A1gp

[Unknown Soldier]

So . .that A1GP starts this weekend at Brand Hatch. 80 000 fans expected.

A1 Team          Driver 1            Driver 2
Australia        Will Power          Christian Jones
Austria          Mathias Lauda
Brazil           Nelson Piquet Jr.   Joao Paulo de Oliveira
Canada           Sean MacIntosh
China            Qinghua Ma          Tengyi Jiang
Czech Republic   Jan Charouz
France           Nicholas Lapierre   Alexandre Premat
Germany          Timo Scheider       Adrian Sutil
Great Britain    Robbie Kerr         Alex Lloyd
India            Karun Chandhok      Armaan Ebrahim
Indonesia        Ananda Mikola
Ireland          Michael Devaney
Italy            Enrico Toccacelo    Nino Piccoli
Japan            Ryo Fukuda
Lebanon          Basil Shaaban       Khalil Beschir
Malaysia         Alex Yoong          Fairuz Fauzy
Mexico           Salvador Duran
Netherlands      Jos Verstappen      Jeroen Bleekemolen
New Zealand      Matt Halliday       Jonny Reid
Pakistan         Adam Khan
Portugal         Alvaro Parente      Joao Urbano
Russia           Alexey Vasiliev     Nikolay Fomenko
South Africa     Stephen Simpson     Gavin Cronje
Switzerland      Neel Jani
USA              Scott Speed

So who do you expect to win. Are they gonna show it on TV (ITV).

Season Calendar:

Brands Hatch,
Great Britain
Sep. 25, 2005

EuroSpeedway, Lausitz,
Germany
Oct. 09, 2005

Circuito Estoril,
Portugal
Oct. 23, 2005

Eastern Creek, Sydney,
Australia
Nov. 06, 2005

Sepang International,
Malaysia
Nov. 20, 2005

Dubai Autodrome,
UAE
Dec. 11, 2005

Sentul Circuit,
Indonesia
Jan. 15, 2006

South Africa
Jan. 29, 2006

Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba,
Brazil
Feb. 12, 2006

Parque Fundidora Monterrey,
Mexico
Feb. 26, 2006

Laguna Seca, California,
USA
Mar. 19, 2006

Shanghai International,
China
Apr. 02, 2006

 

[sir doris]

It will not be on ITV (not live anyhow) as it's on Sky Sports. Should be very interesting as it has some very good drivers and all the cars are the same

 

[Crisidelm]

Indonesia        Ananda Mikola

Isn't Mikola a Finnish name?

 

[pcchen]

The first A1 race is at the same time as F1, so it won't be live here (the qualify is live). Since the broadcast will be delayed to Monday, I can't watch it

 

[WhiningKhan]

Indonesia        Ananda Mikola

Isn't Mikola a Finnish name?

It can be (601 people in Finland currently has that as a surname, so not exactly popular), but Ananda sure isn't.

You might be thinking of Hannu Mikkola (note the spelling), a rally driver from 70's/80's.

 

[Crisidelm]

Somehow I've got flashback of an Ari-Pekka Mikkola (not Motorsport related though).
Mikola just doesn't sound Indonesian, but who knows

 

[MuFu]

A1 Team          Driver 1            Driver 2
Australia        [b]Will Power[/b]          Christian Jones
Austria          Mathias Lauda
Brazil           Nelson Piquet Jr.   Joao Paulo de Oliveira

No way! HAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[MPI]

Somehow I've got flashback of an Ari-Pekka Mikkola (not Motorsport related though).
Mikola just doesn't sound Indonesian, but who knows

He's actually named after the aforementioned rally driver Hannu Mikkola. Apparently his father was given a ride and he was so blown away he named a son after him.

 

[WhiningKhan]

No way! HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Will Power and Scott Speed sound just like names from old ST/Amiga driving games, such as Stunt Car Racer and Supercars I / II.

 

[WhiningKhan]

Somehow I've got flashback of an Ari-Pekka Mikkola (not Motorsport related though).
Mikola just doesn't sound Indonesian, but who knows

Now we got the explanation by MPI, didn't know that. Jarno Trulli is a bit similar story, named after Jarno Saarinen. Incidentally, trulli is also a word in Finnish for little kids wearing a witch costume (in a bit of halloween-style, it's an easter tradition around here). So, that name aroused some amusement when he appeared in F1's.

However, Ari-Pekka Mikkola does not ring a bell. Maybe Ari-Pekka Nikkola, the 90's ski jumper?

 

[Crisidelm]

Now we got the explanation by MPI, didn't know that. Jarno Trulli is a bit similar story, named after Jarno Saarinen. Incidentally, trulli is also a word in Finnish for little kids wearing a witch costume (in a bit of halloween-style, it's an easter tradition around here). So, that name aroused some amusement when he appeared in F1's.

However, Ari-Pekka Mikkola does not ring a bell. Maybe Ari-Pekka Nikkola, the 90's ski jumper?

I think Ari-Pekka Mikkola was a hockey player maybe? I also remember Air-Pekka Nikkola the ski jumper.

BTW, in Italy "trulli" is the name of rural stone buildings in Puglia.

 

[Andy]

Looking forward to it. It is on here in 15 minutes (10pm AEST) on Fox Sports. Hopefully it will be good. I like F1 but I'm not into Indycars.