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A1 Team Great Britain
Founded	2005
Seat holder(s)	Tony Clements
Team principal	John Surtees
Race driver(s)	Robbie Kerr Darren Manning Oliver Jarvis
First race	2005-06 Great Britain
Rounds entered	22
Championships	0
Sprint race victories	2
Feature race victories	2
Pole positions	3
Fastest laps	2
Total points	189
2007-08 position	2 (19 pts)

A1 Team Great Britain is the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car was unveiled to the public in September 2005, displaying a distinctive blue, red and white livery to reflect the colours of the flag of the United Kingdom. There has been no official explanation why the car was not painted in the traditional British racing green.

Management

British financier Tony Clements is the national seat holder, and will run the corporate arm of the team. Former Formula One and 500cc Motorcycle World Champion John Surtees was the team principal for the first 2 seasons of A1GP, working with the organisational structure, technical development, recruitment and race operations for the team. He quit his role before season 3 and was replaced by Katie Clements. The Arden International racing organisation was responsible for race operations of the team for the first season. However, for season 2 Surtees assembled a bespoke race team to handle the race operations of A1 Team Great Britain. That team is still in place in the 3rd season of A1GP.

Drivers

In May 2005, A1 Team Great Britain held a "shoot-out" evaluation test to select their driver(s) for the 2005-06 season. The drivers used an ex-Arden International Formula 3000 car for the test, which was held at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent. Ralph Firman and Robbie Kerr drove the car on the first day, both completing over 60 laps each in dry conditions. The following day, Alex Lloyd and James Rossiter were faced with wet conditions, and both drove 20 laps before Kerr was put back in the car for a further 20 laps so that the team could have a useful comparison between the two days.

On July 4 2005, Surtees announced that A1 Team Great Britain had selected Kerr and Lloyd as their drivers for the series' first season. At the first full official A1 Grand Prix test session, at a shortened Silverstone Circuit, Kerr set the fastest time of the day ahead of 14 other countries.

A1 Team Great Britain were the first team in the series to offer a testing role to a woman driver. Katherine Legge (who had previously tested a Formula 1 car for the now-defunct Minardi team), tested at the Dubai Autodrome during the United Arab Emirates race weekend.

Despite Lloyd being selected as the team's second driver, when Kerr was unavailable for the season finale in China, former British American Racing test driver and IndyCar racer Darren Manning was drafted in to replace him.

For the 2006-07 season the team selected Oliver Jarvis to join the squad alongside Kerr and the now full-time recruit Manning. Jarvis will primarily drive the car during Friday's "Rookie Practice Sessions", with Kerr and Manning competing in the races, though Jarvis will be given chances to race.

Overall Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Birthplace	Race Weekends	Wins	Podiums	Top 5	Top 10	Poles	Points
1	Robbie Kerr	Buckinghamshire, England	17	2	12	16	22	2	132
2	Darren Manning	Yorkshire, England	2	0	1	3	3	0	15
3	Oliver Jarvis	Cambridgeshire, England	3	2	4	4	5	0	43
4	Katherine Legge	Surrey, England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Alex Lloyd	Isle of Man, Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Oliver Turvey	Carlisle, England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Complete A1 Grand Prix Results

(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

External links

• A1 Team Great Britain Official Web Site
• A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site

• A1 Grand Prix teams
• National sports teams of the United Kingdom
• British auto racing teams