A1 Team Switzerland | |
---|---|
Founded | 2005 |
Seat holder(s) | Max Welti |
Team principal | - |
Race driver(s) | Neel Jani |
Car nickname | - |
First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
Rounds entered | 39 (78 starts) |
Championships | 1 |
Sprint race victories | 5 |
Feature race victories | 5 |
Pole positions | 10 |
Fastest laps | 8 |
Total points | 438 |
2008-09 position | 2nd (95 pts) |
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 | Rounds (Starts) |
Titles | Wins | Sprint wins |
Feature wins |
2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [* 1] |
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 | Racing team |
Chassis, Engine, Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
A1 Team Switzerland | |
---|---|
Founded | 2005 |
Seat holder(s) | Max Welti |
Team principal | - |
Race driver(s) | Neel Jani |
Car nickname | - |
First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
Rounds entered | 39 (78 starts) |
Championships | 1 |
Sprint race victories | 5 |
Feature race victories | 5 |
Pole positions | 10 |
Fastest laps | 8 |
Total points | 438 |
2008-09 position | 2nd (95 pts) |
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 | Rounds (Starts) |
Titles | Wins | Sprint wins |
Feature wins |
2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [* 1] |
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 | Racing team |
Chassis, Engine, Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |