Teams
During the 2007–08 Shanghai race weekend, it was announced at an official ceremony that Korea would be participating in the 2008–09 season. Jung-Yong Kim of Omnibus Investment is the seat holder, with Good EMG supporting the project. Carlin Motorsport ran the racing team.
On 29 August 2008, it was announced that A1 Team Monaco will be competing in season four. The joint seat holders were Hubertus Bahlsen, and former F3 and GP2 driver Clivio Piccione, who took on the driving duties.
Two teams appeared in A1GP documentation throughout the season but did not race. Wade Cherwayko's A1 Team Canada appeared on paper but the team failed to show for any races and Adam Khan tested the A1 Team Pakistan car on a number of occasions but likewise did not travel to any races.
The 21 teams that started a race in the 2008–09 championship were:
| Team | Race team | Seat holder(s) | Race drivers | Rookie drivers |
Pre-season Test drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Team Australia | Alan Docking Racing | Alan Jones | John Martin | Ashley Walsh | John Martin |
| A1 Team Brazil | DSM | Emerson Fittipaldi | Felipe Guimarães | Felipe Guimarães Ana Beatriz |
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| A1 Team China | Team Astromega | Liu Yu | Ho-Pin Tung Cong Fu Cheng |
Adderly Fong | |
| A1 Team France | Connor Racing | Jean Paul Driot | Loïc Duval Nicolas Prost |
Nicolas Prost | |
| A1 Team Germany | GU-Racing International | Rolf Beisswanger | Michael Ammermüller Andre Lotterer |
Michael Ammermüller Andre Lotterer |
|
| A1 Team Great Britain | A1 Team Great Britain | Tony Clements | Danny Watts Dan Clarke |
Dan Clarke Aaron Steele Danny Watts James Winslow |
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| A1 Team India | Argo Racing Cars Ltd | Ravi Chilukuri | Narain Karthikeyan | Armaan Ebrahim Narain Karthikeyan Parthiva Sureshwaren |
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| A1 Team Indonesia | Performance Racing | Bagoes Hermanto | Zahir Ali Satrio Hermanto |
Zahir Ali | |
| A1 Team Ireland | Status Grand Prix | Mark Gallagher, Teddy Yip, Jr., John Hynes and David Kennedy |
Adam Carroll | Niall Quinn | Adam Carroll |
| A1 Team Italy | Team Ghinzani | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Vitantonio Liuzzi Fabio Onidi Edoardo Piscopo |
Stefano Coletti Vitantonio Liuzzi Christian Montanari |
Edoardo Piscopo Fabio Onidi |
| A1 Team Korea | Carlin Motorsport | Jung-Yong Kim | Hwang Jin-Woo | Hwang Jin-Woo | Hwang Jin-Woo |
| A1 Team Lebanon | Argo Racing Cars Ltd | Tameem Auchi | Daniel Morad | Daniel Morad Jimmy Auby |
Daniel Morad |
| A1 Team Malaysia | A1 Team Malaysia | Alex Yoong | Fairuz Fauzy Aaron Lim |
Aaron Lim | Fairuz Fauzy |
| A1 Team Mexico | Escuderia del Mediterraneo | Julio Jauregui Saad | Davíd Garza Pérez Salvador Durán |
Juan Pablo Garcia | |
| A1 Team Monaco | A1 Team Monaco | Clivio Piccione Hubertus Bahlsen |
Clivio Piccione | Hubertus Bahlsen | Clivio Piccione |
| A1 Team The Netherlands | Racing Team Holland | Jan Lammers | Jeroen Bleekemolen Robert Doornbos |
Dennis Retera | Jeroen Bleekemolen Robert Doornbos |
| A1 Team New Zealand | DSM | Colin Giltrap | Earl Bamber Chris van der Drift |
Earl Bamber Chris van der Drift |
Earl Bamber Chris van der Drift |
| A1 Team Portugal | Boer Racing Services | Luís Vicente | Filipe Albuquerque | Filipe Albuquerque Antonio Felix da Costa Armando Parente |
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| A1 Team South Africa | Connor Racing | Tokyo Sexwale | Adrian Zaugg Alan van der Merwe |
Gavin Cronje Cristiano Morgado |
Adrian Zaugg |
| A1 Team Switzerland | Boer Racing Services | Max Welti | Neel Jani | Alexandre Imperatori | |
| A1 Team USA | Andretti Green Racing | Michael Andretti | Charlie Kimball Marco Andretti J. R. Hildebrand |
Marco Andretti J. R. Hildebrand Robbie Pecorari |
Charlie Kimball |
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