Fairuz Fauzy believes that the competitiveness in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has risen both on and off the track. [since he was last involved in the Malaysian's A1GP team over 12 months ago - participating in a practice session in Taupo]

"When you walk in the paddock there's an air of confidence around it that wasn't so evident when I was last here," he noted. "The teams are all so focused on putting in the best possible performance that they are looking at every opportunity to beat the other nations.

"This is particularly noticeable in the engineering department. The team knows so much more about the car now, that they are focusing on the detail rather than the overall car. This is a result of the increasingly close levels of performance that we're seeing on the track, the teams are now needing to find tenths of a second in their performance level as that can make the difference between a top five lap time or a top ten lap time."

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As evidenced by the first corner incidents in the last race <doh>
<roflmao>

The one thing I've noticed about A1GP is that the driving standards have improved (sort of - street circuits and Michael Ammermuller excepted). This is probably also down to the drivers and teams understanding the cars better, which is always good. It looks like this season we are going to have a very close title race, which is something we have been denied in previous years. Roll on Brands Hatch!

I suppose as experience increases, teams & drivers will start to focus on performance issues more rather than just running the race as they would have initially.
I guess, with the announcement that Ferrari supplying engines and chassis from next season, the profile of A1GP will have gone up, more people will have become aware of it and keeping an eye out, so its just as well they have a good tight season this time. <thumbsup>

yeah, looking forward to Brands

should be able to watch those races live