A1GP: The Second Coming
When A1GP first appeared on the scene, many observers were waiting for it to fail. And at times, it nearly did. But a change of leadership has brought a new direction to the series. Dieter Rencken spoke to A1 boss Pete da Silva
When the field took the start of A1GP's feature race in the Indian Ocean-bordered streets of Durban in for the city's third such event, the proceedings - from Ignition Party on Thursday evening right through to the post-race thrash at an upmarket nightclub - provided a marked contrast to the self-styled World Cup of Motorsport's first visit, in January 2006, to South Africa.
Series founder Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum then looked markedly shattered as he met with dignitaries and politicians, but thereafter kept an ultra-low profile all weekend - which was hardly in keeping with the confident and perma-smiling demeanour he had displayed at the series' first race just five months earlier.
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