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{{Infobox A1 Grand Prix team
| team_name = A1 Team India
| flag_name = India
| country = India
| founded = 2005
| seat_holder = [[Narain Karthikeyan]]
| chairman = [[David Sears (motorsport)|David Sears]]
| drivers = [[Armaan Ebrahim]] [[Narain Karthikeyan]]
| car_name = -
| first_race = [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|2005–06 Great Britain]]
| events = 35 (69 starts)
| championships = 0
| main_wins = 2
| sprint_wins = 0
| poles = 1
| fastest_laps = 0
| total_points = 93
| current_season = 2008–09
| current_position = 12th
| current_points = 19
}}
[[File:A1 Grand Prix, Kyalami - India.jpg|thumb|A1 Grand Prix, Kyalami - India]]
'''A1 Team India''' was the [[India]]n team of [[A1 Grand Prix]], an international racing series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/groups/a1teamindia/|title=A1 Team India|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a1-team-india-pushed-to-back-of-grid/articleshow/2751674.cms|title=A1 Team India pushed to back of grid|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/formula-1/karthikeyan-to-drive-for-a1-team-india-1620092|title=Karthikeyan to drive for A1 Team India|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>

== Management ==
The seatholder for Team India was former [[Formula One]] driver [[Narain Karthikeyan]].

[[Argo Racing Cars|Argo racing Cars Ltd.]] were the Technical Servicer Provider for A1 Team India in Season 4. The UK based team was founded by [[David Sears (motorsport)|David Sears]] and was best known for competing in GP2, and many other single-seater championships. David Sears’ experience lay not only in single-seaters, but in almost all other forms of motorsport. He is considered one of the most widely experienced team principals in recent decades.

Gordon Flynn was the team manager, and Greg Wheeler was the team's race engineer.

Yohann Setna had been involved with A1 Team India since the first season and stood as Sporting Director this year.

== History ==

The inaugural A1 Team India car was presented to the public in July 2005. The team did not take part in the full [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|first season]], with their last race in [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|Indonesia]]. They failed to score any points.

In [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07]], the team only scored points on three occasions, scoring 13 points total. The [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007–08 season]] was a much greater success than the previous two seasons. Narain Karthikeyan scored 61 points for the team, as well as two victories.

Despite missing the opening race of the [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008–09 season]] due to lack of available cars, Team India managed to score a podium in the final Sprint race of the season, en route to scoring 19 points.

== Drivers ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Seasons
!width=90px| Rounds (Starts)
!width=40px| Titles
!width=40px| Wins
!width=40px| Sprint wins
!width=40px| Feature wins
!width=40px| 2nd
!width=40px| 3rd
!width=40px| Poles
!width=40px| Fastest Laps
!width=40px| Points
|-
|[[Karun Chandhok]]
|[[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005–06]]
|2 (3 starts)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
|
|0
|-
|[[Armaan Ebrahim]]
|[[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005–06]], [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006–07]]
|11 (22 starts)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
|
|0
|-
|[[Narain Karthikeyan]]
|[[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006–07]], [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007–08]], [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008–09]]
|20 (40 starts)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|2
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|2
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|1
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|1
|
|93
|-
|[[Parthiva Sureshwaren]]
|[[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006–07]], [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007–08]]
|2 (4 starts)
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFFFDF;"|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|
|
|
|0
|}

== Complete A1 Grand Prix results ==
([[Template:A1GP results legend|key]]), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" width="100%"
|-
! Year
!width=66px| Racing team
!width=66px| Chassis, Engine, Tyres
! Drivers
!width=22px|1
!width=22px|2
!width=22px|3
!width=22px|4
!width=22px|5
!width=22px|6
!width=22px|7
!width=22px|8
!width=22px|9
!width=22px|10
!width=22px|11
!width=22px|12
!width=22px|13
!width=22px|14
!width=22px|15
!width=22px|16
!width=22px|17
!width=22px|18
!width=22px|19
!width=22px|20
!width=22px|21
!width=22px|22
! Points
! Rank


|-
!rowspan=4|[[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005–06]]
|rowspan=4|[[Akbar Ebrahim]]
|rowspan=4|[[Lola Cars|Lola]], [[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]], [[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]
|rowspan=2|
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|GER}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany|GER]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|POR}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal|POR]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates|UAE]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|RSA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|INA}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|INA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States of America|USA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China|CHN]]
!rowspan=4|0
!rowspan=4|24th
|-
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|-
|[[Karun Chandhok]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|15
|DNS
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Armaan Ebrahim]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|EX
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|20
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|14
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|14
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|colspan=28|


|-
!rowspan=5|[[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006–07]]
|rowspan=5|[[Arena Motorsport]]
|rowspan=5|[[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]] [[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]
|rowspan=2|
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NED}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic|CZE]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China|BEI]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|INA}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia|INA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZL]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|RSA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China|SHA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR]]
!rowspan=5|13
!rowspan=5|16th
|-
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|-
|[[Armaan Ebrahim]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|19
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Narain Karthikeyan]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|10
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|15
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|7
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4
|-
|[[Parthiva Sureshwaren]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|colspan=28|


|-
!rowspan=4|[[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007–08]]
|rowspan=4|[[Arena Motorsport]]
|rowspan=4|[[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]] [[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]
|rowspan=2|
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NED}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic|CZE]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Zhuhai, China|ZHU]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZL]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia|AUS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|RSA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico|MEX]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China|SHA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR]]
|colspan=2 rowspan=4|
!rowspan=4|61
!rowspan=4|10th
|-
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|-
|[[Narain Karthikeyan]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|21
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|7
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|13
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1'''
|-
|[[Parthiva Sureshwaren]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|17
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|colspan=28|


|-
!rowspan=3|[[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008–09]]
|rowspan=3|[[Argo Racing Cars]]
|rowspan=3|[[Ferrari]], [[Ferrari]], [[Michelin]]
|rowspan=2|
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NED}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China|CHN]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia|MYS]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand|NZL]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa|RSA]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|POR}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal|POR]]
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain|GBR]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=3|
!rowspan=3|19
!rowspan=3|12th
|-
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|spr
|fea
|-
|[[Narain Karthikeyan]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|10
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|7
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|12
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|Ret
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.a1gp.com/ A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051025003528/http://www.a1teamind.com/ A1 Team India Official Web Site]
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A1 Team India - Revision history

Lovebuddy143 at 16:01, 13 May 2023