Great Britain can finally count itself on the list of winning nations in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport following a break-out performance in Round 9 of the 2006-07 season in Mexico City last Sunday.
With A1 Team Great Britain s on-track charge led by 23-year-old Oliver Jarvis, the rookie racer from Burwell, Cambridgeshire duly delivered a Best of British routine as he dominated the opposition around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to score the team s first A1GP victory after nearly two seasons of competing against its rival nations.
Jarvis, runner-up in the 2006 British F3 Championship, led the team to the top step of the podium in just his second A1GP outing, his previous venture in China last November rewarding the British squad with its first podium of the season. While Robbie Kerr went on to score further podiums in Malaysia, Indonesia and South Africa, to add to his haul of seven from the inaugural A1GP season, Oliver s faultless performance, combined with some slick teamwork in Mexico City, saw the team celebrate its maiden win having come so close on several occasions.
Leap-frogging last season s World Champions, A1 Team France, Great Britain now sits third in the 2006-07 A1GP Nations Standings just 13 points behind New Zealand (74-61) with two rounds remaining, including the season finale on home soil at the Brands Hatch Circuit in Kent. Despite a mixed weekend, A1 Team Germany maintains its series points lead.
Having jetted back to Japan, where he s set to compete in the 2007 All-Japan F3 Championship, Oliver took time out to reflect on the weekend s accomplishments in A1GP.
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