2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season

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2005-06 FIA A1 Grand Prix of Nations
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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.

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

Contents 1 Teams 2 Races 3 Season Standings 3.1 Standings

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:

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

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

Season Standings

Points in the 2005-06 season were distributed as follows:

• Ten through one points for first through tenth place (10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd, etc...) in the Sprint Race.
• Ten through one points for first through tenth place (10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd, etc...) in the Main Race. (which also pays prize money.)
• One point for the fastest lap of either race.

	Sprint	Feature
Pos.	Points	Points	Prize
1	10	10	$300,000
2	9	9	$200,000
3	8	8	$150,000
4	7	7	$110,000
5	6	6	$80,000
6	5	5	$60,000
7	4	4	$40,000
8	3	3	$30,000
9	2	2	$20,000
10	1	1	$10,000
Fast lap	1

Standings

"spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

Pos Team Drivers GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea PRT spr PRT fea AUS spr AUS fea MYS spr MYS fea ARE spr ARE fea ZAF spr ZAF fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea Pts 1 France Alexandre Premat 2 (DNS) 1 1* 1* 1 1 8 1 1* 7 6 172 Nicolas Lapierre 1 1 1* 1 7 1 1 8 2 Ret* 2 Switzerland Neel Jani 9 Ret 2 5 3 2 6 3 2 2 1 Ret 3 2 5 5 2 3 121 Giorgio Mondini 16 13 Ret Ret 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 Darren Manning 2 15 4 New Zealand Matt Halliday 3 4 14 16 6 6 15 13 6 4 8 7 Ret 8 8 12 8 4 77 Jonny Reid 4 4 14 8 5 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 13 8 Ret 8 74 Alex Yoong 5 6 16 8 5 5 10 Ret Ret Ret 4 2 7 11 Ret 10 1* 2 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 1 1* 3* Ret 2 8 3 9 4 10 Ret Ret Ret 9* 71 Christian Fittipaldi 20 4 14 12 13 Ret 10 Ret 7 The 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 Ralph Firman 9 6 19 3 7 9 4 Ret* 4 Ret 6 Ret* Ret Ret 5 6 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 Cesar Campanico 13 12 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 Patrick Carpentier 9 15 6 5 Ret 7 12 Czech Republic Jan Charouz 18 Ret 56 Tomáš Enge 11 Ret 5 9 Ret Ret 16 3 3 Ret 5 Ret 10 13 5 7 18 Ret 6 1 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 5 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 Tomas Scheckter 12 Ret 10 Ret 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 Patrick Friesacher 10 9 20 Pakistan Adam Langley-Khan 7 Ret Ret 12 Ret 15 12 11 13 Ret 16 Ret 12 5 10 Enrico Toccacelo 11 Ret 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 Qinghua Ma 14 16 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 Chandok 15 (DNS) 16 Ret 0 Armaan Ebrahim 17 13 17 13 11 (EX) 20 14 14 Ret 18 15 25 Russia Alexey Vasiliev 23 Ret 0 Mikhail Aleshin 15 17 Roman Rusinov 13 Ret Pos Team Drivers GBR spr GBR fea GER spr GER fea PRT spr PRT fea AUS spr AUS fea MYS spr MYS fea ARE spr ARE fea ZAF spr ZAF fea IDN spr IDN fea MEX spr MEX fea USA spr USA fea CHN spr CHN fea Pts

Gold Winner Green Points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Bold Pole Position Silver 2nd place Green (Ret) but Points finish White Did not start (DNS) Blank Excluded (EX) * Fast Lap Bronze 3rd place Blue Non-points finish Blank Did not participate