A1 Team Japan
| A1 Team Japan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Seat holder(s) | - |
| Team principal | - |
| Race driver(s) | Ryo Fukuda Hideki Noda Hayanari Shimoda |
| First race | 2005-06 Great Britain |
| Rounds entered | 7 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Sprint race victories | 0 |
| Feature race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Total points | 6 |
| 2007-08 position | inactive (0 pts) |
The A1 Team Japan is the Japanese team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. There is speculation that Japan will be returning later into the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season. This is backed up with the addition of new merchandise from the Japanese team as well.
Owners
A1 Team Japan current seat holder is unknown, held by a corporate conglomeration. Team was managed by Carlin Motorsport
Drivers
The main driver for the Japanese team will be Ryo Fukuda, with Hideki Noda as a test/second driver. Hayanari Shimoda is the team's third driver.
| Name |
Seasons |
Races (Starts) |
Sprint starts |
Main starts |
Wins | Sprint wins |
Main wins |
2nd |
3rd |
Poles | Fastest Laps |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryo Fukuda | 2005-06 | 1(2) | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Hideki Noda | 2005-06 | 1(2) | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Hayanari Shimoda | 2005-06 | 5(10) | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix Results
(key), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.
| Year | Racing team |
Chassis, Engine, Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | Carlin Motorsport | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon |
GBR spr | GBR fea | GER spr | GER fea | PRT spr | PRT fea | AUS spr | AUS fea | MYS spr | MYS fea | ARE spr | ARE fea | ZAF spr | ZAF fea | IDN spr | IDN fea | MEX spr | MEX fea | USA spr | USA fea | CHN spr | CHN fea | 8 | 21st | |
| Ryo Fukuda | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hideki Noda | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hayanari Shimoda | 18 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret |