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A1 Team Switzerland has won the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, after finishing fourth in this morning's sensational Brands Hatch Sprint race in the UK, in which Great Britain's Robbie Kerr took a fantastic home race victory ahead of USA and Ireland.

Kerr grabs lead on first lap

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The crowd went wild as home favorite GBR's Robbie Kerr dominated the action from pole position to win the 20-minute race, moving the British team up into third place in the championship before this afternoon's final race of the season. Kerr, who took victory in the Brands Hatch Sprint race last year, has now scored three wins for his nation during his A1GP career.

Much to the delight of the home fans, Ireland's Adam Carroll finished on the podium in third place, after making a brilliant start from fourth on the grid, diving past the Swiss car going into Paddock Hill and seizing third. Twenty-five-year-old Carroll has now notched up a total of four podium finishes - including one win - for the Irish team in his debut A1GP season.

USA's Jonathan Summerton, who started second and has been on impressive form all weekend, held position throughout the race and, despite pressure from Carroll in the Celtic Tiger, went on to finish second and take his third podium for the American squad this season.

New Zealand's Jonny Reid, who had a poor qualifying session on Saturday but was still in with a chance of overhauling the Swiss team in the title fight this morning, crossed the line eighth. The Kiwis are now preparing to defend second overall in the championship during this afternoon's season finale Feature race, as third-placed GBR is set to pile on the pressure.

Hugs all around for Neel Jani from his Swiss team

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An emotional Max Welti, seat holder of newly crowned A1GP champion A1 Team Switzerland, said:

'It's absolutely outstanding. It's such a great feeling - you just cannot believe it! To represent Switzerland all over the globe and to actually do it is fantastic. We're writing a page in the history books. Neel came on the radio after he crossed the line to thank the team - he knows that to win the world championship is not only his achievement, but everybody in the team as well."

Results

Pos	A1 Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	15	19'19.143
2	USA	Jonathan Summerton	15	19'20.269	1.126
3	Ireland	Adam Carroll	15	19'21.329	2.186
4	Switzerland	Neel Jani	15	19'23.268	4.125
5	India	Narain Karthikeyan	15	19'23.610	4.467
6	Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque	15	19'24.540	5.397
7	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	15	19'25.257	6.114
8	New Zealand	Jonny Reid	15	19'27.528	8.385
9	Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	15	19'28.968	9.825
10	France	Franck Montagny	15	19'30.021	10.878
11	Germany	Michael Ammermüller	15	19'30.346	11.203
12	Czech Republic	Filip Salaquarda	15	19'31.138	11.995
13	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	15	19'33.497	14.354
14	Australia	John Martin	15	19'34.989	15.846
15	Canada	James Hinchcliffe	15	19'36.460	17.317
16	Brazil	Alexandre Negrão	15	19'37.250	18.107
17	Italy	Edoardo Piscopo	15	19'37.744	18.601
18	Pakistan	Adam Khan	15	19'43.030	23.887
19	Indonesia	Satrio Hermanto	15	19'49.097	29.954
20	Mexico	David Martínez	15	19'49.465	30.322
21	China	Cheng Cong Fu	15	19'50.664	31.521
22	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	15	19'55.381	36.238