2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands

The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 30, 2007 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.

2007-08 A1GP of Netherlands
Race Details
Race 1 of 10 in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season
Date	September 30, 2007
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
Sprint race
Qualifying
Pole	South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time	1'45.095
Podium
1st	South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
2nd	France (Loïc Duval)
3rd	Netherlands (J.Bleekemolen)
Fastest Lap
FL	South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time	1'28.353, (Lap 2)
Feature race
Qualifying
Pole	South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
Time	1'43.979
Podium
1st	Great Britain (Oliver Jarvis)
2nd	South Africa (Adrian Zaugg)
3rd	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Fastest Lap
FL	Mexico (Salvador Durán)
Time	1'29.181, (Lap 37)
Official Classifications
PDF Booklet

The sprint race was won by A1 Team South Africa, while the Great Britain car won the Feature Race. With South Africa getting second place in the Feature Race, they took the early lead in the championship.

Pre-race

Due to Zandvoort's noise restriction, Netherlands round wasn't able to conduct Friday sessions and so rookie session.^[1] Saturday morning was dedicated to practice sessions and Saturday afternoon to qualify sessions for each Sunday race.

Qualifications

Sprint race qualifications Pos Team Time Gap 1 South Africa 1'45.095 - 2 France 1'45.431 +0.336 3 Mexico 1'46.198 +1.103 4 Switzerland 1'46.728 +1.633 5 Netherlands 1'46.791 +1.696 6 Germany 1'47.056 +1.961 7 Ireland 1'47.343 +2.248 8 New Zealand 1'47.531 +2.436 9 Portugal 1'47.570 +2.475 10 Great Britain 1'47.748 +2.653 11 India 1'48.415 +3.320 12 Brazil 1'49.083 +3.988 13 Italy 1'49.099 +4.004 14 Czech Republic 1'49.444 +4.349 15 China 1'49.746 +4.651 16 Pakistan 1'50.352 +5.257 17 Australia 1'50.553 +5.458 18 Lebanon 1'50.716 +5.621 19 USA 1'52.479 +7.384 20 Malaysia 1'52.543 +7.448 21 Canada 1'52.789 +7.694 22 Indonesia 1'55.381 +10.286

Main race qualifications Pos Team Time Gap 1 South Africa 1'43.979 - 2 Germany 1'44.670 +0.691 3 Great Britain 1'45.143 +1.164 4 Switzerland 1'45.599 +1.620 5 France 1'45.691 +1.712 6 Ireland 1'45.752 +1.773 7 Czech Republic 1'45.772 +1.793 8 Mexico 1'45.797 +1.818 9 India 1'45.993 +2.014 10 New Zealand 1'46.169 +2.190 11 Netherlands 1'46.554 +2.575 12 Canada 1'46.739 +2.760 13 Brazil 1'47.562 +3.583 14 Italy 1'48.297 +4.318 15 China 1'48.331 +4.352 16 Australia 1'48.423 +4.444 17 Pakistan 1'48.819 +4.840 18 Lebanon 1'49.899 +5.920 19 USA 1'49.924 +5.945 20 Malaysia 1'49.978 +5.999 21 Indonesia 1'52.708 +8.729 22 Portugal no time

Sprint Race

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, September 30, 2007

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	12	18'01.087	1	15+1
2	France	Loïc Duval	12	+7.532	2	12
3	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	12	+8.097	5	10
4	Mexico	Salvador Durán	12	+8.205	3	8
5	Switzerland	Neel Jani	12	+8.581	4	6
6	Germany	Christian Vietoris	12	+10.344	6	5
7	Great Britain	Oliver Jarvis	12	+10.566	10	4
8	Ireland	Ralph Firman	12	+12.168	7	3
9	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	12	+13.934	8	2
10	India	Narain Karthikeyan	12	+18.516	11	1
11	Portugal	João Urbano	12	+24.967	9
12	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	12	+25.717	13
13	Brazil	Sérgio Jimenez	12	+26.044	12
14	Lebanon	Chris Alajajian	12	+34.547	18
15	Czech Republic	Erik Janis	12	+35.268	14
16	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	12	+35.895	20
17	China	Cong Fu Cheng	12	+36.298	15
18	Pakistan	Adam Langley-Khan	12	+36.510	16
19	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	12	+39.509	21
20	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	12	+47.932	22
21	Australia	Ian Dyk	12	+47.983	17
22	USA	Buddy Rice	12	+48.208	19

Main Race

The Main Race took place also on Sunday, September 30, 2007.

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Great Britain	Oliver Jarvis	45	1:09'51.394	3	15
2	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	45	+5.742	1	12
3	Switzerland	Neel Jani	45	+7.974	4	10
4	Mexico	Salvador Durán	45	+11.516	8	8+1
5	France	Loïc Duval	45	+25.789	5	6
6	Ireland	Ralph Firman	45	+33.697	6	5
7	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	45	+47.635	10	4
8	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	45	+49.270	11	3
9	Germany	Christian Vietoris	45	+49.876	2	2
10	Czech Republic	Erik Janis	45	+59.664	7	1
11	Brazil	Sérgio Jimenez	45	+1'00.078	13
12	Australia	Ian Dyk	45	+1'30.593	16
13	USA	Buddy Rice	45	+1'31.148	19
14	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	44	+1 Lap	14
15	China	Cong Fu Cheng	44	+1 Lap	15
16	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	44	+1 Lap	21
17	Pakistan	Adam Langley-Khan	43	+2 Laps	17
18	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	40	+5 Laps	12
19	Lebanon	Chris Alajajian	40	+5 Laps	18
Ret	India	Narain Karthikeyan	13	+32 Laps	9
Ret	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	8	+37 Laps	20
Ret	Portugal	João Urbano	2	+43 Laps	22

• Mexico won the Feature race fastest lap point with a lap time of 1'29.181 therefore giving them an extra point on top of their 4th-place finish points.

Notes

• It was the 23rd race weekend (46 starts)
• It was the 2nd race in the Circuit Park Zandvoort and the 2nd in Netherlands.
• It was the first race for Chris Alajajian,^[2] Satrio Hermanto,^[3] Erik Janiš,^[4] Sérgio Jimenez^[5] and Buddy Rice.^[6]
• It was the first race weekend for Chris Alajajian,^[2] Satrio Hermanto,^[3] Erik Janiš,^[4] Sérgio Jimenez^[5] and Buddy Rice.^[6]
• Records:
  • South Africa take 5 poles position.
  • A1 Team Lebanon participate on 23 races (46 starts) without won points since their first Grand Prix.
  • Alex Yoong participate on 22 races (42 starts).
  • Neel Jani won 156 points.
  • Erik Janiš became the 100th A1GP race driver.^[7]