A1 Team Pakistan
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| A1 Team Pakistan | |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Seat holder(s) | Adam Khan |
| Team principal | Arif Hussain |
| Race driver(s) | Nur Ali Adam Khan Enrico Toccacelo |
| First race | 2005–06 Great Britain |
| Rounds entered | 29 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Sprint race victories | 0 |
| Feature race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Total points | 12 |
A1 Team Pakistan was the representative team of Pakistan in the former A1 Grand Prix motor racing series.
History
[edit]A1 Team Pakistan was launched in front of the Lahore Fort. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf was a guest at the event, hosted by A1 Team Pakistan Chairman Arif Hussain and its managing director, Chaudry Salik Hussain. The team was to be run by Super Nova Racing.
Nur Ali was the first driver to be named in A1GP, but was replaced before the first round with British-born driver Adam Khan.
In the first race at Brands Hatch, Adam Khan qualified in 7th place and finished the sprint race in 8th. The team had problems in the pit stop in the feature race and resulted in Khan finishing 13th. Following this, the team failed to score a point until the final race in China where Khan finished fifth. The team missed three rounds after Khan was injured in a practice crash in South Africa, although Enrico Toccacelo was drafted in as a non-scoring substitute driver for said weekend. Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of 10 points.
Khan left the team, and Nur Ali was recalled to race in season two. Swedish outfit Performance Racing took over the running of the team from Super Nova. Ali contested the full season, qualified last at every round (bar Beijing where qualifying was cancelled) and scored the teams' only point as the last classified finisher in the South African feature race.
Khan returned to the squad for season three. Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.
On 10 September 2008, Khan was announced as both the driver and team seat holder for the 2008–09 season. Team Craft took over the running of the team. The team failed to appear at any events that season, initially due to problems with Khan fitting in the new chassis and later due to date-clashes with Khan's duties as demonstration driver for the Renault F1 Team.[1][2]
Drivers
[edit]| Name | Seasons | Races (Starts) | A1GP Title | Wins | Sprint wins | Main wins | 2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps | Points |
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 Nur Ali | 2006–07 | 11 (22) | 1 | ||||||||
| Adam Khan | 2005–06, 2007–08 | 17 (34) | 11 | ||||||||
 Enrico Toccacelo 1 | 2005–06 | 1 (2) | 0 |
1 Italian driver Enrico Toccacelo from A1 Team Italy, drove the Team Pakistan car in the 2005–06 South African race, after Adam Khan was injured during the practice sessions.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
[edit](key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.
- (1) = Since Taupo, New Zealand round, January 2008
References
[edit]- ^ "Khan to lead and race for Pakistan". a1gp.com. 2008-09-10. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ http://www.indiacar.net/news/n70229.htm[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site
- A1teampak.com Official A1 Team Pakistan Website
- RacingPakistan.com | Official Racing Pakistan Web Site
- New Pakistan A1 driver impresses in China
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