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.
RoundEventCircuitDates1 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great BritainBrands Hatch2 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, GermanyEuroSpeedway Lausitz7–9 October 20053 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, PortugalCircuito do Estoril21–23 October 20054 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, AustraliaEastern Creek Raceway4–6 November 20055 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, MalaysiaSepang International Circuit18–20 November 20056Dubai Autodrome9–11 December 20057 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South AfricaDurban Street Circuit27–29 January 20068 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, IndonesiaSentul International Circuit10–12 February 20069 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, MexicoFundidora Park24–26 February 200610 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United StatesLaguna Seca10–12 March 200611 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China31 March–2 April 2006Map

 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:
Entrant (Team)DriverEvents A1 Team AustraliaWill Power1Christian Jones2, 6, 9Will Davison3–7Marcus Marshall8Ryan Briscoe10–11 A1 Team AustriaMathias Lauda1–8, 10–11Patrick Friesacher9 A1 Team BrazilNelson Piquet, Jr.1–7Christian Fittipaldi8–11 A1 Team CanadaSean McIntosh1–8Patrick Carpentier9–11 A1 Team ChinaTengyi JiangAllQinghua Ma1, 9, 11Jan Charouz1Tomáš Enge2–11 A1 Team FranceAlexandre PrématNicolas Lapierre2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11 A1 Team GermanyTimo Scheider1–2, 5, 7–10Adrian Sutil3–4, 6Sebastian Stahl11 A1 Team Great BritainRobbie Kerr1–10Darren Manning11 A1 Team IndiaKarun Chandhok1–2Armaan Ebrahim3–8 A1 Team IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1–3, 5–11 A1 Team IrelandMichael Devaney1, 4, 11Ralph Firman2–3, 5–10 A1 Team ItalyEnrico Toccacelo1–6, 9, 11Massimiliano Busnelli7–8Max Papis10 A1 Team JapanRyo Fukuda1Hideki Noda2Hayanari Shimoda4–6, 8–9 A1 Team LebanonKhalil Beschir1–2, 5Basil Shaaban1, 3–4, 6–8 Graham Rahal9–11 A1 Team MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy1, 3, 5Alex Yoong1–2, 4–11 A1 Team MexicoSalvador Durán1, 3–4, 6, 8–11David Martínez2, 7Luis Díaz5 A1 Team Monaco Bruno Jaquinera1-2 Luca Badoer3-6 Antony Davidson7-11 A1 Team NetherlandsJos VerstappenAll A1 Team New ZealandMatthew Halliday1, 3, 5–11Jonny Reid2, 4 A1 Team PakistanAdam Khan1–7, 10–117 A1 Team PortugalÁlvaro Parente1–10César Campaniço11 A1 Team RussiaAleksey Vasilyev1Mikhail Aleshin3Roman Rusinov4 A1 Team South AfricaStephen Simpson1, 4–11Tomas Scheckter2–3 A1 Team SwitzerlandNeel Jani1–9Giorgio Mondini10–11 A1 Team USAScott Speed1–3Bryan Herta4–5, 9–10Philip Giebler6–8, 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 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A1_Grand_Prix_Durban_2006_(184215538).jpg|right|thumb|A1 Team Australia finish third in Indonesia and China round
RoundEventPole PositionFastest LapWinnerReport1S Great Britain Nelson Piquet Jr. Alexandre Prémat Nelson Piquet Jr.ReportF Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Piquet Jr.2S Germany Nicolas Lapierre Nelson Piquet Jr. Nicolas LapierreReportF Nelson Piquet Jr. Nicolas Lapierre3S Portugal Nelson Piquet Jr. Alexandre Prémat Alexandre PrématReportF Alexandre Prémat Alexandre Prémat4S Australia Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas LapierreReportF Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre5S Malaysia Neel Jani Alexandre Prémat Alexandre PrématReportF Jos Verstappen Alexandre Prémat6S United Arab Emirates Neel Jani Neel Jani Neel JaniReportF Ralph Firman Nicolas Lapierre7S South Africa Alexandre Prémat Ralph Firman Alexandre PrématReportF Nelson Piquet Jr. Jos Verstappen8S Indonesia Robbie Kerr Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas LapierreReportF Ralph Firman Sean McIntosh9S Mexico Alexandre Prémat Jos Verstappen Alexandre PrématReportF Alexandre Prémat Alexandre Prémat10S United States Salvador Durán Salvador Durán Salvador DuránReportF Nicolas Lapierre Salvador Durán11S China Alex Yoong Alex Yoong Alex YoongReportF Salvador Durán Tomáš Enge

 Championship standings 
PosTeamDriversPts1 FranceAlexandre Prémat172Nicolas Lapierre2 SwitzerlandNeel Jani121Giorgio Mondini3 Great BritainRobbie Kerr97Darren Manning4 New ZealandMatthew Halliday77Jonny Reid5 MalaysiaFairuz Fauzy74Alex Yoong6 MonacoBruno Jaquinera72Luca BadoerAntony Davidson7 BrazilNelson Piquet, Jr.71Christian Fittipaldi8 NetherlandsJos Verstappen699 IrelandMichael Devaney68Ralph Firman10 PortugalÁlvaro Parente66César Campaniço11 MexicoSalvador Durán59David MartínezLuis Díaz12 CanadaSean McIntosh59Patrick Carpentier13Jan Charouz56Tomáš Enge14 AustraliaWill Power51Christian JonesWill DavisonMarcus MarshallRyan Briscoe15 ItalyEnrico Toccacelo46Max Papis16 GermanyTimo Scheider38Adrian SutilSebastian Stahl17 United StatesScott Speed23Bryan HertaPhilip Giebler18 South AfricaStephen Simpson20Tomas Scheckter19 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1620 AustriaMathias Lauda14Patrick Friesacher21 PakistanAdam Khan1022 JapanRyo Fukuda8Hideki Noda23 ChinaTengyi Jiang6Qinghua Ma24 LebanonKhalil Beschir0Basil Shaaban Graham Rahal25 IndiaKarun Chandhok0Armaan Ebrahim26 RussiaAleksey Vasilyev0Mikhail AleshinRoman RusinovPosTeamDriversPts

 Other websites 
 Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com

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