A1GP to Race in New Zealand

The Cooper sponsored A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is to visit New Zealand with Taupo hosting the sixth round of the Series on 21 January 2007. The announcement was made in Auckland by A1GP chief operating officer David Clare in the presence of Prime Minister Helen Clark, key Cabinet Minister Trevor Mallard and the race managers. In Season One A1GP had an average live television audience of 7.7 million for each round across 37 networks in 120 countries, with 127 different programmes generated per round. Some 2000 media representatives attended the 11 events.