A1 Team Pakistan

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A1 Team Pakistan
Flag of Pakistan.svg
Founded2005
Seat holder(s) Adam Khan
Team principalArif Hussain
Race driver(s) Nur Ali
Adam Khan
Enrico Toccacelo
First race 2005–06 Great Britain
Rounds entered29
Championships0
Sprint race victories0
Feature race victories0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
Total points12

A1 Team Pakistan was the representative team of Pakistan in the former A1 Grand Prix motor racing series.

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History

2005–06 season

A1 Team Pakistan was launched in front of the Lahore Fort. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf was a guest at the event, hosted by A1 Team Pakistan Chairman Arif Hussain and its managing director, Chaudry Salik Hussain. The team was to be run by Super Nova Racing.

Nur Ali was the first driver to be named in A1GP, but was replaced before the first round with British-born driver Adam Khan.

In the first race at Brands Hatch, Adam Khan qualified in 7th place and finished the sprint race in 8th. The team had problems in the pit stop in the feature race and resulted in Khan finishing 13th. Following this, the team failed to score a point until the final race in China where Khan finished fifth. The team missed three rounds after Khan was injured in a practice crash in South Africa, although Enrico Toccacelo was drafted in as a non-scoring substitute driver for said weekend. Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of 10 points.

2006–07 season

Khan left the team, and Nur Ali was recalled to race in season two. Swedish outfit Performance Racing took over the running of the team from Super Nova. Ali contested the full season, qualified last at every round (bar Beijing where qualifying was cancelled) and scored the teams' only point as the last classified finisher in the South African feature race.

2007–08 season

A1 Team Pakistan and their seat holder Adam Khan during a pit stop in 2007. A1gp pakistan von oben.JPG
A1 Team Pakistan and their seat holder Adam Khan during a pit stop in 2007.

Khan returned to the squad for season three. Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.

2008–09 season

On 10 September 2008, Khan was announced as both the driver and team seat holder for the 2008–09 season. Team Craft took over the running of the team. The team failed to appear at any events that season, initially due to problems with Khan fitting in the new chassis and later due to date-clashes with Khan's duties as demonstration driver for the Renault F1 Team. [1] [2]

Drivers

NameSeasonsRaces
(Starts)
A1GP TitleWinsSprint
wins
Main
wins
2nd3rdPolesFastest
Laps
Points
Flag of Pakistan.svg Nur Ali 2006–07 11 (22)1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Adam Khan 2005–06, 2007–08 17 (34)11
Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Toccacelo 1 2005–06 1 (2)0

1 Italian driver Enrico Toccacelo from A1 Team Italy, drove the Team Pakistan car in the 2005–06 South African race, after Adam Khan was injured during the practice sessions. Adnan Sarwar Pakistan's first ever local Formula racing driver was also nominated to race for the team but did not carry on with it.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

YearRacing
team
Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres
Drivers12345678910111213141516171819202122PointsRank
2005-06 Super Nova Racing 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 1020th
Adam Khan 7RetRet12Ret15121113Ret16Ret125
Enrico Toccacelo 11Ret
2006-07 Performance Racing 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 122nd
Nur Ali 20Ret20Ret21Ret18212015181820Ret181015212018Ret17
2007-08 Performance Racing / CMS (1) Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea MYS spr MYS fea CHN spr CHN 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 120th
Adam Khan 18171520171414141011Ret1212RetRet18161718Ret

References

  1. "Khan to lead and race for Pakistan". a1gp.com. 2008-09-10. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  2. http://www.indiacar.net/news/n70229.htm%5B‍%5D