A1 Team France
France
Founded2005
Seat holder(s)Jean-Paul Driot
Team principal-
Race driver(s)Loïc Duval
Nicolas Prost
Car nicknamen/a
First race2005-06 Great Britain
Rounds entered39 (78 races)
Championships1
Sprint race victories8
Feature race victories7
Pole positions6
Fastest laps11
Total points404
2008-09 position5th (48 pts)

A1 Team France was the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.

Management

A1 Team France's owner was Jean-Paul Driot. The team was previously managed by Driot's racing team Driot Associates Motor Sport (DAMS) since the series debut, but has switched to Connor Racing for the 2008–09 season.[1]

History

2008–09 season

Driver: Loïc Duval

2007–08 season

Drivers: Jonathan Cochet, Loïc Duval, Nicolas Lapierre, Franck Montagny

Team France remained competitive during 2007–08, with a win and six podiums leaving them in 4th position overall.

2006–07 season

Drivers: Loïc Duval, Nicolas Lapierre, Jean Karl Vernay

Team France fell from grace in 2006–07, however still managed to score seven podiums to finish 4th in the championship.

2005–06 season

Drivers: Nicolas Lapierre, Alexandre Premat

Team France were the dominant force during the inaugural season, winning thirteen of the 22 rounds, and becoming runaway champions.

Drivers

Name Seasons Races
(Starts) 		A1GP Title Wins Sprint
wins 		Main
wins 		2nd 3rd Poles Fastest
Laps 		Points
Jonathan Cochet 2007-08 1 (2) 0
Loïc Duval 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 13 (26) 2 1 1 8 4 2 2 167
Nicolas Lapierre 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 11 (22) 1 6 3 3 1 4 2 2 117
Franck Montagny 2007-08 2 (4) 10
Alexandre Premat 2005-06 6 (12) 1 7 4 3 1 2 3 94
Nicolas Prost 2008-09 4 (8) 7
Jean Karl Vernay 2006-07 2 (4) 4

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

Year Racing
team 		Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres 		Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points Rank
2005-06 DAMS Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon 		GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea PRT spr PRT fea AUS spr AUS fea MYS spr MYS fea ARE spr ARE fea ZAF spr ZAF fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea 172 1st
Alexandre Premat 2 (DNS) 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 7 6
Nicolas Lapierre 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 8 2 Ret
2006-07 DAMS Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon 		NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea BEI spr BEI fea MYS spr MYS fea IDN spr IDN fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 67 4th
Nicolas Lapierre 3 Ret 3 Ret 17 4 6 3 7 3
Loïc Duval 2 2 3 9 2 Ret 4 7
Jean Karl Vernay Ret 20 Ret 8
2007-08 DAMS Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon 		NED spr NED fea CZE spr CZE fea MYS spr MYS fea ZHU spr ZHU fea NZ spr NZ fea AUS spr AUS fea ZAF spr ZAF fea MEX spr MEX fea SHA spr SHA fea GBR spr GBR fea 118 4th
Loïc Duval 2 5 2 2 8 7 3 3 1 Ret 11 2
Nicolas Lapierre 6 5
Jonathan Cochet 12 13
Franck Montagny 12 8 10 5
2008-09 DAMS Ferrari,
Ferrari,
Michelin 		NLD CHN MYS NZL RSA POR GBR 47 5th
spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea
Loïc Duval 3 1 2 14 4 6
Nicolas Prost 8 Ret 10 Ret 13 6 9 10

References

  1. ^ A1GP Media Guide 08-09[permanent dead link]

External links

Sporting positions Preceded byNew series A1 Grand Prix Champion 2005-06 Succeeded byGermany
A1 Grand Prix teams
National sports teams of France
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