The team heads to South Africa determined to secure some strong results to improve its championship position in what is turning out to be the most highly competitive season of A1GP yet.

Jarvis returns to the cockpit to face the unique challenges of the Durban street circuit.  The track was designed specifically for A1GP and, as the races over the last two years have proved, drivers need to be inch-perfect on the 3.3km circuit that snakes through the narrow streets of the beachside city.  In his races for Team GBR this season, Oliver has already scored some impressive results, with a fantastic Feature Race win at the opener in Zandvoort, the Netherlands last September and strong points finishes in the Sepang, Malaysia and Zhuhai, China races. 

Heading into round seven, Team GBR is currently sixth in the title race with 58 points.  Tied at the top are Teams New Zealand and France on 96 points, with Switzerland three points adrift. Before the action begins at the circuit, Great Britain’s Jarvis will join fellow A1GP drivers on Wednesday to visit a charitable project a short distance from Durban.  The Mount Moriah Ministries Care and Support Centre is an organisation run by Food4Africa (www.food4africa.org) which cares for the disadvantaged and malnourished in the surrounding community.

Oliver Jarvis: “I’m delighted to be back in the British car and I’m especially looking forward to the Durban event.  I had the opportunity to do the rookie session there last year and it’s a fantastic street track in a beautiful setting. Hopefully we can continue on from Robbie’s (Kerr) podium in Australia and get more podium finishes in order to keep Britain in the Championship fight.”

Katie Clements, Team Principal: “Following Robbie’s podium in Austrlia and our previous results in Durban, we are very confident ahead of next weekend and looking forward to scoring some good points.  Our aim is to finish on the podium and move closer to the teams ahead of us in the championship.  We are happy to welcome back Oliver and are sure he is ready for the challenges of the tricky nature of this event.”

Saturday’s qualifying starts at 1415 local time (1215 GMT) with Sunday’s 20 minute Sprint race starting at 1100 local time (Sunday 0900 GMT) and the 70 minute Feature Race starting at 1500 local time (1300 GMT).SKY Sports will broadcast all the live action from Durban from 12 noon on Saturday 23 February on SKY Sports 3 and from 12 noon on Sunday 24 February on SKY Sports 2.

A1 Team Great Britain is partnered by AquaSP, Playseats and Visit Britain.