2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations
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Competing countries (orange), race locations (squares)

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.

This first season was won by A1 Team France on 12 March 2006.

Teams

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

Team	Race Team	Seat holder	Race drivers	Others drivers
A1 Team Australia	Alan Docking Racing^[1]	Alan Jones^[1]	Will Power Christian Jones Will Davison Marcus Marshall Ryan Briscoe	Karl Reindler
A1 Team Austria	Team Rosberg	Niki Lauda^[2] with Lauda Motorsport Management	Mathias Lauda Patrick Friesacher
A1 Team Brazil	ASM F3^[1]	Ronaldo^[1] Emerson Fittipaldi^[1]	Nelson Piquet, Jr. Christian Fittipaldi	Fabio Carbone João Paulo de Oliveira Tuka Rocha
A1 Team Canada	John Village Automotive^[1]	Wade Cherwayko^[1]	Sean McIntosh Patrick Carpentier
A1 Team China	Team Astromega^[3]	Liu Yu^[1]	Tengyi Jiang Qinghua Ma
A1 Team Czech Republic	Charouz Racing System	Antonin Charouz^[1]	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge	Jaroslav Janiš
A1 Team France	DAMS^[4]	Jean Paul Driot^[1]	Alexandre Prémat Nicolas Lapierre
A1 Team Germany	Super Nova Racing^[1]	Willi Weber^[1]	Timo Scheider Adrian Sutil Sebastian Stahl	Sebastian Vettel
A1 Team Great Britain	Arden International^[1]	Tony Clements John Surtees^[1]	Robbie Kerr Darren Manning	Alex Lloyd Katherine Legge
A1 Team India	Akbar Ebrahim	Atul Gupta^[1]	Karun Chandhok Armaan Ebrahim
A1 Team Indonesia	A1 Team Indonesia	N/A	Ananda Mikola
A1 Team Ireland	A1 Team Ireland	Mark Kershaw^[5]	Michael Devaney Ralph Firman
A1 Team Italy	Team Ghinzani^[1]	Piercarlo Ghinzani^[1]	Enrico Toccacelo Max Busnelli Max Papis	Nino Piccoli Richard Antinucci Matteo Cressoni Andrea Montermini Raffaele Giammaria
A1 Team Japan	Carlin Motorsport^[6]	conglomerate^[1]	Ryo Fukuda Hideki Noda Hayanari Shimoda
A1 Team Lebanon	Carlin Motorsport^[1]	Tameem Auchi^[1]	Kalil Beschir Basil Shaaban Graham Rahal
A1 Team Malaysia	A1 Team Malaysia	Alex Yoong^[1]	Fairuz Fauzy Alex Yoong
A1 Team Mexico	DAMS^[4]	Juan Cortina^[1] Julio Jáuregui^[7]	Salvador Durán David Martínez Luis Diaz
A1 Team The Netherlands	Racing for Holland^[8]	Jan Lammers^[8]	Jos Verstappen	Jeroen Bleekemolen
A1 Team New Zealand	West Surrey Racing^[9]	Colin Giltrap^[1]	Matt Halliday Jonny Reid	Scott Dixon
A1 Team Pakistan	Super Nova Racing^[10]	Arif Hussain (racing)^[1]	Adam Khan Enrico Toccacelo(1)
A1 Team Portugal	Carlin Motorsport^[1]	Luís Figo^[1] Carlos Queiroz^[1]	Álvaro Parente César Campaniço	João Urbano João Barbosa
A1 Team Russia	Russian Age Racing^[11]	Svetlana Strelnikova^[1] Frederic Dor	Alexey Vasilyev Mikhail Aleshin Roman Rusinov	Nikolai Fomenko Alexander Tyuryumin
A1 Team South Africa	BCN Competicion^[12]	Tokyo Sexwale^[12]	Stephen Simpson Tomas Scheckter	Gavin Cronje
A1 Team Switzerland	DAMS^[13]	Max Welti^[1]	Neel Jani Giorgio Mondini
A1 Team USA	David Price Racing^[14]	Rick Weidlinger^[14]	Scott Speed Bryan Herta Philip Giebler

(1) Enrico Toccacelo drove the Pakistan car in Durban after Adam Langley-Khan was injured during practice sessions. However, Pakistan would have not scored any points if Toccacelo had finished in top 10.

(2) A1 Team Indonesia could not participate in the Australian Race due to Ananda Mikola having raced in the Asian F3 Series in Batangas.

Races

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

Round	Date	Country	Circuit	Sprint Winner	Main Winner	Report
1	25 September 2005	United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	Brazil	Brazil	Report
2	9 October 2005	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	France	France	Report
3	23 October 2005	Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril	France	France	Report
4	6 November 2005	Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	France	France	Report
5	20 November 2005	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	France	France	Report
6	11 December 2005	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	Switzerland	France	Report
7	29 January 2006	South Africa	Durban street circuit	France	Netherlands	Report
8	12 February 2006	Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit	France	Canada	Report
9	26 February 2006	Mexico	Parque Fundidora Monterrey	France	France	Report
10	12 March 2006	United States of America	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Mexico	Mexico	Report
11	2 April 2006	China	Shanghai International Circuit	Malaysia	Czech Republic	Report

The Indonesian Round had originally been scheduled to be held on 15 January 2006, but was postponed due to the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The replacement date was set as 12 February 2006 (originally scheduled for the cancelled Curitiba race), resulting in effectively switching order with the South African round.

Standings

Pos	Team	Drivers	GBR		GER		POR		AUS		MYS		UAE		RSA		IDN		MEX		USA		CHN		Pts
Pos	Team	Drivers	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	Pts
1	France	Alexandre Prémat	2	DNS			1	1			1	1			1	8			1	1			7		172
1	France	Nicolas Lapierre			1	1			1	1			7	1			1	8			2	Ret		6	172
2	Switzerland	Neel Jani	9	Ret	2	5	3	2	6	3	2	2	1	Ret	3	2	5	5	2	3					121
2	Switzerland	Giorgio Mondini																			16	13	Ret	Ret	121
3	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	Great Britain	Darren Manning																					2	15	97
4	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	3	4			14	16			6	6	15	13	6	4	8	7	Ret	8	8	12	8	4	77
4	New Zealand	Jonny Reid			4	4			14	8															77
5	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	13				8	Ret			8														74
5	Malaysia	Alex Yoong		5	6	16			8	5		5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	7	11	Ret	10	1	2	74
6	Brazil	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	1	1	3	Ret	2	8	3	9	4	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9									71
6	Brazil	Christian Fittipaldi															20	4	14	12	13	Ret	10	Ret	71
7	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	Ireland	Michael Devaney	10	Ret					4	14													4	Ret	68
8	Ireland	Ralph Firman			9	6	19	3			7	9	4	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6			68
9	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	Portugal	César Campaniço																					13	12	66
10	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 Diaz									19	15
11	Canada	Sean McIntosh	19	9	7	3	7	Ret	9	Ret	15	Ret	5	6	12	10	Ret	1							59
11	Canada	Patrick Carpentier																	9	15	6	5	Ret	7	59
12	Czech Republic	Jan Charouz	18	Ret																					56
12	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	Australia	Will Power	4	2																					51
		Christian Jones			15	14													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	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	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	USA	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	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	24	6					Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	3	Ret	5	Ret	11	Ret	18	11	Ret	11	14	20
17	South Africa	Tomas Scheckter			12	Ret	10	Ret																	20
18	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	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	Austria	Patrick Friesacher																	10	9					14
20	Pakistan	Adam Khan	7	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	15	12	11	13	Ret	16	Ret									12	5	10
20	Pakistan	Enrico Toccacelo													11	Ret									10
21	Japan	Ryo Fukuda	12	8																					8
		Hideki Noda			10	9
		Hayanari Shimoda							18	Ret	14	13	14	15			9	Ret	Ret	Ret
22	China	Tengyi Jiang	21	12	18	17	Ret	14	16	Ret	20	Ret	19	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	17	17	Ret			6
22	China	Qinghua Ma																					14	16	6
23	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	22	Ret	Ret	18					Ret	17													0
		Basil Shaaban					18	11	Ret	12			Ret	16	17	Ret	17	Ret
		Graham Rahal																	13	14	Ret	Ret	18	11
24	India	Karun Chandhok	15	DNS	16	Ret																			0
24	India	Armaan Ebrahim					17	13	17	13	11	EX	20	14	14	Ret	18	15							0
25	Russia	Alexey Vasilyev	23	Ret																					0
		Mikhail Aleshin					15	17
		Roman Rusinov							13	Ret
Pos	Team	Drivers	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	spr	fea	Pts
Pos	Team	Drivers	GBR		GER		POR		AUS		MYS		UAE		RSA		IDN		MEX		USA		CHN		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)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)
Bold	Pole position
*	Fastest lap
spr	Sprint Race
fea	Feature Race

References

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 Team-by-team guide to the A1 Grand Prix series telegraph.co.uk (23 September 2005)
↑ New option to Formula One: A1 Grand Prix usatoday.com (22 September 2005)
↑ Team history team-astromega.com
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Duran and Perez for Mexico pitpass.com (26 September 2006)
↑ A1 Team Ireland has secured a title sponsor for 2007/08 season motorsport.com (12 September 2007)
↑ PR: Austria, Italy and Japan Join A1GP v8central.com (21 September 2005)
↑ Manejaría en la Sultana del Norte espndeportes.espn.go.com (5 February 2006)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Netherlands entry unveiled motorsport.com (5 September 2005)
↑ Murchison's Singapore pledge channelnewsasia.com (8 September 2006)
↑ Team pakistan aiming to change a nation's image telegraph.co.uk (Septembre 23, 2005)
↑ Стартовала новая гоночная серия A1 Grand Prix rargt.com (25 September 2005)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Team SA all set for debut A1 GP motoring.iafrica.com (19 September 2005)
↑ Team SA nab DAMS services motoring.iafrica.com (30 August 2006)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Estoril: Friday quotes pitpass.com (21 October 2005)

External links

Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com

[teambyteam-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 Team-by-team guide to the A1 Grand Prix series telegraph.co.uk (23 September 2005)

[2] New option to Formula One: A1 Grand Prix usatoday.com (22 September 2005)

[3] Team history team-astromega.com

[dams-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Duran and Perez for Mexico pitpass.com (26 September 2006)

[5] A1 Team Ireland has secured a title sponsor for 2007/08 season motorsport.com (12 September 2007)

[6] PR: Austria, Italy and Japan Join A1GP v8central.com (21 September 2005)

[7] Manejaría en la Sultana del Norte espndeportes.espn.go.com (5 February 2006)

[nld-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Netherlands entry unveiled motorsport.com (5 September 2005)

[9] Murchison's Singapore pledge channelnewsasia.com (8 September 2006)

[10] Team pakistan aiming to change a nation's image telegraph.co.uk (Septembre 23, 2005)

[11] Стартовала новая гоночная серия A1 Grand Prix rargt.com (25 September 2005)

[rsa-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Team SA all set for debut A1 GP motoring.iafrica.com (19 September 2005)

[13] Team SA nab DAMS services motoring.iafrica.com (30 August 2006)

[usa-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Estoril: Friday quotes pitpass.com (21 October 2005)

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2008–09	Netherlands China Malaysia New Zealand South Africa Portugal Great Britain Cancelled Italy Indonesia Mexico

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