25 A1 race cars thrilled spectators and television viewers worldwide as they took to the historic Brands Hatch circuit for the first A1 Grand Prix of Nations. In an action-packed race, nations jostled for position each trying to earn their crucial first points in the World Cup of Motorsport’s opening round.A1 Team Brazil took first place securing themselves 10 points and a $300,000 share of the prize fund but it was by no means an easy win for the pole starter who had to battle for first place with A1 Team Australia.A1 Team - Driver - Time1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 55.01.910 2 Australia Will Power 55.13.240 3 Mexico Salvador Duran 55.25.035 4 New Zealand Matt Halliday 55.25.615 5 Malaysia Alex Yoong 55.26.262 6 South Africa Stephen Simpson 55.26.762 7 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 55.27.540 8 Japan Ryo Fukuda 55.28.129 9 Canada Sean McIntosh 55.29.089 10 Germany Timo Scheider 37 laps 11 Austria Mathias Lauda 37 laps 12 China Tengyi Jiang 37 laps 13 Pakistan Adam Khan 35 laps 14 Czech Republic Jan Charouz 24 laps 15 Russia Alexey Vasiliev 18 laps 16 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 17 laps 17 USA Scott Speed 14 laps 18 Lebanon  Khalil Beschir 13 laps 19 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 13 laps 20 Portugal Alvaro Parente 1 lap 21 Switzerland Neel Jani 1 lap 22 Ireland Michael Devaney 0 laps 23 Indonesia  Ananada Mikola 0 laps 24 France Alexandre Premat DNS 25 India Karun Chandhok DNS

A1 Team Brazil secured the meeting’s bonus point for the fastest race lap which was set on lap 30 of the Feature race (1.16.547 / 183.4kph).QuotesA1 Team Brazil’s Nelson Piquet Jr: ‘We had problems with the pit stop and Power managed to leave in front of me so I got a bit worried. My team told me to push very hard until the end so I did and eventually managed to overtake him which I never expected. The car was really good, excellent in the second race and I could have pushed much harder if I wanted.’A1 Team Australia’s Will Power: I’m happy with second as it is a really good result for Australia to be on the Podium. At the end of the day we weren’t quick enough to win it and it would have been hard to keep Nelson behind me the whole way. I suffered from oversteer but I tried to do neat and consistent laps. When Nelson passed me it was a very good manoeuvre at the end of the day he was by me and there was no use banging wheels.’A1 Team Mexico’s Salvador Duran: ‘I think we were very quick but I had two cars in front of me who had been lapped making it difficult for me to pass. I managed to keep Matt behind me which was hard as he is a very good driver at the end of the day it was an awesome result for Mexico. It was a first for me as I have never done a pit stop.’Points are awarded for both the Sprint race and the Feature race while the $1m prize fund is shared between the top 10 finishers for the Feature race only.First place               10 points                $300,000Second place           9 points                  $200,000Third place              8 points                  $150,000Fourth place            7 points                  $110,000    Fifth place               6 points                  $80,000Sixth place              5 points                  $60,000Seventh place          4 points                  $40,000Eighth place            3 points                  $30,000Ninth place             2 points                  $20,000Tenth place             1 point                   $10,000There is also 1 bonus point available for the fastest lap in either the Sprint or Feature race.