2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

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

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
Map
Brands Hatch Lausitz Estoril Eastern Creek Sepang Dubai Durban Sentul Fundidora Park Laguna Seca Shanghai

• 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

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

Results summary

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

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

Other websites

• Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com