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2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia

The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia.

Pre-race

Because Great Britain, India and Mexico had only joined the season at the Chinese round, they were permitted to take part in a special practice session on November 20. In the wet conditions, Narain Karthikeyan was the fastest driver just in front of Danny Watts. Davíd Garza Pérez was the slowest with 3 seconds.

Drivers

TeamMain DriverRookie DriverReserve Driver
AUS AustraliaJohn MartinAshley Walsh
BRA BrazilFelipe GuimarãesFelipe Guimarães
CAN CanadaDid not participate
CHN ChinaHo-Pin TungCongfu Cheng
FRA FranceLoïc DuvalNicolas Prost
GER GermanyDid not participate
GBR Great Britainurl=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42506title=OFFICIAL PREVIEW: Sepangdate=2008-11-17publisher=a1gp.comaccessdate=2008-11-17}}Danny WattsJames Winslow
IND IndiaNarain KarthikeyanArmaan Ebrahim
IDN IndonesiaSatrio HermantoZahir Ali
IRE IrelandAdam CarrollNiall Quinn
ITA ItalyEdoardo PiscopoStefano Coletti
KOR KoreaHwang Jin-WooHwang Jin-Woo
LIB LebanonDaniel MoradDaniel MoradJimmy Auby
MYS Malaysiaurl=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42484title=Fauzy confirmed for home racedate=2008-11-13publisher=a1gp.comaccessdate=2008-11-13}}Aaron Lim
MEX MexicoDavíd Garza Pérez
MON MonacoClivio Piccione
NLD The NetherlandsJeroen BleekemolenDennis Retera
NZL New ZealandEarl BamberEarl BamberChris van der Drift
PAK PakistanDid not participate
POR PortugalFilipe AlbuquerqueArmando Parente
RSA South AfricaAdrian ZauggGavin Cronje
SUI SwitzerlandNeel JaniAlexandre Imperatori
USA USAMarco AndrettiJ. R. Hildebrand

Qualifying

The qualifying sessions were the first to utilise the new "joker" Qualifying lap rule – where the driver has PowerBoost available for use over an entire qualifying lap, to be used in any session at the team's discretion.

Sprint race qualifyingPosTeamTimeGap1234567891011121314151617181920
SUI Switzerland1'47.154–
FRA France1'47.747+0.593
NZL New Zealand1'47.779+0.625
POR Portugal1'48.930+1.776
ITA Italy1'49.007+1.853
UK Great Britain1'49.076+1.922
IRE Ireland1'49.197+2.043
MEX Mexico1'49.293+2.139
NLD Netherlands1'49.323+2.169
IND India1'49.350+2.196
RSA South Africa1'49.528+2.374
US USA1'49.650+2.496
MYS Malaysia1'49.753+2.599
BRA Brazil1'50.085+2.931
MON Monaco1'50.171+3.017
AUS Australia (1)1'49.998+2.844
CHN China1'50.274+3.120
LIB Lebanon1'50.382+3.228
IDN Indonesia1'51.423+4.269
KOR Koreano time–

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Feature race qualifyingPosTeamTimeGap1234567891011121314151617181920
IRE Ireland1'47.124–
UK Great Britain1'47.340+0.216
LIB Lebanon1'47.645+0.521
MYS Malaysia1'47.648+0.524
POR Portugal1'47.680+0.556
NLD Netherlands1'47.825+0.701
IND India1'47.848+0.724
US USA1'47.866+0.742
FRA France1'47.993+0.869
CHN China1'48.126+1.002
MON Monaco1'48.242+1.118
BRA Brazil1'48.323+1.199
AUS Australia1'48.586+1.462
IDN Indonesia1'48.839+1.715
NZL New Zealand1'48.866+1.742
SUI Switzerland1'48.980+1.856
RSA South Africa1'49.061+1.937
MEX Mexico1'49.537+2.413
ITA Italy1'49.885+2.761
KOR Koreano time–

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  • (1) : Australia received a two-place grid penalty for the Sprint race for using a non-approved part in practice.

Sprint Race

Following a major crash at the first start, involving USA USA, BRA Brazil and IND India, and the pack slowed down after it seemed to have accelerated off, the race was delayed 30 minutes for track cleanup, and reduced to 11 laps.

This Sprint Race was the first this season to utilise the new Sprint Race pit-stop rule, the windows always set for Laps 4–8.

PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints123456789101112131415RetRetRetRetDNS
SUI SwitzerlandNeel Jani1122'41.56710 +1
FRA FranceLoïc Duval11+9.9128
NZL New ZealandEarl Bamber11+11.8136
POR PortugalFilipe Albuquerque11+12.4535
IRL IrelandAdam Carroll11+13.2054
NLD NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen11+15.3993
ITA ItalyEdoardo Piscopo11+19.9472
AUS AustraliaJohn Martin11+21.4371
RSA South AfricaAdrian Zaugg11+27.674
CHN ChinaHo-Pin Tung11+29.492
LIB LebanonDaniel Morad11+32.049
MON MonacoClivio Piccione11+32.406
IDN IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto11+38.959
MEX MexicoDavíd Garza Pérez11+55.055
MYS MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy10+1 lap
GBR Great BritainDanny Watts4Gearbox
BRA BrazilFelipe Guimarães0Accident
IND IndiaNarain Karthikeyan0Accident
USA USAMarco Andretti0Accident
KOR KoreaHwang Jin-Woo–Did not start

Race red-flagged after the start because of accident.

Feature Race

The second pit stop window was set for Laps 20–28. SUI Switzerland were sent to the back of the grid for having a brake cooler in too long before the start, and a pit crew violation during the Sprint Race pit-stop.

PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints12345678910111213141516RetRetRetDNS
IRL IrelandAdam Carroll341:05'52.20515 +1
POR PortugalFilipe Albuquerque34+15.99612
USA USAMarco Andretti34+47.63710
AUS AustraliaJohn Martin34+51.6798
RSA South AfricaAdrian Zaugg34+52.1066
NZL New ZealandEarl Bamber34+54.3545
BRA BrazilFelipe Guimarães34+57.3694
NLD NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen34+57.4903
CHN ChinaHo-Pin Tung34+59.1582
MYS MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy34+1'03.8881
ITA ItalyEdoardo Piscopo34+1'06.145
LIB LebanonDaniel Morad34+1'14.990
IDN IndonesiaSatrio Hermanto34+1'15.761
FRA FranceLoïc Duval34+1'16.463
MEX MexicoDavíd Garza Pérez34+1'30.001
GBR Great BritainDanny Watts28+6 laps
MON MonacoClivio Piccione2Mechanical
IND IndiaNarain Karthikeyan0Collision
SUI SwitzerlandNeel Jani0Collision
KOR KoreaHwang Jin-Woo–Did not start

Notes

  • It was the 35th race weekend (70 starts).
  • It was the 4th race in Malaysia, and the 4th at Sepang International Circuit.
  • It was the first race weekend as rookie driver for ITA Stefano Coletti, USA J. R. Hildebrand, POR Armando Parente and AUS Ashley Walsh.
  • Records
    • SUI Switzerland scored their 9th pole position as Neel Jani.
    • SUI Neel Jani scored their 7th fastest lap.

References

References

  1. (2008-11-20). "Trio get extra Sepang testing". a1gp.com.
  2. (2008-11-21). "2008/09, Sepang, Malaysia, Rookies combined". a1gp.com.
  3. (2008-11-12). "Australia names new rookie". a1gp.com.
  4. (2008-11-17). "OFFICIAL PREVIEW: Sepang". a1gp.com.
  5. (2008-11-13). "Fauzy confirmed for home race". a1gp.com.
  6. (2008-11-17). "Bamber back in Black Beauty". a1gp.com.
  7. [https://infordesporto.sapo.pt/Informacao/Modalidades/DesportosMotorizados/noticiadespmotorizados_auta1gpteamjunior_201108_566719.asp]{{dead link. (September 2016)
  8. (2008-11-21). "Teams to get joker qualifying lap". a1gp.com.
  9. (2008-11-22). "2008/09, Sepang, Malaysia, Sprint: starting grid". a1gp.com.
  10. (2008-11-22). "2008/09, Sepang, Malaysia, Feature: starting grid". a1gp.com.
  11. (2008-11-22). "GRID: Sprint race". a1gp.com.
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