September 17h 2008, New Delhi: A1 Team India, representing India in A1GP, World Cup of Motorsport, today unveiled its new team and livery for the fourth season of the most awaited motor racing championship of the world.
The fourth season of A1GP flags off on 4-5th of October 2008 at Zandvoort Circuit in The Netherlands. The team, once again lead by “The Fastest Indian in The World”, two-time A1GP race winner Narain Karthikeyan, will add to its arsenal with Armaan Ebrahim making his return to the team, although this time as a rookie driver, alongside Parthiv Sureshwaren in the upcoming races scheduled for the 2008-2009 season. This will be the strongest ever Indian racing team in an international championship.
Narain Karthikeyan, Lead Driver, A1 Team India added, “This year holds a lot of expectations from India and I am looking forward to a more consistent performance for Team India. We hope that the new seasons challenges will give us an opportunity to prove our capabilities to the motor racing world.”
Andaleeb Sehgal, Chief Executive Officer, A1 Team India said, “Today is a momentous day for all of us here. We had a phenomenal third season with two wins at Zhuhai and Brands Hatch, and are all geared up to make this forthcoming season even better. We have a lot of expectations from the new structure of the team and hopefully India will emerge as one of the best performing countries participating in the races.”
The new season will take the series on a brand new level being officially powered by Ferrari. All 25 cars on the grid including A1 Team India will have Ferrari chassis and engines. The brand new car for team India for this season and drivers will now don a new look. The new livery launched today is based on the theme of the traditional sporting colors of India using an interesting combination of classic Indian blue and Cyan.
David Clare, CEO A1GP Asia Pacific, who was also present at the occasion said, “India is a priority market for A1GP. It gives me immense pleasure to see that motor racing is gaining popularity fast among Indian audiences. It’s a brand new season for A1GP which we all are looking forward to, especially with our new partners - Ferrari, Michelin, Magnetti Marelli & TW Steel. We are keen to add many more interesting venues to our calendar and hopefully India will soon be one amongst them.”
Since A1GP’s country versus country format has such a wide reaching appeal among Indian sports enthusiasts, both ESPN Star Sports & Ten Sports in India will telecast all the races of the season live as well as repeated. The event also announced a new promotional video on A1 Team India produced by ESPN Star Sports, which will be aired across their sports network over the next few months.
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