A1 Team Switzerland
A1 Team Switzerland is 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.
Management
A1 Team Switzerland is owned by Max Welti.History
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.
Drivers
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. Natacha Gachnang drove in the rookie sessions in the 2007-08 Czech round, on October 12, 2007; and Rahel Frey in the 2007-08 Malaysian rookie sessions, on November 23, 2007.
Name | Seasons | Rounds | Titles | Wins | Sprint wins | Feature wins | 2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps | Points |
Sébastien Buemi | 2006-07 | 6 | 31 | ||||||||
Neel Jani | 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 407 |
Marcel Fässler | 2006-07 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Giorgio Mondini | 2005-06 | 2 | 0 |