List of A1 Grand Prix records
# List of A1 Grand Prix records

This article is a list of records in the A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport, since the inaugural 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, and is accurate up to and including the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season.

## A1 Grand Prix team records

### Championships

| | Team | Title | 2nd | 3rd |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | France | 1 | | |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | | |
| 2 | Ireland | 1 | | |
| 5 | New Zealand | | 2 | |
| 6 | Great Britain | | | 3 |
| 7 | Portugal | | | 1 |

### Wins

| | Team | Wins | Sprint | Feature | Winning drivers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 15 | 8 | 7 | Alexandre Prémat 7, Nicolas Lapierre 6, Loïc Duval 2 |
| 2 | Germany | 11 | 4 | 7 | Nico Hülkenberg 9, Michael Ammermüller 1, Christian Vietoris 1 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 10 | 5 | 5 | Neel Jani 10 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 7 | 4 | 3 | Jonny Reid 7 |
| 5 | Ireland | 6 | 3 | 3 | Adam Carroll 6 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | Robbie Kerr 3, Oliver Jarvis 2 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 5 | 4 | 1 | Alex Yoong 4, Fairuz Fauzy 1 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | Jeroen Bleekemolen 2, Robert Doornbos 1, Jos Verstappen 1 |
| 9 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | Adrian Zaugg 3 |
| 10 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | Sean McIntosh 1, Robert Wickens 1 |
| 10 | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | Narain Karthikeyan 2 |
| 10 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | Salvador Durán 2 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | Tomáš Enge 1 |
| 14 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | Enrico Toccacelo 1 |
| 14 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | Filipe Albuquerque 1 |
| 14 | USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | Jonathan Summerton 1 |

* Most wins in a season : 13 (7 Sprints, 6 Mains) France in 2005–06.

### Pole positions

| | Team | Pole positions | Pole drivers |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 10 | Neel Jani 10 |
| 2 | France | 6 | Loïc Duval 2, Nicolas Lapierre 2, Alexandre Prémat 2 |
| 2 | Ireland | 6 | Adam Carroll 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | Robbie Kerr 4, Danny Watts 1 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | Jeroen Bleekemolen 4, Robert Doornbos 1 |
| 4 | South Africa | 5 | Adrian Zaugg 5 |
| 7 | Germany | 4 | Nico Hülkenberg 3, Michael Ammermüller 1 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 4 | Jonny Reid 4 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 3 | Alex Yoong 2, Fairuz Fauzy 1 |
| 10 | Brazil | 2 | Nelson Piquet Jr. 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 2 | Robert Wickens 2 |
| 12 | India | 1 | Narain Karthikeyan 1 |
| 12 | Italy | 1 | Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 |
| 12 | Mexico | 1 | Salvador Durán 1 |
| 12 | Monaco | 1 | Clivio Piccione 1 |

* Most pole positions in a season : 6 Switzerland in 2007–08, and Ireland in 2008–09.

### Fastest laps

| | Team | Fastest laps | Fastest lap drivers |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 11 | Alexandre Prémat 5, Nicolas Lapierre 4, Loïc Duval 2 |
| 2 | Ireland | 9 | Adam Carroll 6, Ralph Firman 3 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 9 | Neel Jani 8, Sébastien Buemi 1 |
| 4 | Germany | 6 | Nico Hülkenberg 5, Christian Vietoris 1 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | Jonny Reid 6 |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | Salvador Durán 5 |
| 7 | Brazil | 4 | Nelson Piquet Jr. 4 |
| 7 | China | 4 | Cheng Congfu 4 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 4 | Oliver Jarvis 2, Robbie Kerr 2 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 4 | Alex Yoong 3, Fairuz Fauzy 1 |
| 7 | South Africa | 4 | Adrian Zaugg 4 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 3 | Jos Verstappen 2, Robert Doornbos 1 |
| 12 | USA | 3 | Phil Giebler 1, Charlie Kimball 1, Jonathan Summerton 1 |
| 14 | Canada | 2 | James Hinchcliffe 1, Robert Wickens 1 |
| 14 | Portugal | 2 | Filipe Albuquerque 2 |
| 16 | Australia | 1 | John Martin 1 |
| 16 | Italy | 1 | Enrico Toccacelo 1 |

* Most fastest laps in a season : 9 France in 2005–06.

### Points

| | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 438 |
| 2 | France | 404 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 343 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 333 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 294 |
| 6 | Ireland | 282 |
| 7 | Germany | 251 |
| 8 | Portugal | 227 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 197 |
| 10 | Canada | 167 |

**Teams yet to score points**

* Both teams have yet to reappear since 2005–06.

| | Team | Races | Starts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Greece | 2 | 4 |

### Other

**Most drivers used during same weekend**

* France used three different drivers at the same 2007–08 South Africa weekend: Loïc Duval as race driver; Jonathan Cochet as practice driver; and Nicolas Prost as rookie driver. ( Greece employed three different drivers at the Netherlands weekend in 2006–07, but only two took part).

**Consecutive starts without points**

* Lebanon participated in 65 races without winning points beginning with the inaugural 2005–06 Great Britain Sprint Race. The team finally scored its first-ever points finish in the feature race at Zandvoort, in its 33rd race weekend.

## Driver records

### Caps

| | Driver | Caps | First Cap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Neel Jani | 60 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 2 | Alex Yoong | 54 | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 3 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 47 | Sprint Race, 2006–07 |
| 4 | Robbie Kerr | 46 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 5 | Salvador Durán | 44 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 5 | Adrian Zaugg | 44 | Sprint Race, 2006–07 |
| 7 | Narain Karthikeyan | 40 | Sprint Race, 2006–07 |
| 7 | Ananda Mikola | 40 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 7 | Enrico Toccacelo | 40 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 10 | Tomáš Enge | 38 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 10 | Jonny Reid | 38 | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |

**Youngest capped drivers**

| | Driver | Age | First Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Armaan Ebrahim | 16 years, 5 months and 6 days | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 2 | Graham Rahal | 17 years, 1 month and 22 days | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | 17 years, 3 months and 20 days | Sprint Race, 2006–07 |
| 4 | Felipe Guimarães | 17 years, 6 months and 13 days | Sprint Race, 2008–09 |
| 5 | Josef Král | 17 years, 8 months and 9 days | Sprint Race, 2007–08 |
| 6 | Sébastien Buemi | 17 years and 11 months | Sprint Race, 2006–07 |
| 7 | Christian Vietoris | 17 years, 11 months and 24 days | Sprint Race, 2006–07 |
| 8 | Jan Charouz | 18 years, 2 months and 8 days | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |
| 9 | Earl Bamber | 18 years, 2 months and 26 days | Sprint Race, 2008–09 |
| 10 | Mikhail Aleshin | 18 years, 5 months and 1 day | Sprint Race, 2005–06 |

**Oldest capped drivers**

| | Driver | Age | Last Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jorge Goeters | 37 years, 9 months and 18 days | Sprint Race, 2007–08 |
| 2 | Hideki Noda | 36 years, 7 months and 2 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 3 | Massimiliano Papis | 36 years, 5 months and 9 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 4 | Bryan Herta | 35 years, 9 months and 17 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | 35 years, 3 months and 15 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 6 | Patrick Carpentier | 34 years, 7 months and 20 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 7 | Jos Verstappen | 34 years and 29 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 8 | Alexey Vasilyev | 33 years, 8 months and 12 days | Feature Race, 2005–06 |
| 9 | Denis Lian | 33 years and 7 months | Feature Race, 2006–07 |
| 10 | Nur Ali | 32 years, 8 months and 17 days | Feature Race, 2006–07 |

### Wins

| | Driver | Wins | Starts | Sprint | Feature |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Neel Jani | 10 | 60 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Nico Hülkenberg | 9 | 20 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Alexandre Prémat | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Jonny Reid | 7 | 38 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Adam Carroll | 6 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Nicolas Lapierre | 6 | 23 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Alex Yoong | 4 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Robbie Kerr | 3 | 46 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Adrian Zaugg | 3 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Salvador Durán | 2 | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Loïc Duval | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Oliver Jarvis | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Narain Karthikeyan | 2 | 40 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 |

* Youngest : Christian Vietoris, 18y 9m 19d, Feature Race, 2007–08

### Pole positions

| | Driver | Pole positions | Starts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Neel Jani | 10 | 60 |
| 2 | Adam Carroll | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Adrian Zaugg | 5 | 44 |
| 4 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Robbie Kerr | 4 | 46 |
| 4 | Jonny Reid | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Loïc Duval | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Nicolas Lapierre | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Alexandre Prémat | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Robert Wickens | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Alex Yoong | 2 | 54 |

* Youngest : Robert Wickens, 18y 11m 11d, Sprint Race, 2007–08 .

### Fastest laps

| | Driver | Fastest laps | Starts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Neel Jani | 8 | 60 |
| 2 | Adam Carroll | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | Jonny Reid | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | Salvador Durán | 5 | 44 |
| 4 | Nico Hülkenberg | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Alexandre Prémat | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Cheng Congfu | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Nicolas Lapierre | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Adrian Zaugg | 4 | 44 |

* Youngest : Sébastien Buemi, 18y 5m 29d, Feature Race, 2006–07

### Other

**Consecutive starts**

Alex Yoong ran consecutively 45 starts (24 races) from Feature Race, 2005–06 to Feature Race, 2007–08 .

**Different teams**

* Enrico Toccacelo ran for two different teams, A1 Team Italy and A1 Team Pakistan. He raced the Pakistani car after Adam Langley-Khan was injured during practice sessions of 2005–06, South Africa.
* Daniel Morad drove as Rookie driver for Canada in 2007–08 and as Main driver for Lebanon in 2008–09. His Canadian-Lebanese heritage allowed him to switch nationalities, as he had not yet made his race debut.

## Other

### Events by Country

| | Country | Events | Venues | Tracks |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 6 | 4 | Beijing International Streetcircuit, Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit x3, Zhuhai International Circuit |
| 2 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | Brands Hatch x4 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | Sepang International Circuit x4 |
| 2 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | Durban street circuit x3, Kyalami |
| 5 | Australia | 3 | 1 | Eastern Creek Raceway x3 |
| 5 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | Fundidora Park Raceway, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez x2 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | Circuit Park Zandvoort x3 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | Taupo Motorsport Park x3 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | Auto Motodrom Brno x2 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | Sentul International Circuit x2 |
| 9 | Portugal | 2 | 2 | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Autódromo do Estoril |

### Tracks with most race weekends

| | Track | Events | Season |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brands Hatch | 4 | All seasons |
| 1 | Sepang International Circuit | 4 | All seasons |
| 3 | Durban street circuit | 3 | 2005–06 to 2007–08 |
| 3 | Eastern Creek Raceway | 3 | 2005–06 to 2007–08 |
| 3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 3 | 2005–06 to 2007–08 |
| 3 | Taupo Motorsport Park | 3 | 2006–07 to 2008–09 |
| 3 | Zandvoort | 3 | 2006–07 to 2008–09 |
| 8 | Brno | 2 | 2006–07 to 2007–08 |
| 8 | Mexico City | 2 | 2006–07 to 2007–08 |
| 8 | Sentul International Circuit | 2 | 2005–06 to 2006–07 |

### Fuel

A1 Grand Prix is the first racing series to use a 30% biofuel mix. An ethanol based product, Hiperflo E30, has been used since 2007–08, New Zealand.

