# 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season

The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third season of A1 Grand Prix.

## Calendar

The Indonesian round at Sentul was removed from the calendar. Following the farcical Beijing round the previous season, the second Chinese event was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit near Hong Kong. Two pre-season tests were held at Silverstone Circuit on 28–29 August 2007 and 18–19 September 2007.
Due to Zandvoort's noise restrictions, regular and rookie practice sessions were not held on Friday at the Dutch round. Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualifying.
| Round | Event | Circuit | Dates |
| 1 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 28–30 September 2007 |
| 2 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic | Automotodrom Brno | 12–14 October 2007 |
| 3 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit | 23–25 November 2007 |
| 4 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Zhuhai) | Zhuhai International Circuit | 14–16 December 2007 |
| 5 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand | Taupo Motorsport Park | 18–20 January 2008 |
| 6 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia | Eastern Creek Raceway | 1–3 February 2008 |
| 7 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa | Durban Street Circuit | 22–24 February 2008 |
| 8 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 14–16 March 2008 |
| 9 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai) | Shanghai International Circuit | 11–13 April 2008 |
| 10 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain | Brands Hatch | 2–4 May 2008 |
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| ZandvoortBrnoSepangZhuhaiTaupoEastern CreekDurbanMexico CityShanghaiBrands Hatch ||||

## Entry list

All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis. No new teams entered the championships, whilst both Greece and Singapore did not return having failed to complete their debut seasons.
| Entrant (Team) | Driver | Events |
| A1 Team Australia Alan Docking Racing | Ian Dyk | 1–4 |
| A1 Team Australia Alan Docking Racing | John Martin | 5–10 |
| A1 Team Brazil Argo Racing Cars | Sérgio Jimenez | 1–6 |
| A1 Team Brazil Argo Racing Cars | Bruno Junqueira | 7–8 |
| A1 Team Brazil Argo Racing Cars | Alexandre Negrão | 9–10 |
| A1 Team Canada Status Grand Prix | James Hinchcliffe | 1–2, 10 |
| A1 Team Canada Status Grand Prix | Robert Wickens | 3–9 |
| A1 Team China Team Astromega | Congfu Cheng | All |
| A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System | Erik Janiš | 1–3 |
| A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System | Tomáš Enge | 4–6 |
| A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System | Josef Král | 7 |
| A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System | Filip Salaquarda | 8–10 |
| A1 Team France DAMS | Loïc Duval | 1, 3–7 |
| A1 Team France DAMS | Nicolas Lapierre | 2 |
| A1 Team France DAMS | Jonathan Cochet | 8 |
| A1 Team France DAMS | Franck Montagny | 9–10 |
| A1 Team Germany David Sears Motorsport | Christian Vietoris | 1–2, 5 |
| A1 Team Germany David Sears Motorsport | Michael Ammermüller | 3–4, 6–10 |
| A1 Team Great Britain | Oliver Jarvis | 1, 3–4, 7–8 |
| A1 Team Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 2, 5–6, 9–10 |
| A1 Team India Arena Motorsport | Narain Karthikeyan | 1–6, 8–10 |
| A1 Team India Arena Motorsport | Parthiva Sureshwaren | 7 |
| A1 Team Indonesia A1 Team Indonesia (1–4) Performance Racing (5–10) | Satrio Hermanto | All |
| A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix | Ralph Firman, Jr. | 1 |
| A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix | Adam Carroll | 2–10 |
| A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani | Enrico Toccacelo | 1–3 |
| A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani | Edoardo Piscopo | 4–10 |
| A1 Team Lebanon Argo Racing Cars | Chris Alajajian | 1, 3–6 |
| A1 Team Lebanon Argo Racing Cars | Jimmy Auby | 2, 7, 10 |
| A1 Team Lebanon Argo Racing Cars | Khalil Beschir | 8–9 |
| A1 Team Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 1–5, 8–9 |
| A1 Team Malaysia | Fairuz Fauzy | 6–7, 10 |
| A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport | Salvador Durán | 1 |
| A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 2–3 |
| A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport | David Garza | 4–8 |
| A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport | Jorge Goeters | 9 |
| A1 Team Mexico Teamcraft Motorsport | David Martínez | 10 |
| A1 Team Netherlands Racing for Holland | Jeroen Bleekemolen | All |
| A1 Team New Zealand David Sears Motorsport | Jonny Reid | All |
| A1 Team Pakistan Performance Racing | Adam Khan | All |
| A1 Team Portugal | João Urbano | 1–6 |
| A1 Team Portugal | Filipe Albuquerque | 7–10 |
| A1 Team South Africa DAMS | Adrian Zaugg | All |
| A1 Team Switzerland Max Motorsport | Neel Jani | All |
| A1 Team USA | Buddy Rice | 1–2 |
| A1 Team USA | Jonathan Summerton | 3–10 |

## Rule changes
### Sporting

* The existing qualifying format was retained, however the first two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the sprint race whilst the second two qualifying sessions determined the grid for the feature race.
* The number of mandatory pit stops in the feature race increased from one to two.
* The time certain limit of the sprint race was increased to 29 minutes + 1 lap.
* From the Taupo round, the pit exit closed under Safety Car conditions.

### Technical

* From the Taupo round, the fuel mixture was changed to a 30% biofuel mix produced by Petrochem Carless.

## Results and standings
### Results summary

| Round | Round | Event | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | Report |
| 1 | S | Netherlands | Adrian Zaugg | Adrian Zaugg | Adrian Zaugg | Report |
| 1 | F | Netherlands | Adrian Zaugg | Salvador Durán | Oliver Jarvis | Report |
| 2 | S | Czech Republic | Adrian Zaugg | Jonny Reid | Jonny Reid | Report |
| 2 | F | Czech Republic | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Congfu Cheng | Jonny Reid | Report |
| 3 | S | Malaysia | Neel Jani | Neel Jani | Neel Jani | Report |
| 3 | F | Malaysia | Neel Jani | Neel Jani | Neel Jani | Report |
| 4 | S | China (Zhuhai) | Michael Ammermüller | Neel Jani | Michael Ammermüller | Report |
| 4 | F | China (Zhuhai) | Neel Jani | Oliver Jarvis | Narain Karthikeyan | Report |
| 5 | S | New Zealand | Jonny Reid | Christian Vietoris | Jonny Reid | Report |
| 5 | F | New Zealand | Loïc Duval | Neel Jani | Christian Vietoris | Report |
| 6 | S | Australia | Loïc Duval | Loïc Duval | Loïc Duval | Report |
| 6 | F | Australia | Jonny Reid | Adrian Zaugg | Adrian Zaugg | Report |
| 7 | S | South Africa | Robert Wickens | Jonny Reid | Robert Wickens | Report |
| 7 | F | South Africa | Neel Jani | Congfu Cheng | Neel Jani | Report |
| 8 | S | Mexico | Adrian Zaugg | Congfu Cheng | Jonny Reid | Report |
| 8 | F | Mexico | Robert Wickens | Oliver Jarvis | Adam Carroll | Report |
| 9 | S | China (Shanghai) | Neel Jani | Neel Jani | Neel Jani | Report |
| 9 | F | China (Shanghai) | Neel Jani | Robert Wickens | Jonathan Summerton | Report |
| 10 | S | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | Congfu Cheng | Robbie Kerr | Report |
| 10 | F | Great Britain | Narain Karthikeyan | Adam Carroll | Narain Karthikeyan | Report |

### Championship standings
#### Points system

Points are now assigned in the same manner for both the sprint and feature races using the following format with one bonus point awarded for the fastest lap in each race.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Championship standings

| Pos | Team | Drivers | NED | NED | CZE | CZE | MLY | MLY | ZHU | ZHU | NZL | NZL | AUS | AUS | RSA | RSA | MEX | MEX | SHA | SHA | GBR | GBR | Pts |
| Pos | Team | Drivers | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | Pts |
| 1 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 168 |
| 2 | New Zealand | Jonny Reid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 12 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 8 | 127 |
| 3 | Great Britain | Oliver Jarvis | 7 | 1 | | | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | | | | | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 126 |
| 3 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | | | 2 | 17 | | | | | Ret | Ret | 16 | 3 | | | | | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| 4 | France | Loïc Duval | 2 | 5 | | | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 11 | 2 | | | | | | | 118 |
| 4 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | | | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 118 |
| 4 | France | Jonathan Cochet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 13 | | | | | 118 |
| 4 | France | Franck Montagny | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 118 |
| 5 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 96 |
| 6 | Ireland | Ralph Firman, Jr. | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 94 |
| 6 | Ireland | Adam Carroll | | | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 94 |
| 7 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 87 |
| 8 | Germany | Christian Vietoris | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 83 |
| 8 | Germany | Michael Ammermüller | | | | | 16 | EX | 1 | 4 | | | 4 | 7 | EX | Ret | Ret | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | Ret | 83 |
| 9 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 19 | 18 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 17 | 75 |
| 9 | Canada | Robert Wickens | | | | | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | | | 75 |
| 10 | India | Narain Karthikeyan | 10 | Ret | 21 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 11 | | | 13 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 61 |
| 10 | India | Parthiva Sureshwaren | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | 61 |
| 11 | Portugal | João Urbano | 11 | Ret | 9 | 18 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | | 59 |
| 11 | Portugal | Filipe Albuquerque | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 59 |
| 12 | United States | Buddy Rice | 22 | 13 | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 56 |
| 12 | United States | Jonathan Summerton | | | | | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 56 |
| 13 | China | Congfu Cheng | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 55 |
| 14 | Brazil | Sérgio Jimenez | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 44 |
| 14 | Brazil | Bruno Junqueira | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 9 | 10 | 8 | | | | | 44 |
| 14 | Brazil | Alexandre Negrão | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 44 |
| 15 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 16 | Ret | 17 | 14 | 9 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | | | 25 |
| 15 | Malaysia | Fairuz Fauzy | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 17 | 9 | 5 | | | | | 13 | Ret | 25 |
| 16 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 16 | Mexico | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | | | 13 | 22 | 20 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 16 | Mexico | David Garza | | | | | | | 16 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 8 | Ret | 16 | 14 | | | | | 22 |
| 16 | Mexico | Jorge Goeters | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 21 | | | 22 |
| 16 | Mexico | David Martínez | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 16 | 22 |
| 17 | Australia | Ian Dyk | 21 | 12 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 17 | Australia | John Martin | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 21 | 15 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 20 |
| 18 | Italy | Enrico Toccacelo | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 18 | Italy | Edoardo Piscopo | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 12 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | Erik Janiš | 15 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | | | | | | | 5 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | Josef Král | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | Ret | | | | | | | 10 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | Filip Salaquarda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 16 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 10 |
| 20 | Pakistan | Adam Khan | 18 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 1 |
| 21 | Indonesia | Satrio Hermanto | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 21 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 1 |
| 22 | Lebanon | Chris Alajajian | 14 | 19 | | | 14 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Lebanon | Jimmy Auby | | | 20 | 21 | | | | | | | | | 19 | 13 | | | | | 22 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | Lebanon | Khalil Beschir | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 17 | 18 | 22 | | | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Drivers | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | Pts |
| Pos | Team | Drivers | NED | NED | CZE | CZE | MLY | MLY | ZHU | ZHU | NZL | NZL | AUS | AUS | RSA | RSA | MEX | MEX | SHA | SHA | GBR | GBR | | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Finished, in points |
| Green | Retired, in points |
| Blue | Finished, no points |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Purple | Not classified (NC) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| Blank | Did not participate |
| Blank | Injured (INJ) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Bold | Pole position |
| * | Fastest lap |
| spr | Sprint Race |
| fea | Feature Race |