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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox A1 Grand Prix team
|  team_name = A1 Team Great Britain
|  flag_name = the United Kingdom
|  country = Great Britain
|  founded = 2005
|  seat_holder = Not known since administration
|  chairman = [[John Surtees]]
|  drivers = [[Danny Watts]]<br />[[Dan Clarke]]
|  car_name = n/a
|  first_race = [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|2005-06 Great Britain]]
|  events = 38 (76 races)
|  championships = 0
|  main_wins = 3
|  sprint_wins = 2
|  poles = 5
|  fastest_laps = 4
|  total_points = 343
|  current_season = 2008-09
|  current_position = 10th
|  current_points = 28
}}
[[File:A1 Grand Prix, Kyalami - Great Britain 2.jpg|thumb|A1 Grand Prix, Kyalami - Great Britain]]
'''A1 Team Great Britain''' was the [[United Kingdom|British]] team of [[A1 Grand Prix]], an international racing series.

== Management ==
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]], rather than Britain's traditional [[British racing green|racing green colour]].

British financier [[Tony Clements (financier)|Tony Clements]] was the national seat holder, and ran the corporate arm of the team until Round 5 of Season 4. Former [[Formula One]] and [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|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 stayed in place for the 3rd season of A1GP, and the first 5 rounds of Season 4.

However, between Rounds 5 and 6 of Season 4, A1 Team Great Britain entered administration. From Round 6 onwards, the car was run by mechanics and engineers employed by the series itself, with pit-stops carried out by the German team.

== History ==

=== 2008–09 season ===

'''''Driver:''' [[Danny Watts]], [[Dan Clarke]]''

In his first outing for the team at [[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China|Chengdu]], Danny Watts took his first pole position in the Feature Race qualifying.

=== 2007–08 season ===

'''''Drivers:''' [[Oliver Jarvis]], [[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]]''

For the third season running, Team Great Britain finished 3rd in the championship, with two victories and five podiums, including another near-perfect weekend at [[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|Brands Hatch]].

=== 2006–07 season ===

'''''Drivers:''' [[Oliver Jarvis]], [[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]], [[Darren Manning]]''

Again, Team Great Britain finished third in the overall championship, but accumulated three race victories as well as seven podiums, including a near-perfect weekend in their [[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|home race]].

=== 2005–06 season ===

'''''Drivers:''' [[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]], [[Darren Manning]]''

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]], rather than Britain's traditional [[British racing green|racing green colour]].

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 One]] car for the now-defunct [[Minardi]] team), tested at the [[Dubai Autodrome]] during the [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates race weekend]].

The team finished 3rd in the championship, amassing eight podiums.

== Drivers ==

[[File:GBR A1GP-racecar.png|thumb|135px|right|[[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]] negotiates Pilgrim's Drop at [[Brands Hatch]] during the [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]] [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|curtain raiser]].]]

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%" width="80%"
|-
! Name
! Seasons
!width="5%"| Races<br>(Starts)
!width="5%"| A1GP Title
!width="5%"| Wins
!width="5%"| Sprint<br>wins
!width="5%"| Main<br>wins
!width="5%"| 2nd
!width="5%"| 3rd
!width="5%"| Poles
!width="5%"| Fastest<br>Laps
!width="5%"| Points
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Dan Clarke]]
|[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008-09]]
|3 (6)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
|
|8
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Oliver Jarvis]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07]], [[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007-08]]
|7 (14)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|2
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|2
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|5
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
|2
|124
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]], [[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07]], [[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007-08]]
|23 (46)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|3
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|3
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|11
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|4
|4
|2
|154
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Darren Manning]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]], [[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07]]
|2 (4)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|1
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
|
|15
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Danny Watts]]
|[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008-09]]
|3 (6)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|2
|1
|
|20
|}

== Complete A1 Grand Prix results ==

([[Template:A1GP results legend|key]]), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race. Results in '''bold''' indicate pole position, and results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
|-
! Year
!width="4%"| Racing<br>team
!width="4%"| Chassis,<br>Engine,<br>Tyres
! Drivers
!width="2%"|1
!width="2%"|2
!width="2%"|3
!width="2%"|4
!width="2%"|5
!width="2%"|6
!width="2%"|7
!width="2%"|8
!width="2%"|9
!width="2%"|10
!width="2%"|11
!width="2%"|12
!width="2%"|13
!width="2%"|14
!width="2%"|15
!width="2%"|16
!width="2%"|17
!width="2%"|18
!width="2%"|19
!width="2%"|20
!width="2%"|21
!width="2%"|22
! Points
! Rank
|-
!rowspan=3|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]]
|rowspan=3|[[Arden International]]
|rowspan=3|[[Lola Cars|Lola]],<br>[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]],<br>[[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]
|
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany|GER spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany|GER fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal|PRT spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal|PRT fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates|ARE spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates|ARE fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|ZAF spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|ZAF fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|IDN spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|IDN fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States of America|USA spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States of America|USA fea]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China|CHN spr]]
|[[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China|CHN fea]]
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''97'''
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''3rd'''
|-
|[[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|'''2'''
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|
|
|-
|[[Darren Manning]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|15
|-
!rowspan=4|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07]]
|rowspan=4|A1 Team Great Britain
|rowspan=4|[[Lola Cars|Lola]]<br>[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]<br>[[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]
|
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic|CZE spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic|CZE fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China|BEI spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China|BEI fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|IDN spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|IDN fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZ spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZ fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|ZAF spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|ZAF fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China|SHA spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China|SHA fea]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR spr]]
|[[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR fea]]
|rowspan=4 style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''92'''
|rowspan=4 style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''3rd'''
|-
|[[Darren Manning]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|''3''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|19
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1'''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''''1'''''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|-
|[[Oliver Jarvis]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|7
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan=3|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007-08]]
|rowspan=3|A1 Team Great Britain
|rowspan=3|[[Lola Cars|Lola]]<br>[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]<br>[[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]
|
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic|CZE spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic|CZE fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China|ZHU spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China|ZHU fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZ spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZ fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|ZAF spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|ZAF fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China|SHA spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China|SHA fea]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR spr]]
|[[2007-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR fea]]
|rowspan=3 colspan=2|
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''126'''
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''3rd'''
|-
|[[Oliver Jarvis]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|''5''
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|''2''
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Robbie Kerr (racing driver)|Robbie Kerr]]
|
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2

<!--2008-09-->
|-
!rowspan=4|[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008-09]]
|rowspan=4|A1 Team Great Britain (1-5)<br>[[GU-Racing International]] (6-7)
|rowspan=4|[[Ferrari]],<br />[[Ferrari]],<br />[[Michelin]]
|rowspan=2|
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NED}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China|CHN]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MYS}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NZL}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZL]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|RSA}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|RSA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|POR}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal|POR]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}}[[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=4|
|rowspan=4|'''28'''
|rowspan=4|'''10th'''
|-
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|-
|[[Danny Watts]]
|
|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''3'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Dan Clarke]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050803011757/http://www.a1teamgbr.com/ A1 Team Great Britain Official Web Site]
* [http://www.a1gp.com/ A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site]
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