2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season

2005-06 FIA 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 March 12, 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:

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