For the Pride of Racing
Ann Bradshaw has been involved in the marketing of the new A1 Grand Prix series from the very beginning, when all it amounted to was a madman's dream. Last Sunday, that dream became a reality and Annie couldn't be any prouder
You wait for ages for a bus to come along and then, just when you are about to give up, two arrive at the same time. Last weekend, motor racing was a bit like that. We have waited a long time for something different to happen and now the equivalent of a queue of buses has arrived.
Fernando Alonso has given Formula One its first ever Spanish World Champion and its youngest. Dan Wheldon has become the first Briton since Nigel Mansell to take the United States by storm and has lifted the IRL crown. Valentino Rossi has become MotoGP Champion for the fourth year in a row. But as far as I am concerned, though granted I am biased, the most momentous occasion was the first ever A1 Grand Prix of Nations race at Brands Hatch.
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