Team Name: | A1 Team Switzerland |
Flag Name: | Switzerland |
Country: | Switzerland |
Founded: | 2005 |
Seat Holder: | Max Welti |
Chairman: | - |
Drivers: | Neel Jani |
Car Name: | - |
First Race: | 2005-06 Great Britain |
Events: | 39 (78 starts) |
Championships: | 1 |
Sprint Wins: | 5 |
Main Wins: | 5 |
Poles: | 10 |
Fastest Laps: | 8 |
Total Points: | 438 |
Current Season: | 2008-09 |
Current Position: | 2nd |
Current Points: | 95 |
A1 Team Switzerland was the Swiss team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the third season, 2007-08.
A1 Team Switzerland is owned by Max Welti.
In the inaugural season, Team Switzerland were "best of the rest", with a victory and ten podiums, finishing 2nd in the championship.
Team Switzerland lost their competitive edge in 2006-07, with only a single race victory, and finishing 8th in the championship.
After a spectacular 2007–08 season, Neel Jani single-handedly clinched the championship for Team Switzerland, with four victories and seven podiums.
In 2008–09, after having scored 4 wins and 3 other podium finishes, Neel Jani scored a total of 95 points for Team Switzerland. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the championship, 17 points behind the champions, Team Ireland, and just 3 points ahead of Team Portugal.
Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang were the two first females to drive an A1 Grand Prix car during a race weekend.
They first drove as test drivers during a test session at Silverstone.[1] Natacha Gachnang drove in the rookie sessions in the 2007-08 Czech round, on October 12, 2007;[2] and Rahel Frey in the 2007-08 Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007.[3]
Name | Seasons | width=90px | Rounds (Starts) | width=40px | Titles | width=40px | Wins | width=40px | Sprint wins | width=40px | Feature wins | width=40px | 2nd | width=40px | 3rd | width=40px | Poles | width=40px | Fastest Laps | width=40px | Points |
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Sébastien Buemi | 2006-07 | 6 (12 starts) | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Neel Jani | 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 | 30 (60 starts) | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 407[4] | ||||||||||
Marcel Fässler | 2006-07 | 1 (2 starts) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Giorgio Mondini | 2005-06 | 2 (4 starts) | 0 |
(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.
Year | width=66px | Racing team | width=66px | Chassis, Engine, Tyres | Drivers | width=22px | 1 | width=22px | 2 | width=22px | 3 | width=22px | 4 | width=22px | 5 | width=22px | 6 | width=22px | 7 | width=22px | 8 | width=22px | 9 | width=22px | 10 | width=22px | 11 | width=22px | 12 | width=22px | 13 | width=22px | 14 | width=22px | 15 | width=22px | 16 | width=22px | 17 | width=22px | 18 | width=22px | 19 | width=22px | 20 | width=22px | 21 | width=22px | 22 | Points | Rank |
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2005–06 | DAMS | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon | GBR | GER | POR | AUS | MYS | UAE | RSA | INA | MEX | USA | CHN | 121 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neel Jani | 9 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Giorgio Mondini | 16 | 13 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
< | --2006-07--> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–07 | Max Motorsport | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon | NED | CZE | BEI | MYS | INA | NZL | AUS | RSA | MEX | SHA | GBR | 50 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sébastien Buemi | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | Ret | DSQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neel Jani | 9 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marcel Fässler | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
< | --2007-08--> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–08 | Max Motorsport | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon | NED | CZE | MYS | ZHU | NZL | AUS | RSA | MEX | SHA | GBR | 168 | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neel Jani | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
< | --2008-09--> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–09 | Boer Racing Services | Ferrari, Ferrari, Michelin | NED | CHN | MYS | NZL | RSA | POR | GBR | 95 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neel Jani | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 |