A1GP: Searching the grip - 01.02.2008
Both Jarek Janis and Tomas Enge were in action for the Czech team at Eastern Creek on Friday. Enge was 15th in the afternoon’s practice. Jarek Janis had the same duty like at Taupo and just shook dawn the car in the first rookie session at Eastern Creek and did not take part in the second one.
Both Jarek Janis and Tomas Enge were in action for the Czech team at Eastern Creek on Friday. Enge was 15th in the afternoon’s practice. Jarek Janis had the same duty like at Taupo and just shook dawn the car in the first rookie session at Eastern Creek and did not take part in the second one.
Tomas Enge had flown to Australia straight from Florida where he raced in the famous Daytona 24 hours race. It was his turn to do the free practice. The experienced Czech was one of the busiest drivers around with 28 laps under his belt. The best one 1:20.621 put the Czech team to 15th place.
Tomas Enge: “The balance of the car was nice but the grip was not there. Tyres were sliding like if I drove a WRC car on snow. That’s the thing we have to work on. The car otherwise ran reliably during the session.”
Eastern Creek track
The A1GP is the biggest international championship that visits the track. Eastern Creek is located just 40 minutes of drive from the Sydney downtown and is a familiar venue of the very popular V8 Supercars series. It also hosted MotoGP championship in 1991-1996. The track is 3930 metres long. Eighty percent of the track can be viewed from the main grandstand.
Internet: www.eastern-creek-raceway.com
Standings
1. New Zealand 82
2. Switzerland 80
3. France 80
4. Germany 65
5. South Africa 59
6. Ireland 50
7. Netherlands 49
8. Great Britain 48
9. India 28
10. China 28
11. Brazil 27
12. Canada 22
13. Mexico 18
14. Czech Republic 10
15. USA 9
16. Portugal 5
17. Italy 4
18. Australia 4
19. Malaysia 2
20. Pakistan 0
21. Lebanon 0
22. Indonesia 0
Internet: www.a1gp.com
Book - A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Season 2006/07
Nearly 160 pages of high quality art paper bring hundreds colour pictures from the last season of the A1 Grand Prix. The publication presents the World Cup of Motorsport in its typical form – like a colourful and exciting world of top class racing. Successful Czech photographer Adolf Zika (www.zika.cz) took the pictures. However, there are not only pictures but also a lot of articles – about races, drivers, teams and background of the growing championship. Full results are a must.
The author and his team that participated on the book found one interesting bit during their work. Adolf Zika was the only member of the Czech team who was at all races! The group of engineers and mechanics varied and the same apply to the drivers. However, the photographer himself had to be everywhere because he needed documents from the whole season.
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