The unpredictable nature of street racing was evidenced Sunday in South Africa as A1 Team Canada frustratingly failed to score points for the second consecutive A1GP race meeting. Durban’s 3.28km temporary street course yielded few positives for Toronto’s James Hinchcliffe in the Canadian car as a 13th place Sprint race finish was followed by retirement on the opening lap of the Feature following contact from Indonesia’s entry at Turn 1, Canada still holding 10th in the A1GP Nations Standings with three rounds remaining.
It proved to be a record-setting weekend in Durban for Germany’s Nico Hülkenberg as he picked up his fifth and sixth straight wins, the teenage rookie sweeping all three rounds held so-far in 2007. In doing so, Hülkenberg broke the record for most number of A1GP wins by a driver with a total of eight, all scored this season to power Germany into a commanding points lead over New Zealand, Hülkenberg beating the previous record of seven held by France’s Alexandre Premat set in last season’s inaugural A1GP competition.
Round 9 of the 2006-07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport sees a trip across the Atlantic to Mexico City and the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th March
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