2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia
2008–09 A1GP of Malaysia | |
Race Details | |
Race 3 of 7 in the 2008–09 A1GP season. | |
Date | November 23, 2008 |
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Location | Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia |
Weather | Dry |
Sprint race | |
Qualifying | |
Pole | Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
Time | 1'47.154 |
Podium | |
1st | Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
2nd | France (Loïc Duval) |
3rd | New Zealand (Earl Bamber) |
Fastest Lap | |
FL | Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
Time | 1'48.550, (Lap 8) |
Feature race | |
Qualifying | |
Pole | Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
Time | 1'47.124 |
Podium | |
1st | Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
2nd | Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque) |
3rd | USA (Marco Andretti) |
Fastest Lap | |
FL | Ireland (Adam Carroll) |
Time | 1'48.563, (Lap 25) |
Official Classifications | |
PDF Booklet |
The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia was an A1 Grand Prix race to held at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia.
Contents
Pre-race
Because Great Britain, India and Mexico had only joined the season at the Chinese round, they were permitted to take part in a special practice session on November 20.[1] In the wet conditions, Narain Karthikeyan was the fastest driver just in front of Danny Watts. Davíd Garza Pérez was 3 seconds slowest.
Drivers
Qualifying
The qualifying sessions were the first to utilise the new "joker" Qualifying lap rule – where the driver has PowerBoost available for use over an entire qualifying lap, to be used in any session at the team's discretion.[8]
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- (1) : Australia received a two-place grid penalty for the Sprint race for using a non-approved part in practice.[11]
Sprint Race
Following a major crash at the first start, involving USA, Brazil and India, and the pack slowed down after it seemed to have accelerated off, the race was delayed 30 minutes for track cleanup, and reduced to 11 laps.
This Sprint Race was the first this season to utilise the new Sprint Race pit-stop rule, the windows always set for Laps 4–8.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 11 | 22'41.567 | 10 +1 |
2 | France | Loïc Duval | 11 | +9.912 | 8 |
3 | New Zealand | Earl Bamber | 11 | +11.813 | 6 |
4 | Portugal | Filipe Albuquerque | 11 | +12.453 | 5 |
5 | Ireland | Adam Carroll | 11 | +13.205 | 4 |
6 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 11 | +15.399 | 3 |
7 | Italy | Edoardo Piscopo | 11 | +19.947 | 2 |
8 | Australia | John Martin | 11 | +21.437 | 1 |
9 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 11 | +27.674 | |
10 | China | Ho-Pin Tung | 11 | +29.492 | |
11 | Lebanon | Daniel Morad | 11 | +32.049 | |
12 | Monaco | Clivio Piccione | 11 | +32.406 | |
13 | Indonesia | Satrio Hermanto | 11 | +38.959 | |
14 | Mexico | Davíd Garza Pérez | 11 | +55.055 | |
15 | Malaysia | Fairuz Fauzy | 10 | +1 lap | |
Ret | Great Britain | Danny Watts | 4 | Gearbox | |
Ret | Brazil | Felipe Guimarães | 0 | Accident | |
Ret | India | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 | Accident | |
Ret | USA | Marco Andretti | 0 | Accident | |
DNS | Korea | Hwang Jin-Woo | – | Did Not Start |
Race red-flagged after the start because of accident.
Feature Race
The second pit stop window was set for Laps 20–28. Switzerland were sent to the back of the grid for having a brake cooler in too long before the start, and a pit crew violation during the Sprint Race pit-stop.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Ireland | Adam Carroll | 34 | 1:05'52.205 | 15 +1 |
2 | Portugal | Filipe Albuquerque | 34 | +15.996 | 12 |
3 | USA | Marco Andretti | 34 | +47.637 | 10 |
4 | Australia | John Martin | 34 | +51.679 | 8 |
5 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 34 | +52.106 | 6 |
6 | New Zealand | Earl Bamber | 34 | +54.354 | 5 |
7 | Brazil | Felipe Guimarães | 34 | +57.369 | 4 |
8 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 34 | +57.490 | 3 |
9 | China | Ho-Pin Tung | 34 | +59.158 | 2 |
10 | Malaysia | Fairuz Fauzy | 34 | +1'03.888 | 1 |
11 | Italy | Edoardo Piscopo | 34 | +1'06.145 | |
12 | Lebanon | Daniel Morad | 34 | +1'14.990 | |
13 | Indonesia | Satrio Hermanto | 34 | +1'15.761 | |
14 | France | Loïc Duval | 34 | +1'16.463 | |
15 | Mexico | Davíd Garza Pérez | 34 | +1'30.001 | |
16 | Great Britain | Danny Watts | 28 | +6 laps | |
Ret | Monaco | Clivio Piccione | 2 | Mechanical | |
Ret | India | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 | Collision | |
Ret | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 0 | Collision | |
DNS | Korea | Hwang Jin-Woo | – | Did Not Start |
Notes
- It was the 35th race weekend (70 starts).
- It was the 4th race in Malaysia, and the 4th at Sepang International Circuit.
- It was the first race weekend as rookie driver for Stefano Coletti, J. R. Hildebrand, Armando Parente and Ashley Walsh.
- Records
- Switzerland scored their 9th pole position as Neel Jani.
- Neel Jani scored their 7th fastest lap.
References
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External links
- Switzerland's Sepang Sprint
- Sprint race: as it happened
- Sprint race results
- Feature Glory for Ireland
- Feature race results
Previous race 2008–09, China |
A1 Grand Prix 2008–09 season |
Next race 2008–09, New Zealand |
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