A1 Team Great Britain

A1GP team
team_name = A1 Team Great Britain
flag_name = the United Kingdom
country = Great Britain
founded = 2005
seat_holder = Tony Clements
chairman = John Surtees
drivers = TBA
first_race = 2005-06 Great Britain
events = 32
championships = 0
main_wins = 3
sprint_wins = 2
poles = 4
fastest_laps = 4
total_points = 315
current_season = 2008-09
current_position =
current_points = 0

A1 Team Great Britain is the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

Management

A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car was unveiled to the public in September 2005, displaying a distinctive blue, red and white livery to reflect the colours of the flag of the United Kingdom, rather than Britain's traditional racing green colour.

British financier Tony Clements is the national seat holder, and will run the corporate arm of the team. Former Formula One and 500cc Motorcycle World Champion John Surtees was the team principal for the first 2 seasons of A1GP, working with the organisational structure, technical development, recruitment and race operations for the team. He quit his role before season 3 and was replaced by Katie Clements. The Arden International racing organisation was responsible for race operations of the team for the first season. However, for season 2 Surtees assembled a bespoke race team to handle the race operations of A1 Team Great Britain. That team is still in place in the 3rd season of A1GP.

History

= 2008-09 season =

"Drivers: TBA"

= 2007-08 season =

"Drivers: Oliver Jarvis, Robbie Kerr"

For the third season running, Team Great Britain finished 3rd in the championship, with two victories and five podiums, including another near-perfect weekend at Brands Hatch.

= 2006-07 season =

"Drivers: Oliver Jarvis, Robbie Kerr, Darren Manning"

Again, Team Great Britain finished third in the overall championship, but accumulated three race victories as well as seven podiums, including a near-perfect weekend in their home race.

2005-06 season

"Drivers: Robbie Kerr, Darren Manning"

A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car was unveiled to the public in September 2005, displaying a distinctive blue, red and white livery to reflect the colours of the flag of the United Kingdom, rather than Britain's traditional racing green colour.

Team Great Britain were the first team in the series to offer a testing role to a woman driver. Katherine Legge (who had previously tested a Formula 1 car for the now-defunct Minardi team), tested at the Dubai Autodrome during the United Arab Emirates race weekend.

The team finished 3rd in the championship, amassing eight podiums.

Drivers

Complete A1 Grand Prix Results

(), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race. Results in bold indicate pole position, and results in "italics" inidicate fastest lap.