by Russell Atkins
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Alan Jones has reflected on what he terms a ‘pathetic' season for Team Australia in the 2007/08 A1GP campaign – but looking ahead to the future, the former
Formula 1 World Champion predicts bright things indeed.
Australia finished a lowly 17th out of 21 in the title standings in the third season of the nation vs nation series, having notched up a paltry 20 points compared to champion Switzerland's 168. That is four positions lower than the squad finished in both 2005/06 and 2006/07, and fewer than half the points' total garnered in the former. The outfit's best finish was fifth position for John Martin on home turf at Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway back in February, but elsewhere – Durban perhaps aside – Australia failed to shine.
“We've had a pathetic season!” typically outspoken team chairman Jones told
Crash.net Radio. “We started off with another driver (Ian Dyk), but John really impressed us as a rookie.
“He on more than one occasion proved to be the quickest rookie in the rookie sessions, up against some pretty talented people, but since then for one reason or another he just hasn't been able to put it together.”
