2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season
Appearance
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
[change | change source]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 |
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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
[change | change source]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:
Entrant (Team) | Driver | Events |
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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 | 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
[change | change source]Results summary
[change | change source]Championship standings
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Other websites
[change | change source]- Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com