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
Drivers: Tomas Scheckter, Stephen Simpson
In the inaugural season, Team South Africa scored a podium en route to 17th place in the championship.
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.
Driver: Adrian Zaugg
Consistent scoring, two victories and two podiums brought Team South Africa to 5th place in the championship.
Drivers: Adrian Zaugg, Alan van der Merwe
Drivers
Name | Seasons | Races (Starts) |
A1GP Title | Wins | Sprint wins |
Main wins |
2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tomas Scheckter | 2005-06 | 2 (4) | 1 | ||||||||
Stephen Simpson | 2005-06, 2006-07 | 10 (20) | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
Alan van der Merwe | 2006-07, 2008-09 | 8 (10) | 0 | ||||||||
Adrian Zaugg | 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 | 17 (34) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 123 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.