World gathers in England for A1GP Season Finale

The 22 teams representing 22 nations are at the Brands Hatch Circuit in Kent, England this weekend to contest the 2007/08 AIGP season finale. Not only is it the season ending race, but in something almost unheard of these days, it is also the title deciding race, Team Switzerland unable to clinch to this point despite their dominance all season.

Heading into Brands Hatch, with 2 more races to be run this weekend, (the sprint and the feature), there are 29 points separating Team Switzerland's Neel Jani and Team New Zealand's Jonny Reid.

While Reid could be the spoiler mathematically to Jani's hard fought championship effort, it won't be an easy task. 32 points are potentially available. If Switzerland finishes seventh or better in either race on Sunday, then it will have secured the title, even if New Zealand wins both races and secures both fastest laps. Jani would have to have a catastrophic weekend to not be hoisting the trophy come Sunday afternoon.

There are several familiar faces taking part in this weekends race including current Atlantic drivers James Hinchcliffe (Team Canada), Daniel Morad (Team Canada) and Jonathan Summerton (Team USA) and former Champ Car drivers Neel Jani (Team Switzerland), David Martinez (Team Mexico), and Franck Montangy (Team France) who finished 2nd in last months Champ Car Series finale.

Points Standings heading into the weekend:

POS A1 TEAM POINTS
1 Switzerland 150
2 New Zealand 121
3 France 111
4 Great Britain 99
5 South Africa 92
6 Germany 83
7 Ireland 83
8 Netherlands 80
9 Canada 75
10 Portugal 50
11 China 46
12 USA 44
13 Brazil 44
14 India 40
15 Malaysia 25
16 Mexico 22
17 Australia 20
18 Czech Republic 10
19 Italy 10
20 Pakistan 1


Weekend Schedule:

Saturday, 03 May, 2008
Practice: 11:00AM (Local Time) (6:00 AM EDT)
Qualifying: 2:15 PM (9:15 AM EDT)

Sunday, 04 May, 2008
Sprint race: 11:00 AM (Local Time) (6:00 AM EDT)
Feature race: 2:30 PM (Local Time) (9:30 AM EDT)

To watch all the action, check your local listings or click here to watch the race live via the A1GP website.