20/09/2005
NEWS STORY
The World Cup of Motorsport is a nations sport with no drivers' championship. In line with A1 Grand Prix's Sporting Regulations, every A1 Team retains the right to add guest drivers or change their driver line-up between race weekends.
Up to three drivers per A1 Team may be signed on for each A1 event. These drivers must be nominated in writing on the Thursday afternoon before the race weekend. The choice of drivers for practice, qualifying or either race is at the discretion of the team principal. Only one driver per team per session is allowed.
The drivers' names currently submitted to A1 - though not necessarily racing at Brands Hatch - are as follows:
Australia: Christian Jones, Will Power and Will Davison
Austria: Mathias Lauda
Brazil: Nelson Piquet Jr and Joćo Paulo Oliveira
Canada: Sean McIntosh
China: Ma Qinghua and Teng Yi Jiang
Czech Rep: Tomas Enge, Jarek Janis and Jan Charouz
France: Alexandre Premat and Nicolas Lapierre
Germany: Timo Scheider
Great Britain: Robbie Kerr and Alex Lloyd
India: Karun Chandhok and Armaan Ebrahim
Indonesia: Ananda Mikola
Ireland: Ralph Firman and Michael Devaney
Italy: Matteo Bobbi, Gianmaria Bruni and Daniel La Rosa
Japan: Ryo Fukuda and Hideki Noda
Lebanon: Kalil Beschir and Basil Shaaban
Malaysia: Alex Yoong and Fairuz Fauzy
Mexico: Salvador Duran
Netherlands: Jos Verstappen and Jeroen Bleekemolen
New Zealand: Jonny Reid and Matt Halliday
Pakistan: Adam Khan and Nur B. Ali
Portugal: Pedro Lamy, Alvaro Parente and Joao Urbano
Russia: Nicolai Fomenko and Alexey Vassiliev
South Africa:
Switzerland: Neel Jani and Romain Grosjean
USA: Scott Speed
Seat Holders
Australia: Alan Jones
Austria: Lauda Motorsport Management
Brazil: Ronaldo and Emerson Fittipaldi
Canada: Wade Cherwayko
China: Liu Yu
Czech Rep: Antonin Charouz
France: Jean Paul Driot
Germany: Willi Weber
Great Britain: Tony Clements
India: Atul Gupta
Indonesia: N/A
Ireland Mark: Kershaw and Mark Gallagher
Italy: Piercarlo Ghinzani
Japan: N/A
Lebanon: Tameem Auchi
Malaysia: A1 Grand Prix (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Mexico: Juan Cortina and Julio Jauregui
Netherlands: Jan Lammers
New Zealand: Colin Giltrap
Pakistan: Arif Hussain
Portugal: Luis Figo and Carlos Queiroz
Russia: Svetlana Strelnikova
South Africa: Tokyo Sexwale
Switzerland: Max Welti
USA: Rick Weidlinger
Race Teams
Australia: Alan Docking Racing
Austria: Team Rosberg
Brazil: Arden Motorsport
Canada: John Village Automotive
China: Astromega
Czech Rep: A1 Team Czech Republic
France: DAMS
Germany: Super Nova Racing
Great Britain: Arden Motorsport
India: Akbar Ebrahim
Indonesia: CMS
Ireland: A1 Team Ireland
Italy: Team Ghinzani
Japan: Carlin Motorsport
Lebanon: Carlin Motorsport
Malaysia: A1 Team Malaysia
Mexico: DAMS
Netherlands: Racing for Holland
New Zealand: West Surrey Racing
Pakistan: Super Nova Racing
Portugal: Carlin Motorsport
Russia: A1 Team Russia
South Africa: BCN
Switzerland: A1 Team Switzerland
USA: David Price Racing