A1 Team South Africa
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| A1 Team South Africa | |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Seat holder | Tokyo Sexwale |
| Chairman | - |
| Race driver(s) | Stephen Simpson Adrian Zaugg Alan van der Merwe |
| First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
| Events entered | 7 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Sprint race victories | 1 |
| Main race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Total points | 20 |
| 2006-07 position | 11th (11th pts) |
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The A1 Team South Africa is the South African team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Its car was first presented to the public in November 2004.
[edit] Owners and management
A1 Team South Africa owner is Tokyo Sexwale. The Chief Executive Officer of the team is Dana Cooper and the technical and sporting manager is Mike Carroll. For the 2006-07 season South Africa have enlisted DAMS to run their car, the outfit which ran the French and Swiss teams to 1st and 2nd places in 2005-06.
[edit] Drivers
The main driver for the 2005/6 and 2006/7 seasons is Capetonian Stephen Simpson. Simpson, who has driven in the British Formula Renault championship is a former South African Formula Ford title-holder. In the 2006/7 season he will be joined by Adrian Zaugg, a former winner of the Formula BMW Scholarship and Red Bull Junior Team driver, and former British F3 champion Alan van der Merwe.
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| 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 • Portugal • Singapore • South Africa • Switzerland • USA |
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| Defunct: Austria • Japan • Russia | Planned: Turkey |
