2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

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The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season was the inaugural season for the A1 Grand Prix series. It began on 25 September 2005, and finished on 2 April 2006 after eleven races.

Calendar

The first A1 Grand Prix season consisted of 11 rounds, all held in different countries. Each event ran over a three-day weekend, including a practice session on each of Friday and Saturday before a qualifying session on Saturday and two races on Sunday.

Round	Event	Circuit	Dates
1	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain	Brands Hatch	23–25 September 2005
2	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	7–9 October 2005
3	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	21–23 October 2005
4	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	4–6 November 2005
5	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	18–20 November 2005
6	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	9–11 December 2005
7	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa	Durban Street Circuit	27–29 January 2006
8	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit	10–12 February 2006
9	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico	Fundidora Park	24–26 February 2006
10	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States	Laguna Seca	10–12 March 2006
11	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China	Shanghai International Circuit	31 March–2 April 2006
Cancelled events
–	Template:Flagicon A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	10–12 February 2006
Map
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Calendar changes

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

25 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the first A1 Grand Prix season. All teams used a control chassis (Lola A1GP), engine (Zytek) and tyre (Cooper Avon).^[1] The following teams competed in the 2005–06 championship:

File:A1 Grand Prix Durban 2006 (184215538).jpg

A1 Team Australia used the most drivers of any team in the inaugural season, with five.

Entrant (Team)	Driver	Events
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Australia Alan Docking RacingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Will Power	1
	Christian Jones	2, 6, 9
	Will Davison	3–7
	Marcus Marshall	8
	Ryan Briscoe	10–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Austria Team RosbergScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Mathias Lauda	1–8, 10–11
	Patrick Friesacher	9
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Brazil ART Grand PrixScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	1–7
	Christian Fittipaldi	8–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Canada John Village AutomotiveScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Sean McIntosh	1–8
	Patrick Carpentier	9–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team China Team AstromegaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Tengyi Jiang	All
	Qinghua Ma	1, 9, 11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing SystemScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Jan Charouz	1
	Tomáš Enge	2–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team France DAMSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Alexandre Prémat	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
	Nicolas Lapierre	2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Germany Super Nova RacingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Timo Scheider	1–2, 5, 7–10
	Adrian Sutil	3–4, 6
	Sebastian Stahl	11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Great Britain Arden InternationalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Robbie Kerr	1–10
	Darren Manning	11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team India Akbar EbrahimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Karun Chandhok	1–2
	Armaan Ebrahim	3–8
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	1–3, 5–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Ireland Status Grand PrixScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Michael Devaney	1, 4, 11
	Ralph Firman	2–3, 5–10
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Italy Team GhinzaniScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Enrico Toccacelo	1–6, 9, 11
	Massimiliano Busnelli	7–8
	Max Papis	10
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Japan Carlin MotorsportScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Ryo Fukuda	1
	Hideki Noda	2
	Hayanari Shimoda	4–6, 8–9
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Lebanon Carlin MotorsportScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Khalil Beschir	1–2, 5
	Basil Shaaban	1, 3–4, 6–8
	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	9–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	1, 3, 5
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Malaysia	Alex Yoong	1–2, 4–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Mexico DAMSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Salvador Durán	1, 3–4, 6, 8–11
	David Martínez	2, 7
	Luis Díaz	5
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Netherlands Racing for HollandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Jos Verstappen	All
Template:Flagicon A1 Team New Zealand West Surrey RacingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Matthew Halliday	1, 3, 5–11
	Jonny Reid	2, 4
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Pakistan Super Nova RacingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Adam Khan	1–7, 10–11
	Template:Flagicon Enrico Toccacelo	7
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Portugal Carlin MotorsportScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Álvaro Parente	1–10
	César Campaniço	11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Russia Russian Age RacingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Aleksey Vasilyev	1
	Mikhail Aleshin	3
	Roman Rusinov	4
Template:Flagicon A1 Team South Africa BCN CompeticionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Stephen Simpson	1, 4–11
	Tomas Scheckter	2–3
Template:Flagicon A1 Team Switzerland DAMSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Neel Jani	1–9
	Giorgio Mondini	10–11
Template:Flagicon A1 Team USA David Price RacingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Scott Speed	1–3
	Bryan Herta	4–5, 9–10
	Philip Giebler	6–8, 11
Source:^[1]

Mid-season changes

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.

Results and standings

Results summary

File:A1 Grand Prix Durban 2006.jpg

Jos Verstappen on his way to victory at the South African round.

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

Championship standings

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

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References

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External links

Template:Sister project

Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com

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2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

Contents

Calendar

Calendar changes

Entry list

Mid-season changes

Results and standings

Results summary

Championship standings

References

External links

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2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

Calendar

Calendar changes

Entry list

Mid-season changes

Results and standings

Results summary

Championship standings

References

External links

Navigation menu

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