A1 Team South Africa

A1 Team South Africa
Founded	2005
Seat holder(s)	Tokyo Sexwale
Team principal	-
Race driver(s)	Adrian Zaugg, Alan van der Merwe
Car nickname	Vulindlela
First race	2005-06 Great Britain
Rounds entered	33
Championships	0
Sprint race victories	2
Feature race victories	1
Pole positions	5
Fastest laps	3
Total points	143
2008-09 position	9th (3 pts)

A1 Team South Africa is the South African team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

Management[]

A1 Team South Africa's owner is Tokyo Sexwale. The Chief Executive Officer of the team is Dana Cooper and the technical and sporting manager is Mike Carroll. For the 2006–07 season South Africa have enlisted DAMS to run their car, the outfit which ran the French and Swiss teams to 1st and 2nd places in 2005–06.

History[]

2008–09 season[]

Driver: Adrian Zaugg

2007–08 season[]

Driver: Adrian Zaugg

Consistent scoring, two victories, and two podiums brought Team South Africa 5th place in the championship.

2006–07 season[]

Drivers: Stephen Simpson, , Adrian Zaugg

Team South Africa had mixed fortunes in 2006–07. A victory, a podium, and two high-placing results were offset by other bad results, and the team finished in 14th position.

2005–06 season[]

Drivers: Tomas Scheckter, Stephen Simpson

In the inaugural season, Team South Africa scored a podium en route to 17th place in the championship.

Drivers[]

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	BCN Competicion	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	20	17th
			Stephen Simpson	24	6					Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	3	Ret	5	Ret	11	Ret	18	11	Ret	11	14
			Tomas Scheckter			12	Ret	10	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	24	14th
			Adrian Zaugg	1	Ret			Ret	5	13	12							7	Ret	4	3			15	Ret
			Stephen Simpson			Ret	11
			Alan van der Merwe									3	Ret	7	6	16	Ret					8	12
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			96	5th
			Adrian Zaugg	1	2	4	16	10	Ret	Ret	3	4	7	7	1	13	7	Ret	6	7	16	7	11
2008-09	DAMS	Ferrari, Ferrari, Michelin		NED		CHN		MYS		NZL		RSA		POR		GBR										19	14th
				spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea
			Adrian Zaugg	6	Ret	5	9	9	5	10	9	7	Ret	17	Ret
			Alan van der Merwe													15	11

External links[]

• A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site
• Official A1 Team South Africa web site
• Stephen Simpson