| A1 Team Switzerland | |
|---|---|
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| 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.
A1 Team Switzerland is owned by Max Welti.
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.
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 |
(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 | |||||||||||||
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