2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season

A1 Grand Prix season January 2021 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Champions France none 2006–07 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. Calendar The first A1 Grand Prix season consisted of 11 rounds, all held in different countries. Each event ran over a three-day weekend, including a practice session on each of Friday and Saturday before a qualifying session on Saturday and two races on Sunday. Round Event Circuit Dates 1 GBR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 23–25 September 2005 2 GER A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 7–9 October 2005 3 POR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal Circuito do Estoril 21–23 October 2005 4 AUS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia Eastern Creek Raceway 4–6 November 2005 5 MYS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 18–20 November 2005 6 UAE A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome 9–11 December 2005 7 RSA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Durban Street Circuit 27–29 January 2006 8 INA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia Sentul International Circuit 10–12 February 2006 9 MEX A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Fundidora Park 24–26 February 2006 10 USA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States Laguna Seca 10–12 March 2006 11 CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China Shanghai International Circuit 31 March–2 April 2006 Cancelled events – BRA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 10–12 February 2006 Map center World 600 World 51.356667 0.2625 Brands Hatch top World 51.533333 13.919444 Lausitz right World 38.750833 -9.394167 Estoril bottom World -33.804167 150.870556 Eastern Creek bottom World 2.760556 101.7375 Sepang left World 25.050633 55.239128 Dubai bottom World -29.838322 31.034381 Durban right World -6.535861 106.856778 Sentul right World 25.678056 -100.283333 Fundidora Park right World 36.584167 -121.753611 Laguna Seca left World 31.338889 121.219722 Shanghai left World -25.444722 -49.196944 Curitiba rightSource:A1 Grand Prix – 2005-2006: Racing Calendar https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2005-2006-calendar.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Calendar changes 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 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: thumb|right|A1 Team Australia used the most drivers of any team in the inaugural season, with five. thumb|right|Jos Verstappen on his way to victory at the South African round. Entrant (Team) Driver Events AUS A1 Team AustraliaAlan Docking Racing Will Power 1 Christian Jones 2, 6, 9 Will Davison 3–7 Marcus Marshall 8 Ryan Briscoe 10–11 AUT A1 Team AustriaTeam Rosberg Mathias Lauda 1–8, 10–11 Patrick Friesacher 9 BRA A1 Team BrazilART Grand Prix Nelson Piquet, Jr. 1–7 Christian Fittipaldi 8–11 CAN A1 Team CanadaJohn Village Automotive Sean McIntosh 1–8 Patrick Carpentier 9–11 CHN A1 Team ChinaTeam Astromega Tengyi Jiang All Qinghua Ma 1, 9, 11 CZE A1 Team Czech RepublicCharouz Racing System Jan Charouz 1 Tomáš Enge 2–11 FRA A1 Team FranceDAMS Alexandre Prémat 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Nicolas Lapierre 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11 GER A1 Team GermanySuper Nova Racing Timo Scheider 1–2, 5, 7–10 Adrian Sutil 3–4, 6 Sebastian Stahl 11 GBR A1 Team Great BritainArden International Robbie Kerr 1–10 Darren Manning 11 IND A1 Team IndiaAkbar Ebrahim Karun Chandhok 1–2 Armaan Ebrahim 3–8 INA A1 Team Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1–3, 5–11 IRL A1 Team IrelandStatus Grand Prix Michael Devaney 1, 4, 11 Ralph Firman 2–3, 5–10 ITA A1 Team ItalyTeam Ghinzani Enrico Toccacelo 1–6, 9, 11 Massimiliano Busnelli 7–8 Max Papis 10 JPN A1 Team JapanCarlin Motorsport Ryo Fukuda 1 Hideki Noda 2 Hayanari Shimoda 4–6, 8–9 LBN A1 Team LebanonCarlin Motorsport Khalil Beschir 1–2, 5 Basil Shaaban 1, 3–4, 6–8 USA Graham Rahal 9–11 MYS A1 Team Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 1, 3, 5 Alex Yoong 1–2, 4–11 MEX A1 Team MexicoDAMS Salvador Durán 1, 3–4, 6, 8–11 David Martínez 2, 7 Luis Díaz 5 NED A1 Team NetherlandsRacing for Holland Jos Verstappen All NZL A1 Team New ZealandWest Surrey Racing Matthew Halliday 1, 3, 5–11 Jonny Reid 2, 4 PAK A1 Team PakistanSuper Nova Racing Adam Khan 1–7, 10–11 ITA Enrico Toccacelo 7 POR A1 Team PortugalCarlin Motorsport Álvaro Parente 1–10 César Campaniço 11 RUS A1 Team RussiaRussian Age Racing Aleksey Vasilyev 1 Mikhail Aleshin 3 Roman Rusinov 4 RSA A1 Team South AfricaBCN Competicion Stephen Simpson 1, 4–11 Tomas Scheckter 2–3 SUI A1 Team SwitzerlandDAMS Neel Jani 1–9 Giorgio Mondini 10–11 USA A1 Team USADavid Price Racing Scott Speed 1–3 Bryan Herta 4–5, 9–10 Philip Giebler 6–8, 11Source:A1 Grand Prix - 2005-2006: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2005-2006-entrylist.html Speedsport Magazine 13 January 2024 Mid-season changes 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. Results and standings Results summary Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winner Report 1S GBR Great BritainBRA Nelson Piquet Jr.FRA Alexandre PrématBRA Nelson Piquet Jr. ReportFBRA Nelson Piquet Jr.BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. 2S DEU GermanyFRA Nicolas LapierreBRA Nelson Piquet Jr.FRA Nicolas Lapierre ReportFBRA Nelson Piquet Jr.FRA Nicolas Lapierre 3S PRT PortugalBRA Nelson Piquet Jr.FRA Alexandre PrématFRA Alexandre Prémat ReportFFRA Alexandre PrématFRA Alexandre Prémat 4S AUS AustraliaFRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Nicolas Lapierre ReportFFRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Nicolas Lapierre 5S MYS MalaysiaCHE Neel JaniFRA Alexandre PrématFRA Alexandre Prémat ReportFNED Jos VerstappenFRA Alexandre Prémat 6S UAE United Arab EmiratesCHE Neel JaniCHE Neel JaniCHE Neel Jani ReportF IRE Ralph FirmanFRA Nicolas Lapierre 7S RSA South AfricaFRA Alexandre PrématIRE Ralph FirmanFRA Alexandre Prémat ReportFBRA Nelson Piquet Jr.NLD Jos Verstappen 8S IDN IndonesiaGBR Robbie KerrFRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Nicolas Lapierre ReportFIRE Ralph FirmanCAN Sean McIntosh 9S MEX MexicoFRA Alexandre PrématNED Jos VerstappenFRA Alexandre Prémat ReportFFRA Alexandre PrématFRA Alexandre Prémat 10S USA United StatesMEX Salvador DuránMEX Salvador DuránMEX Salvador Durán ReportFFRA Nicolas LapierreMEX Salvador Durán 11S CHN ChinaMYS Alex YoongMYS Alex YoongMYS Alex Yoong ReportFMEX Salvador DuránCZE Tomáš EngeSource: Championship standings PosTeamDriversGBRGBRGERGERPORPORAUSAUSMYSMYSUAEUAERSARSAINAINAMEXMEXUSAUSACHNCHNPtsSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF 1 FRA FranceAlexandre Prémat2DNS111118117 172Nicolas Lapierre111171182Ret6 2 CHE Switzerland Neel Jani9Ret253263221Ret325523 121 Giorgio Mondini1613RetRet 3 GBR Great Britain Robbie Kerr5RetRet2Ret12523Ret922Ret21011643 97 Darren Manning215 4 NZL New Zealand Matthew Halliday3414166615136487Ret881284 77 Jonny Reid44148 5 MYS Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy138Ret8 74 Alex Yoong561685QO510RetRetRet42711Ret1012 6 BRA Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr.113Ret2839410RetRetRet9 71 Christian Fittipaldi204141213Ret10Ret7 NLD Netherlands Jos VerstappenRet7Ret74Ret74516119161764214RetRet1769 8 IRL Ireland Michael Devaney10Ret4144Ret 68 Ralph Firman96193794Ret4Ret6RetRetRet56 9 PRT Portugal Álvaro Parente8RetRet116527918848319RetRet1034 66 César Campaniço1312 10 MEX Mexico Salvador Durán63RetRetRetRet1883RetRetRet1138 59 David Martínez81310Ret Luis Díaz1915 11 CAN Canada Sean McIntosh199737Ret9Ret15Ret561210Ret1 59 Patrick Carpentier91565Ret7 12 CZE Czech Republic Jan Charouz18Ret 56 Tomáš Enge11Ret59RetRet1633Ret5Ret10135718Ret61 13 AUS Australia Will Power42 51 Christian Jones1514 QO16Ret Will DavisonRet6116Ret1121109Ret Marcus Marshall163 Ryan Briscoe10893 14 ITA Italy Enrico Toccacelo16Ret17Ret11710Ret17421134169 46 Massimiliano BusnelliRet614Ret Max Papis197 15 DEU Germany Timo Scheider14105101287Ret12128572 38 Adrian Sutil12RetRetRetRet12 Sebastian Stahl1518 16 USA United States Scott Speed11RetRetRet134 23 Bryan Herta15101076139Ret Philip Giebler13Ret13Ret1591410 17 ZAF South Africa Stephen Simpson246RetRetRet12123Ret5Ret11Ret1811Ret1114 20 Tomas Scheckter12Ret10Ret18 IDN Indonesia Ananda Mikola17Ret1489RetRet146RetRetRet11141216RetRet5Ret16 19 AUT Austria Mathias Lauda20111315161019Ret18Ret17716713Ret129Ret13 14 Patrick Friesacher109 20 PAK Pakistan Adam Khan713Ret12Ret15121113Ret16Ret WD1511125 10 ITA Enrico Toccacelo11Ret 21 JPN Japan Ryo Fukuda128 8 Hideki Noda109 Hayanari Shimoda18Ret141314159RetRetRet 22 CHN China Tengyi Jiang21121817Ret1416Ret20Ret195RetRetRetRet151717Ret QO 6 Qinghua Ma QO QO1416 23 LBN Lebanon Khalil Beschir22RetRet18Ret17 0 Basil Shaaban QO1811Ret12Ret1617Ret17Ret USA Graham Rahal1314RetRet1811 24 IND India Karun Chandhok15DNS16Ret 0 Armaan Ebrahim1713171311 EXC201414Ret1815 25 RUS Russia Aleksey Vasilyev23Ret 0 Mikhail Aleshin1517 Roman Rusinov13Ret Pos Team DriversSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF PtsGBRGBRGERGERPORPORAUSAUSMYSMYSUAEUAERSARSAINAINAMEXMEXUSAUSACHNCHNSources:Season 2005/06 standings after race 22 of 22 http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 A1 Grand Prix 13 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20071226151025/http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 26 December 2007 deadA1 Grand Prix - Season 2005-2006: Results https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2005-2006-results.html Speedsport Magazine 13 January 2024 References External links Officials season standings and results at results.a1gp.com A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix