2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season

A1 Grand Prix season 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Champions Germany 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season was the second season for the A1 Grand Prix series. It began on 1 October 2006, at Circuit Park Zandvoort, and the season ended at Brands Hatch on 29 April 2007. A1 Team Germany won it with 128 points, 35 points lead ahead Team New Zealand. Calendar The second A1 Grand Prix season consisted of 11 races held in 10 different countries. Each race is to be run 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. Changes in the weekend program for second season included changing the time certain limits of the Sprint race to 20 minutes and Feature race to 70 minutes, and reducing the pointscore in the Sprint race to only the top six positions. Round Event Circuit Dates 1 NED A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 29 September – 1 October 2006 2 CZE A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic Automotodrom Brno 6–8 October 2006 3 CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Beijing) Jingkai Street Circuit 10–12 November 2006 4 MYS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 24–26 November 2006 5 INA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia Sentul International Circuit 8–10 December 2006 6 NZL A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand Taupo Motorsport Park 19–21 January 2007 7 AUS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia Eastern Creek Raceway 2–4 February 2007 8 RSA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa Durban Street Circuit 23–25 February 2007 9 MEX A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 23–25 March 2007 10 CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai) Shanghai International Circuit 13–15 April 2007 11 GBR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 27–29 April 2007 Map center World 600 World 52.388819 4.540922 Zandvoort right World 49.204722 16.450556 Brno bottom World 39.808444 116.498044 Beijing left World 2.760556 101.7375 Sepang left World -6.535861 106.856778 Sentul bottom World -38.665556 176.144167 Taupo left World -33.804167 150.870556 Eastern Creek left World -29.838322 31.034381 Durban bottom World 19.406111 -99.0925 Mexico City left World 31.338889 121.219722 Shanghai right World 51.356667 0.2625 Brands Hatch leftSource:A1 Grand Prix – 2006-2007: Racing Calendar https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2006-2007-calendar.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Calendar changes A 12th race had been scheduled to have been held in Brazil; however, on 17 January 2007 the A1GP organisation announced that as a result of a delay in obtaining a local terrestrial television agreement then the event would be cancelled.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30276 Brazilian race withdrawn from the 2006/07 calendar 2007-01-17 2012-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120205210721/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30276 dead After the finish to the Australian Feature race resulted in time certainty confusion, the time certain limits were reduced by a minute with an additional lap added after the time expired. Entry list 24 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the second A1 Grand Prix season. All teams and drivers competed in Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis. Teams representing Greece and Singapore made their debuts, whilst the representatives of Austria, Japan and Russia did not return from the previous season. Entrant (Team) Driver Events AUS A1 Team AustraliaAlan Docking Racing Ryan Briscoe 1, 4–5 Karl Reindler 2–3, 6–8 Ian Dyk 9–11 BRA A1 Team BrazilCharouz Racing System Tuka Rocha 1–2, 5, 7 Raphael Matos 3–4, 6 Bruno Junqueira 8–9, 11 Vítor Meira 10 CAN A1 Team CanadaJohn Village Automotive James Hinchcliffe 1–3, 6–9 Sean McIntosh 4–5, 10–11 CHN A1 Team ChinaTeam Astromega Congfu Cheng 1–4, 10–11 Ho-Pin Tung 5–9 CZE A1 Team Czech RepublicCharouz Racing System Tomáš Kostka 1 Tomáš Enge 2–4, 6–8 Jaroslav Janiš 5, 9 Filip Salaquarda 10 Jan Charouz 11 FRA A1 Team FranceDAMS Nicolas Lapierre 1–5 Loïc Duval 6–8, 11 Jean-Karl Vernay 9–10 GER A1 Team GermanySuper Nova Racing Nico Hülkenberg 1–8, 10–11 Christian Vietoris 9 GBR A1 Team Great Britain Darren Manning 1 Robbie Kerr 2, 4–8, 10–11 Oliver Jarvis 3, 9 GRE A1 Team GreeceArena Motorsport Takis Kaitatzis 1–2 Nikos Zachos 2 IND A1 Team IndiaArena Motorsport Armaan Ebrahim 1–5 Narain Karthikeyan 6, 8–11 Parthiva Sureshwaren 7 INA A1 Team Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1–10 Moreno Soeprapto 11 IRL A1 Team IrelandStatus Grand Prix Michael Devaney 1–4 Richard Lyons 5–11 ITA A1 Team ItalyTeam Ghinzani Alessandro Pier Guidi 1–2 Enrico Toccacelo 3–11 LBN A1 Team LebanonCarlin Motorsport Basil Shaaban 1, 3, 5 USA Graham Rahal 2 Khalil Beschir 4 GBR Alexander Khateeb 6–7 BRA Allam Khodair 8–11 MYS A1 Team Malaysia Alex Yoong All MEX A1 Team Mexico Salvador Durán 1–9 Sergio Pérez 10 Juan Pablo García 11 NED A1 Team NetherlandsRacing for Holland Jeroen Bleekemolen 1–9, 11 Renger van der Zande 9–10 NZL A1 Team New ZealandSuper Nova Racing Matthew Halliday 1, 3, 8, 11 Jonny Reid 2, 4–7, 9–10 PAK A1 Team PakistanPerformance Racing Nur Ali All POR A1 Team PortugalTeam Astromega Álvaro Parente 8–9, 11 João Urbano 10 SIN A1 Team SingaporeWest Surrey Racing Christian Murchison 1, 3–4, 6–8 Denis Lian 2 RSA A1 Team South AfricaDAMS Adrian Zaugg 1, 3–4, 8–9, 11 Stephen Simpson 2 Alan van der Merwe 5–7, 10 SUI A1 Team SwitzerlandMax Motorsport Sébastien Buemi 1–2, 6–7, 10–11 Neel Jani 3–5, 8 Marcel Fässler 9 USA A1 Team USAWest Surrey Racing Philip Giebler 1–5, 7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 6 Jonathan Summerton 8–11Sources:A1 Grand Prix - 2006-2007: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2006-2007-entrylist.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025A1 Grand Prix - Season 2006-2007: Results https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/a1gp-worldcup/2006-2007-results.html Speedsport Magazine 3 September 2025 Mid-season changes A1 Team Greece only participated in the opening two rounds.http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/06/11/10/AUTO_A1GP_Nightlead.html Course concerns in Beijing 2006-11-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20061112102539/http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others%2F06%2F11%2F10%2FAUTO_A1GP_Nightlead.html 2006-11-12 dead A1 Team Singapore missed the last three races allegedly due to an injury suffered by their driver Christian Murchison in South Africa. A1 Team Portugal started their season in South Africa.http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30514 A1 Team Portugal returns to A1GP World Cup of Motorsport 2007-02-24 2007-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071006094639/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30514 dead Results and standings Results summary Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winner Report 1S NED NetherlandsRSA Adrian ZauggRSA Adrian ZauggRSA Adrian Zaugg ReportFMYS Alex YoongDEU Nico Hülkenberg 2S CZE Czech RepublicNZL Jonny ReidMYS Alex YoongMYS Alex Yoong ReportFUSA Philip GieblerMYS Alex Yoong 3S CHN China (Beijing)NLD Jeroen BleekemolenMEX Salvador DuránNLD Jeroen Bleekemolen ReportFCAN James HinchcliffeITA Enrico Toccacelo 4S MYS MalaysiaSUI Neel JaniNZL Jonny ReidSUI Neel Jani ReportFITA Enrico ToccaceloDEU Nico Hülkenberg 5S INA IndonesiaNZL Jonny ReidGBR Robbie KerrNZL Jonny Reid ReportFNZL Jonny ReidNZL Jonny Reid 6S NZL New ZealandDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico Hülkenberg ReportF DEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico Hülkenberg 7S AUS AustraliaDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico Hülkenberg ReportFDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico Hülkenberg 8S RSA South AfricaDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico HülkenbergDEU Nico Hülkenberg ReportFRSA Adrian ZauggDEU Nico Hülkenberg 9S MEX MexicoMYS Alex YoongMEX Salvador DuránMYS Alex Yoong ReportFUSA Jonathan SummertonGBR Oliver Jarvis 10S CHN China (Shanghai)GBR Robbie KerrNZL Jonny ReidGBR Robbie Kerr ReportFNZL Jonny ReidNZL Jonny Reid 11S GBR United KingdomGBR Robbie KerrGBR Robbie KerrGBR Robbie Kerr ReportFSUI Sébastien BuemiDEU Nico HülkenbergSource: Championship standings PosTeamDriversNEDNEDCZECZECHNBEIMYSMLYINAINANZLNZLAUSAUSRSARSAMEXMEXCHNSHAGBRGBRPtsSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF 1 GER GermanyNico Hülkenberg41Ret45Ret21521111113321 128Christian VietorisRet9 2 NZL New ZealandMatthew Halliday61110933168 93Jonny ReidRet73811332216621 3 GBR Great BritainDarren Manning57 92Robbie Kerr96523Ret8Ret1910921212Oliver Jarvis7221 4 FRA FranceNicolas Lapierre3Ret3Ret1746373 67Loïc Duval22392Ret47Jean-Karl VernayRet20Ret8 5 NED NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen941191Ret7913DSQ4554461765 57Renger van der Zande9946MYS MalaysiaAlex Yoong121711141247125191176Ret8156115955 7 ITA ItalyAlessandro Pier GuidiRet61420 52Enrico Toccacelo31Ret1311498151212Ret7410733 8 SUI SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi108810544749RetDSQ 50Neel Jani9Ret1410854Marcel Fässler1014 9 USA United StatesPhilip Giebler7261711Ret964988 42Ryan Hunter-Reay1110Jonathan SummertonRetRet525Ret96 10 MEX MexicoSalvador Durán25732Ret11Ret2612Ret1115RetRet17Ret 35Sergio Pérez15RetJuan Pablo García1814 11 CAN CanadaJames Hinchcliffe813254106613Ret13Ret1315 33Sean McIntosh858RetRet61012 12 CZE Czech RepublicTomáš Kostka17Ret 27Tomáš Enge5286Ret1417129511RetJaroslav Janiš1671212Filip Salaquarda1710Jan Charouz1315 13 AUS AustraliaRyan Briscoe1331217610 25Karl Reindler15161231413141416RetIan Dyk3816Ret14Ret 14 RSA South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1RetRet513127Ret4315Ret 24Stephen SimpsonRet11Alan van der Merwe9Ret71616Ret812 15 CHN ChinaCongfu Cheng1194813Ret10161115Ret10 22Ho-Pin TungRet131396314Ret610 16 IND IndiaArmaan EbrahimRetRet17181811161918Ret 13Narain Karthikeyan107159111871774Parthiva Sureshwaren1816 17 POR PortugalÁlvaro Parente851471111 10João Urbano1913 18 BRA Brazil Tuka Rocha141210141514Ret11 9Raphael Matos6719181614Bruno Junqueira177Ret1312RetVítor Meira1419 19 IRL IrelandMichael Devaney1514131320Ret1410 8Richard Lyons1712Ret1910Ret6RetRet161258DSQ 20 SIN SingaporeChristian MurchisonRet161681511Ret1512RetRetRet 3Denis Lian1819 21 INA IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1910161515RetRet15141115Ret171310Ret8111316 1Moreno Soeprapto171622PAK PakistanNur Ali20Ret20Ret21Ret18212015181820Ret181015212018Ret171 23 LIB LebanonBasil Shaaban16Ret191319Ret 0USA Graham Rahal1212Khalil Beschir1720Alexander KhateebRet17Ret17BRA Allam Khodair19Ret18191814Ret13 24 GRE GreeceTakis Kaitatzis1815Ret 0Nikos Zachos19 Pos Team DriversSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF PtsNEDNEDCZECZECHNBEIMYSMLYINAINANZLNZLAUSAUSRSARSAMEXMEXCHNSHAGBRGBRSources:Season 2006/07 standings after race 22 of 22 http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012006&c=0 A1 Grand Prix 3 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20071224140701/http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012006&c=0 24 December 2007 dead References 2 External links Official season standings and results at results.a1gp.com A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix