2005 Brands Hatch A1GP round

December 2021 October 2011   Great Britain 1 of 11 2005–06 25 September 2005 Brands Hatch Kent England Fine Flag_of_Brazil.svg Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. 2:30.789 1:15.824 1:14.965 Flag_of_Brazil.svg Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. Flag_of_France.svg France Alexandre Prémat Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg New Zealand Matthew Halliday Flag_of_Brazil.svg Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. Flag_of_Australia.svg Australia Will Power Flag_of_Mexico.svg Mexico Salvador Durán Flag_of_Brazil.svg Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 1:16.547 30 Main thumb|right|150px|Layout of the Brands Hatch circuit. The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was an event for the A1 Grand Prix motor racing championship, held over 23–25 September 2005 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. This was the first of eleven rounds in the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, and the first A1 Grand Prix event outright.Chaotic Start to A1GP http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/05/09/23/AUTO_Brands_Hatch_Nightlead.html 23 September 2005 Report Practice There were eight red flags in practice due to incidents. In the first session, A1 Team India's Karun Chandhok crashed into Jos Verstappen at a hairpin, sending him airborne and damaging his car to such an extent that he was unable to set a time in the second session. Rain affected the second session, causing slower speeds and spins. Free Practice 3, held on Saturday, saw A1 Team France top the timesheets with a 1:15.421 courtesy of Alexandre Prémat. Matthew Halliday set the second quickest time for A1 Team New Zealand, which was good enough to see him nominated for qualifying. Qualifying Nelson Piquet, Jr. took A1GP's first ever pole position for A1 Team Brazil. Piquet set the fastest time over the entire session, with a 1:14.965 on his third run. Combined with the best first-lap time, he produced an aggregate time of 2:30.769, leading the results by over three tenths of a second ahead of Halliday. Brazil did not attempt a time in the final run, which was topped by Prémat, placing them third on the grid for the sprint race. Fourth position went to Will Power of A1 Team Australia, followed by the home team A1 Team Great Britain. The A1 Grand Prix rules allowed teams to use one driver for qualifying and another for the race, provided the race driver's best practice time is within 102% of the team's best qualifying lap – resulting in Lebanon's Basil Shaaban and China's Qinghua Ma replaced with Khalil Beschir and Tengyi Jiang respectively.Brazil takes pole at Brands Hatch http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=25972 25 September 2005 Sprint race thumb|200px|left|A1 Team Great Britain's Robbie Kerr finished 5th in the Sprint race. Scheduled for 18 laps or 30 minutes (whichever came first), the first ever A1GP sprint race began with a rolling start. Prémat got the best start of the front-runners, slipping inside Halliday to move into second place. Power retained his fourth position, slightly ahead of Robbie Kerr for A1 Team Great Britain. Piquet made it through the first turn with no trouble, and quickly began building a sizeable lead. Jos Verstappen in the Dutch car suffered damage to his car after a collision with Stephen Simpson of South Africa, forcing him to limp back to the pits and retire from the race. Simpson was also required to pit at the end of the first lap to repair damage from the collision. The field remained in almost the same order for the remainder of the race, as Piquet, Prémat and Halliday produced a gap back to Power, who pulled away from Kerr to secure fourth place. A1 Team USA's Scott Speed moved from 17th to 11th on the opening lap and held that position until the end of the race. A1 Team Mexico remained 6th, ahead of the Pakistani car in 7th – which spent most of the race holding up Portugal – Switzerland and Ireland behind him.Piquet puts Brazil on top http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/05/09/25/AUTO_A1_Nightlead.html 26 September 2005 Main race Piquet took the first position on the grid for the feature race, thanks to his comprehensive victory in the sprint race. Prémat suffered a battery problem between the two races which required some frantic work by the pit crew, resulting in Premat leaving the pit lane with 45 seconds to spare. This time the race started with a standing start, however Halliday stalled from third spot and had to start from the pits. Prémat stalled on the race start proper, putting him out of the race immediately. Piquet led from Power on the opening lap. Further back in the field, Michael Devaney of Ireland collided with Neel Jani of Switzerland, putting both cars out of the race. Beschir spun off the track, hitting a wall on the outside and then coming back across the track narrowly in front of four cars. The Lebanese driver was able to continue the race, which was not the case for A1 Team India's Karun Chandhok and A1 Team Indonesia's Ananda Mikola who both did not complete lap 1. Portugal soon joined the ever-growing list of retirees when Álvaro Parente retired with a battery problem on lap two. Having started in 16th, Enrico Toccacelo of Italy climbed to a surprising 5th after taking an early compulsory pitstop. Piquet continued to lead and open and impressive gap back to Power, who was being hounded by Kerr for second. Several battles were emerging throughout the field, involving Pakistan and Italy for 4th place, Germany and Malaysia for 6th, as well as Canada and South Africa for 9th. Speed rejoined the race after having to pit for a new nose cone earlier in the race, now lying several laps behind the leaders. With Germany taking its compulsory pitstop, Verstappen moved into 7th having started last. Malaysia lost time in the pit cycle as the mechanics struggled to fit a wheel, a common occurrence in early A1GP races. Pakistan, who had been held up by A1 Team Austria while trying to lap them, also lost out to the Netherlands when both teams pitted. On lap 13, Toccacelo and Beschir collided at Paddock Hill Bend, resulting in the Lebanese car barrel-rolling through the gravel. The top three pitted as the Safety Car came out for the first time, but Brazil also had problems changing tyres Great Britain and Australia past. The British car then suffered another battery failure under the safety car, forcing Kerr to retire and promoting Power to the lead. Power led Piquet and Salvador Durán of Mexico on the restart. Only a few laps later, A1 Team Russia driver Aleksey Vasilyev spun off the track and forced the safety car to come out again. On the second restart, Piquet passed Power and drove away to win by 11 seconds over Australia, followed by Mexico, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Africa, the Netherlands, Japan, Canada and Germany. Piquet's win finished a clean-sweep for Brazil, claiming pole position, both race wins and the bonus point for the fastest race lap of the weekend to give the team the maximum 21 points.Brazil completes Brands Hatch 'double' http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=25995 26 September 2005 Results Qualification Qualification took place on Saturday, 24 September 2005. Lap times in blue (the two fastest times from a country) counted towards a countries' aggregate. Pos. Position Team Driver Sessions Agg. Aggregate Gap Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1 BRA Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. 1:15.824 1:16.070 1:14.965 No time 2:30.789 2 NZL New Zealand Matthew Halliday 1:16.359 1:16.032 1:15.389 1:15.728 2:31.117 +0.328 3 FRA France Alexandre Prémat 1:17.278 1:16.185 1:16.043 1:15.163 2:31.206 +0.417 4 AUS Australia Will Power 1:16.056 1:16.360 1:15.774 1:15.614 2:31.388 +0.599 5 GBR Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1:16.612 1:15.878 1:16.097 1:15.836 2:31.714 +0.925 6 SUI Switzerland Neel Jani 1:17.907 1:16.435 1:16.142 1:15.587 2:31.729 +0.940 7 MEX Mexico Salvador Durán 1:17.639 1:16.283 1:16.251 1:16.056 2:32.307 +1.518 8 PAK Pakistan Adam Khan 1:17.020 1:16.457 1:16.481 1:16.139 2:32.596 +1.807 9 MYS Malaysia Alex Yoong 1:18.507 1:16.362 1:16.448 1:16.270 2:32.632 +1.843 10 JPN Japan Ryō Fukuda 1:17.017 1:16.544 1:16.694 1:16.145 2:32.689 +1.900 11 POR Portugal Álvaro Parente 1:17.199 1:16.528 No time 1:16.177 2:32.705 +1.916 12 IRL Ireland Michael Devaney 1:16.803 1:16.576 1:16.863 1:16.235 2:32.811 +2.022 13 GER Germany Timo Scheider 1:16.965 1:16.624 1:16.639 1:16.357 2:32.981 +2.192 14 NED Netherlands Jos Verstappen 1:16.882 1:17.510 1:16.472 1:16.603 2:33.075 +2.286 15 RSA South Africa Stephen Simpson 1:17.432 1:16.612 1:16.647 1:16.474 2:33.086 +2.297 16 ITA Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1:16.888 1:16.402 1:16.832 1:17.616 2:33.234 +2.445 17 USA United States Scott Speed 1:17.625 1:17.638 1:16.950 1:16.367 2:33.317 +2.528 18 INA Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1:20.253 1:17.267 1:16.864 1:16.560 2:33.424 +2.635 19 IND India Karun Chandhok 1:18.272 1:18.286 1:17.341 1:16.785 2:34.126 +3.337 20 CZE Czech Republic Jan Charouz 1:18.318 1:17.813 1:18.743 1:16.973 2:34.786 +3.997 21 CAN Canada Sean McIntosh 1:19.902 1:18.485 1:18.189 1:18.467 2:36.656 +5.867 22 AUT Austria Mathias Lauda 1:18.977 1:19.148 1:18.186 1:18.692 2:36.878 +6.089 23 LBN Lebanon Basil Shaaban 1:18.671 1:18.433 No time 1:19.282 2:37.104 +6.315 24 CHN China Qinghua Ma 1:20.465 1:19.071 1:19.820 1:19.679 2:38.750 +7.961 25 RUS Russia Aleksey Vasilyev 1:21.615 1:21.298 1:20.597 1:20.706 2:41.303 +10.514 Source:http://a1gp.alkamelsystems.com/?season=00_2005-06&evvent=00_BRANDS+HATCH%2C+GREAT+BRITAIN A1GP Timing Results – BRANDS HATCH, GREAT BRITAIN, SEASON 2005-06 (Page 34) Alkamel Systems 12 September 2007 Sprint Race results The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 25 September 2005 thumb|Mexico leads New Zealand Pos. Position Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 BRA Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. 18 23:15.682 1 10 2 FRA France Alexandre Prémat 18 +2.440 3 9 3 NZL New Zealand Matthew Halliday 18 +2.899 2 8 4 AUS Australia Will Power 18 +11.457 4 7 5 GBR Great Britain Robbie Kerr 18 +12.797 5 6 6 MEX Mexico Salvador Durán 18 +17.273 7 5 7 PAK Pakistan Adam Khan 18 +18.032 8 4 8 POR Portugal Álvaro Parente 18 +18.189 11 3 9 SUI Switzerland Neel Jani 18 +20.851 6 2 10 IRL Ireland Michael Devaney 18 +21.056 12 1 11 USA United States Scott Speed 18 +23.866 17 12 JPN Japan Ryō Fukuda 18 +25.192 10 13 MYS Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 18 +25.351 9 14 GER Germany Timo Scheider 18 +25.905 13 15 IND India Karun Chandhok 18 +27.793 19 16 ITA Italy Enrico Toccacelo 18 +35.521 16 17 INA Indonesia Ananda Mikola 18 +40.333 18 18 CZE Czech Republic Jan Charouz 18 +40.346 20 19 CAN Canada Sean McIntosh 18 +42.621 21 20 AUT Austria Mathias Lauda 18 +55.293 22 21 CHN China Tengyi Jiang 18 +58.194 24 22 LBN Lebanon Khalil Beschir 18 +59.092 23 23 RUS Russia Aleksey Vasilyev 17 +1 Lap 25 24 RSA South Africa Stephen Simpson 17 +1 Lap 15 DNF NED Netherlands Jos Verstappen 0 Crash damage 14 Source:http://a1gp.alkamelsystems.com/?season=00_2005-06&evvent=00_BRANDS+HATCH%2C+GREAT+BRITAIN A1GP Timing Results – BRANDS HATCH, GREAT BRITAIN, SEASON 2005-06 (Page 42) Alkamel Systems 12 September 2007 Main Race results The Main Race also took place on Sunday, 25 September 2005. Pos. Position Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 BRA Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. 38 55:01.910 1 10 2 AUS Australia Will Power 38 +11.330 4 9 3 MEX Mexico Salvador Durán 38 +23.125 6 8 4 NZL New Zealand Matthew Halliday 38 +23.705 3 7 5 MYS Malaysia Alex Yoong 38 +24.352 13 6 6 RSA South Africa Stephen Simpson 38 +24.852 24 5 7 NED Netherlands Jos Verstappen 38 +25.630 25 4 8 JPN Japan Ryō Fukuda 38 +26.219 12 3 9 CAN Canada Sean McIntosh 38 +27.179 19 2 10 GER Germany Timo Scheider 37 +1 Lap 14 1 11 AUT Austria Mathias Lauda 37 +1 Lap 20 12 CHN China Tengyi Jiang 37 +1 Lap 21 13 PAK Pakistan Adam Khan 35 +3 Laps 7 DNF CZE Czech Republic Jan Charouz 24 +14 Laps 18 DNF RUS Russia Aleksey Vasilyev 18 Spun out 23 DNF GBR Great Britain Robbie Kerr 17 Engine 5 DNF USA United States Scott Speed 14 Withdrew 11 DNF LBN Lebanon Khalil Beschir 13 Crash 22 DNF ITA Italy Enrico Toccacelo 13 Crash 16 DNF POR Portugal Álvaro Parente 1 Battery 8 DNF SUI Switzerland Neel Jani 1 Crash 9 DNF IRL Ireland Michael Devaney 0 Crash 10 DNF INA Indonesia Ananda Mikola 0 +38 Laps 17 DNS FRA France Alexandre Prémat Stalled DNS IND India Karun Chandhok Source:http://a1gp.alkamelsystems.com/?season=00_2005-06&evvent=00_BRANDS+HATCH%2C+GREAT+BRITAIN A1GP Timing Results – BRANDS HATCH, GREAT BRITAIN, SEASON 2005-06 (Page 52) Alkamel Systems 12 September 2007 Points Event and Championship standings Pos. Position Team SR Sprint race MR Main race Total 1 BRA Brazil 1 13 1 21 2 AUS Australia 4 2 16 3 NZL New Zealand 3 4 15 4 MEX Mexico 6 3 13 5 FRA France 2 DNS 9 6 MYS Malaysia 13 5 6 7 GBR Great Britain 5 DNF 6 8 RSA South Africa 24 6 5 9 PAK Pakistan 7 13 4 10 NED Netherlands DNF 7 4 11 JPN Japan 12 8 3 12 POR Portugal 8 DNF 3 13 CAN Canada 19 9 2 14 SUI Switzerland 9 DNF 2 15 GER Germany 14 10 1 16 IRL Ireland 10 DNF 1 17 AUT Austria 20 11 0 18 USA United States 11 DNF 0 19 CHN China 21 12 0 20 IND India 15 DNS 0 21 ITA Italy 16 DNF 0 22 INA Indonesia 17 DNF 0 23 CZE Czech Republic 18 DNF 0 24 LBN Lebanon 22 DNF 0 25 RUS Russia 23 DNF 0 3 1 – A1 Team Brazil received a bonus point for setting the fastest race lap of the weekend. References 2005–06 None 2005–06 A1GP, Germany A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Great Britain A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Category:2000s in Kent