A1 Team South Africa was the South African team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
Management
A1 Team South Africa's owner was Tokyo Sexwale. The Chief Executive Officer of the team was Dana Cooper and the technical and sporting manager was 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
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.
2006–07 season
Drivers: Stephen Simpson, Alan van der Merwe, 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.
2007–08 season
Driver: Adrian Zaugg
Consistent scoring, two victories and two podiums brought Team South Africa to 5th place in the championship.
2008–09 season
Drivers: Adrian Zaugg, Alan van der Merwe
Drivers
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! Name
! Seasons
!width="5%"| Races<br>(Starts)
!width="5%"| A1GP Title
!width="5%"| Wins
!width="5%"| Sprint<br>wins
!width="5%"| Main<br>wins
!width="5%"| 2nd
!width="5%"| 3rd
!width="5%"| Poles
!width="5%"| Fastest<br>Laps
!width="5%"| Points
|-
|Tomas Scheckter
|2005-06
|2 (4)
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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
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|1
|-
|Stephen Simpson
|2005-06, 2006-07
|10 (20)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|1
|0
|
|19
|-
|Alan van der Merwe
|2006-07, 2008-09
|8 (10)
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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
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|0
|-
|Adrian Zaugg
|2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
|17 (34)
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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|3
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|2
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|1
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|1
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|2
|5
|3
|123
|}
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
|-
! Year
!width="4%"| Racing<br>team
!width="4%"| Chassis,<br>Engine,<br>Tyres
! Drivers
!width="2%"|1
!width="2%"|2
!width="2%"|3
!width="2%"|4
!width="2%"|5
!width="2%"|6
!width="2%"|7
!width="2%"|8
!width="2%"|9
!width="2%"|10
!width="2%"|11
!width="2%"|12
!width="2%"|13
!width="2%"|14
!width="2%"|15
!width="2%"|16
!width="2%"|17
!width="2%"|18
!width="2%"|19
!width="2%"|20
!width="2%"|21
!width="2%"|22
! Points
! Rank
|-
!rowspan=3|2005-06
|rowspan=3|BCN Competicion
|rowspan=3|Lola,<br>Zytek,<br>Cooper Avon
|
|GBR spr
|GBR fea
|GER spr
|GER fea
|POR spr
|POR fea
|AUS spr
|AUS fea
|MAS spr
|MAS fea
|UAE spr
|UAE fea
|RSA spr
|RSA fea
|IDN spr
|IDN fea
|MEX spr
|MEX fea
|USA spr
|USA fea
|CHN spr
|CHN fea
|rowspan=3|20
|rowspan=3|17th
|-
|Stephen Simpson
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|24
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|14
|-
|Tomas Scheckter
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
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|-
!rowspan=4|2006-07
|rowspan=4|DAMS
|rowspan=4|Lola<br>Zytek<br>Cooper Avon
|
|NED spr
|NED fea
|CZE spr
|CZE fea
|BEI spr
|BEI fea
|MAS spr
|MAS fea
|IDN spr
|IDN fea
|NZL spr
|NZL fea
|AUS spr
|AUS fea
|RSA spr
|RSA fea
|MEX spr
|MEX fea
|SHA spr
|SHA fea
|GBR spr
|GBR fea
|rowspan=4|24
|rowspan=4|14th
|-
|Adrian Zaugg
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|15
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|-
|Stephen Simpson
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|
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|-
|Alan van der Merwe
|
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|8
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|
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|-
!rowspan=2|2007-08
|rowspan=2|DAMS
|rowspan=2|Lola<br>Zytek<br>Cooper Avon
|
|NED spr
|NED fea
|CZE spr
|CZE fea
|MAS spr
|MAS fea
|ZHU spr
|ZHU fea
|NZL spr
|NZL fea
|AUS spr
|AUS fea
|RSA spr
|RSA fea
|MEX spr
|MEX fea
|SHA spr
|SHA fea
|GBR spr
|GBR fea
|colspan=2 rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|96
|rowspan=2|5th
|-
|Adrian Zaugg
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
<!--2008-09-->
|-
!rowspan=4|2008-09
|rowspan=4|DAMS
|rowspan=4|Ferrari,<br />Ferrari,<br />Michelin
|rowspan=2|
!colspan=2| NED
!colspan=2| CHN
!colspan=2| MAS
!colspan=2| NZL
!colspan=2| RSA
!colspan=2| POR
!colspan=2| GBR
|colspan=8 rowspan=4|
|rowspan=4|19
|rowspan=4|14th
|-
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|-
|Adrian Zaugg
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|10
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
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|-
|Alan van der Merwe
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|15
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|}
External links
- A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site
- Official A1 Team South Africa web site
- Stephen Simpson