in 2005 .

The most successful driver of the team is Neel Jani, who has the most of all A1GP drivers with a total of 413 points and also heads the list of most individual victories with ten (five each in the sprint and main races). In addition, with 60 races, he holds the record for the most A1GP races.

Overview of the drivers

driver	RG	SR	MR	RS	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	PP	SRR	Pt.
Jani, Neel	60	30th	30th	-	10 (5/5)	9 (5/4)	11 (5/6)	10	7th	413
Buemi, Sébastien	12	6th	6th	3	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	25th
Mondini, Giorgio	4th	2	2	-	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Fassler, Marcel	2	1	1	7th	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Imperatori, Alexandre	-	-	-	9	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Dillmann, Tom	-	-	-	2	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Frey, Rahel	-	-	-	2	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0 (0/0)	0	0	0
Gachnang, Natacha	-	-	-	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

Honors

After winning the title in the 2007/2008 A1GP season, in December 2008, A1 Team Switzerland received the Auto Sport Award for special services to Swiss motorsport. Previous winners included motorsport greats such as Jo Siffert , Clay Regazzoni and Peter Sauber .

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 2. 121 9 JAN 21 JAN 2 JAN 5 JAN 3 JAN 2 JAN 6 JAN 3 JAN 2 JAN 2 JAN 1 JAN 17 JAN 3 JAN 2 JAN 5 JAN 5 JAN 2 JAN 3 JAN 16 MON 13 MON 22 MON 20 MON 06/07 Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. 8th. 50 10 BUE 8 BUE 8 BUE 10 BUE 9 JAN 19 JAN 1 JAN 4 JAN 10 JAN 8 JAN 5 BUE 4 BUE 4 BUE 7 BUE 5 JAN 4 JAN 10 FÄS 14 FÄS 4 BUE 9 BUE 20 BUE DSQ BUE 07/08 Zandvoort Brno Sepang Zhuhai Taupo Eastern C. Durban Mexico-S. Shanghai Brands H. --- 1. 168 5 JAN 3 JAN 8 JAN 3 JAN 1 JAN 1 JAN 2 JAN 6 JAN 22 JAN 13 JAN 10 JAN 2 JAN 3 JAN 1 JAN 3 JAN 19 JAN 1 JAN 5 JAN 4 JAN 3 JAN 08/09 Zandvoort Cheng you Sepang Taupo Kyalami Algarve Brands H. --- --- --- --- 2. 95 (99) 5 JAN 17 JAN 4 JAN 4 JAN 1 JAN 19 JAN 2 JAN 1 JAN 3 JAN 1 JAN 15 JAN 1 JAN 8 JAN 3 JAN 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. ↑ Filipe already drove the new A1GP a1gp.com
2. ↑ Piers Masarati. (PDF; 1.6 MB) (No longer available online.) Ferrierpearceclientlibrary.co.uk, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 1, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
3. ↑ Auto Sport Award 2008 for the A1 Team Switzerland. (PDF; 77 kB) kartsportbern.ch, December 5, 2008, accessed on December 31, 2011 . 
4. ↑ High distinction for the Swiss team. motorsport-total.com, December 6, 2008, accessed December 31, 2011 . 

Web links

Commons : A1 Team Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The team's area on the official A1GP homepage ( Memento from September 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )