2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia
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Race Details | |
Race 3 of 7 in the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season | |
Date | November 23, 2008 |
Location | Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia |
Weather | Dry |
Sprint race | |
Qualifying | |
Pole | ![]() |
Time | 1'47.154 |
Podium | |
1st | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() |
Fastest Lap | |
FL | ![]() |
Time | 1'48.550, (Lap 8) |
Feature race | |
Qualifying | |
Pole | ![]() |
Time | 1'47.124 |
Podium | |
1st | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() |
Fastest Lap | |
FL | ![]() |
Time | 1'48.563, (Lap 25) |
Official Classifications | |
PDF Booklet |
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.[1] 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
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.[8]
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- (1) : Australia received a two-place grid penalty for the Sprint race for using a non-approved part in practice.[11]
Sprint Race
Following a major crash at the first start, involving USA,
Brazil and
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.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
Neel Jani | 11 | 22'41.567 | 10 +1 |
2 | ![]() |
Loïc Duval | 11 | +9.912 | 8 |
3 | ![]() |
Earl Bamber | 11 | +11.813 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
Filipe Albuquerque | 11 | +12.453 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
Adam Carroll | 11 | +13.205 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 11 | +15.399 | 3 |
7 | ![]() |
Edoardo Piscopo | 11 | +19.947 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
John Martin | 11 | +21.437 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
Adrian Zaugg | 11 | +27.674 | |
10 | ![]() |
Ho-Pin Tung | 11 | +29.492 | |
11 | ![]() |
Daniel Morad | 11 | +32.049 | |
12 | ![]() |
Clivio Piccione | 11 | +32.406 | |
13 | ![]() |
Satrio Hermanto | 11 | +38.959 | |
14 | ![]() |
Davíd Garza Pérez | 11 | +55.055 | |
15 | ![]() |
Fairuz Fauzy | 10 | +1 lap | |
Ret | ![]() |
Danny Watts | 4 | Gearbox | |
Ret | ![]() |
Felipe Guimarães | 0 | Accident | |
Ret | ![]() |
Narain Karthikeyan | 0 | Accident | |
Ret | ![]() |
Marco Andretti | 0 | Accident | |
DNS | ![]() |
Hwang 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. 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.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
Adam Carroll | 34 | 1:05'52.205 | 15 +1 |
2 | ![]() |
Filipe Albuquerque | 34 | +15.996 | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
Marco Andretti | 34 | +47.637 | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
John Martin | 34 | +51.679 | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Adrian Zaugg | 34 | +52.106 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
Earl Bamber | 34 | +54.354 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Felipe Guimarães | 34 | +57.369 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 34 | +57.490 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Ho-Pin Tung | 34 | +59.158 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
Fairuz Fauzy | 34 | +1'03.888 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
Edoardo Piscopo | 34 | +1'06.145 | |
12 | ![]() |
Daniel Morad | 34 | +1'14.990 | |
13 | ![]() |
Satrio Hermanto | 34 | +1'15.761 | |
14 | ![]() |
Loïc Duval | 34 | +1'16.463 | |
15 | ![]() |
Davíd Garza Pérez | 34 | +1'30.001 | |
16 | ![]() |
Danny Watts | 28 | +6 laps | |
Ret | ![]() |
Clivio Piccione | 2 | Mechanical | |
Ret | ![]() |
Narain Karthikeyan | 0 | Collision | |
Ret | ![]() |
Neel Jani | 0 | Collision | |
DNS | ![]() |
Hwang 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
Stefano Coletti,
J. R. Hildebrand,
Armando Parente and
Ashley Walsh.
- Records
Switzerland scored their 9th pole position as Neel Jani.
Neel Jani scored their 7th fastest lap.
References
- ^ "Trio get extra Sepang testing". a1gp.com. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ "2008/09, Sepang, Malaysia, Rookies combined". a1gp.com. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Australia names new rookie". a1gp.com. 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "OFFICIAL PREVIEW: Sepang". a1gp.com. 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ a b "Fauzy confirmed for home race". a1gp.com. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Bamber back in Black Beauty". a1gp.com. 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link] sapo.pt
- ^ "Teams to get joker qualifying lap". a1gp.com. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2008/09, Sepang, Malaysia, Sprint: starting grid". a1gp.com. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "2008/09, Sepang, Malaysia, Feature: starting grid". a1gp.com. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "GRID: Sprint race". a1gp.com. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
External links
- Switzerland's Sepang Sprint
- Sprint race: as it happened
- Sprint race results
- Feature Glory for Ireland
- Feature race results
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