2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

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The 2005-2006 A1 GP season is the first season of the A1 GP championship. It began on 25 September 2005 and ended on 2 April 2006.

Calendar

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The 2005-2006 A1 Grand Prix season has 11 race. Each race ran unrolled a three-day weekend. This included a practice session on Friday another one on Saturday follow up a qualifying session. On Sunday, there are two races.

Round Event Circuit Dates
1   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 23–25 September 2005
2   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 7–9 October 2005
3   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal Circuito do Estoril 21–23 October 2005
4   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia Eastern Creek Raceway 4–6 November 2005
5   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 18–20 November 2005
6   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome 9–11 December 2005
7   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Durban Street Circuit 27–29 January 2006
8   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia Sentul International Circuit 10–12 February 2006
9   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Fundidora Park 24–26 February 2006
10   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States Laguna Seca 10–12 March 2006
11   A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China Shanghai International Circuit 31 March–2 April 2006
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  • A race was scheduled to be held in Brazil at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba over the weekend of 10–12 February 2006, but was later cancelled.
  • The Indonesian round had originally been scheduled to be held over 13–15 January 2006, but was postponed due to the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The replacement date was set as 10–12 February 2006.

Entry list

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26 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the first A1 Grand Prix season. Here is the list of participants for the 2005-2006 A1GP season:

 
Jos Verstappen on his way to victory at the South African round.
Entrant (Team) Driver Events
  A1 Team Australia
Alan Docking Racing
Will Power 1
Christian Jones 2, 6, 9
Will Davison 3–7
Marcus Marshall 8
Ryan Briscoe 10–11
  A1 Team Austria
Team Rosberg
Mathias Lauda 1–8, 10–11
Patrick Friesacher 9
  A1 Team Brazil
ART Grand Prix
Nelson Piquet, Jr. 1–7
Christian Fittipaldi 8–11
  A1 Team Canada
John Village Automotive
Sean McIntosh 1–8
Patrick Carpentier 9–11
  A1 Team China
Team Astromega
Tengyi Jiang All
Qinghua Ma 1, 9, 11
  A1 Team Czech Republic
Charouz Racing System
Jan Charouz 1
Tomáš Enge 2–11
  A1 Team France
DAMS
Alexandre Prémat 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
Nicolas Lapierre 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11
  A1 Team Germany
Super Nova Racing
Timo Scheider 1–2, 5, 7–10
Adrian Sutil 3–4, 6
Sebastian Stahl 11
  A1 Team Great Britain
Arden International
Robbie Kerr 1–10
Darren Manning 11
  A1 Team India
Akbar Ebrahim
Karun Chandhok 1–2
Armaan Ebrahim 3–8
  A1 Team Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1–3, 5–11
  A1 Team Ireland
Status Grand Prix
Michael Devaney 1, 4, 11
Ralph Firman 2–3, 5–10
  A1 Team Italy
Team Ghinzani
Enrico Toccacelo 1–6, 9, 11
Massimiliano Busnelli 7–8
Max Papis 10
  A1 Team Japan
Carlin Motorsport
Ryo Fukuda 1
Hideki Noda 2
Hayanari Shimoda 4–6, 8–9
  A1 Team Lebanon
Carlin Motorsport
Khalil Beschir 1–2, 5
Basil Shaaban 1, 3–4, 6–8
  Graham Rahal 9–11
  A1 Team Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1, 3, 5
Alex Yoong 1–2, 4–11
  A1 Team Mexico
DAMS
Salvador Durán 1, 3–4, 6, 8–11
David Martínez 2, 7
Luis Díaz 5
  A1 Team Monaco

TLM Motorsport

  Bruno Jaquinera 1-2
  Luca Badoer 3-6
  Antony Davidson 7-11
  A1 Team Netherlands
Racing for Holland
Jos Verstappen All
  A1 Team New Zealand
West Surrey Racing
Matthew Halliday 1, 3, 5–11
Jonny Reid 2, 4
  A1 Team Pakistan
Super Nova Racing
Adam Khan 1–7, 10–11
  Enrico Toccacelo 7
  A1 Team Portugal
Carlin Motorsport
Álvaro Parente 1–10
César Campaniço 11
  A1 Team Russia
Russian Age Racing
Aleksey Vasilyev 1
Mikhail Aleshin 3
Roman Rusinov 4
  A1 Team South Africa
BCN Competicion
Stephen Simpson 1, 4–11
Tomas Scheckter 2–3
  A1 Team Switzerland
DAMS
Neel Jani 1–9
Giorgio Mondini 10–11
  A1 Team USA
David Price Racing
Scott Speed 1–3
Bryan Herta 4–5, 9–10
Philip Giebler 6–8, 11
  • Enrico Toccacelo replaced Adam Khan at A1 Team Pakistan in Durban after the latter was injured in a practice session. As Toccacelo is not Pakistani, he was ineligible to score points for the team.
  • A1 Team Indonesia was unable to participate in Australia as the team did not find a replacement driver for Ananda Mikola.
  • A1 Team Monaco driver Luca Badoer is replaced by Bruno Jaquinera starting at the Portugal round
  • A1 Team Monaco driver Bruno Jaquinera is replaced by Anthony Davidson starting at the South African round

Results and standings

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Results summary

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A1 Team Australia finish third in Indonesia and China round
Round Event Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Report
1 S   Great Britain   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Alexandre Prémat   Nelson Piquet Jr. Report
F   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Nelson Piquet Jr.
2 S   Germany   Nicolas Lapierre   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Nicolas Lapierre Report
F   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Nicolas Lapierre
3 S   Portugal   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Alexandre Prémat   Alexandre Prémat Report
F   Alexandre Prémat   Alexandre Prémat
4 S   Australia   Nicolas Lapierre   Nicolas Lapierre   Nicolas Lapierre Report
F   Nicolas Lapierre   Nicolas Lapierre
5 S   Malaysia   Neel Jani   Alexandre Prémat   Alexandre Prémat Report
F   Jos Verstappen   Alexandre Prémat
6 S   United Arab Emirates   Neel Jani   Neel Jani   Neel Jani Report
F   Ralph Firman   Nicolas Lapierre
7 S   South Africa   Alexandre Prémat   Ralph Firman   Alexandre Prémat Report
F   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Jos Verstappen
8 S   Indonesia   Robbie Kerr   Nicolas Lapierre   Nicolas Lapierre Report
F   Ralph Firman   Sean McIntosh
9 S   Mexico   Alexandre Prémat   Jos Verstappen   Alexandre Prémat Report
F   Alexandre Prémat   Alexandre Prémat
10 S   United States   Salvador Durán   Salvador Durán   Salvador Durán Report
F   Nicolas Lapierre   Salvador Durán
11 S   China   Alex Yoong   Alex Yoong   Alex Yoong Report
F   Salvador Durán   Tomáš Enge

Championship standings

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Pos Team Drivers Pts
1   France Alexandre Prémat 172
Nicolas Lapierre
2   Switzerland Neel Jani 121
Giorgio Mondini
3   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 97
Darren Manning
4   New Zealand Matthew Halliday 77
Jonny Reid
5   Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 74
Alex Yoong
6   Monaco Bruno Jaquinera 72
Luca Badoer
Antony Davidson
7   Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. 71
Christian Fittipaldi
8   Netherlands Jos Verstappen 69
9   Ireland Michael Devaney 68
Ralph Firman
10   Portugal Álvaro Parente 66
César Campaniço
11   Mexico Salvador Durán 59
David Martínez
Luis Díaz
12   Canada Sean McIntosh 59
Patrick Carpentier
13   Czech Republic Jan Charouz 56
Tomáš Enge
14   Australia Will Power 51
Christian Jones
Will Davison
Marcus Marshall
Ryan Briscoe
15   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 46
Massimiliano Busnelli
Max Papis
16   Germany Timo Scheider 38
Adrian Sutil
Sebastian Stahl
17   United States Scott Speed 23
Bryan Herta
Philip Giebler
18   South Africa Stephen Simpson 20
Tomas Scheckter
19   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 16
20   Austria Mathias Lauda 14
Patrick Friesacher
21   Pakistan Adam Khan 10
  Enrico Toccacelo
22   Japan Ryo Fukuda 8
Hideki Noda
Hayanari Shimoda
23   China Tengyi Jiang 6
Qinghua Ma
24   Lebanon Khalil Beschir 0
Basil Shaaban
  Graham Rahal
25   India Karun Chandhok 0
Armaan Ebrahim
26   Russia Aleksey Vasilyev 0
Mikhail Aleshin
Roman Rusinov
Pos Team Drivers Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Green Retired, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Not classified (NC)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)
Bold Pole position
* Fastest lap
spr Sprint Race
fea Feature Race

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