A1 Team Switzerland

A1 Team Switzerland
A1 Team Switzerland
Founded	2005
Seat holder(s)	Max Welti
Team principal	-
Race driver(s)	Neel Jani
Car nickname	-
First race	2005-06 Great Britain
Rounds entered	39 (78 starts)
Championships	1
Sprint race victories	5
Feature race victories	5
Pole positions	10
Fastest laps	8
Total points	438
2008-09 position	2nd (95 pts)

A1 Team Switzerland was the Swiss team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the third season, 2007-08.

Management edit

A1 Team Switzerland is owned by Max Welti.

History edit

In the inaugural season, Team Switzerland were "best of the rest", with a victory and ten podiums, finishing 2nd in the championship.

Team Switzerland lost their competitive edge in 2006-07, with only a single race victory, and finishing 8th in the championship.

After a spectacular 2007–08 season, Neel Jani single-handedly clinched the championship for Team Switzerland, with four victories and seven podiums.

In 2008–09, after having scored 4 wins and 3 other podium finishes, Neel Jani scored a total of 95 points for Team Switzerland. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the championship, 17 points behind the champions, Team Ireland, and just 3 points ahead of Team Portugal.

Drivers edit

Rahel Frey and Natacha Gachnang were the two first females to drive an A1 Grand Prix car during a race weekend.

They first drove as test drivers during a test session at Silverstone.^[1] Natacha Gachnang drove in the rookie sessions in the 2007-08 Czech round, on October 12, 2007;^[2] and Rahel Frey in the 2007-08 Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007.^[3]

Name	Seasons	Rounds (Starts)	Titles	Wins	Sprint wins	Feature wins	2nd	3rd	Poles	Fastest Laps	Points
Sébastien Buemi	2006-07	6 (12 starts)									31
Neel Jani	2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09	30 (60 starts)	1	10	5	5	9	11	10	8	407^{[* 1]}
Marcel Fässler	2006-07	1 (2 starts)									0
Giorgio Mondini	2005-06	2 (4 starts)									0

^ This includes the 4 points scored during the 2008–09 Dutch Grand Prix, where the team scored its worst result of the 2008–09 season and the points of which were therefore later deducted.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results edit

(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.

Year	Racing team	Chassis, Engine, Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Points	Rank
2005–06	DAMS	Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon		GBR		GER		POR		AUS		MYS		UAE		RSA		INA		MEX		USA		CHN		121	2nd
				spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea
			Neel Jani	9	Ret	2	5	3	2	6	3	2	2	1	Ret	3	2	5	5	2	3
			Giorgio Mondini																			16	13	Ret	Ret

2006–07	Max Motorsport	Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon		NED		CZE		BEI		MYS		INA		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		SHA		GBR		50	8th
				spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea
			Sébastien Buemi	10	8	8	10							5	4	4	7					4	9	Ret	DSQ
			Neel Jani					9	Ret	1	4	10	8					5	4
			Marcel Fässler																	10	14

2007–08	Max Motorsport	Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon		NED		CZE		MYS		ZHU		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		SHA		GBR				168	1st
				spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea
			Neel Jani	5	3	8	3	1	1	2	6	Ret	13	10	2	3	1	3	19	1	5	4	3

2008–09	Boer Racing Services	Ferrari, Ferrari, Michelin		NED		CHN		MYS		NZL		RSA		POR		GBR										95	2nd
				spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea
			Neel Jani	5	Ret	4	4	1	Ret	2	1	3	1	15	1	8	3