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Lacroix joins A1 Team Canada

A1 Team Canada today announced that Kevin Lacroix will join the team's driver line-up for the rest of the season, starting with the upcoming Grand Prix in Durban, South Africa.

The 17-year-old from Québec, runner-up and 'Rookie of the Year' in last season's North American-based Star Mazda Championship, joins the Canadian entry to fulfil rookie duties on Friday morning's at each remaining A1GP round with regular racer, Toronto's James Hinchcliffe, no longer eligible to run in the hour-long Rookie-Only session having exceeded six race starts this season.

Having excelled in the Formula BMW USA Championship in 2005, finishing second overall with four wins, Kevin's graduation to the Star Mazda Championship in 2006 and early successes there led to a test with A1 Team Canada last July along with Hinchcliffe at the Pembrey Circuit in the United Kingdom. Despite having never driven anything as powerful as the 550bhp A1GP car, Lacroix proved himself to be a fast learner, picking up both the car and track to set some impressive lap times throughout his day-long test.

"I'm really excited to have this opportunity to drive for A1 Team Canada," Lacroix commented. "I'm looking forward to working with the team again following our first meeting at Pembrey. South Africa's going to be a challenge as I get reacquainted with the A1GP car and learn the track layout but I'm confident in my ability and I know I can meet the team's expectations for the Rookie session. It's great to get the seat-time and I'm hoping it will lead to a shot at racing for the team in the near future."

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