Gelar Pertama India, INA Tak Finish

Shanghai - India meraih kemenangan pertamanya di A1GP setelah Narain Karthikeyan menjadi yang tercepat di sesi feature race seri Cina. Sementara pembalap Indonesia, Satrio Hermanto, gagal finish.

Pada sesi sprint race, Karthikeyan sebenarnya hanya mampu duduk di urutan delapan. Mantan pembalap F1 itu bahkan tertinggal delapan detik lebih dari driver Jerman Michael Ammermuller yang berada di posisi terdepan.

Namun penampilan Karthikeyan jauh membaik pada feature race di Sirkuit Zhuhai, Minggu (16/12/2007). Meski terus ditekan pembalap Selandia Baru, Jonny Reid, hampir di setengah terakhir balapan, Karthikeyan akhirnya mampu menyelesaikan balapan di posisi terdepan.

Pembalap 30 tahun itu mencatat waktu satu jam delapan menit dan 30,759 detik untuk melahap 45 lap. Dia hanya unggul 0,502 detik dari Reid di posisi dua. Sementara podium terakhir menjadi milik wakil Afrika Selatan Adrian Zaugg.

Hasil kurang menggembirakan kembali diraih A1 tim Indonesia melalui pembalapnya Satrio Hermanto. Setelah cuma finish di posisi 17 sesi sprint race, Satrio justru gagal menyelesaikan lomba pada feature race.

Hasil A1GP Cina
Sprint Race
1. Germany Michael Ammermuller 20mins 31.432secs 13 laps
2. Switzerland Neel Jani +0.601secs
3. China Congfu Cheng +4.632secs
4. Ireland Adam Carroll +6.707secs
5. Czech Republic Tomas Enge +7.386secs
6. Great Britain Oliver Jarvis +7.865secs
7. India Narain Karthikeyan +8.661secs
8. France Loic Duval +9.033secs
9. Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen +9.650secs
10. New Zealand Jonny Reid +12.992secs
11. Italy Edoardo Piscopo +14.709secs
12. USA Jonathan Summerton +16.895secs
13. Australia Ian Dyk +17.169secs
14. Pakistan Adam Khan +20.944secs
15. Canada Robert Wickens +21.784secs
16. Mexico David Garza +23.388secs
17. Indonesia Satrio Hermanto +23.792secs
18. Brazil Sergio Jimenez +1 lap
19. Portugal Joao Urbano +3 laps
20. South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1 lap completed
21. Malaysia Alex Yoong 1 lap completed
22. Lebanon Chris Alajajian 0 laps completed


Feature Race
1. India Narain Karthikeyan 1hr 08mins 30.759secs 45 laps
2. New Zealand Jonny Reid +0.502secs
3. South Africa Adrian Zaugg +4.128secs
4. Germany Michael Ammermuller +4.907secs
5. Great Britain Oliver Jarvis +5.267secs
6. Switzerland Neel Jani +14.516secs
7. France Loic Duval +18.572secs
8. Czech Republic Tomas Enge +27.140secs
9. China Congfu Cheng +27.579secs
10. USA Jonathan Summerton +33.388secs
11. Mexico David Garza +49.353secs
12. Portugal Joao Urbano +1min 03.831secs
13. Lebanon Chris Alajajian +1 lap
14. Pakistan Adam Khan +1 lap
15. Australia Ian Dyk +3 laps
DNF
16. Ireland Adam Carroll 27 laps completed
17. Indonesia Satrio Hermanto 19 laps completed
18. Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 9 laps completed
19. Canada Robert Wickens 3 laps completed
20. Italy Edoardo Piscopo 1 lap completed
21. Brazil Sergio Jimenez 1 lap completed
22. Malaysia Alex Yoong 0 laps completed (din/din)