The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was an A1 Grand Prix race at Brands Hatch, England. It was set to be the final round of the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season, but became the season finale, due to the cancellation of the Mexican round due to the 2009 swine flu pandemic.^[1][2] Ultimately, it would be the last race for A1GP as bankruptcy followed later in the year.

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2008–09 A1GP of Great Britain
Race Details
Race 7 of 7 in the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season
Date	May 3, 2009
Location	Brands Hatch Kent, England
Weather	Clear, 16°C
Sprint race
Qualifying
Pole	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Time	1:11.615
Podium
1st	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
2nd	India (Narain Karthikeyan)
3rd	Mexico (Salvador Durán)
Fastest Lap
FL	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Time	1:12.276, (Lap 8)
Feature race
Qualifying
Pole	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Time	1:10.902
Podium
1st	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
2nd	Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen)
3rd	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Fastest Lap
FL	Australia (John Martin)
Time	1:12.698, (Lap 36)
Official Classifications
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A1 Team Ireland became the fourth A1 Grand Prix champions, with a double pole position, and double victory, to take Ireland's first international motor racing championship.

With the British round now becoming the season finale, this left the championship in a three-way battle for the title.^[3]

Switzerland lead going into the event with 88 points, with four points to drop; followed by Ireland with 86, and Portugal with 82. The Netherlands are currently too far behind to win the title with 66 points, as even though 27 points are on offer for maximum score, the team has to drop 6 points from their worst event.

Also, even if all the teams finish equal of points, the tie-breaker rules would come into play. Currently Switzerland would win the title with four wins, to Ireland's three, and Portugal's one.

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Sprint race qualifying Pos Team Time Gap 1 Ireland 1:11.615 - 2 Mexico 1:11.653† + 0.038 3 Netherlands 1:11.992 + 0.377 4 USA 1:11.994† + 0.379 5 Portugal 1:12.040† + 0.425 6 New Zealand 1:12.108† + 0.493 7 India 1:12.109† + 0.494 8 Switzerland 1:12.212 + 0.597 9 Indonesia 1:12.658† + 1.043 10 Australia 1:12.745 + 1.130 11 Lebanon 1:12.889† + 1.274 12 France 1:13.011 + 1.396 13 Great Britain 1:13.019 + 1.404 14 Monaco 1:13.260 + 1.645 15 Germany 1:13.329 + 1.714 16 Italy 1:13.549† + 1.934 17 Brazil 1:13.584 + 1.969 18 Malaysia 1:13.686† + 2.071 19 South Africa 1:13.854 + 2.239 20 China 1:13.861 + 2.246

Feature race qualifying Pos Team Time Gap 1 Ireland 1:10.902† - 2 Monaco 1:11.085† + 0.183 3 Netherlands 1:11.146† + 0.244 4 Switzerland 1:11.338† + 0.436 5 France 1:11.543† + 0.641 6 New Zealand 1:11.633 + 0.731 7 Australia 1:11.930† + 1.028 8 China 1:12.180† + 1.278 9 Portugal 1:12.270 + 1.368 10 India 1:12.397 + 1.495 11 USA 1:12.662 + 1.760 12 South Africa 1:12.730† + 1.828 13 Mexico 1:12.740 + 1.838 14 Great Britain 1:12.756† + 1.854 15 Lebanon 1:12.766 + 1.864 16 Germany 1:12.797† + 1.895 17 Brazil 1:13.048† + 2.146 18 Italy 1:13.131 + 2.229 19 Indonesia 1:13.560 + 2.658 20 Malaysia 1:14.203 + 3.301

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^† Team utilized Powerboost "joker" qualifying lap.

• It was the 39th race weekend (78 starts).
• It was the fourth race to be held in Great Britain at Brands Hatch, as well as the third time the track has hosted the season finale.
• It was the first race as main driver for J. R. Hildebrand and Aaron Lim.
• It was the first race as rookie driver for Aaron Steele.
• Ireland scored their second double pole-position of the season, and the only double win of the season.