A1 Team India

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A1 Team India
India
Founded 2005
Seat holder Yohann Sethna
Team principal Yohann Sethna
Race driver(s) Armaan Ebrahim
Narain Karthikeyan
First race 2005-06 Great Britain
Events entered 29
Championships 0
Sprint race victories 0
Main race victories 2
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 0
Total points 74
2007-08 position 10th (61 pts)
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The A1 Team India is the Indian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Its car was presented to the public in July 2005.


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[edit] History

A1 Team India Seatholders are Ravi Chilukuri & Andy Sehgal.

[edit] 2007-08 season

A1 Team India enters the third season of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, stronger and more determined than ever before. 22nd position in the first season was improved to 16th position in 2006/07. This season A1 Team India feels it can achieve podium finishes and even wins.

With new committed and involved investor support in the Spice Group, A1 Team India is on a strong wicket this year. Spice Group has a strong vision for the future of Motorsport in India and believes in the concept of the World Cup of Motorsport. Spice promoter, Ravi Chilukuri is A1 Team India’s seatholder this season. Spice Energy, AquaSP, a Swiss based water purification product, and Changepond.com also show their support for the A1 Team India, with their branding on the car.

With India’s speed maestro Narain Karthikeyan committed to drive for ‘the pride of his nation’ for the 2007/08 season, A1 Team India is confident of success this year. India looks to the talented and promising Parthiva Sureshwaren as its rookie driver.

Arena Motorsport continue to work with A1 Team India this year. The UK based team was founded by Mike Earle and is best know for competing in Formula 1 as the Onyx Formula 1 Team and in the British Touring Car Championship running the works Honda programme. Mike Earle’s experience lies not only in sports and touring cars, Earle is considered one of the most widely experienced team managers in recent decades. His teams have run in virtually every area of motorsport, including Formula 2, Formula 3000, Formula 3 and even Formula 1.

Yohann Setna has been involved with A1Team India since the first season and stands as Chief Operating Officer this year. Daljit Singh as Chief Marketing Officer and Aashika Abraham is the teams Media Manager[1].

[edit] Drivers

Name Seasons Races
(Starts)		 A1GP Title Wins Sprint
wins		 Main
wins		 2nd 3rd Poles Fastest
Laps		 Points
Karun Chandok 2005-06 2(3) 0
Armaan Ebrahim 2005-06 11(22) 0
Narain Karthikeyan 2006-07, 2007-08 14(28) 2 2 2 74
Parthiva Sureshwaren 2006-07, 2007-08 2(4) 0

[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix Results

(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main 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 Akbar Ebrahim Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon		 GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea PRT spr PRT fea AUS spr AUS fea MYS spr MYS fea ARE spr ARE fea ZAF spr ZAF fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea 0 24th
Karun Chandok 15 (DNS) 16 Ret
Armaan Ebrahim 17 13 17 13 11 (EX) 20 14 14 Ret 18 15
2006-07 Arena Motorsport Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon		 NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea BEI spr BEI fea MYS spr MYS fea IDN spr IDN fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 13 16th
Armaan Ebrahim Ret Ret 17 18 18 11 16 19 18 Ret
Narain Karthikeyan 10 7 15 9 11 18 7 17 7 4
Parthiva Sureshwaren 18 16
2007-08 Arena Motorsport Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon		 NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea MYS spr MYS fea ZHU spr ZHU fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 61 10th
Narain Karthikeyan 10 Ret 21 9 11 6 7 1 10 Ret 11 11 13 9 5 7 5 1
Parthiva Sureshwaren 17 Ret

[edit] References

  1. ^ About A1 Team India a1teamindia.in

[edit] External links

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