2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China
 2008–09 A1GP of China |
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| Race Details | |
| Race 2 of 7 in the 2008–09 A1GP season. | |
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| Date | November 9, 2008 |
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| Location | Chengdu Goldenport Circuit Chengdu, People's Republic of China |
| Weather | Clear, 20°C |
| Sprint race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |  Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
| Time | 1'15.423 |
| Podium | |
| 1st | Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
| 2nd |  Netherlands (Robert Doornbos) |
| 3rd |  Great Britain (Danny Watts) |
| Fastest Lap | |
| FL | Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
| Time | 1'16.084, (Lap 17) |
| Feature race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole | Great Britain (Danny Watts) |
| Time | 1'15.325 |
| Podium | |
| 1st |  Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque) |
| 2nd | Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
| 3rd | Great Britain (Danny Watts) |
| Fastest Lap | |
| FL | Netherlands (Robert Doornbos) |
| Time | 1'15.212, (Lap 33) |
| Official Classifications | |
| PDF Booklet | |
The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held at Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
All proceeds from this race were donated to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund, following the earthquake which devastated the region in May 2008.
Drivers
After missing the first race due to a lack of cars, A1 Teams Great Britain, India and Mexico took part in this race.[1] Both A1 Team Pakistan and A1 Team Germany will not make their season debut until the fourth round at Taupo. Team Pakistan require more changes to their chassis to render it suitable for their lead driver Adam Khan, while Team Germany is undergoing management restructuring.[1]
The status of A1 Team Canada was not announced, but they were removed from the race's drivers list on the A1GP website front page, and did not make an appearance. Their status for future events is still unknown.
↑ Karthikeyan and Andretti were granted special dispensation to participate in the rookie session as neither team had completed as many testing miles as the other teams with the new car. Karthikeyan (F1) and Andretti (IRL ICS) are veteran drivers in one of the four series (F1, GP2, FN, IRL-ICS) which their drivers may not compete as A1GP rookies.[14]
Qualifying
Due to a delay in recovering the 
Italian car after spinning into a gravel trp during the first qualifying session, the second qualifying session was cancelled, meaning all times from Q1 set the field for Q1, with 
Ireland taking their first ever pole position, ahead of 
The Netherlands and 
Switzerland.
Q4 was stopped briefly after a spin for 
France. The session was resumed with teams able to make a run in time. Danny Watts for 
Great Britain took pole ahead of Ireland and 
Portugal.
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Sprint Race
For safety reasons, a pit stop was not required for the Sprint Race. In lap 2, 
Brazil is slowing and the Safety car is on while Felipe Guimarães reach the pits. In the same lap 2, 
China spun and lost some positions but finally catch up and pass 
Korea in lap 7. when the Safety car is out, the order was Ireland, Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland, 
South Africa, Portugal, 
New Zealand and France. Those positions remain until the end of the race with the fastest lap for Adam Carroll.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Ireland |
Adam Carroll | 18 | 22'58.740 | 10 +1 |
| 2 |  Netherlands |
Robert Doornbos | 18 | +2.037 | 8 |
| 3 |  Great Britain |
Danny Watts | 18 | +14.361 | 6 |
| 4 |  Switzerland |
Neel Jani | 18 | +14.619 | 5 |
| 5 |  South Africa |
Adrian Zaugg | 18 | +20.108 | 4 |
| 6 |  Portugal |
Filipe Albuquerque | 18 | +20.475 | 3 |
| 7 |  New Zealand |
Chris van der Drift | 18 | +27.224 | 2 |
| 8 |  France |
Nicolas Prost | 18 | +27.923 | 1 |
| 9 |  Monaco |
Clivio Piccione | 18 | +30.378 | |
| 10 |  India |
Narain Karthikeyan | 18 | +32.268 | |
| 11 |  Australia |
John Martin | 18 | +33.198 | |
| 12 |  Lebanon |
Daniel Morad | 18 | +34.293 | |
| 13 |  Malaysia |
Fairuz Fauzy | 18 | +34.665 | |
| 14 |  Italy |
Edoardo Piscopo | 18 | +36.541 | |
| 15 |  USA |
Marco Andretti | 18 | +38.102 | |
| 16 |  Mexico |
Davíd Garza Pérez | 18 | +42.511 | |
| 17 |  China |
Ho-Pin Tung | 18 | +49.611 | |
| 18 |  Indonesia |
Satrio Hermanto | 18 | +1'04.128 | |
| 19 | Korea |
Hwang Jin-Woo | 18 | +1'06.171 | |
| 20 |  Brazil |
Felipe Guimarães | 14 | +4 laps |
Feature Race
The second pit-stop window for the Feature Race was set for Laps 24–32.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Portugal |
Filipe Albuquerque | 51 | 1:11'23.179 | 15 |
| 2 | Ireland |
Adam Carroll | 51 | +0.571 | 12 |
| 3 | Great Britain |
Danny Watts | 51 | +4.802 | 10 |
| 4 | Switzerland |
Neel Jani | 51 | +7.157 | 8 |
| 5 | Malaysia |
Fairuz Fauzy | 51 | +13.302 | 6 |
| 6 | Australia |
John Martin | 51 | +15.544 | 5 |
| 7 | Monaco |
Clivio Piccione | 51 | +16.236 | 4 |
| 8 | USA |
Marco Andretti | 51 | +16.690 | 3 |
| 9 | South Africa |
Adrian Zaugg | 51 | +18.030 | 2 |
| 10 | India |
Narain Karthikeyan | 51 | +18.579 | 1 |
| 11 | New Zealand |
Chris van der Drift | 51 | +19.675 | |
| 12 | China |
Ho-Pin Tung | 51 | +20.126 | |
| 13 | Lebanon |
Daniel Morad | 51 | +22.580 | |
| 14 | Indonesia |
Satrio Hermanto | 51 | +31.285 | |
| 15 | Mexico |
Davíd Garza Pérez | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | Netherlands |
Robert Doornbos | 50 | +1 lap | +1 |
| 17 | Korea |
Hwang Jin-Woo | 50 | +1 lap | |
| Ret | France |
Nicolas Prost | 37 | Spin | |
| Ret | Italy |
Edoardo Piscopo | 30 | Mechanical | |
| Ret | Brazil |
Felipe Guimarães | 13 | Mechanical |
Notes
- It was the 34th race weekend (68 starts).
- It was the 6th race in China, and the first at Chengdu Goldenport Circuit.
- It was the first race weekend as main driver for
Marco Andretti, Robert Doornbos, Nicolas Prost, Chris van der Drift and Danny Watts. - It was the first race weekend as rookie driver for
Zahir Ali, Christian Montanari and Dennis Retera. - Records:
- Adam Carroll, Danny Watts, and Ireland scored their first pole position.
- Filipe Albuquerque and Portugal scored their first victory.
- Adam Carroll and Ireland scored their first Sprint Race victory.
- Adam Carroll, Danny Watts, and
References
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- ↑ 2008/09, Chengdu, China, Rookies combined forix.com
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- ↑ 2008/09, Chengdu, China, Sprint: starting grid forix.com
- ↑ 2008/09, Chengdu, China, Feature: starting grid forix.com
External links
- Oh Danny boy! (Qualifying analysis)
- Ireland bounces back in Chengdu
- Sprint race: as it happened
- Sprint race results
- Portugal storms to first victory
- Feature race: as it happened
- Feature race results
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