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A1GP Award Winners Announced
A1GP World Cup
of Motorsport fans have chosen their winners from the 2008/09 season.
After a series of accolades were put up for grabs on the series’
website, A1GP.com, fans from across the globe voted to decide who they
thought should be rewarded in four special categories.
A1 Team New Zealand’s Earl Bamber was a runaway winner to take the
plaudits for Best Overtaking Move of the Season. He won it for his
manoeuvre on home favourite Jeroen Bleekemolen during the Zandvoort
Sprint race in The Netherlands.
In many ways, it was actually the sheer nerve of it as the 18-year-old,
driving his first A1GP race, attempted to pass local hero Bleekemolen
on a track the Dutch driver had been racing on since he was a kid. In
torrential rain, Bamber’s skill shone through as he initially went to
pass Bleekemolen on the outside of the Audi-S Bocht chicane, but
Bleekemolen reacted by making a slight mistake, and drifted off course
on the exit of the corner. Bamber went to the outside on the exit, only
for Bleekemolen to immediately come across his path and block him on
his return to the track. However, undeterred, Bamber’s extra momentum
allowed him to dart back to the inside to take the lead early in the
race.
“It’s a real honour to be recognized for a passing move from my first
ever weekend racing for New Zealand in A1GP,” said Bamber. “At the time
I never expected to be racing let alone passing someone as experienced
as Jeroen at his home A1GP track – it was a really special moment
personally and for all our Black Beauty supporters!”
Best Overtaking Move
Winner: Earl Bamber (NZL)
Nominated: Marco Andretti (USA), Daniel Morad (LEB), Filipe Albuquerque (POR), Dan Clarke (GBR)
The annual A1GP end-of-season awards are a chance
to reward the outstanding performances of the season, and not just
those who finished at the top of the points’ tables.
Media: A1GP 15th Jun09
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