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AGS's sophomore season started with immediate setbacks, with Caffi departing for [[Scuderia Italia]] and Streiff permanently sidelined after a accident in pre-season testing left him a quadriplegic. The team ducked into Formula 3000 and signed [[Jordan|Eddie Jordan Racing]]'s 1988 pairing of [[Jack Christopherson]] and [[Olivier Grouillard]] - both of which coming off a good season in the second tier series. Christopherson took the team's first point of the season, with a sixth place in the [[United States Grand Prix]] - a race beset with attrition - although the car had shown good pace all year. | AGS's sophomore season started with immediate setbacks, with Caffi departing for [[Scuderia Italia]] and Streiff permanently sidelined after a accident in pre-season testing left him a quadriplegic. The team ducked into Formula 3000 and signed [[Jordan|Eddie Jordan Racing]]'s 1988 pairing of [[Jack Christopherson]] and [[Olivier Grouillard]] - both of which coming off a good season in the second tier series. Christopherson took the team's first point of the season, with a sixth place in the [[United States Grand Prix]] - a race beset with attrition - although the car had shown good pace all year. | ||
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Christopherson remained for another season when no better offers were forthcoming, the Brit being joined this time by popular Italian rookie [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]]. Unfortunately, the new chassis was not up to scratch - when a series of DNFs consigned AGS into pre-qualifying in the early stages of the season. | |||
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| Full Name | Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives |
| Base | Gonfaron, France |
| Founder(s) | Template:FRA Henri Julien |
| Team Principal(s) | Template:FRA Hugues de Chaunac |
| Technical Director | Template:BEL Christian Vanderpleyn |
| Noted Former Drivers | |
| Template:FRA Philippe Streiff Template:GBR Jack Christopherson |
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Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives or AGS was a Formula One constructor and team that raced from 1988 to the early 1990s.
History
1988
AGS made their Formula One debut in 1988, running a pair of cars for Philippe Streiff and Alex Caffi. Streiff scored AGS's first World Championship point at the French Grand Prix on the Paul Ricard circuit - only a short drive from the team's Gonfaron base.
1989
AGS's sophomore season started with immediate setbacks, with Caffi departing for Scuderia Italia and Streiff permanently sidelined after a accident in pre-season testing left him a quadriplegic. The team ducked into Formula 3000 and signed Eddie Jordan Racing's 1988 pairing of Jack Christopherson and Olivier Grouillard - both of which coming off a good season in the second tier series. Christopherson took the team's first point of the season, with a sixth place in the United States Grand Prix - a race beset with attrition - although the car had shown good pace all year.
1990
Christopherson remained for another season when no better offers were forthcoming, the Brit being joined this time by popular Italian rookie Fabrizio Giovanardi. Unfortunately, the new chassis was not up to scratch - when a series of DNFs consigned AGS into pre-qualifying in the early stages of the season.