A1 TEAM USA showed salient progress in the second A1GP season, jumping to ninth place in the championship of the World Cup of Motorsport and significantly increasing its points total to 42.
Phil Giebler and Jonathan Summerton each drove the “We The People” car to second-place finishes in Feature races and share the distinction of A1 TEAM USA’s best performances. Giebler, Summerton and Ryan Hunter-Reay, who drove at New Zealand, combined for seven top-10s in the Feature races and eight top-10s in the Sprint races. They scored points in 11 of the combined 22 races—two in each of the 11 A1GP events.
In A1GP’s inaugural season of 2005-06, A1 TEAM USA ranked 16th and scored 23 points in 11 races.
“I’m very pleased with our improvement to ninth place and the more competitive performances we had, ” A1 TEAM USA owner Rick Weidinger said. “All the pieces are in place for us to make a run at the championship next season and bring the A1GP World Cup Trophy home to the United States. “
Giebler, of Oxnard, Calif., drove in six events and scored 23 of A1 TEAM USA’s points.
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