2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

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 A1GP), engine (Zytek) and tyre (Cooper Avon). The following teams competed in the 2005–06 championship:

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

(1) Enrico Toccacelo became the replacement driver for A1 Team Pakistan in Durban after Adam Khan was injured during the practice session. Because of this, Pakistan would be ineligible to score any points in the round even if Toccacelo had finished in top 10.
(2) A1 Team Indonesia was unable to participate in the Australian round as the team did not find a replacement driver in time to take the place of Ananda Mikola, who had instead participated 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	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Report
1	S	25 September 2005	United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Alexandre Prémat	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Report
1	F	25 September 2005	United Kingdom	Brands Hatch		Nelson Piquet Jr.	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Report
2	S	9 October 2005	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Nicolas Lapierre	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Nicolas Lapierre	Report
2	F	9 October 2005	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz		Nelson Piquet Jr.	Nicolas Lapierre	Report
3	S	23 October 2005	Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Report
3	F	23 October 2005	Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril		Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Report
4	S	6 November 2005	Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	Nicolas Lapierre	Nicolas Lapierre	Nicolas Lapierre	Report
4	F	6 November 2005	Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway		Nicolas Lapierre	Nicolas Lapierre	Report
5	S	20 November 2005	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	Neel Jani	Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Report
5	F	20 November 2005	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit		Jos Verstappen	Alexandre Prémat	Report
6	S	11 December 2005	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Report
6	F	11 December 2005	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome		Ralph Firman	Nicolas Lapierre	Report
7	S	29 January 2006	South Africa	Durban street circuit	Alexandre Prémat	Ralph Firman	Alexandre Prémat	Report
7	F	29 January 2006	South Africa	Durban street circuit		Nelson Piquet Jr.	Jos Verstappen	Report
8	S	12 February 2006	Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit	Robbie Kerr	Nicolas Lapierre	Nicolas Lapierre	Report
8	F	12 February 2006	Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit		Ralph Firman	Sean McIntosh	Report
9	S	26 February 2006	Mexico	Fundidora Park	Alexandre Prémat	Jos Verstappen	Alexandre Prémat	Report
9	F	26 February 2006	Mexico	Fundidora Park		Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Report
10	S	12 March 2006	United States of America	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Salvador Durán	Salvador Durán	Salvador Durán	Report
10	F	12 March 2006	United States of America	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca		Nicolas Lapierre	Salvador Durán	Report
11	S	2 April 2006	China	Shanghai International Circuit	Alex Yoong	Alex Yoong	Alex Yoong	Report
11	F	2 April 2006	China	Shanghai International Circuit		Salvador Durán	Tomáš Enge	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

Team-by-team guide to the A1 Grand Prix series telegraph.co.uk (23 September 2005)
Team SA all set for debut A1 GP Archived 3 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine motoring.iafrica.com (19 September 2005)
PR: Austria, Italy and Japan Join A1GP Archived 17 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine v8central.com (21 September 2005)
Duran and Perez for Mexico pitpass.com (26 September 2006)
Team SA nab DAMS services Archived 11 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine motoring.iafrica.com (30 August 2006)
Manejaría en la Sultana del Norte espndeportes.espn.go.com (5 February 2006)
Estoril: Friday quotes pitpass.com (21 October 2005)
Netherlands entry unveiled Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine motorsport.com (5 September 2005)
Стартовала новая гоночная серия A1 Grand Prix Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine rargt.com (25 September 2005)
A1 Team Ireland has secured a title sponsor for 2007/08 season Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine motorsport.com (12 September 2007)
Team pakistan aiming to change a nation's image telegraph.co.uk (Septembre 23, 2005)
Team history Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine team-astromega.com
New option to Formula One: A1 Grand Prix usatoday.com (22 September 2005)
Murchison's Singapore pledge Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine channelnewsasia.com (8 September 2006)

External links

Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com

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[teambyteam-1] Team-by-team guide to the A1 Grand Prix series telegraph.co.uk (23 September 2005)

[rsa-2] Team SA all set for debut A1 GP Archived 3 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine motoring.iafrica.com (19 September 2005)

[3] PR: Austria, Italy and Japan Join A1GP Archived 17 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine v8central.com (21 September 2005)

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

[5] Team SA nab DAMS services Archived 11 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine motoring.iafrica.com (30 August 2006)

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

[usa-7] Estoril: Friday quotes pitpass.com (21 October 2005)

[nld-8] Netherlands entry unveiled Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine motorsport.com (5 September 2005)

[9] Стартовала новая гоночная серия A1 Grand Prix Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine rargt.com (25 September 2005)

[10] A1 Team Ireland has secured a title sponsor for 2007/08 season Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine motorsport.com (12 September 2007)

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

[12] Team history Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine team-astromega.com

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

[14] Murchison's Singapore pledge Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine channelnewsasia.com (8 September 2006)

A1 Grand Prix races
2005–06	Great Britain Germany Portugal Australia Malaysia United Arab Emirates South Africa Indonesia Mexico USA China
2006–07	Netherlands Czech Republic Beijing, China Malaysia Indonesia New Zealand Australia South Africa Mexico Shanghai, China Great Britain
2007–08	Netherlands Czech Republic Malaysia Zhuhai, China New Zealand Australia South Africa Mexico Shanghai, China Great Britain
2008–09	Netherlands China Malaysia New Zealand South Africa Portugal Great Britain Cancelled Italy Indonesia Mexico
2009–10	Season cancelled