Brits on Pole

Double podium scoring Danny Watts is definitely back in the car for the British team in the latest round of the international A1GP series, due to be held at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit this weekend

What? You mean A1 Team Great Britain hasn’t immediately signed up double-podium-sitting Danny Watts for the whole of the rest of the 2008/09 season? Come on, Katie Clements! Give the guy the drive…

Britain and Ireland each grabbed a pair of podiums as A1GP visited China - but it was the Irish who came off better, Adam Carroll winning the sprint race while Danny Watts saw victory in the feature race slip away in the pitstops.

The British and Irish teams staked out the front row for A1GP’s two races in China tomorrow, Ireland’s Adam Carroll taking pole in the sprint race, then Team GBR’s Danny Watts qualifying top for the feature race with Carroll beside him.

Finally, after the months of delays and disappointments, the Union Flag is again lapping with the rest of the A1GP field as Team GBR takes to the track in Chengdu, China.

Can A1GP’s Team Great Britain make up for its poor start to the season, caused by the lack of a working car until the eve of the second race, and get itself into the title hunt?

A1GP’s Team GBR has called in an experienced pair of hands for its first race in Chengdu, China from November 7 - and, with no opportunity to test the car before flying there, that’s about the only good news.

Superleague Formula’s mid-season driver shakeup has come as bad news for Tottenham Hotspur driver Duncan Tappy, who has lost out to former F1 pilot Enrique Bernoldi.

A1GP has shaken up its 2008-09 calendar, just days after being forced to postpone the planned first race because of delays in building its new cars.

Robbie Kerr put Team GBR on the podium at a rain-soaked Eastern Creek Circuit, ending a run of British bad luck that had stretched back to the previous race in New Zealand.