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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 United Kingdom A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 23–25 September 2005
2 Germany A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 7–9 October 2005
3 Portugal A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal Circuito do Estoril 21–23 October 2005
4 Australia A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia Eastern Creek Raceway 4–6 November 2005
5 Malaysia A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 18–20 November 2005
6 United Arab Emirates A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome 9–11 December 2005
7 South Africa A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Durban Street Circuit 27–29 January 2006
8 Indonesia A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia Sentul International Circuit 10–12 February 2006
9 Mexico A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Fundidora Park 24–26 February 2006
10 United States A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States Laguna Seca 10–12 March 2006
11 China A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China Shanghai International Circuit 31 March–2 April 2006
Map
  • 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
Australia 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
Austria A1 Team Austria
Team Rosberg
Mathias Lauda 1–8, 10–11
Patrick Friesacher 9
Brazil A1 Team Brazil
ART Grand Prix
Nelson Piquet, Jr. 1–7
Christian Fittipaldi 8–11
Canada A1 Team Canada
John Village Automotive
Sean McIntosh 1–8
Patrick Carpentier 9–11
China A1 Team China
Team Astromega
Tengyi Jiang All
Qinghua Ma 1, 9, 11
Czech Republic A1 Team Czech Republic
Charouz Racing System
Jan Charouz 1
Tomáš Enge 2–11
France A1 Team France
DAMS
Alexandre Prémat 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
Nicolas Lapierre 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11
Germany A1 Team Germany
Super Nova Racing
Timo Scheider 1–2, 5, 7–10
Adrian Sutil 3–4, 6
Sebastian Stahl 11
United Kingdom A1 Team Great Britain
Arden International
Robbie Kerr 1–10
Darren Manning 11
India A1 Team India
Akbar Ebrahim
Karun Chandhok 1–2
Armaan Ebrahim 3–8
Indonesia A1 Team Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1–3, 5–11
Republic of Ireland A1 Team Ireland
Status Grand Prix
Michael Devaney 1, 4, 11
Ralph Firman 2–3, 5–10
Italy A1 Team Italy
Team Ghinzani
Enrico Toccacelo 1–6, 9, 11
Massimiliano Busnelli 7–8
Max Papis 10
Japan A1 Team Japan
Carlin Motorsport
Ryo Fukuda 1
Hideki Noda 2
Hayanari Shimoda 4–6, 8–9
Lebanon A1 Team Lebanon
Carlin Motorsport
Khalil Beschir 1–2, 5
Basil Shaaban 1, 3–4, 6–8
United States Graham Rahal 9–11
Malaysia A1 Team Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1, 3, 5
Alex Yoong 1–2, 4–11
Mexico A1 Team Mexico
DAMS
Salvador Durán 1, 3–4, 6, 8–11
David Martínez 2, 7
Luis Díaz 5
Monaco A1 Team Monaco

TLM Motorsport

Brazil Bruno Jaquinera 1-2
Italy Luca Badoer 3-6
United Kingdom Antony Davidson 7-11
Netherlands A1 Team Netherlands
Racing for Holland
Jos Verstappen All
New Zealand A1 Team New Zealand
West Surrey Racing
Matthew Halliday 1, 3, 5–11
Jonny Reid 2, 4
Pakistan A1 Team Pakistan
Super Nova Racing
Adam Khan 1–7, 10–11
Italy Enrico Toccacelo 7
Portugal A1 Team Portugal
Carlin Motorsport
Álvaro Parente 1–10
César Campaniço 11
Russia A1 Team Russia
Russian Age Racing
Aleksey Vasilyev 1
Mikhail Aleshin 3
Roman Rusinov 4
South Africa A1 Team South Africa
BCN Competicion
Stephen Simpson 1, 4–11
Tomas Scheckter 2–3
Switzerland A1 Team Switzerland
DAMS
Neel Jani 1–9
Giorgio Mondini 10–11
United States 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 United Kingdom Great Britain Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. France Alexandre Prémat Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Report
F Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
2 S Germany Germany France Nicolas Lapierre Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. France Nicolas Lapierre Report
F Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. France Nicolas Lapierre
3 S Portugal Portugal Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. France Alexandre Prémat France Alexandre Prémat Report
F France Alexandre Prémat France Alexandre Prémat
4 S Australia Australia France Nicolas Lapierre France Nicolas Lapierre France Nicolas Lapierre Report
F France Nicolas Lapierre France Nicolas Lapierre
5 S Malaysia Malaysia Switzerland Neel Jani France Alexandre Prémat France Alexandre Prémat Report
F Netherlands Jos Verstappen France Alexandre Prémat
6 S United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Switzerland Neel Jani Switzerland Neel Jani Switzerland Neel Jani Report
F Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman France Nicolas Lapierre
7 S South Africa South Africa France Alexandre Prémat Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman France Alexandre Prémat Report
F Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Netherlands Jos Verstappen
8 S Indonesia Indonesia United Kingdom Robbie Kerr France Nicolas Lapierre France Nicolas Lapierre Report
F Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman Canada Sean McIntosh
9 S Mexico Mexico France Alexandre Prémat Netherlands Jos Verstappen France Alexandre Prémat Report
F France Alexandre Prémat France Alexandre Prémat
10 S United States United States Mexico Salvador Durán Mexico Salvador Durán Mexico Salvador Durán Report
F France Nicolas Lapierre Mexico Salvador Durán
11 S China China Malaysia Alex Yoong Malaysia Alex Yoong Malaysia Alex Yoong Report
F Mexico Salvador Durán Czech Republic Tomáš Enge

Championship standings

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Pos Team Drivers Pts
1 France France Alexandre Prémat 172
Nicolas Lapierre
2 Switzerland Switzerland Neel Jani 121
Giorgio Mondini
3 United Kingdom Great Britain Robbie Kerr 97
Darren Manning
4 New Zealand New Zealand Matthew Halliday 77
Jonny Reid
5 Malaysia Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 74
Alex Yoong
6 Monaco Monaco Bruno Jaquinera 72
Luca Badoer
Antony Davidson
7 Brazil Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. 71
Christian Fittipaldi
8 Netherlands Netherlands Jos Verstappen 69
9 Republic of Ireland Ireland Michael Devaney 68
Ralph Firman
10 Portugal Portugal Álvaro Parente 66
César Campaniço
11 Mexico Mexico Salvador Durán 59
David Martínez
Luis Díaz
12 Canada Canada Sean McIntosh 59
Patrick Carpentier
13 Czech Republic Czech Republic Jan Charouz 56
Tomáš Enge
14 Australia Australia Will Power 51
Christian Jones
Will Davison
Marcus Marshall
Ryan Briscoe
15 Italy Italy Enrico Toccacelo 46
Massimiliano Busnelli
Max Papis
16 Germany Germany Timo Scheider 38
Adrian Sutil
Sebastian Stahl
17 United States United States Scott Speed 23
Bryan Herta
Philip Giebler
18 South Africa South Africa Stephen Simpson 20
Tomas Scheckter
19 Indonesia Indonesia Ananda Mikola 16
20 Austria Austria Mathias Lauda 14
Patrick Friesacher
21 Pakistan Pakistan Adam Khan 10
Italy Enrico Toccacelo
22 Japan Japan Ryo Fukuda 8
Hideki Noda
Hayanari Shimoda
23 China China Tengyi Jiang 6
Qinghua Ma
24 Lebanon Lebanon Khalil Beschir 0
Basil Shaaban
United States Graham Rahal
25 India India Karun Chandhok 0
Armaan Ebrahim
26 Russia 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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