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Britain snatches championship bronze at home

A1 Team Great Britain's Robbie Kerr scored a fantastic home victory in the Sprint race at an electric Brands Hatch today, and followed that up with a second-place podium finish in this afternoon's Feature race. The brilliant double podium elevated GBR to overall third place in the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport and the team will collect the trophy for bronze at tomorrow evening's glamorous awards ceremony in central London.

Robbie Kerr commented, "It was great to win at home once again - it was a fantastic feeling and the fans here today are brilliant. I felt comfortable throughout the race but I didn't push too much as I wanted to bring it home so I just kept it sensible. The important thing is that we passed France in the championship for third. Narain and I were extremely close throughout the whole feature race and we kept gaining on each other and then dropping off a little throughout. The team have put in 110% this weekend and, although it was great to finish second, it is a shame we couldn't get the win. We were just one point away from second place in the championship, just like last year, but it is fantastic to finish third again and show the consistency in the team."

Katie Clements, Team Principal added, "We are absolutely delighted with another home win. We were so close to winning the feature race as well so we are a little disappointed with second, but it has been an outstanding team performance all weekend and we finish this season third in the championship. Heading into the weekend we had our sights firmly set on passing France for third in the championship and we were not even thinking second was possible, so to finish for the second year running just one point behind New Zealand is really good. We have shown our consistency over three fantastic years of A1GP and now, while we will take a little time to enjoy today's results, we are very excited at the prospect of season four, the new challenges that will bring, and the campaign to bring the winner's trophy home to Great Britain."

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