Teams
All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola chassis. The following 22 teams are competitors in the 2007-08 championship :
| Team | Race team | Seat holder | Race drivers | Rookie drivers |
pre-season test drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Team Australia | Alan Docking Racing | Alan Jones | Ian Dyk John Martin |
John Martin | Ian Dyk John Martin Daniel Ricciardo |
| A1 Team Brazil | Argo Racing Cars Ltd. | Emerson Fittipaldi | Sérgio Jimenez Bruno Junqueira Alexandre Negrão |
Clemente Faria Felipe Guimarães Sérgio Jimenez Alexandre Negrão |
Sérgio Jimenez Bruno Junqueira Raphael Matos |
| A1 Team Canada | Status Grand Prix | Wade Cherwayko | James Hinchcliffe Robert Wickens |
Daniel Morad Robert Wickens |
James Hinchcliffe Robert Wickens |
| A1 Team China | Team Astromega | Liu Yu | Congfu Cheng | Marchy Ying-Kin Lee | Congfu Cheng Marchy Ying-Kin Lee Qinghua Ma Lin Po-Heng |
| A1 Team Czech Republic | Charouz Racing System | Antonin Charouz | Tomáš Enge Erik Janiš Josef Král Filip Salaquarda |
Erik Janiš Jaroslav Janiš Josef Král Filip Salaquarda |
Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Erik Janiš Jaroslav Janiš Filip Salaquarda |
| A1 Team France | Connor Racing | Jean Paul Driot | Jonathan Cochet Loïc Duval Nicolas Lapierre Franck Montagny |
Jonathan Cochet Nicolas Prost |
Loïc Duval Nicolas Lapierre Guillaume Moreau Nicolas Prost Jean Karl Vernay |
| A1 Team Germany | DSM | Willi Weber | Michael Ammermüller Christian Vietoris |
Michael Ammermüller Michael Klein Christian Vietoris |
Christian Vietoris |
| A1 Team Great Britain | A1 Team Great Britain | Tony Clements | Oliver Jarvis Robbie Kerr |
Oliver Jarvis Duncan Tappy Danny Watts James Winslow |
Oliver Jarvis Robbie Kerr Oliver Turvey |
| A1 Team India | Arena Motorsport | Ravi Chilukuri | Narain Karthikeyan Parthiva Sureshwaren |
Parthiva Sureshwaren | Narain Karthikeyan Parthiva Sureshwaren |
| A1 Team Indonesia | A1 Team Indonesia then Performance Racing |
N/A | Satrio Hermanto | Satrio Hermanto | Satrio Hermanto |
| A1 Team Ireland | Status Grand Prix | Mark Kershaw | Adam Carroll Ralph Firman |
Adam Carroll Niall Quinn |
Adam Carroll Ralph Firman |
| A1 Team Italy | Team Ghinzani | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Enrico Toccacelo Edoardo Piscopo |
Paolo Bossini Edoardo Piscopo Frankie Provenzano Davide Rigon |
Paolo Bossini Edoardo Piscopo Giuseppe Termine Enrico Toccacelo |
| A1 Team Lebanon | Argo Racing Cars Ltd. | Tameem Auchi | Chris Alajajian Jimmy Auby Khalil Beschir |
Chris Alajajian Jimmy Auby Khalil Beschir |
Chris Alajajian Jimmy Auby Khalil Beschir |
| A1 Team Malaysia | A1 Team Malaysia | Alex Yoong | Fairuz Fauzy Alex Yoong |
Fairuz Fauzy Aaron Lim |
Fairuz Fauzy Aaron Lim Alex Yoong |
| A1 Team Mexico | Team Craft | Juan Cortina & Julio Jáuregui | Salvador Durán Jorge Goeters Davíd Garza Pérez Michel Jourdain Jr. David Martínez |
Davíd Garza Pérez Michel Jourdain Jr. David Martínez |
Juan Pablo Garcia Arturo González Esteban Gutierrez Picho Toledano |
| A1 Team The Netherlands | Racing for Holland | Jan Lammers | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Arie Luyendyk Jr. | Jeroen Bleekemolen Arie Luyendyk Jr. |
| A1 Team New Zealand | DSM | Colin Giltrap | Jonny Reid | Earl Bamber Brendon Hartley Chris van der Drift |
Brendon Hartley Jonny Reid |
| A1 Team Pakistan | Performance Racing | Arif Hussain | Adam Khan | Adam Khan | |
| A1 Team Portugal | A1 Team Portugal | Luís Vicente | Filipe Albuquerque João Urbano |
Filipe Albuquerque Gonçalo Araújo Frederico Duarte Bruno Serra João Urbano |
João Urbano |
| A1 Team South Africa | Connor Racing | Tokyo Sexwale | Adrian Zaugg | Wesleigh Orr | Wesleigh Orr Adrian Zaugg |
| A1 Team Switzerland | Max Motorsport Consulting | Max Welti | Neel Jani | Tom Dillmann Rahel Frey Natacha Gachnang Alexandre Imperatori |
Sébastien Buemi Rahel Frey Natacha Gachnang Neel Jani |
| A1 Team USA | A1 Team USA | Rick Weidinger | Buddy Rice Jonathan Summerton |
Charlie Kimball | Charlie Kimball Buddy Rice Jonathan Summerton |
Swiss drivers Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang are the two first females to drive A1 Grand Prix cars this season. Their first steps were test drivers during Silverstone, September 18–19, 2007, test session. Then Natacha Gachnang drove in rookie sessions in Czech round, on October 12, 2007 and Rahel Frey in Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007
Since January 2008, the Performance Racing manage A1 Team Indonesia. Bagoes Hermanto, brother of Satrio Hermanto, became the new Team Principal.
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