A1 Team Italy

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A1 Team Italy
Flag of Italy.svg
Founded2005
Seat holder(s) Piercarlo Ghinzani
Team principal-
Race driver(s) Edoardo Piscopo
Fabio Onidi
First race 2005-06 Great Britain
Rounds entered38 (76 races)
Championships0
Sprint race victories0
Feature race victories1
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
Total points127
2008-09 position12th (2 pts)

A1 Team Italy was the Italian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

Contents

Management

A1 Team Italy owner was Piercarlo Ghinzani.

History

2008–09 season

Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Fabio Onidi

For the 2008–09 season, Edoardo Piscopo will be returning to drive for the team, and will be joined by Fabio Onidi, a Euroseries 3000 racer. The traditional dark blue livery of the car has also been changed to a red, white and green livery. [1]

2007–08 season

Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Enrico Toccacelo

Team Italy scored on just five occasions, finishing 18th in the championship with 12 points.

2006–07 season

Drivers: Alessandro Pier Guidi, Enrico Toccacelo

The season was moderately successful for the team, with three podiums and a victory, scoring 52 points, and finishing 7th in the championship.

2005–06 season

Drivers: Massimiliano Busnelli, Max Papis, Enrico Toccacelo

In the inaugural season, Team Italy scored two podiums en route to 14th place in the championship with 46 points.

Drivers

NameSeasonsRaces
(Starts)
A1GP TitleWinsSprint
wins
Main
wins
2nd3rdPolesFastest
Laps
Points
Massimiliano Busnelli 2005-06 2 (4)0
Alessandro Pier Guidi 2006-07 2 (4)5
Max Papis 2005-06 1 (2)4
Fabio Onidi 2008-09 1 (2)2
Edoardo Piscopo 2007-08, 2008-09 7 (14)8
Enrico Toccacelo 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 21 (42)111426

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

YearRacing
team
Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres
Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122PointsRank
2005-06 Team Ghinzani Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon
GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea PRT spr PRT fea AUS spr AUS fea MYS spr MYS fea ARE spr ARE fea ZAF spr ZAF fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea 4614th
Enrico Toccacelo 16Ret17Ret11710Ret17421135169
Massimiliano Busnelli Ret614Ret
Max Papis 197
2006-07 Team Ghinzani Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea BEI spr BEI fea MYS spr MYS fea IDN spr IDN fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 527th
Alessandro Pier Guidi Ret61420
Enrico Toccacelo 31Ret1311498151212Ret7410733
2007-08 Team Ghinzani Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea MYS spr MYS fea ZHU spr ZHU fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 1218th
Enrico Toccacelo 121414108Ret
Edoardo Piscopo 11Ret12Ret131414811Ret812179
2008-09 Team Ghinzani Ferrari,
Ferrari,
Michelin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Flag of Malaysia.svg MYS Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL Flag of South Africa.svg RSA Flag of Portugal.svg POR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR 1716th
sprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfea
Fabio Onidi 7Ret
Edoardo Piscopo 17Ret711781110
Vitantonio Liuzzi 4Ret109

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References

  1. "Italy launches new car". a1gp.com. 2008-10-02. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-02.

"A1GP Results". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2007.