I like the idea of countries competing against each other. I especially like this quote by one of the NZ drivers:

"A1 makes the cars the same and lets the champions be found by driving, not chequebooks".

There's going to be some pretty huge discrepencies...The dutch have the Boss driving for them...ex-f1, ex-endurance, ex-pretty much every series under the sun....

Interesting though. I dislike one-make racing because it's so fucking painful to watch (I'm a stickler for development and innovation and there'll be dick all of that in A1).

I mean come on, think about the Brabham Fan Car, the Lotus 79 and the Tyrell P34...you'll never see anything like that in A1

Having said that, I'll watch anything...porno, motorsport, rugby...so I'll be there none the less. I might even like it.

But then with F1 which is different manufacturers and its boring as hell to watch....... too many rules etc......

I agree. There's no room for the innovation of the 60's, 70's and 80's (thousand horsepower F1 cars). The closest that anyone came recently to a new design idea were the BAR rear wing that was disallowed and the McLaren individual rear wheel braking system, which was banned.

We need a full open class, enter anything! It would be awesome :D

hehe... I can see it now...



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We can only dream....

Haha, imagine the WRC with F1s along muddy, windy tracks ! :D

I wonder if Karamjit Singh is going to do A1... he kicks arse.

Karamjit Singh! It's just not the same if he isn't driving a Mitsi clone.

I'm bumping this because A1 starts this weekend....

my money is on NZ

Also looking for an NZ win, but realistically expecting the Dutch to take it out...they have Jos the Boss for christs sake. He's unstoppable.

For anyone interested, race one (sprint race) is at midnight sunday and the longer race is at 2 AM monday morning. Check it out!!!111!!!one!!1

1. Brazil 2min 30.789secs
2. New Zealand 2min 31.117secs
3. France 2min 31.206secs
4. Australia 2min 31.388secs
5. Great Britain 2min 31.714secs
6. Switzerland 2min 31.729secs
7. Mexico 2min 32.307secs
8. Pakistan 2min 32.596secs
9. Malaysia 2min 32.632secs
10. Japan 2min 32.689secs
11. Portugal 2min 32.705secs
12. Ireland 2min 32.811secs
13. Germany 2min 981secs
14. Netherlands 2min 33.075secs
15. South Africa 2min 33.086secs
16. Italy 2min 33.234secs
17. USA 2min 33.317secs
18. Indonesia 2min 33.424secs
19. India 2min 34.126secs
20. Czech Republic 2min 34.786secs
21. Canada 2min 36.656secs
22. Austria 2min 36.878secs
23. Lebanon 2min 37.104secs
24. China 2min 38.750secs
25. Russia 2min 41.303secs

Far out, not too shabby

those were qualifying so were 2nd on the grid

Yep. Bit suprised at the Netherlands.

Nz finished third in race one and fourth in race two. Mad props to us.

Brazil won both races.