2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand
 2007-08 A1GP of New Zealand
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| Race Details | |
| Race 5 of 10 in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season | |
| Date | 20 January 2008 |
| Location |
Taupo Motorsport Park Taupo, New Zealand |
| Weather | Sunny and windy |
| Sprint race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |
New Zealand (Jonny Reid) |
| Time | 1'15.241 |
| Podium | |
| 1st |
New Zealand (Jonny Reid) |
| 2nd |
 Germany (Christian Vietoris) |
| 3rd |
 France (Loïc Duval) |
| Fastest Lap | |
| FL |
Germany (Christian Vietoris) |
| Time | 1'15.740, (Lap 9) |
| Feature race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |
France (Loïc Duval) |
| Time | 1'15.296 |
| Podium | |
| 1st |
Germany (Christian Vietoris) |
| 2nd |
 Canada (Robert Wickens) |
| 3rd |
France (Loïc Duval) |
| Fastest Lap | |
| FL |
 Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
| Time | 1'14.679, (Lap 45) |
| Official Classifications | |
| PDF Booklet | |
The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on 20 January 2008 at the Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand. This will be the fifth meeting in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.
The Taupo circuit changes one of the circuit’s corners. The turn 12 at the end of the longest straight will be much slower with a 90 degree left-hander. A1GP will inaugurate the new changes.
It was announced that the Taupo round switch to a 30 per cent biofuel mix. This environmental initiative is the first initiative to help reduce its environmental footprint in motorsport series. The new fuel is an ethanol based-product Hiperflo E30 sourced from sugar beet in Europe and produced by Petrochem Carless. The prediction are a CO2 emissions reduction by 21% per car.
A1 Team Indonesia and Performance Racing announce their new partnership. The racing team managed by Bobby Issazadhe provide now the technical and race services like it does with A1 Team Pakistan since 2006-07. Dave Luff is the new race engineer and Bagoes Hermanto became the new Team Principal.
To avoid what happen in the last race when safety car was out during feature race, a new light close to the entry of pit lane is introduced this weekend. When the lights are on, drivers can pit but it is not counted as one of the two mandatory stops. Pits are allowed for mechanical work or to be carried out.
A1 Team France dominate the two practice sessions Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
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