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PENALTY FOR A1 TEAM CANADA
09/12/2006 -
A1 Team Canada has had its time from the fourth Qualifying segment disallowed after A1GP Stewards found that driver, Sean McIntosh, had blocked Brazil’s Tuka Rocha in the final session.

The decision gives Canada an aggregate Qualifying time of 2:34.608, however does not affect the team’s grid position. Canada will start tomorrow’s Gurang Gadam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia Sprint race in ninth position

PARECE QUE AL FINAL AN PENALIZADO A CANADA X OBSTACULIZAR AL REPRESENTANTE DE BRASIL EN LA ULTIMA TANDA DE OFICIALES.

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Nueva Zelanda gana la pole en la última vuelta

Sentul - Jonny Reid del A1 Team Nueva Zelanda se aseguró la pole position para la carrera corta del Gudang Gram A1GP de Sentul, Indonesia, con una última vuelta voladora en los minutos finales de la clasificación. El tiempo acumulado de Reid fue sólo 0.034 segundos más rápido que el del británico Robbie Kerr, quien también mejoró su posición en el último minuto, arrebatándole el segundo lugar al alemán Nico Hulkenberg.

Reid tuvo una fuerte actuación en los cuatro segmentos y se mantuvo entre los primeros cinco en todas las sesiones, pero fue su última vuelta la que le dio la pole, la segunda del año para el neozelandés. "Por las condiciones del clima tuvimos que trabajar mucho hoy en la clasificación, pero estoy contento de haber conseguido la pole y estoy ansioso para la carrera", comentó Reid. Ahora parece que puede conseguir un mejor resultado que en Brno, donde había arrancado desde la pole pero chocó con el muro antes de la primera curva tras una colisión con Hulkenberg. "Fue una situación desafortunada, creo que los dos calculamos mal esa curva pero hemos seguido avanzando y ahora estoy concentrado en ganar la carrera de mañana".

Robbie Kerr de Gran Bretaña tuvo una actuación consistente durante los cuatro segmentos. El joven británico fue el más rápido hasta después de la segunda sesión, pero a partir de la tercera sólo pudo registrar el quinto mejor tiempo hasta que un enorme impulso en el último minuto lo subió hasta el segundo lugar, adelante del joven alemán Nico Hulkenberg. Sin embargo, Kerr esperaba algo mejor: "Estoy decepcionado de no haber conseguido la pole, pero mañana trataré de dar lo mejor y ya veremos qué pasa".

Después de registrar el mejor tiempo en la sesión uno, 0.064 segundos más rápido que Reid, Hulkenberg parecía listo para anotarse otra pole position, sin embargo en las siguientes tres porciones de quince minutos no pudo mantener el ritmo y cayó hasta el tercer lugar general. Hulkenberg confesó haber hecho algunos ajustes menores entre cada sesión, y sintió que el coche estaba mejor hoy: "ayer realmente tenía un problema, pero hoy me sentí mucho mejor y disfruté la pista. Para mi el clima no importa. Me gusta de las dos formas, seco y húmedo. Estoy listo para cualquiera de las dos".

Después de imponer el mejor tiempo en la sesión de práctica de la mañana, el mexicano Salvador Durán mejoró consistentemente sus tiempos de vuelta en la clasificación y largará desde la cuarta posición. Los tiempos combinados de Durán fueron suficiente para ganar la posición contra Phil Giebler de EUA, quien registró el mejor tiempo en la tercera sesión. Los campeones defensores franceses partirán desde el séptimo puesto, atrás de Australia.

Richard Lyons, del A1 Team Irlanda, tuvo una clasificación complicada cuando se fue contra un muro de llantas en la curva tres durante la segunda sesión y provocó una bandera roja. Después de que los oficiales lo empujaron para salir de ahí, regresó a los pits para reparar la nariz del coche y continuó en las sesiones finales para arrancar mañana desde la posición 18. El equipo de casa largará desde el lugar 17.

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Bueno ya queda menos para las carreras aunque para la 1ª no creo que me levante, uf que nervios!!!!!!!! suerte para Nico.

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NEW ZEALAND TAKE FIRST A1GP VICTORY IN SENTUL

10/12/2006


New Zealand has secured its first-ever A1GP World Cup of Motorsport victory with a dominant lights-to-flag drive from Jonny Reid in the Sprint race at the Sentul circuit, Indonesia. A1 Team Mexico’s Salvador Duran put Reid under pressure in the closing laps of the race to finish a fighting second ahead of Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr. Reid led the field away from the grid and steadily extended his advantage over the 15-lap Sprint race until Duran’s push over the last two laps closed the gap to just under a second. Reid was delighted to score New Zealand’s first win in 31 A1GP races, “This is a very emotional feeling for me. The whole team has been working really, really hard and the result is fantastic as we came back from 16th in practice to the pole and now the win. I stayed focussed and I’m totally over the moon with what’s happened. Now we’ve got to re-focus and get the job done this afternoon.”

Duran put in a flying start to jump from fourth to second into the first corner, tucked right under the rear wing of Reid. “I got a good exit but then there was a bit of confusion. I opened up my line, thought I saw red, but then it was green. I was thinking about where I should brake and went straight on to push.” Duran kept in touch with Reid over the race and pushed hard to close in the final five laps, but Reid held his nerve to score his first A1GP victory. Duran’s second position was the Mexican’s fourth podium of the year. “I thought we could match Jonny’s pace and we were competitive and, in my view, the team did an awesome job. I’m happy with this result and now looking forward to the next one.”

Great Britain’s Kerr got good traction away from the start but was unable to block Duran. Kerr then fell back into fourth as the USA’s Phil Giebler took advantage of the melee to force his way into third. Undeterred, on the second lap Kerr slipstreamed past Giebler in Turn Two to regain his position. “Coming up to the lights at the start, Jonny just went and Salvador got the jump on me,” said Kerr, “I was disappointed as Phil also got by but then put my head down to try and catch up with these guys but unfortunately we were not quite quick enough to do that. I think we could catch them in the Feature race though as we’re starting on the right side of the grid to have a clean start. I’ve most probably had more podiums than anyone else, but it’s that win I really want.”

The biggest loser at the start however was Germany’s Nico Hülkenberg, who dropped from third to fifth, under heavy attack from Australia’s Ryan Briscoe in sixth. Briscoe saw his chance when Hülkenberg tried to regain fourth from Giebler and squeezed past. The Australian looked set to hold onto fifth until an attempted move on American Giebler allowed Hülkenberg an opportunity to force his way through.

Home team Indonesia enjoyed a race long battle with Malaysia and Netherlands for 12th position. On lap nine, Malaysia took the Dutch car for 12th, leaving the door open for Indonesian Ananda Mikola to gain position. Mikola seized the opening and forced his way into 13th, much to the delight of the packed grandstands.

Mikola put Malaysian Alex Yoong under heavy pressure and feinted to get past the following lap, but the Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen was determined to get back his lost position. The Dutchman capitalised on the Malaysian-Indonesian battle in front and, seeing a small gap, pushed through to relegate Mikola back to 14th.

Two of the three drivers starting their first-ever A1GP race finished, with South African Alan van der Merwe securing a credible ninth after a race long battle with the winner of last year’s Sentul race, Canadian Sean McIntosh. The Czech Republic’s newcomer Jarek Janis finished 16th following a hard fight with Brazil’s Tuka Rocha, however China’s rookie Ho-Pin Tung spun on lap 11 coming out of the fast Turn Two.

Jonny Reid will now start the 50-lap Feature race on pole position, with Mexico second and Great Britain third.

Sprint race results

A1 Team Driver Time Gap first
1New Zealand Jonny Reid 19.41.054
2Mexico Salvador Duran 19.41.792 +0.738
3Great BritainRobbie Kerr 19.44.517 +3.463
4USA Phil Giebler 19.50.134 +9.080
5Germany Nico Hulkenberg 19.51.054 +10.000
6Australia Ryan Briscoe 19.51.691 +10.637
7France Nicolas Lapierre 19.53.057 +12.003
8Canada Sean McIntosh 19.55.420 +14.366
9South Africa Alan van der Merwe 19.57.043 +15.989
10Switzerland Neel Jani 19.58.687 +17.633
11Italy Enrico Toccacelo 19.59.955 +18.901
12Malaysia Alex Yoong 20.04.724 +23.670
13Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 20.05.202 +24.148
14Indonesia Ananda Mikola 20.07.032 +25.978
15Brazil Tuka Rocha 20.17.114 +36.060
16Czech Republic Jaroslav Janis 20.17.835 +36.781
17Ireland Richard Lyons 20.18.249 +37.195
18India Armaan Ebrahim 20.25.638 +44.582
19Lebanon Basil Shaaban 20.26.051 +44.997
20Pakistan Nur Ali 21.02.745 +1.21.691
21China Ho-Pin Tung 11 laps 4 laps

Fastest lap: A1 Team GBR 1.18.110 (Lap 4)

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Vaya que mala suerte a tenido Nico en la 1ª carrera ,esperemos que funcione bien el coche en la segunda que aunque se esta disputando en estos momentos hoy no funciona el livetiming x problemas tecnicos.

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A1GP Sentul, Indonesia: Feature race start brought forward
10/12/2006 - Due to current weather forecasts predicting heavy rain storms to hit the Bogor region late this afternoon, the Feature race for today's A1GP Sentul, Indonesia will begin 30 minutes early at 07.30 GMT.

A1GP races are watched by an average of eight million viewers world wide through our network of over 150 television broadcast partners. To allow these fans to fully enjoy the Sentul race, the results will be announced in line with the television broadcast, with Feature race coverage starting at 08.00 GMT.

Unfortunately, A1GP's live timing system and live audio and visual web streaming have been suspended for this event. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Please click here for delayed streaming of today's A1GP Sentul, Indonesia.

A full list of television rights holders can be found by following the 'TV listings' link on the homepage.

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Que carrera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, ha sido increíble después de los problemas de esta mañana con el live timing han restaurado la conexión cuando llevaban 9 vueltas y sorpresa Nico estaba 1º cascandole casi 3 segundos x vuelta a Jonny Reyd de Nueva Zelanda y eso que salia 5º esta mañana en la parrilla de salida, ha estado rodando así hasta en el momento de entrar a boxes, sobre la vuelta 17 aprox.cuando tenia casi 30 segundos de ventaja una vez mas Nico parece tocado con la varita del “Rain Master” x que creo que estaba lloviendo pues esta mañana rodaban en 1.17 min. Y ahora lo estaban haciendo sobre el 1.24 seg. ( Unos 7 seg. Aproximadamente más lentos).
Después de la parada todo se ha puesto en contra del joven Alemán que trataba en vano contener los ataques de Reid que volaba esta vez en la pista devolviéndole de esta manera la jugada a Nico que nada podía hacer, creo que al entrar en el box cambiaron a ruedas equivocadas y hay perdió Nico la carrera pues en vista que en cosa de unas 9 o 10 vueltas no solo había perdido la primera posición si no que además se le acercaba el 3º clasificado decidió con su equipo entrar de nuevo en la calle de boxes para poner las ruedas acertadas a partir de hay Nico a estado soberbio rodando tan fuerte como su coche le permitía pero con poco tiempo material pues era 3º a 1minuto de Reid pero a unos 39seg. Del 2º clasificado y con menos de 20min para acabar la carrera sin embargo no a cejado en su empeño y a tirado a muerte logrando de esta manera una meritoria segunda plaza y a priori plaza que no podría perder (pues había adelantado al 2º recortándole tiempo antes de que este pasara x boxes x segunda vez incorporándose en 5º lugar) cuando le estaba recortando a Reyd la ventaja que era de 19 seg. Después de que este volviera a salir de boxes x segunda vez la llego a dejar en 13 seg. Estaba rodando de nuevo a casi dos y tres segundos mas rapido que Reyd, cuando una colisión parece ser entre dos coches entre los que se encontraba Canadá,tras la correspondiente bandera amarilla, no se hizo esperar para sacar a pista el safetycar en los últimos min de la prueba cuando se retiro de pista faltaban 3 min. Para su termino Nico intento hacer un esfuerzo para adelantar a Reyd pero fue en vano pues este se defendió bien en las dos vueltas que restaban para el final de la misma acabando finalmente Nico en una mas que merecida segunda plaza a + 1,178seg. Consiguiendo de esta manera 11 puntos para su equipo al lograr dos en la carrera de sprint y 9 en esta, que también sumado con la mala actuación de Gran Bretaña al no sumar ningún punto en esta prueba al no acabar sigue mas lider del campeonato con una diferencia de 12 puntos sobre GB.
Cabe destacar la gran actuación del piloto del equipo italiano Enrico Tóccacelo que estaba muy atrás al comienzo de la prueba y a fuerza de marcar grandes registros a mitad de la misma conseguia el 4º mejor crono de las VR de carrera y una TB cuarta plaza final.


Estoy deseando verla.

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NEW ZEALAND’S DOUBLE WIN AT SENTUL
10/12/2006 - New Zealand’s Jonny Reid has secured a double victory at the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia. In a rain-affected and incident-filled Feature race, Reid won by just over two seconds from Germany’s Nico Hülkenberg and France’s Nicolas Lapierre.

Polesitter Reid led into the first corner and withstood heavy pressure from Mexico’s Salvador Duran and Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr. South Africa’s Alan van der Merwe had an outstanding start, moving from eighth to fourth by the end of the first lap.

As the heavy rain that had delayed the start of the race cleared and the track dried, teams returned to the pits for slick Cooper tyres. Reid was one of the last to change the rubber, however returned to the track ahead of Hülkenberg,

A five minute safety car period was called when Kerr spun on lap 38. When the safety car withdrew it was a sprint to the finish, with Reid holding onto the advantage over a charging Hülkenberg.

Last season’s Feature race winner Sean McIntosh failed to finish after a wheel came loose and flew off his car on lap 38.

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ASI VA EL CAMPEONATO DE NACIONES:

2005/06 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport standings:
1 Germany 48
2 Great Britain 36
3 Mexico 33
4 France 32
5 Nueva Zelanda 31
6 Malasia 29

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NOTICIA COMPLETA: NEW ZEALAND’S DOUBLE WIN AT SENTUL
10/12/2006 -

Sentul - New Zealand’s Jonny Reid has secured a double victory at the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia event. In a rain-affected and incident-filled Feature race, Reid won by just over two seconds from Germany’s Nico Hülkenberg and France’s Nicolas Lapierre.

Polesitter Reid led into the first corner and withstood heavy pressure from Mexico’s Salvador Duran and Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr for the lead. Hülkenberg, starting from third, pulled level with Duran through turns five and six, but it was Kerr who finally found a way into second, driving round the Mexican on the inside of turn seven. South Africa’s Alan van der Merwe had an outstanding start, moving from eighth to fifth by the second sector and past Duran into fourth by the end of the first lap.

Relishing the wet conditions, Hülkenberg put Reid under heavy pressure for the lead over the first lap and drew level with the New Zealander down the pit straight at the end of the lap using the PowerBoost button. Reid however kept his line and jinked to the right down the straight into turn three to defend his lead from the German. Hülkenberg tried the same move the following lap but this time made it stick and powered through into the lead of the field. Willi Weber’s protégé then went on to pull out a six second lead over the next five laps.

Hülkenberg held the lead until the first round of pit stops. As the heavy rain that had delayed the start of the race cleared and the track started to dry, it was a gamble for teams on whether to opt for wet or slick rubber. Reid was amongst the first to stop on lap 16, with Hülkenberg pulling in two laps later. The German’s stop was slightly slower at 37.8secs, but the advantage the German had built over the preceding laps was enough to put him back out ahead of Reid. Even a brief excursion into the gravel at turn two on lap 19 was not enough to delay the young German.

Over the next two laps Reid however put in a series of times over a second quicker than Hülkenberg to close the gap to just under a second by lap 24. As the track started to dry, drivers returned to the pits for a set of slick Cooper tyres; Hülkenberg stopping on lap 30. With clean air in front, Reid put the hammer down to record a quick series of laps and when he stopped on lap 33, he came out in front of the German in the lead. “It was not a straightforward race at all and the weather came in and played a big part in that race,” said Reid. “After the start of the race I was struggling quite a lot and at the pit stop we made a change and the car was much, much better as you could see in the lap times. I snatched back the lead and pushed hard to get a gap. We put a lot of push on at the end and I just got my head down.

Great Britain’s Kerr was looking good for another podium spot behind the Kiwi and the German until France’s Lapierre caught and passed him down the straight on lap 34. With strategic use of the PowerBoost, the Frenchman pulled level down the pit straight, taking the inside line through turn one. Kerr tried to fight back, but with no PowerBoosts remaining, Kerr struggled to find defend his line.

A solid fourth position for the Englishman looked assured until he ran wide at turn four on lap 39, spun and stalled. A five minute safety car period was called to recover the car and when it withdrew it was a sprint to the finish, with only three minutes remaining.

Reid made an excellent start and held onto his advantage over a charging Hülkenberg to win by 1.178secs, the Kiwis’ first A1GP Feature race victory, “Fortunately I was able to take the win today. Germany and myself have shown clear pace in qualifying for the first half of the season and I am confident we can keep that pace up. We have got a good thing going with the alliance with Germany and it is working well so I have every confidence that I can put two wins on the board at home. I am looking forward to it and I will push hard to do that.”

Hülkenberg second position retained the series lead for Germany. “I got a pretty good start and was immediately behind Jonny. I could see nothing, it was so hard to work out the braking points and that was why it took so long until I overtook Jonny or he made a mistake. I didn’t see a lot so when I overtook him I had a very good car and everything was fine. On my second set of tyres I made a mistake and I don’t know what was wrong the car was much worse. I had oversteer, understeer and it was just much, much worse than before. It was very slippery to the end and there was a lot of power oversteer because it was still not dry, but we had changed the slicks and from the beginning to the first corner I knew it was a lot better there was a lot more grip from the first corner.”

France moved up from seventh to third overall, following an excellent start and race-long battle with Malaysia. Lapierre was pleased with his result, France’s fourth podium of the year, “It was a pretty good race for us considering our starting position. The race was okay. We struggled a bit at the beginning with the first set of tyres, I don’t know why exactly. Then the second set was okay and we were able to come back fighting with Great Britain and my team made a great call to change to slick tyres. The end of the race was good and certainly we had Pakistan and Australia between me and Nico after the safety car so I could not do anything, but we need to start a little bit more in the front and we will be okay.”

Italy finished a remarkable fourth after starting 15th on the grid. The Netherlands were a strong fifth and Malaysia was a solid sixth, despite Yoong reporting tyre pressure problems on his second set of rubber. The USA’s Phil Giebler had another consistent performance, running with the top three throughout the first part of the race and battling wheel-to-wheel with Kerr for third on lap 24, but his efforts were ultimately not rewarded when he lost time with a spin and stall on lap 43. Marshals got the American back on the road, but the damage was done and Giebler slipped back to 10th.

Last season’s Feature race winner Sean McIntosh had an eventful race after he almost crashed into the South African pit garage after a routine tyre change. The team had chosen slick tyres, but McIntosh hit a puddle and slewed into the South Africans. He then failed to finish after a wheel came loose and flew off his car on lap 38.

Germany continues to lead the nations’ standings going into the sixth race of the year in Taupo, New Zealand, from 19 – 21 January 2007. The visit will be A1GP’s first trip to the track and the first visit of the season to the Southern Hemisphere.


Feature race results
A1 TeamDriverTimeGap first
1New ZealandJonny Reid1.10.36.607
2GermanyNico Hulkenberg1.10.37.785+1.178
3FranceNicolas Lapierre1.10.40.869+4.262
4ItalyEnrico Toccacelo1.10.45.268+8.661
5NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen1.10.46.689+10.082
6MalaysiaAlex Yoong1.10.51.225+14.618
7MexicoSalvador Duran1.10.51.977+15.370
8Czech RepublicJaroslav Janis1.10.56.674+20.067
9SwitzerlandNeel Jani1.10.59.730+23.123
10USAPhil Giebler1.11.03.845+27.238
11AustraliaRyan Briscoe1.10.42.1871 lap
12IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1.10.44.5861 lap
13IrelandRichard Lyons1.10.51.5171 lap
14ChinaHo-Pin Tung1.10.56.3611 lap
15BrazilTuka Rocha1.12.17.9891 lap
16PakistanNur Ali43 laps4 laps
17Great BritainRobbie Kerr39 laps8 laps
18CanadaSean McIntosh38 laps9 laps
19South AfricaAlan van der Merwe29 laps18 laps
20IndiaArmaan Ebrahim11 laps36 laps
21LebanonBasil Shaaban7 laps40 laps

The bonus point for the fastest race lap went to A1 Great Britain who recorded a time of 1.518.110 on lap four of the Sprint race, with a speed of 182.7kph.

2006/07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport standings:
1Germany48
2Great Britain36
3Mexico33
4France32
5New Zealand
316Malaysia29
7Italy26
8Netherlands23
9Canada22
10Switzerland19
11USA19
12Czech Republic19
13Australia17
14South Africa13
15China8
16Brazil5
17Singapore3
18Ireland1
19Indonesia1

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AMENDED FEATURE RACE RESULTS
10/12/2006 -

Sentul – A1 Team Netherlands has been excluded from the results of the Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, Indonesia Feature race. Following an A1GP Stewards’ enquiry, it was ruled that the team did not respect the pit stop procedure and made its mandatory pit stop outside the pit stop window, which was between laps eight and 20. The team was found to be in breach of article 219 of the A1GP Sporting Regulations.


Amended Feature race results
A1 TeamDriverTimeGap first
1New ZealandJonny Reid1.10.36.607
2GermanyNico Hulkenberg1.10.37.785+1.178
3FranceNicolas Lapierre1.10.40.869+4.262
4ItalyEnrico Toccacelo1.10.45.268+8.661
5MalaysiaAlex Yoong1.10.51.225+14.618
6MexicoSalvador Duran1.10.51.977+15.370
7Czech RepublicJaroslav Janis1.10.56.674+20.067
8SwitzerlandNeel Jani1.10.59.730+23.123
9USAPhil Giebler1.11.03.845+27.238
10AustraliaRyan Briscoe1.10.42.1871 lap
11IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1.10.44.5861 lap
12IrelandRichard Lyons1.10.51.5171 lap
13ChinaHo-Pin Tung1.10.56.3611 lap
14BrazilTuka Rocha1.12.17.9891 lap
15PakistanNur Ali43 laps4 laps
16Great BritainRobbie Kerr39 laps8 laps
17CanadaSean McIntosh38 laps9 laps
18South AfricaAlan van der Merwe29 laps18 laps
19IndiaArmaan Ebrahim11 laps36 laps
20LebanonBasil Shaaban7 laps40 laps
EXCLNetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen1.10.46.689+10.082



The bonus point for the fastest race lap went to A1 Great Britain who recorded a time of 1.518.110 on lap four of the Sprint race, with a speed of 182.7kph.

2006/07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport standings:
1Germany48
2Great Britain36
3Mexico34
4France32
5New Zealand31
6Malaysia30
7Italy26
8Canada22
9Switzerland20
10USA20
11Czech Republic20
12Australia18
13Netherlands17
14South Africa13
15China8
16Brazil5
17Singapore3
18Indonesia1
19Ireland1

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TRACK & RACE DETAILS
proxima carrera:
A1GP Taupo, New Zealand
Practice : Friday, Jan. 19, 2007
Qualifying : Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007
Race : Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007
Race times Local : Sprint race: 11.00
Feature race: 15.00
Race times GMT : Sprint race: 22.00 Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007
Feature race: 02.00 Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007
LOCAL INFORMATION
Time zone: GMT + 13
Airport: Taupo, Auckland and Wellington Airports
Currency: New Zealand Dollar
Average January temperature: 66°F
Average January rainfall: 2.8 inches


CIRCUIT FACTSLocation: Lake Taupo, North Island
Track length: 3.5 km / 2.17 miles
No. turns: TBC
No. laps: Sprint race: TBC
Feature race: TBC
Direction: Anti Clockwise

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Sentul: Team Germany race report

Racing series A1gp Date 2006-12-10

A1 Team Germany clinches second place and expands championship lead
Willi Weber's A1 Team Germany further expanded its lead in the A1 Grand Prix series in difficult weather conditions. In the fifth round of the season in Indonesia, Nico Hulkenberg from Emmerich, after leading the race up to lap 25, claimed second place as the track was drying off. The German team expanded its advantage on the Sentul track in the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport by six to twelve points.
With position three on the grid, A1 Team Germany had managed to secure a good starting base. At the start of the sprint race, however, Nico Hulkenberg lost two positions to the teams from Mexico and the USA. On the third lap the Australian team with Ryan Briscoe passed the German A1 Grand Prix racing car, as well, when a gear got jammed during upshifting. When Briscoe attacked the American Phil Giebler on the 15th and final lap, Hulkenberg used the opportunity and re-captured fifth place. This earned him two points and he remained the leader of the table with a four-point advantage.
Like two weeks before, the main race was hit by monsoon rain prior to the start and had to be delayed. Nico Hulkenberg improved from fifth place to second position. When Jonny Reid from New Zealand, who was running in front, made a braking mistake, Hulkenberg took the lead on lap six and developed a more than 20-second advantage up to his first pit stop on lap 17. On the second set of rain tyres, though, the 19-year-old youngster consistently lost time until his closest rival Jonny Reid from New Zealand overtook the German car on lap 26.
For this reason, A1 Team Germany pitted again three laps later in order to mount a third set of tyres -- slicks this time. In the process, an air hose at the left rear power wrench broke, causing the team to lose twelve seconds. Thereafter the 520-hp racing car of the German team was running in second place with a roughly 16-second gap to the front runner when Team Great Britain got off the track, triggering a safety car phase. This caused the front of the field to close up again within a few seconds of each other. The race, however, was only released again shortly before the end. As the runner-up, Nico Hulkenberg was merely 1.1 seconds behind the winner. After ten single races since October, this brings A1 Team Germany's tally to four podium positions: two victories and two second places went to Willi Weber's team.

Nicolas Hulkenberg:
"We expanded the lead in the standings, that's why I can be very happy with second place. In the sprint race I lost three places. When a gear got jammed while I was upshifting, another position was lost -- to Australia. But later I overtook this rival again under braking. In the main race visibility was even worse than in the previous race in Malaysia. When Jonny Reid made a braking mistake, I took the lead. Unfortunately the car handled very strangely on the second set of tyres and I slid off the track once. So we changed again, but a power wrench got jammed in the process. Towards the end I decided to play it safe and followed Jonny across the finish line."
Willi Weber:
"Congratulations to Nico on his sensational performance. He was fantastic in the rain yet again and, despite a second pit stop and a problem with the power wrench, he finished as the runner-up. Before the race we promised to give a rebuttal to our critics on the track -- and we managed to do that. We even doubled our advantage to the British team in the standings. However, that's no reason to be more defensive in the sixth round in New Zealand in January. On the contrary: this result will motivate us to fight for victory again."
credit: team germany

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Nueva Zelanda gana las dos en Sentul

Reid se luce y Alemania fortalece su posición como líder del campeonato

Sentul - Jonny Reid de Nueva Zelanda aseguró la doble victoria en el evento Gudang Garam A1GP Sentul, de Indonesia. En una carrera principal afectada por la lluvia y llena de incidentes, Reid ganó por un poco más de dos segundos sobre el alemán Nico Hulkenberg y el francés Nicolas Lapierre.
Reid, partiendo desde la pole, lideró hacia la primera curva y soportó la fuerte presión de Salvador Durán de México y del británico Robbie Kerr. Hulkenberg, largando desde el tercer lugar, se disputó lado a lado con Durán las curvas cinco y seis, pero fue Kerr quien finalmente logró ubicarse segundo, superando al mexicano por la parte interna de la curva siete. Alan van der Merwe de Sudáfrica tuvo una arrancada excepcional, y avanzó del octavo al quinto llegando al segundo sector de la pista, y superó a Durán por el cuarto lugar al terminar la primera vuelta.

Bajo las condiciones de lluvia, Hulkenberg puso a Reid bajo tremenda presión por el primer lugar durante la primera vuelta y se emparejó con el neozelandés al final de la primera vuelta utilizando el botón PowerBoost. Pero Reid conservó su línea y en la recta que lleva a la curva tres se pegó a la derecha para defender su trayectoria frente al alemán. Hulkenberg intentó la misma maniobra en la siguiente vuelta y esta vez dominó la situación y tomó el primer lugar de la carrera. El protegido de Willi Weber se alejó a partir de ahí hasta tener una ventaja de seis segundos en las siguientes cinco vueltas.

Hulkenberg conservó la punta hasta la primera ronda de paradas en los pits. Como la fuerte lluvia que retrasó el inicio de la carrera había cesado y la pista empezaba a secarse, los equipos tuvieron que jugársela al optar por llantas para mojado o slicks. Reid fue uno de los primeros que se detuvo, y lo hizo en la vuelta 16, con Hulkenberg haciendo lo propio dos vueltas más tarde. La parada del alemán fue ligeramente más lenta, con 37.8 segundos, pero la ventaja que el alemán logró duante las vueltas previas fue suficiente para regresarlo a la pista adelante de Reid. Aun la breve excursión al pasto en la curva dos durante la vuelta 19 no fue suficiente para frenar al joven alemán.
Sin embargo durante las siguientes dos vueltas Reid fue más de un segundo más rápido que Hulkenberg y cerró la diferencia a poco más de un segundo para la vuelta 24. A medida que la pista se secaba, los pilotos regresaban a los pits por un juego de llantas para pista seca; Hulkenberg paró en la vuelta 30. Con aire limpio frente a él, Reid registró una serie de vueltas rápidas y cuando se detuvo en los pits en la vuelta 33, pudo salir adelante del alemán conservando el primer lugar. "No fue una carrera fácil, para nada, y el clima jugó un papel muy importante en ella", dijo Reid, "después de la arrancada yo tenía muchos problemas con el coche y en la parada hicimos un cambio y el coche mejoró mucho, como se pudo ver en los tiempos de vuelta. Volví a conseguir el
primer lugar y luché por aumentar la ventaja".
Con el segundo lugar, Hulkenberg conserva el liderato de la serie para Alemania. "Hice una buena arrancada y de inmediato estaba atrás de Jonny. No podía ver nada, fue muy difícil identificar los puntos de frenado y por eso tardé tanto en poder rebasar a Jonny, o él se equivocó. Con mi segundo juego de llantas cometí un error y no sé qué salió mal pero el coche no estaba nada bien. Tenía sobreviraje, subviraje, y estaba mucho peor que antes".
Francia avanzó del séptimo al tercero, después de una excelente largada y una batalla con Malasia que duró toda la carrera. Lapierre se mostró contento con este resultado, el cuarto podio de Francia en el año: "Fue una buena carrera para nosotros considerando la posición en la que largamos. La carrera estuvo bien. Batallamos un poco al principio con el primer juego de llantas, no sé exactamente por qué. Después el segundo juego estuvo bien y pudimos regresar y pelear con Gran Bretaña y mi equipo tomó una excelente decisión cuando cambiamos por llantas para seco. El final de la carrera estuvo bien y como Pakistán y Australia me separaban de Nico ya no hubo nada que pudiera hacer, pero necesitamos arrancar desde más adelante y estaremos bien".
Alemania continúa como líder en las posiciones y la próxima carrera será en Taupo, Nueva Zelanda, del 19 al 21 de enero de 2007. Esta será la primera visita de la serie A1GP a la pista y la primera visita de la temporada al hemisferio sur.

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baronrojo

8.-10. Dezember 2006: A1 GP, Sentul (Indonesien)



Nico für Deutschland - Tabellenführung weiter ausgebaut
Im Team Deutschland, das vom A1GP Franchisenehmer Willi Weber gemanagt wird, pilotiert Nico nun auch im 5. Rennen das „Team Deutschland“-Auto.
Nur 2 Wochen nach dem A1 GP von Malaysia, wo Deutschland im schweren Monsunregen einen spektakulären Sieg mit 42 sec. Vorsprung herausfuhr, nun der nächste Lauf zur A1 GP Serie im nachbarschaftlichen Indonesien. Der GP-Kurs wurde vor 12 Jahren für die Formel 1 gebaut, allerdings bisher ohne F1 Event.
Sentul liegt in der Nähe von Jakarta, der Hauptstadt von Indonesien. Während fast alle anderen Piloten die Zeitbrücke zu einem netten Urlaub nutzten, flog Nico zurück, da in der Heimat einige wichtige Termine anstanden. U. a. ein GP 2 Schnuppertest in Spanien.
Official practise:
Abstimmungsarbeiten und Tests bildeten den Schwerpunkt des offiziellen Trainings.
Deutschland beendete auf P8.