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2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand

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{{A1GP race summary v2

|country_flag=Flag of New Zealand.svg

|race=New Zealand

|race no=4 of 7

|season=2008–09

|race_circuit=Taupo Motorsports Park.svg

|date=25 January 2009

|circuit=Taupo Motorsport Park

|city=Taupō

|country=New Zealand

|weather=Clear, 24°C

|pole_flag=Flag of Ireland.svg

|pole_team=Ireland

|pole_driver=Adam Carroll

|pole_time=1:14.507

|sprint_1st_flag=Flag of Ireland.svg

|sprint_1st_team=Ireland

|sprint_1st_driver=Adam Carroll

|sprint_2nd_flag=Flag of Switzerland.svg

|sprint_2nd_team=Switzerland

|sprint_2nd_driver=Neel Jani

|sprint_3rd_flag=Flag of the Netherlands.svg

|sprint_3rd_team=Netherlands

|sprint_3rd_driver=Robert Doornbos

|FL_flag=Flag of Switzerland.svg

|FL_team=Switzerland

|FL_driver=Neel Jani

|FL_time=1:15.021

|FL_lap=10

|pole2_flag=Flag of Ireland.svg

|pole2_team=Ireland

|pole2_driver=Adam Carroll

|pole2_time=1:14.411

|main_1st_flag=Flag of Switzerland.svg

|main_1st_team=Switzerland

|main_1st_driver=Neel Jani

|main_2nd_flag=Flag of Ireland.svg

|main_2nd_team=Ireland

|main_2nd_driver=Adam Carroll

|main_3rd_flag=Flag of Portugal.svg

|main_3rd_team=Portugal

|main_3rd_driver=Filipe Albuquerque

|FL2_flag=Flag of Portugal.svg

|FL2_team=Portugal

|FL2_driver=Filipe Albuquerque

|FL2_time=1:14.898

|FL2_lap=30

|Class_pdf=http://www.forix.com/a1gp/pdf/2008/07_Taupo,%20New%20Zealand.pdf}}

The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand.

Pre-race

The A1 Team Portugal’s sports director, Pedro Chaves has tested the A1GP car at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portugal) for promotional purposes.{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42802|title=Chaves samples A1GP car |date=2008-01-16|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2008-01-16}}

Drivers

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!Team

!Main Driver

!Rookie Driver{{cite news|url=http://www.forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082107&c=25|title=2008/09, Taupo, New Zealand, Rookies combined|date=2009-01-23|publisher=autosport.com|accessdate=2009-01-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090201174210/http://forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082107&c=25| archivedate= 1 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}

!Reserve Driver

{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|John Martin

|Ashley Walsh

|

{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

|Felipe Guimarães

|Felipe Guimarães

|

{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada

|colspan=3 align=center|Did Not Participate

{{flagicon|CHN}} China

|Congfu Cheng

|Adderly Fong

|Ho-Pin Tung

{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|Loïc Duval

|Nicolas Prost

|

{{flagicon|GER}} Germany

|colspan=3 align=center|Did Not Participate

{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

|Dan Clarke{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72926|title=Clarke to drive for GBR at Taupo|date=2009-01-21|publisher=autosport.com|accessdate=2009-01-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090125212449/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72926| archivedate= 25 January 2009 | url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42842|title=Dan Clarke for New Zealand|date=2009-01-21|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-21}}

|James Winslow

|

{{flagicon|IND}} India

|Narain Karthikeyan

|Parthiva Sureshwaren

|

{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

|Satrio Hermanto

|Zahir Ali

|

{{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland

|Adam Carroll

|Niall Quinn

|

{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

|Edoardo Piscopo

|

|

{{flagicon|KOR}} Korea

|colspan=3 align=center|Did Not Participate{{cite news|url=http://a1.gpgrid.com/2009/01/22/a1teams-nominate-drivers-for-taupo|title=A1Teams Nominate Drivers for Taupo|date=2009-01-22|publisher=a1.gpgrid.com|accessdate=2009-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711120701/http://a1.gpgrid.com/2009/01/22/a1teams-nominate-drivers-for-taupo/|archive-date=2011-07-11|url-status=dead}}

{{flagicon|LIB}} Lebanon

|Daniel Morad

|Daniel Morad

|Jimmy Auby

{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysia

|Fairuz Fauzy{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42801|title=Fauzy back for Malaysia|date=2008-01-16|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2008-01-16}}

|Aaron Lim

|

{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

|Salvador Duran{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42822|title=Duran Duran |date=2008-01-17|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2008-01-18}}

|Juan Pablo Garcia

|

{{flagicon|MON}} Monaco

|Clivio Piccione

|Hubertus Bahlsen{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42854|title=Rookies ready for Taupo |date=2009-01-22|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-22}}

|

{{flagicon|NLD}} The Netherlands

|Robert Doornbos

|Dennis Retera

|

{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

|Chris van der Drift{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42803 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718115009/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42803 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-07-18 |title=OFFICIAL PREVIEW: Taupo |date=2008-01-16 |publisher=a1gp.com |accessdate=2008-01-16 }}

|Chris van der Drift

|Jonny Reid

{{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan

|colspan=3 align=center|Did Not Participate

{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal

|Filipe Albuquerque

|António Félix da Costa

|

{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

|Adrian Zaugg

|Cristiano Morgado

|

{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland

|Neel Jani

|Alexandre Imperatori

|

{{flagicon|USA}} USA

|Marco Andretti

|J. R. Hildebrand

|

Qualifying

The PowerBoost joker-style qualifying lap was not used for qualifying, with further review being made to determine its use in the following race.{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42873|title=No PowerBoost qualifying for Taupo|date=2009-01-23|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-24}}

It is the first time in A1GP history that the front row for both the Sprint and the Feature race has been the same since the introduction of the double qualifying sessions.{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42933|title=Taupo qualifying's mirror|date=2009-01-24|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-24}}

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{|class="wikitable"

!colspan=4|Sprint race qualifying{{cite web|url=http://www.forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082107&c=3|title=Sprint: starting grid|date=2009-01-24|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090201174723/http://forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082107&c=3| archivedate= 1 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}

Pos

!Team

!Time

!Gap

1

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ireland

|1:14.507

|align=right| –

2

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|1:14.772

| + 0.265

3

|{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal

|1:14.788

| + 0.281

4

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland

|1:15.202

| + 0.695

5

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|1:15.360

| + 0.853

6

|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

|1:15.457

| + 0.950

7

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|1:15.504

| + 0.997

8

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

|1:15.614

| + 1.107

9

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysia

|1:15.710

| + 1.203

10

|{{flagicon|LIB}} Lebanon

|1:15.839

| + 1.332

11

|{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

|1:15.917

| + 1.410

12

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

|1:15.972

| + 1.465

13

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

|1:16.074

| + 1.567

14

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|1:16.146

| + 1.639

15

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

|1:16.347

| + 1.840

16

|{{flagicon|MON}} Monaco

|1:16.424

| + 1.917

17

|{{flagicon|USA}} USA

|1:16.791

| + 2.284

18

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China

|1:16.885

| + 2.378

19

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

|1:17.266

| + 2.759

|

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!colspan=4|Feature race qualifying{{cite web|url=http://www.forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082108&c=3|title=Feature: starting grid|date=2009-01-24|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090201174236/http://forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082108&c=3| archivedate= 1 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}

Pos

!Team

!Time

!Gap

1

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ireland

|1:14.411

|align=right| –

2

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|1:14.676

| + 0.265

3

|{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal

|1:14.843

| + 0.432

4

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|1:14.976

| + 0.565

5

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland

|1:15.043

| + 0.632

6

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysia

|1:15.246

| + 0.835

7

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|1:15.423

| + 1.012

8

|{{flagicon|USA}} USA

|1:15.527

| + 1.116

9

|{{flagicon|LIB}} Lebanon

|1:15.587

| + 1.176

10

|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

|1:15.622

| + 1.211

11

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|1:15.699

| + 1.288

12

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

|1:15.812

| + 1.401

13

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

|1:15.892

| + 1.481

14

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

|1:15.902

| + 1.491

15

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

|1:15.942

| + 1.531

16

|{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

|1:16.164

| + 1.753

17

|{{flagicon|MON}} Monaco

|1:16.735

| + 2.324

18

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

|1:16.783

| + 2.372

19

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China

|1:17.184

| + 2.773

|}

Sprint Race

For safety concerns, regarding the "S" bend near the end of the lap, the Sprint Race featured a standing start, rather than the traditional rolling start.

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!Pos

!Team

!Driver

!Laps

!Time

!Points

1

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ireland

|Adam Carroll

|15

|19:40.271

|10

2

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland

|Neel Jani

|15

|align=right| + 1.488

|8+1

3

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Netherlands

|Robert Doornbos

|15

|align=right| + 3.559

|6

4

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|Loïc Duval

|15

|align=right| + 8.594

|5

5

|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

|Chris van der Drift

|15

|align=right| + 11.666

|4

6

|{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal

|Filipe Albuquerque

|15

|align=right| + 12.665

|3

7

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

|Edoardo Piscopo

|15

|align=right| + 14.959

|2

8

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysia

|Fairuz Fauzy

|15

|align=right| + 15.797

|1

9

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|Narain Karthikeyan

|15

|align=right| + 20.973

|

10

|{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

|Adrian Zaugg

|15

|align=right| + 22.030

|

11

|{{flagicon|USA}} USA

|Marco Andretti

|15

|align=right| + 30.565

|

12

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

|Dan Clarke

|15

|align=right| + 31.005

|

13

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

|Satrio Hermanto

|15

|align=right| + 32.361

|

14

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

|Felipe Guimarães

|15

|align=right| + 33.134

|

15

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

|Salvador Durán

|15

|align=right| + 40.601

|

16

|{{flagicon|MON}} Monaco

|Clivio Piccione

|15

|align=right| + 49.281*

|

17

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China

|Congfu Cheng

|11

|align=right| Spin

|

18

|{{flagicon|LIB}} Lebanon

|Daniel Morad

|8

|align=right| Accident

|

19

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|John Martin

|5

|align=right| Suspension

|

* 25 second penalty added to time, for causing an avoidable collision{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42990|title=Brazil and Monaco's magnetic day|date=2009-01-25|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-25}}

Feature Race

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!Pos

!Team

!Driver

!Laps

!Time

!Points

1

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland

|Neel Jani

|50

|1:06'19.574

|15

2

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ireland

|Adam Carroll

|50

|align=right| + 1.047

|12

3

|{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal

|Filipe Albuquerque

|50

|align=right| + 2.379

|10+1

4

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|John Martin

|50

|align=right| + 10.593

|8

5

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Netherlands

|Robert Doornbos

|50

|align=right| + 14.402

|6

6

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|Loïc Duval

|50

|align=right| + 17.423

|5

7

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|Narain Karthikeyan

|50

|align=right| + 20.215

|4

8

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

|Edoardo Piscopo

|50

|align=right| + 23.156

|3

9

|{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

|Adrian Zaugg

|50

|align=right| + 23.347

|2

10

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysia

|Fairuz Fauzy

|50

|align=right| + 26.832

|1

11

|{{flagicon|USA}} USA

|Marco Andretti

|50

|align=right| + 45.799*

|

12

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

|Dan Clarke

|49

|align=right| + 1 lap

|

13

|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

|Chris van der Drift

|49

|align=right| + 1 lap

|

14

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China

|Congfu Cheng

|49

|align=right| + 1 lap

|

15

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

|Felipe Guimarães

|49

|align=right| + 1 lap*

|

16

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

|Salvador Durán

|43

|align=right| Retired

|

17

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

|Satrio Hermanto

|42

|align=right| Spin

|

18

|{{flagicon|MON}} Monaco

|Clivio Piccione

|33

|align=right| Spin

|

19

|{{flagicon|LIB}} Lebanon

|Daniel Morad

|1

|align=right| Suspension

|

* 25 second penalty added to time – USA for passing the white line at the end of the pit lane, Brazil for causing an avoidable collision{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42992|title=USA penalised in Feature|date=2009-01-25|publisher=a1gp.com|accessdate=2009-01-25}}

Notes

References

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External links

  • [http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42968 Ireland Sprints ahead]
  • [http://www.forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082107&c=0 Sprint Race results]
  • [http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42958 Sprint Race: lap-by-lap]
  • [http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42986 Just what the doctor ordered] (Feature Race article)
  • [http://www.forix.com/a1gp/gp.php?l=0&d=201&r=20082108&c=2 Feature Race results]
  • [http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42969 Feature Race: lap-by-lap]

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