Der offizielle Test der A1 Grand Prix-Serie vor der kommenden Saison wird am 28./29. August stattfinden. Dies hat Team Indien in folgendem Artikel bekanntgegeben.
Auf der offiziellen A1GP-Homepage wurde nun bekanntgegeben, dass zusätzlich zum Test am 28./29. August ein zweiter Test in Silverstone abgehalten wird. Dieser wird am 18./19. September stattfinden. (klick)
Dann sollte doch jetzt eigentlich der Kalender auch nicht mehr lange auf sich warten lassen
In folgendem Artikel heißt es: "...the full season schedule is set to be released within the next fortnight." (fortnight = 2 Wochen)
Demnach sollten wir spätestens am 7. August wissen, wie der neue Kalender aussieht.
Jetzt haben wir es schwarz auf weiß: Der Rennkalender wird am Mittwoch, den 1. August, um 9 Uhr GMT (= 11 Uhr MESZ) auf der offiziellen A1GP-Homepage bekanntgegeben! (klick)
Zuletzt bearbeitet von Lutz am 1/8/2007, 08:24, insgesamt einmal bearbeitet
Nachtrag:
Bereits Ende Juni berichtete das britische "Autosport"-Magazin, dass Team Brasilien in der kommenden Saison von David Sears' Supernova-Team betreut würde. Dies hätte zur Folge, dass sich entweder Team Deutschland oder Team Neuseeland nach einem neuen Partner umschauen müsste.
Zitat:
Autosport magazine is reporting that David Sears Motorsport will run A1 Team Brazil's car in Season 3.
David Sears Motorsport engineered Team Germany to the championship and Team New Zealand to 2nd place in Season 2 of A1GP.
If DSM does take on the engineering of Team Brazil it will have to drop either Team Germany or Team New Zealand as A1GP rules state that one race team can only manage a maximum of two A1GP franchises.
Team Großbritannien hat am vergangenen Samstag auf der historischen Rennstrecke "Brooklands" seine neue Lackierung präsentiert. Hier eine kleine Kostprobe:
Vor zwei Tagen hat auch Team Irland seine neue Lackierung präsentiert - wobei "neu" wirklich relativ ist, denn außer der blauen Farbe auf den Seitenkästen und dem Frontspoiler (dem neuen Hauptsponsor "Belmayne" sei Dank) hat sich eigentlich nicht viel verändert.
Das A1GP-Team China wird morgen im Rahmen des 54. Macau Grand Prix eine Demofahrt auf dem legendären Stadtkurs absolvieren. Videomaterial vom Testlauf am Donnerstag gibt es hier zu sehen.
Die A1 Grand Prix-Serie wird ihren Hauptsitz wahrscheinlich von Silverstone nach Portimão (Portugal) - genauer gesagt an den Algarve International Race Circuit - verlegen. Auch ein Rennwochenende auf der sich noch im Bau befindenden Strecke ist angedacht.
Ausschlaggebend für den Umzug dürfte sein, dass das bisher von A1GP genutzte Gelände wohl Umbaumaßnahmen des Silverstone Circuit (welche den Verbleib des Kurses im Formel 1-Kalender sichern sollen) zum Opfer fallen wird. Außerdem wird der Transportweg von Teilen verkürzt (da diese ja bekanntlich in Zukunft in Italien und nicht mehr in Großbritannien produziert werden).
Hier ist der Artikel:
Zitat:
World Cup of Motorsport could take off in the Algarve
11-02-2008
The negotiations to bring the headquarters of A1GP to Portugal and the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport to the Algarve Race Circuit are close to completion.
Paulo Pinheiro, managing director of Parkalgar, the company behind the Algarve International Race Circuit, said that they were only a few days away from reaching an agreement to bring the A1GP (World Cup of Motorsport) to Portugal, and to base the championship and the whole set up for car production at the Algarve International Race Circuit.
During the public presentation of the project for the Algarve International Race Circuit, on which work has been underway for five months and which is planned to be complete by the end of the year, Paulo Pinheiro disclosed that within a few days the country would know whether it would become the headquarters of A1GP and of the implementation of new technologies relating to the car industry.
The managing director of Parkalgar added that there were also negotiations taking place for the high point of the A1GP championship to take place in Portugal and that they hoped to have the details and final confirmation within ten days; he added that this would be something extremely important for the Algarve Race Circuit and for Portugal.
He said it was something extremely important for Portugal, especially because it would bring aspects of technological development and the implementation of new technologies relating to the car industry to Portugal which had never existed in other countries till now, with the exceptions of England, Germany and Italy.
The Parkalgar director said that the A1GP was an internationally recognised championship which had been asserting its presence as a developing and growing championship in recent years, proof of which was the signing of a contract with Ferrari until 2014 for the exclusive supply of motors and chassis.
World alternative to F1
At the end of 2007, the former world champion in the king of motor sports, Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, told the Lusa agency that the A1GP would be an alternative to the F1 world championship within two or three years.
At the time, the Brazilian said that the entry of Ferrari into the 2008/9 season would transform the A1 cars into the “dream” of F1.
The Race Circuit, whose plans were approved by the FIA for hosting F1 races, and by the International Motorcycling Federation for hosting the MotoGP, is part of the Algarve Motor Park, the development by the company Parkalgar located on the borders of the municipalities of Portimão and Monchique in an area of some 300 hectares.
The Algarve Motor Park also includes a karting track, a sports complex with a football pitch, a technology park, a 200-room hotel with a spa, 160 tourist apartments and a photovoltaic power station for generating the power needed for the facility.
Parkalgar, with the Portimão Municipality, were the hosts on Saturday of a ceremony for the public presentation of the Algarve International Race Circuit project, which was also attended by the Minister of the Economy Manuel Pinho, and the Secretary of State for Youth and Sport, Laurentino Dias.
Es gibt Gerüchte, wonach die A1 Grand Prix-Serie bald um ein paar (ehemalige) Formel 1-Größen reicher sein könnte - so planen angeblich David Coulthard und Giancarlo Fisichella einen Einstieg.
Hier ist der entsprechende Artikel:
Zitat:
COULTHARD TO BOOST A1GP
David Coulthard is interested in running a Scotland team in the A1GP series when his career in F1 finally ends. And another grand prix veteran, Giancarlo Fisichella, is looking at the possibility of a Team Italy.
Several other F1 drivers have also been in touch with the boss of A1GP, Tony Texeira, who says that a new deal which will see the series branded as ‘powered by Ferrari’, has provided the respect to make F1 drivers reach for the phones.
That is the claim of Texeira, who says his deal with Ferrari for the next three years left F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone speechless – and then full of a new respect for the series, which has so far spent over £300million without seeing a penny of profit.
For a man who is personally out of pocket by over £100m on a motor racing series which will not break even for another couple of years, Texeira is amazingly buoyant as A1GP’s winter global tour ends at Brands Hatch tomorrow.
David Coulthard: Getting involved
“We will have a great weekend with the title being decided at the last race and a few other key spots on the grid sorted out,” said Texeira. “But the new era for A1GP begins on Monday and I can’t wait.”
Texeira is a tough-talking, gold-mining and oil entrepreneur of South African-Portuguese descent. He is a long way from striking paydirt in this series, but he struck a deal with Ferrari to supply engines and for Rory Byrne, who was behind the design of Michael Schumacher’s seven world title-winning cars, to be a consultant.
The old Lola cars, which have run for the past three years, are out after the final race tomorrow and the bigger, faster Ferrari-backed models will be in action next September when the series starts again.
“This will put us second only to F1 in terms of power and prestige,” said Texeira. “We were running with what were really F3000 cars and the GP2 series which goes with F1 was quicker – but not for much longer.
“We have paid for Ferrari, of course, but they have never done a deal like this so it is much more than money that has attracted them. When I told Bernie Ecclestone, he was totally dumfounded and then offered respect for the deal.”
Although Texeira would not comment on names interested in A1GP, I understand that Coulthard, who is with Red Bull Racing and looking for another year’s contract in F1, also has his eyes on a franchise which would see a Team Scotland.
The backing and heritage is there and Coulthard’s name and prestige would attract quality drivers and sponsors. He is examining the business profile, as is Fisichella, the former Renault driver now with Force India. The Roman already has a team in GP2 the announcement yesterday that A1GP would run in Italy next September will only heighten his interest.
“I can’t talk names, but we have had four F1 people in touch,” added Texeira. “And I would welcome people like Fisi and Coulthard. We have an open door. People know what is involved, it is straightforward – £2.5m for the licence for a year, £1m to run the team, everyone has the same engine and car and the drivers must be paid.
“We don’t have paying drivers. We have a lot of young drivers and already several have moved on to F1. I can see it happening in future that they come here, prove themselves, get picked up by F1 and then end their careers back here.
“We’re not competing with F1, never want to. We provide other countries, sponsors who cannot afford F1, with a global tour and a television audience which will be around 400 million.”
It is ambitious talk, but the Ferrari name will lend a stamp of excellence to the series.
Texeira added: “I hope we can break even next season and make money as a series after that, although the teams can do their own thing on the commercial front.
“We have new teams, new countries coming. It is worth the investment. When I dig a mine, it can take years to find gold. This is the same.”
Britain’s Robbie Kerr hopes to repeat last season’s end-of-season triumph when Team GB became the only country to win their home race.
Ich mag die Idee eines Team Schottland zwar nicht, aber gegen ein Engagement der beiden in der A1 Grand Prix-Serie habe ich grundsätzlich nichts einzuwenden. (Wobei ich momentan, ehrlich gesagt, keinen Grund sehe, wieso Fisichella aus der Formel 1 aussteigen sollte...)
Neben dem Rennkalender wurden gestern fast unbemerkt auch die Daten der zwei offiziellen Tests in diesem Jahr bekanntgegeben. Der erste wird vom 18.-20. August in Silverstone stattfinden, der zweite wird dann unmittelbar vor dem ersten Rennwochenende am 17./18. September in Mugello abgehalten. Hier findet ihr den entsprechenden Artikel.
Auf der offiziellen A1GP-Homepage wurde nun vermeldet, dass ein zweiter Test auf britischem Boden stattfinden wird, und zwar in Donington Park am 9. und 11. September. Ob dieser den geplanten Test in Mugello ersetzen wird, wurde nicht geschrieben. (Quelle)
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