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__FORCETOC__ 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. == Pre-race == The Taupo circuit changes one of the circuit’s corners.〔(Taupo changes to 'improve passing' ) ''a1gp.com'' (28 November 2007)〕 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.〔(Biofuel confirmed for Taupo ) ''a1gp.com'' (18 December 2007)〕 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.〔(Indonesia's new engineering squad ) ''a1gp.com'' (20 January 2008)〕 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.〔(Safety car pit light introduced ) ''a1gp.com'' (18 January 2008)〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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