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A1 Team Great Britain heads to China next week for the penultimate round of the 2006/07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport at the Shanghai International Circuit, 13-15 April, with Cumbria’s Oliver Turvey joining the driving ranks as the team’s latest rookie recruit.
Turvey, winner of the 2006 McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award, [...]

BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - The Beijing round of the A1 Grand Prix series, one of two in China, will be dropped for next season because the promoters cannot afford to cover the “huge” losses, the Shanghai Daily reported on Friday.
The Chinese capital made its debut in the second season of the “World Cup of [...]

Chinese hopeful Ho-pin Tung is reportedly targeting a full time test seat for the Spyker team in 2007.
The Dutch born F3 racer, who tested a Williams in 2003, has been in contact with Silverstone based Spyker through bosses Michiel Mol and Victor Muller, the magazine Formule 1 Race Report said.
With 9 wins and 4 poles, [...]

F3 Euroseries rookie champion Kamui Kobayashi, who’s lined up for a F1 Toyota test session, picked up where he had left off in the Macau Grand Prix qualification race today, converting pole position into victory to earn himself the prime staring spot for tomorrow’s all-important final.
It was not quite a lights-to-flag performance from the rising [...]

Andy Priaulx insists the World Touring Car Championship title fight is still wide open, despite his dominant performance in qualifying that netted him pole position.
The reigning WTCC champion made sure to get his quick laps in early during the session, fearing that red flags would likely have an impact on proceedings, and the move paid [...]

Kamui Kobayashi took pole position for the Macau Grand Prix in a rain-affected and incident-filled qualifying session on Friday - before smashing his car against the barriers in the final seconds.
The Japanese ASM driver moved to the top of the timesheets with 14 minutes of qualifying remaining and, with light rain falling over the track, [...]

Nine drivers head for the streets of Macau, China with a chance of winning the 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship. The race for the title is led by Alfa Romeo’s Augusto Farfus, but with 20 points up for grabs, the Brazilian can be beaten by three BMW drivers and no fewer than five men [...]

A1 Team Italy has secured its maiden victory in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport after Enrico Toccacelo took advantage of problems for cars ahead to win the feature race in Beijing.
Toccacelo started the race from third on the grid after a podium finish in the sprint race and ran strongly throughout – hitting the [...]

A1 Team Netherlands became the fourth different team to win a round of the 2006/07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport as Dutchman Jeroen Bleekemolen secured a lights-to-flag victory at the Jingkai street circuit, just under 1.5secs from A1 Team Mexico’s Salvador Duran and Italy’s Enrico Toccacelo.
Following a difficult opening two days of the A1GP Beijing, [...]

Following overnight modifications to the Jingkai street circuit, the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport’s inaugural Beijing race weekend got underway today with the third official practice session. After 25 minutes of action, the 90-minute long session was suspended following a red flag resulting from a manhole cover coming loose on the racing line between turns [...]

After a challenging first day for the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Beijing the event is firmly back on track to create history in China. The first ever street track in the country’s capital will witness the cars at full speed on a track that has been modified to cope with the A1GP cars [...]

Beijing, China - Friday’s two practice sessions for the A1GP races on Sunday have been canceled to allow organizers to address issues with the brand new street circuit.
The track was designed specifically for the A1GP series and received its FIA Grade 2 approval on Friday morning as planned, but organizers opted to delay on-track activity [...]

In its second season of competition A1GP World Cup of Motorsport continues to push the traditional frontiers of motorsport. This week, A1GP will become the first-ever motorsport series to race in Beijing when the cars take to the street circuit in the south east of the Chinese capital.
The third event of the 2006/07 season will [...]

This weekend A1 TEAM USA returns to A1GP action in Beijing, China for the third race — and the first street race — of the 2006-07 season.
Driver Phil Giebler will return for his third race this season. Giebler, who earned a second place finish for A1 TEAM USA in the season-opener in Zandvoort, The Netherlands, [...]

A1GP rules and regulations are set to undergo a radical shake-up in time for the next race in China, with the aim of improving the spectacle and making the format easier to understand.
The changes have come about following feedback from fans and consultation with the 23 teams involved. Starting in Beijing on Nov. 10th, the [...]