Sunday, September 25, 2005

A1GP Feature race results

A1 GRAND PRIX OF NATIONS, BRANDS HATCH, GREAT BRITAIN

SPRINT RACE RESULTS

Brands Hatch, 25 September - 25 A1 race cars thrilled spectators and television viewers worldwide as they took to the historic Brands Hatch circuit for the first A1 Grand Prix of Nations. In an action-packed race, nations jostled for position each trying to earn their crucial first points in the World Cup of Motorsport's opening round.

A1 Team Brazil took first place securing themselves 10 points and a $300,000 share of the prize fund but it was by no means an easy win for the pole starter who had to battle for first place with A1 Team Australia.

A1 Team Driver Time
1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 55.01.910
2 Australia Will Power 55.13.240
3 Mexico Salvador Duran 55.25.035
4 New Zealand Matt Halliday 55.25.615
5 Malaysia Alex Yoong 55.26.262
6 South Africa Stephen Simpson 55.26.762
7 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 55.27.540
8 Japan Ryo Fukuda 55.28.129
9 Canada Sean McIntosh 55.29.089
10 Germany Timo Scheider 37 laps
11 Austria Mathias Lauda 37 laps
12 China Tengyi Jiang 37 laps
13 Pakistan Adam Khan 35 laps
14 Czech Rep. Jan Charouz 24 laps
15 Russia Alexey Vasiliev 18 laps
16 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 17 laps
17 USA Scott Speed 14 laps
18 Lebanon Khalil Beschir 13 laps
19 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 13 laps
20 Portugal Alvaro Parente 1 lap
21 Switzerland Neel Jani 1 lap
22 Ireland Michael Devaney 0 laps
23 Indonesia Ananada Mikola 0 laps
24 France Alexandre Premat DNS
25 India Karun Chandhok DNS

A1 Team Brazil secured the meeting's bonus point for the fastest race lap which
was set on lap 30 of the Feature race (1.16.547 / 183.4kph).