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The first driver listed for each team is the primary driver. Russia again will be missing this round and continues its “reorganization.”
There are conflicting reports as to whether Team India will compete this weekend. Although 16 year old Armaan Ebrahim has been slated to drive some reports say the team is for sale and may [...]

Christian Fittipaldi, nephew of twice-champion Emerson Fittipaldi and a former Formula One driver, will drive for the Brazil team in this weekend’s A1 Grand Prix race in Indonesia in place of Nelson Piquet Jnr.
Fittipaldi joins fellow ex-F1 drivers Tomas Enge, Ralph Firman, Hideki Noda, Jos Verstappen and Alex Yoong. Team USA’s Scott Speed will make [...]

JAKARTA, Feb 7 (Bernama) - Malaysia, expecting to welcome more than 3,000 Indonesian Grand Prix fans and their families to the eighth Formula One (F1) Race next month at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC), is offering a special promotion package including a special discount on the entrance tickets.
Tourism Minister Datuk Dr Leo Michael Toyad, launching [...]

Large crowds are expected when the A1 Grand Prix series hits Indonesia for round eight on 12 February, an event rescheduled from January due to the untimely death of the Emir of Dubai.
A1 Team Indonesia GM John Allen says: “Interest is huge in Indonesia. In fact, we have had more than a million hits on [...]

The forthcoming round of the A1 Grand Prix championship at the Sentul Circuit in Indonesia is to go ahead as scheduled a week Sunday after a settlement was reached to release the Lola cars from Durban International Airport.
According to The Mercury South African publication, 50 cars were seized at the airport after lawyers acting on [...]

A1 Team Indonesia were unable to capitalise on the strong running that the team had achieved in practice and qualifying, with retirements from both races at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations in South Africa today. Although Ananda Mikola (reigning Asian F3 Champion) was unable to take the checkered flags, he showed his qualities as [...]

A1 Team South Africa led the way today in the World Cup of Motorsport’s first-ever street race as theirs was the first of the 23 A1 race cars to take to the track. With Stephen Simpson behind the wheel, Vulindlela – the yellow, black and green car of the host nation – kicked off the [...]

Cigarette giant Gudang Garam will co-sponsor the Indonesian leg of the A1 Grand Prix motorsport championship next month, organisers said Tuesday, bucking a global trend toward restricting tobacco advertising.
Spokesman for A1 Team Indonesia, Indra Said, said Gurang Garam and local Bank NISP would sponsor the event, but he declined to reveal how much they would [...]

The A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Sentul Circuit, Indonesia, is now to be held on 10 -12 February after the postponement of the event from its original date of 13 – 15 January 2006.
Following the sudden death of the Dubai Emir, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday 3 January, the seventh round of [...]

The sudden death of the Dubai Emir, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday 3 January 2006 has prompted the postponement, due to mourning, of the seventh leg of the A1 Grand Prix series originally scheduled for 15 January 2006 at the Sentul Circuit.
A1 Grand Prix is working closely with the government of Indonesia [...]