A1 Team The Netherlands
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| A1 Team Netherlands | |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Seat holder | Jan Lammers |
| Chairman | - |
| Race driver(s) | Jeroen Bleekemolen, Renger van der Zande (2006-07) Jos Verstappen (2005-06) |
| First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
| Events entered | 7 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Sprint race victories | 1 |
| Main race victories | 1 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Total points | 44 |
| 2006-07 position | 10th (15 pts) |
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The A1 Team The Netherlands is the Dutch team in the A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The colour of their car is orange (the Dutch national colour), and was presented to the public on September 16, 2005.
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[edit] Owners
A1 Team The Netherlands owner is Jan Lammers. The team is managed by Lammer's racing team Racing for Holland.
[edit] Drivers
The main driver is Jeroen Bleekemolen. Previous driver Jos Verstappen withdrew after a stalled contract negotiation. Renger van der Zande is backup driver.
[edit] Season 2005-06 results
The 2005-06 season had a difficult start for Team The Netherlands. In the first two sprint races the car was hit in the first turn on both the Brands Hatch and EuroSpeedway circuits. Despite these setbacks, Jos Verstappen showed impressive overtaking action in the main races moving from the back of the grid to the seventh position. The season continued with average results, with 4th up to 19th positions as endresults.
The street circuit of Durban, South Africa brought the first victory for A1 Team The Netherlands as in the last turn of the main race, Jos Verstappen managed to take the lead from the Swiss car. A similar manoeuvre that failed during the sprint race forced Verstappen to start from the 16th place on the grid.
| 05-06 GPs | Qualifier | Race driver | Grid | Race 1 | Race 2 | Points | Cumulative | Overall |
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| Brands Hatch | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 14th | DNF | 7th | 4 | 4 | 10th |
| Germany | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 10th | DNF | 7th | 4 | 8 | 12th |
| Portugal | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 5th | 4th | 19th | 7 | 15 | 10th |
| Australia | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 8th | 7th | 4th | 11 | 26 | 8th |
| Malaysia | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 6th | 5th | 16th | 6 | 32 | 7th |
| Dubai | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 19th | 6th | 9th | 2 | 34 | 8th |
| South Africa | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 4th | 16th | 1st | 10 | 44 | 8th |
| Indonesia | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 13th | 7th | 6th | 9 | 53 | 6th |
| Mexico | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 16 | 69 | 5th |
| USA | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 12th | 14th | DNF | 0 | 69 | 5th |
| China | Jos Verstappen | Jos Verstappen | 7th | 19th | 17th | NIL | 69 | 7th |
[edit] External links
- A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site
- Official Team Website - A1 Team Netherlands
- Racing for Holland, homepage of the management team
- A1GP Team Netherlands Photosite
| A1 Grand Prix national teams | |
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| Australia • Brazil • Canada • China • Czech Republic • France • Great Britain • Greece • Germany • India • Indonesia • Ireland • Italy • Lebanon • Malaysia • Mexico • The Netherlands • New Zealand • Pakistan • Singapore • South Africa • Switzerland • USA |
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| Defunct: Austria • Japan • Portugal • Russia | Planned: Turkey |
