2006 Durban A1GP round

November 2021 thumb|right|250px|Layout of the Durban street circuit South Africa 7 of 11 2005–06 29 January 2006 Durban street circuit Durban South Africa Fine, 25 °C Flag_of_France.svg France Alexandre Premat 2'36.841 1'18.246 1'18.595 Flag_of_France.svg France Alexandre Premat Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg Great Britain Robbie Kerr Flag_of_Switzerland.svg Switzerland Neel Jani Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Jos Verstappen Flag_of_Switzerland.svg Switzerland Neel Jani Flag_of_Portugal.svg Portugal Alvaro Parente Flag_of_Brazil.svg Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 1'18.178 39 Main http://www.a1gp.com/results/html/durban/Classification_Official%20Practice%201.HTML http://www.a1gp.com/results/html/durban/Classification_Official%20Practice%202.HTML http://www.a1gp.com/results/html/durban/Classification_Official%20Practice%203.HTML http://www.a1gp.com/results/html/durban/QualifyingPractice_South%20Africa.HTML http://www.a1gp.com/results/html/durban/Classification_Sprint%20Race.HTML http://www.a1gp.com/results/html/durban/Classification_Feature%20Race.HTML The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of 29 January 2006 at a street course in Durban, South Africa. This was the only street course of the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season. Report Practice The first practice session was wet, and the second was wetter. Both were interrupted by several red flags. Ananda Mikola driving for A1 Team Indonesia was fastest in the first session with a time of 1:28.477. Will Davison from A1 Team Australia was fastest in the second session with a time of 1:30.520. During the third practice, on Saturday, A1 Team Pakistan driver Adam Khan was involved in a serious crash, forcing a helicopter flight to the nearest hospital for precautionary CT scans. These scans showed negative, but Khan was unable to compete in the remainder of the weekend's events, replaced by A1 Team Italy's backup driver, Enrico Toccacelo but Pakistan would not score points. Qualifying Sprint race Main race Results Qualification Qualification took place on Saturday, 28 January 2006. PosTeamDriverQ1 TimeQ2 TimeQ3 TimeQ4 TimeAggregateGap1France FranceAlexandre Premat1'20.4841'18.2461'18.595 --2'36.841 --2UK Great BritainRobbie Kerr1'20.6471'19.1581'18.921 --2'38.0791.2383Switzerland SwitzerlandNeel Jani1'20.3871'19.0561'19.7781'19.0372'38.0931.2524Netherlands The NetherlandsJos Verstappen1'20.2081'19.6281'19.1981'19.2542'38.4521.6115Ireland IrelandRalph Firman1'20.3421'19.2581'19.2511'20.3402'38.5091.6686Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš Enge1'19.591 --1'19.2851'19.2562'38.5411.7007New Zealand New ZealandMatt Halliday1'19.8421'20.0181'19.3311'19.5252'38.8562.0158Brazil BrazilNelson Piquet Jr.1'20.9071'19.6301'20.1721'19.2462'38.8762.0359Canada CanadaSean McIntosh1'21.9051'19.3491'19.647 --2'38.9962.15510Malaysia MalaysiaAlex Yoong1'20.4981'19.6521'19.8751'19.5452'39.1972.35611Indonesia IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1'45.0531'19.9891'20.6531'19.2512'39.2402.39912Germany GermanyTimo Scheider1'21.7301'19.7731'19.8801'19.5522'39.3252.48413US USAPhilip Giebler1'20.8671'19.7621'19.593 --2'39.3552.51414Italy ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli1'20.5031'19.640 --1'19.7792'39.4192.57815Portugal PortugalAlvaro Parente1'20.1981'19.9241'19.9531'19.7472'39.6712.83016South Africa South AfricaStephen Simpson1'21.5571'20.5701'20.7371'19.6232'40.1933.35217Australia AustraliaWill Davison1'22.4811'20.9691'20.5661'20.0862'40.6523.81118Lebanon LebanonBasil Shaaban1'22.6141'20.8371'21.008 --2'41.8455.00419Mexico MexicoDavid Martínez1'22.6001'20.8101'21.0761'21.0362'41.8465.00520China ChinaTengyi Jiang1'22.9761'21.2861'21.5381'23.3572'42.8245.98321Austria AustriaMathias Lauda1'22.3261'21.4631'21.408 --2'42.8716.03022India IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1'25.0201'23.3931'23.487 --2'46.88010.03923Pakistan PakistanAdam Khan * -- -- -- -- -- -- Sprint Race results The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006. PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1France FranceAlexandre Premat2031:06.730102UK Great BritainRobbie Kerr20 +0.24393Switzerland SwitzerlandNeel Jani20 +5.85084Ireland IrelandRalph Firman20 +6.16075Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš Enge20 +8.50666New Zealand New ZealandMatt Halliday20 +9.62357Germany GermanyTimo Scheider20 +10.11248Portugal PortugalAlvaro Parente20 +14.06639Australia AustraliaWill Davison20 +22.099210Mexico MexicoDavid Martínez20 +32.780111Pakistan PakistanEnrico Toccacelo20 +36.57512Canada CanadaSean McIntosh20 +39.26013US USAPhilip Giebler20 +42.13114India IndiaArmaan Ebrahim20 +1'25.71515Austria AustriaMathias Lauda20 +1'27.13616Netherlands The NetherlandsJos Verstappen19 +1 Lap17Lebanon LebanonBasil Shaaban18 +2 Laps18China ChinaTengyi Jiang17 +3 Laps19Brazil BrazilNelson Piquet Jr.16 +4 Laps20South Africa South AfricaStephen Simpson13 +7 Laps21Indonesia IndonesiaAnanda Mikola0 +20 Laps22Italy ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli0 +20 Laps23Malaysia MalaysiaAlex Yoong0 +20 Laps Main Race results The Main Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006. PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1Netherlands The NetherlandsJos Verstappen401'00:46.099102Switzerland SwitzerlandNeel Jani40 +1.77493Portugal PortugalAlvaro Parente40 +1.96584New Zealand New ZealandMatt Halliday40 +4.35275South Africa South AfricaStephen Simpson40 +9.43366Italy ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli40 +10.73557Austria AustriaMathias Lauda40 +30.12348France FranceAlexandre Premat40 +37.217 *39Brazil BrazilNelson Piquet Jr.40 +1'03.631210Canada CanadaSean McIntosh36 +4 Laps111Germany GermanyTimo Scheider35 +5 Laps12China ChinaTengyi Jiang35 +5 Laps13Pakistan PakistanEnrico Toccacelo31 +9 Laps14Mexico MexicoDavid Martínez30 +10 Laps15Lebanon LebanonBasil Shaaban27 +13 Laps16Malaysia MalaysiaAlex Yoong25 +15 Laps17Ireland IrelandRalph Firman14 +26 Laps18India IndiaArmaan Ebrahim10 +30 Laps19Indonesia IndonesiaAnanda Mikola10 +30 Laps20UK Great BritainRobbie Kerr9 +31 Laps21Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš Enge7 +33 Laps22Australia AustraliaWill Davison2 +38 Laps23US USAPhilip Giebler2 +38 Laps * Team France 25 seconds penalty by steward's decision. Total Points TeamPointsSRMRFLSwitzerland Switzerland1789 --France France13103 --New Zealand New Zealand1257 --Portugal Portugal1138 --Netherlands The Netherlands10 --10 --UK Great Britain99 -- --Ireland Ireland77 -- --Czech Republic Czech Republic66 -- --South Africa South Africa6 --6 --Italy Italy5 --5 --Austria Austria4 --4 --Germany Germany44 -- --Brazil Brazil3 --21Australia Australia22 -- --Canada Canada1 --1 --Mexico Mexico11 -- -- Fastest Lap: A1 Team Brazil (1'18.178 / 151.2 km/h, lap 39 of Main Race) References 2005–06 2005-06 A1GP, United Arab Emirates 2005-06 A1GP, Indonesia South Africa A1 Grand Prix