News Archive: July 2005

A1 Grand Prix’s unrelenting trail-blaze through the world of international motorsport continued today as Founder, President and Chairman Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum announced three…

Highlighting the global reach of A1 Grand Prix, Mr Teixeira spoke from Beijing while Sheikh Maktoum attended the launch of A1 Team India in Delhi. At yesterday’s evening ceremony, Sheikh Maktoum spoke of the…

Indian race drivers Karun Chandhok and Armaan Ebrahim have been selected for the A1 Team India to take part in the A1 Grand Prix series, called the World cup of motorsport, which take place at various…

India’s A1 Grand Prix series team are hopeful Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan will lead their campaign when the new championship starts in September. The 28-year-old became…

Word from Brazil is that some of the biggest names in the sport are fighting over who will be Brazil’s driver in the new A1 Grand Prix series. The word is that Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta is one of those involved…

New Zealand may be the smallest country involved in what has been dubbed the motor-racing world cup, but the team behind the entry are determined to win. “It’s a true world cup. The best driver of the…

The Netherlands’ most successful racing driver, Jos Verstappen, is to represent his country in A1GP. He has signed to drive for A1 Team Netherlands in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix series the World…

The seat holder for A1 Grand Prix’s Team Australia, Alan Jones, has accepted a position as Patron of the Australian Formula 3 Championship, in the process announcing a major partnership between Formula…

While A1 Team India await its ‘formal’ launch, the series – dubbed as the World Cup of motor sport – is gaining momentum elsewhere. “It’s serious business,” said Federation Motorsport Association of…

It could be the platform for India’s fledgling motorsport stars to show they’ve come of age. But the A1 Grand Prix series, which takes off this September, has several roadblocks that must first be negotiated…