{"id":27393,"date":"2007-12-16T10:39:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T10:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/4755-sprint-race-germany-return"},"modified":"2007-12-16T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T10:39:20","slug":"4755-sprint-race-germany-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/4755-sprint-race-germany-return","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Race &#8211; Germany&#8230; the return!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the first race of the Chinese weekend in A1GP, it was Germany and Mickael Ammermuller who came out on top.<\/p>\n<p>The young pole-man was only six-tenths ahead of Swiss driver Neel Jani, who provisionally retains the lead in the championship, and the home driver, Chinese Chen CongFu&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ammermuller confirmed that the troubles in Malaysia were behind him: \u00ab It was a very good race where we did a good job, yesterday in qualifying and in this first race today. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab The car was good, and I made no mistakes. In Malaysia, it was off to a bad start, but here everything went well. \u00bb concluded the German.<\/p>\n<p>Author of a very clean overtake on lap 10 against Ireland and Adam Carroll, CongFu (China) showed today that China has its place in the series. He thus achieved his first podium in the discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland, battling with the Czech Republic in the last three rounds, retains its 4th position, ahead of Tomas Enge.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain and Oliver Jarvis lost a position right from the start and are now 6th, ahead of India and France. Karthikeyan set very good lap times throughout the race and managed to overtake France and the Netherlands in the thirteen allotted laps.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands and New Zealand complete the top 10, a highly sought-after position in the first round, where Malaysia and South Africa, New Zealand, and Canada held on. Canadian Robert Wickens, who started in 10th, finished this first lap in 15th place.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon also held on as it ended its first lap in the gravel, throwing debris onto the track and prompting the Safety Car to intervene during the first three laps.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sprint Race Results &#8211; Top 10<\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"m4\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25\" class=\"m1\"><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m1\">A1 Team<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m1\">Drivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Germany<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Mickael Ammermuller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Switzerland<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">N\u00e9el Jani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">China<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Chen Cong Fu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Ireland<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Adam Carroll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Tomas Enge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Great Britain<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Oliver Jarvis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">India<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Narain Karthikeyan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">France<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Loic Duval<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Netherlands<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Jeroem Bleekemolen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">New Zealand<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Johnny Reid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Switzerland set the fastest lap in the race on lap 11 and scores an additional point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the first race of the Chinese weekend in A1GP, it was Germany and Mickael Ammermuller who came out on top. 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