# 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands

The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.

## Report
### Qualifying

Qualification took place on Saturday, September 30, 2006
| Pos | Team | Driver | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Q3 Time | Q4 Time | Aggregate | Gap |
| 1 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 1'28.893 | 1'28.470 | 1'28.182 | 1'27.349 | 2'55.531 | -- |
| 2 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 1'28.504 | 1'28.572 | 1'27.966 | 1'27.670 | 2'55.636 | 0.105 |
| 3 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 1'28.866 | 1'28.804 | 1'27.931 | 1'27.757 | 2'55.688 | 0.157 |
| 4 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 1'28.793 | 1'29.438 | 1'27.661 | 1'28.144 | 2:55.805 | 0.274 |
| 6 → 5 | Great Britain | Darren Manning | 1'30.314 | 1'28.975 | 1'27.770 | 1'28.310 | 2'56.080 | 0.549 |
| 7 → 6 | USA | Philip Giebler | 1'30.129 | 1'27.884 | 1'29.017 | 1'28.404 | 2'56.288 | 0.757 |
| 8 → 7 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 1'29.079 | 1'28.641 | 1'28.333 | 1'27.974 | 2'56.307 | 0.776 |
| 9 → 8 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1'29.186 | 1'28.411 | 1'28.207 | 1'30.033 | 2'56.618 | 1.087 |
| 10 → 9 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 1'29.009 | 1'29.310 | 1'28.315 | 1'28.330 | 2'56.645 | 1.114 |
| 11 → 10 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 1'29.390 | 1'29.387 | 1'28.501 | 1'28.395 | 2'56.896 | 1.365 |
| 5 → 11 | Switzerland | Sébastien Buemi | 1'28.905 | 1'28.765 | 1'28.298 | 1'27.777 | 2'57.063* | 0.544 |
| 12 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 1'30.770 | 1'30.466 | 1'28.878 | 1'28.310 | 2'57.188 | 1.657 |
| 13 | Australia | Ryan Briscoe | 1'31.561 | 1'28.761 | 1'29.184 | 1'28.548 | 2'57.309 | 1.778 |
| 14 | China | Congfu Cheng | 1'31.499 | 1'28.817 | 1'29.357 | 1'28.630 | 2'57.447 | 1.916 |
| 15 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 1'32.840 | 1'30.020 | 1'29.196 | 1'28.969 | 2'58.165 | 2.634 |
| 16 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 1'31.998 | 1'29.045 | 1'29.598 | 1'29.373 | 2'58.418 | 2.887 |
| 17 | Italy | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 1'30.100 | 1'29.786 | 1'29.131 | 1'29.336 | 2'58.467 | 2.936 |
| 18 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 1:32.795 | 1'29.465 | 1'29.522 | 1'30.358 | 2'58.987 | 3.456 |
| 19 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 1'33.008 | 1'30.147 | 1'30.268 | 1'29.861 | 3'00.008 | 4.477 |
| 20 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 1'31.370 | 1'31.853 | 1'29.998 | 1'30.628 | 3'00.626 | 5.095 |
| 21 | Greece | Takis Kaitatzis | 1:31.861 | 1:31.561 | 1:29.821 | 1:41.652 | 3:01.382 | 5.851 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | Tomas Kostka | 1:31.583 | 1:30.643 | 1:30.930 | 1:32.039 | 3:01.573 | 6.042 |
| 23 | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 1:37.356 | 1:34.135 | 1:33.677 | -- | 3:07.812 | 12.281 |
* After a technical oversight, the fastest time for A1 Team Switzerland was disallowed, adjusting their starting position from 5th to 11th.

### Main race
## Results
### Sprint Race Results

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 1, 2006
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
| 1 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 12 | 18'03.570 | 7 |
| 2 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 12 | +2.272 | 5 |
| 3 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 12 | +2.934 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 12 | +6.190 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Darren Manning | 12 | +12.007 | 2 |
| 6 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 12 | +14.940 | 1 |
| 7 | USA | Philip Giebler | 12 | +22.438 | |
| 8 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 12 | +23.771 | |
| 9 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 12 | +24.281 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | Sébastien Buemi | 12 | +24.778 | |
| 11 | China | Congfu Cheng | 12 | +25.325 | |
| 12 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 12 | +25.885 | |
| 13 | Australia | Ryan Briscoe | 12 | +26.666 | |
| 14 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 12 | +28.317 | |
| 15 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 12 | +38.351 | |
| 16 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 12 | +44.165 | |
| 17 | Czech Republic | Tomas Kostka | 12 | +44.763 | |
| 18 | Greece | Takis Kaitatzis | 12 | +1'09.669 | |
| 19 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 12 | +1'14.939 | |
| 20 | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 11 | +1 lap | |
| Not classified ||||||
| 21 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 4 | +8 laps | |
| 22 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 0 | +12 laps | |
| 23 | Italy | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 0 | +12 laps | |
* Zaugg was awarded extra point for fastest lap out of the two races.
Feature race grid
New for the 2006/07 season is the way to determine the feature race order. The grid is determined on three factors:
* The driver’s grid position for the Sprint race.
* The driver’s final position in the Sprint race.
* The fastest lap time in the Sprint race.
Points are awarded for each element. If a driver started the Sprint race on pole, he would be awarded one point, if he started the race second he would get two points, right down to the 23rd on the grid who will get 23 points.
The same occurs for the race positions – the winner gets one point, the runner-up two and third three points, right down to the last finisher who scores 23. Similarly for the fastest laps; the fastest gets one point, the second two and so on.
The points are all added together after the end of the sprint race; the driver with the lowest number of points will start the Feature race on pole.
If two teams finish on the same number of points after the calculations, the driver who achieved a higher finish position in the Sprint race will be awarded the better starting position.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Sprint Grid | Sprint Race | Sprint F.L. | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Darren Manning | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | USA | Philip Giebler | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 9 | Switzerland | Sébastien Buemi | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 8 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 11 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 12 | China | Congfu Cheng | 14 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 13 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 16 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 14 | Australia | Ryan Briscoe | 13 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 15 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 15 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 16 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 12 | 19 | 16 | 47 |
| 17 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 19 | 16 | 18 | 53 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | Tomas Kostka | 22 | 17 | 17 | 56 |
| 19 | Greece | Takis Kaitatzis | 21 | 18 | 20 | 59 |
| 20 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 20 | 21 | 19 | 60 |
| 21 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 18 | 22 | 22 | 62 |
| 22 | Italy | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 17 | 23 | 23 | 63 |
| 23 | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 23 | 20 | 21 | 64 |

### Main Race Results

The Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 1, 2006.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
| 1 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 41 | 1:10'31.238 | 10 |
| 2 | USA | Philip Giebler | 41 | +7.870 | 9 |
| 3 | Australia | Ryan Briscoe | 41 | +33.619 | 8 |
| 4 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 41 | +35.873 | 7 |
| 5 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 41 | +40.321 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 41 | +42.616 | 5 |
| 7 | Great Britain | Darren Manning | 41 | +54.333 | 4 |
| 8 | Switzerland | Sébastien Buemi | 41 | +59.382 | 3 |
| 9 | China | Congfu Cheng | 41 | +1'29.659 | 2 |
| 10 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 41 | +1'14.939 | 1 |
| 11 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 41 | +1'49.139 | |
| 12 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 40 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 40 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 40 | +1 lap | |
| 15 | Greece | Takis Kaitatzis | 40 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 40 | +1 lap | |
| 17 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 37 | +4 laps | |
| Not classified ||||||
| DNF | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 34 | +7 laps | |
| DNF | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 31 | +10 laps | |
| DNF | Czech Republic | Tomas Kostka | 25 | +16 laps | |
| DNF | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 18 | +23 laps | |
| DNF | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 17 | +24 laps | |
| DNF | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 0 | +41 laps | |

### Total Points

Total points awarded:
| Team | Points | SR | MR | FL |
| Germany | 13 | 3 | 10 | |
| Mexico | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| USA | 9 | | 9 | |
| Australia | 8 | | 8 | |
| Netherlands | 7 | | 7 | |
| South Africa | 7 | 6 | | 1 |
| Great Britain | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Italy | 5 | | 5 | |
| France | 4 | 4 | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | | 3 | |
| China | 2 | | 2 | |
| Indonesia | 1 | | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | | |
| Brazil | | | | |
| Canada | | | | |
| Czech Republic | | | | |
| Greece | | | | |
| India | | | | |
| Ireland | | | | |
| Lebanon | | | | |
| Malaysia | | | | |
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* Fastest Lap: Adrian Zaugg, A1 Team South Africa, 1'29.125 (186.9 km/h) on lap 7 of Sprint Race