A1 Team India

A1 Team India is the Indian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

A1 Team India
Founded2005
Seat holder(s)Narain Karthikeyan
Team principalDavid Sears
Race driver(s)Armaan Ebrahim
Narain Karthikeyan
Car nickname-
First race2005–06 Great Britain
Rounds entered35 (69 starts)
Championships0
Sprint race victories0
Feature race victories2
Pole positions1
Fastest laps0
Total points93
2008–09 position12th (19 pts)

Management

The seatholder for Team India is former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan.

Argo racing Cars Ltd. are the Technical Servicer Provider for A1 Team India in Season 4. The UK based team was founded by David Sears and is best known for competing in GP2, and many other single-seater championships. David Sears’ experience lies not only in single-seaters, but in almost all other forms of motorsport. He is considered one of the most widely experienced team principals in recent decades.

Gordon Flynn is the team manager, and Greg Wheeler is the team's race engineer.

Yohann Setna has been involved with A1 Team India since the first season and stands as Sporting Director this year.

History

The inaugural A1 Team India car was presented to the public in July 2005. The team did not take part in the full first season, with their last race in Indonesia. They failed to score any points.

In 2006-07, the team only scored points on three occasions, scoring 13 points total. The 2007–08 season was a much greater success than the previous two seasons. Narain Karthikeyan scored 61 points for the team, as well as two victories.

Despite missing the opening race of the 2008–09 season due to lack of available cars, Team India managed to score a podium in the final Sprint race of the season, en route to scoring 19 points.

Drivers
Name Seasons Rounds
(Starts)		 Titles Wins Sprint
wins		 Feature
wins		 2nd 3rd Poles Fastest
Laps		 Points
Karun Chandhok 2005–06 2 (3 starts) 0
Armaan Ebrahim 2005–06, 2006–07 11 (22 starts) 0
Narain Karthikeyan 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 20 (40 starts) 2 2 1 1 93
Parthiva Sureshwaren 2006–07, 2007–08 2 (4 starts) 0

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.

Year Racing
team		 Chassis,
Engine,
Tyres		 Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points Rank
2005–06 Akbar Ebrahim Lola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon
GBR
GER
POR
AUS
MYS
UAE
RSA
INA
MEX
USA
CHN		 0 24th
spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea
Karun Chandhok 15 DNS 16 Ret
Armaan Ebrahim 17 13 17 13 11 EX 20 14 14 Ret 18 15
2006–07 Arena Motorsport Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED
CZE
BEI
MYS
INA
NZL
AUS
RSA
MEX
SHA
GBR		 13 16th
spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea
Armaan Ebrahim Ret Ret 17 18 18 11 16 19 18 Ret
Narain Karthikeyan 10 7 15 9 11 18 7 17 7 4
Parthiva Sureshwaren 18 16
2007–08 Arena Motorsport Lola
Zytek
Cooper Avon
NED
CZE
MYS
ZHU
NZL
AUS
RSA
MEX
SHA
GBR		 61 10th
spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea
Narain Karthikeyan 10 Ret 21 9 11 6 7 1 10 Ret 11 11 13 9 5 7 5 1
Parthiva Sureshwaren 17 Ret
2008–09 Argo Racing Cars Ferrari,
Ferrari,
Michelin
NED
CHN
MYS
NZL
RSA
POR
GBR		 19 12th
spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea spr fea
Narain Karthikeyan 10 10 Ret Ret 9 7 6 12 6 11 2 Ret

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