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A1 Team Malaysia team members prove stamina and skills

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:54:37 +0200

A1 Team Malaysia team members returned to the Sepang race track last weekend, using the A1GP season break to keep in race trim, in a test of stamina and reliability. The tenth running of the Merdeka Millennium Endurance 12 hour race was the racing challenge taken on and it proved to be both hard work and very rewardi...

A1 Team Netherlands Thrill the Crowds in Assen

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:53:09 +0200

The Dutch fans had their first glimpse of the A1GP Powered by Ferrari car at the Rizla Racing Day in Assen this weekend (Sunday 9 August) ahead of Season Five. The series will head to the TT Circuit Assen to race for the first time on 14-16 May 2010, but last Sunday the Dutch,who have proved one of the most enthusia...

A1 Team Malaysia keeps visitors emtertained at Indonesia Motorshow

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:28:26 +0200

A1 Team Malaysia has built a close relationship with one of its commercial partners, Proton, as exemplified by the team’s participation at the Malaysian car manufacturer’s international launch of the new Proton Exora MPV vehicle. The Exora was launched this week at the Indonesia Motor Show with the A1 Tea...

Queensland premier Anna Bligh Parachute drop over Main Beach, Queensland

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:33:18 +0200

A spectacular 24-strong parachute drop over Main Beach this morning heralded the official launch of a ‘new era’ for Australia’s premier motorsport event – the Nitro SuperGP on Queensland’s Gold Coast – which will kick off Season Five of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport later this...

Young Malaysian racing driver given A1GP experience in virtual world

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:43:24 +0200

Young Malaysia racing driver, Jazeman Jaafar, was recently given the opportunity to sample the A1GP race car simulator, courtesy of A1 Team Malaysia. Jaafar travelled to Modena, Italy with the team’s race engineer, Alan Mugglestone, to experience driving the 600 bhp Powered by Ferrari car, within a virtual worl...

A1 Team Malaysia to give a helping hand in Terengganu

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:05:55 +0200

A1 Team Malaysia is embarking on a new Outreach initiative later this month, with an exciting project planned for team members and supporters. Outreach is the team’s social responsibility programme. It aims to assist communities country-wide which are less privileged than others, helping in small, meaningful wa...

A1 Team Australia the 'Pit Stop Kings'

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:07:23 +0200

One of the key elements of any race strategy is the pit stop and with three of these high pressure mandatory stops across two races in A1GP, a slick pit crew can make all the difference. Getting it right is a pain-staking process, which 2008/09 ‘Pit Stop Kings,’ A1 Team Australia, explain is down to conti...

A1 Team Malaysia off to South Africa

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:47:06 +0100

A1 Team Malaysia is heading off to South Africa this week, preparing to take part in the fifth round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Fairuz Fauzy and Aaron Lim are both keen to have their first taste of this historic track which is new to the series calendar this season. Fauzy says of the weekend ahead, “...

A1GP Title Fight Continues in South Africa

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:36:03 +0100

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport makes its first ever visit to South Africa’s most famous motor racing circuit, Kyalami, this weekend for round five of the series, Go-GP.Org A1GP Gauteng, South Africa on 20 - 22 February 2009. The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit is located in Gauteng province, just north of Johannesbur...

Team prepares for new A1GP venue

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:18:13 +0100

A1 Team Malaysia driver, Fairuz Fauzy, will be representing his nation in the next round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, which is set to debut in Gauteng province in South Africa in two weeks time. The Kyalami circuit close to Johannesburg will host for the fist time the fifth round of the 2008/09 season and wit...

A1 Team Malaysia reflects on Taupo

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:37:22 +0100

A1 Team Malaysia currently stands seventh in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport as the series heads to the midpoint of the season. With six top ten finishes from eight races it has been the best start to a season that the team has had so far. The most recent round was held in Taupo, New Zealand, where the team picked u...

A1GP News Round Up

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:31:12 +0100

On Monday (26 January) following the Taupo event, and at the request of Ferrari, A1 Teams Ireland and New Zealand completed some additional running to try out a version of the pressurised fuel collector at high ambient temperatures. The data collected will be validated by A1GP Technology in further factory tests to p...

Fifth place for Chris van der Drift In A1GP Taupo

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:20:57 +0100

A promising Sprint Race but disastrous Feature Race was the net result of a challenging weekend of racing for A1 Team New Zealand’s home race, at the Taupo Motorsport Park. Leaving the grid for the warm-up lap of the Sprint Race, New Zealand supporters were given an early scare when Black Beauty was slow off th...

Aaron Lim takes it to the extreme

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:21:28 +0100

A1 Team Malaysia rookie driver, Aaron Lim, savoured some of the unique extreme outdoor adventures that New Zealand has to offer when he visited the country for the recent round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Lim, Fairuz Fauzy and engineer Alan Mugglestone travelled to the venue for the fourth round of the seas...

Andretti Scores 12th in Sprint Race, 11th in Feature for A1 Team USA in Taupo

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:56:53 +0100

A1 Team USA driver Marco Andretti drove from 17th to 12th in the Sprint race and was then credited with 11th in the Feature after a penalty dropped him from his original finishing position of eighth. Andretti was penalized for crossing the pit blend line after leaving from his second stop and was hit with a 25-sec...