A1GP
Sepang: Team India Friday report
TEAM INDIA TAKES TO THE TRACK IN SEPANG, MALAYSIA The fourth round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport began today at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Armaan Ebrahim took to the track to represent his nation and finished 21st in ...
Edited: Nov 26, 2006, 12:15 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
TEAM INDIA TAKES TO THE TRACK IN SEPANG, MALAYSIA
The fourth round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport began today at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Armaan Ebrahim took to the track to represent his nation and finished 21st in final practice. With the first two sessions of the weekend now reserved for Rookie drivers, A1 Team India driver Parthiva Sureshwaren was scheduled to take advantage of the extra track time. However, due to a number of circumstances, Sureshwaren was forced to sit out the rookie sessions. Without the benefit of morning track time, Ebrahim was again left to bed in brakes and work on set up during the final practice session of the day.
The Malaysian weather proved to be typically unpredictable, with rain showers throughout practice making conditions changeable and slippery. While many drivers took excursions into the gravel traps, Ebrahim, A1GP's youngest driver, managed to keep the car on track to improve his time around one of his favourite circuits. Armaan Ebrahim said, "We had a few difficulties during the practice session, the car seemed to be suffering from some imbalance mid corner, so we have a few things to work on before tomorrow. We made a few changes mid session, but we weren't really able to test these fully as the weather conditions began to change. I think once we have made a few alterations, we will be able to go quite a bit quicker tomorrow."
Yohann J Setna, Seat holder for A1 Team India said, "The Motorsport Association of India refused to issue Parthiva with an International Grade B licence, despite the fact that he has a wide ranging career in motorsport. Consequently, he was unable to take part in the rookie session and we're one session behind again. "The car is suffering from mid corner snap oversteer and we took some front wing off which immediately helped. There still seems to be a bit of an aero imbalance in the car, so we will be working on that, as well as the gear ratios which Armaan wasn't quite happy with. I think we have to be satisfied with how it went today but we hope to be quicker tomorrow morning."
-credit: team india
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Sepang: Alex Yoong spotlight
Next article Sepang: Saturday qualifying report
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Parthiva Sureshwaren
MRF completes F2000 shakedown
Indian Open Wheel
Indian Open Wheel
MRF Challenge shakedown
MRF completes F2000 shakedown
Marinescu powers to Nurburgring pole
F2
F2
Marinescu powers to Nurburgring pole
Alex Fontana leads the way in opening Nurburgring practice
F2
F2
Alex Fontana leads the way in opening Nurburgring practice
Latest news
Five key takeaways from F1's big African Grand Prix reveal in Rwanda
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 48 min
Five key takeaways from F1's big African Grand Prix reveal in Rwanda
Niels Koolen makes switch to Abel Motorsports ahead of 2027 Indy NXT campaign
Indy NXT
IndL Indy NXT 2 h
Niels Koolen makes switch to Abel Motorsports ahead of 2027 Indy NXT campaign
GT World Challenge Portimao: All you need to know about season finale featuring Max Verstappen
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance
WCEE GT World Challenge Europe Endurance 2 h
GT World Challenge Portimao: All you need to know about season finale featuring Max Verstappen
13 Autosport retains unchanged lineup for 2027 IMSA campaign, eyes global expansion
IMSA
IMSA IMSA 3 h
13 Autosport retains unchanged lineup for 2027 IMSA campaign, eyes global expansion
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe