2006 Beijing A1GP round

Flag_of_the_People's Republic_of_China.svg Beijing, China 3 of 11 2006-07 November 12, 2006 Beijing International Streetcircuit Beijing China Clear, 12°C Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:00.093 no pole time1 no pole time2 Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen Flag_of_Mexico.svg Mexico Salvador Durán Flag_of_Italy.svg Italy Enrico Toccacelo Flag_of_Italy.svg Italy Enrico Toccacelo Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg Great Britain Oliver Jarvis Flag_of_Australia.svg Australia Karl Reindler Flag_of_Canada.svg Canada James Hinchcliffe 58.107 39 Feature The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first and the only meeting held at the circuit. Due to various safety concerns, the circuit was shortened, and the races started behind the safety car, with the Sprint Race was run mostly behind the safety car. These incidents led to questions about the management and organization of both the event and A1GP in general, eventually leading to series' collapse in 2009. Following the incident and the track's lack of funding, the first Chinese race of the season was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit for the 2007-08 season. Report thumb|right|250px|Layout of the Beijing International Streetcircuit Practice The first day of practice was canceled because of safety concerns, as the hairpin at the end of the backstraight was too tight for the cars to negotiate safely due to a 180 degree left turn – resulting in cars were running wide and stopping mid-corner. A revised track layout was devised for an extended Saturday practice session, creating a wider hairpin halfway up the straight, bypassing most of the old straight.Freeman Glenn Beijing circuit shortened https://www.autosport.com/motorsport/news/55590/beijing-circuit-shortened Autosport 10 November 2006 Qualifying More problems arose in qualifying, when manhole covers on the roads were coming undone due to the racing cars' high downforce and low center of gravity. Grid positions were decided based on practice times, resulting in A1 Team Netherlands driver Jeroen Bleekemolen taking pole position for the Sprint race. Some advertising banners also came loose around the circuit. Races Both races started behind the safety car as the first corner was deemed unsafe. More than half the race was held under the safety car, as South Africa's Adrian Zaugg spun and stalled his car and blocked half of the track. Bleekemolen won the race for the Netherlands, with Salvador Durán of Mexico and A1 Team Italy's Enrico Toccacelo in second and third. Toccacelo won the feature race, with Britain's Oliver Jarvis second and Australia's Karl Reindler a surprise third after James Hinchcliffe crashed out on the final lap. The feature race was shortened from 67 laps to 63 due to time constraints.11/12/2006 race: Beijing Feature (A1GP) https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2006_Beijing_Feature/A1 Racing-Reference.info NASCAR Digital Media, LLC 14 September 2020 Results Qualification Qualification was cancelled due to track problems. Accordingly, the grid was set from the times set in the 25 minutes of the morning practice session (Practice 3) before it was red-flagged, under article 144 of the Sporting Regulations. PosTeamDriverLapsQuickest TimeGap1Netherlands NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen161:00.093--2Mexico MexicoSalvador Durán111:00.583+ 0.4903Italy ItalyEnrico Toccacelo141:00.942+ 0.8494Canada CanadaJames Hinchcliffe111:01.103+ 1.0105Germany GermanyNico Hülkenberg111:01.275+ 1.1826Brazil BrazilRaphael Matos181:01.306+ 1.2137South Africa South AfricaAdrian Zaugg111:01.361+ 1.2688UK Great BritainOliver Jarvis191:01.404+ 1.3119Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš Enge211:01.555+ 1.46210Switzerland SwitzerlandNeel Jani111:01.711+ 1.61811Ireland IrelandMichael Devaney121:02.810+ 2.71712New Zealand New ZealandMatt Halliday111:02.852+ 2.75913US USAPhilip Giebler111:02.916+ 2.82314Australia AustraliaKarl Reindler101:02.999+ 2.90615China ChinaCongfu Cheng161:03.275+ 3.18216Malaysia MalaysiaAlex Yoong81:04.246+ 4.15317Singapore SingaporeChristian Murchison61:05.897+ 5.80418Indonesia IndonesiaAnanda Mikola91:06.038+ 5.94519India IndiaArmaan Ebrahim141:06.056+ 5.96320Lebanon LebanonBasil Shaaban141:06.389+ 6.29621France FranceNicolas Lapierre31:09.662+ 9.56922Pakistan PakistanNur B. Ali131:10.263+ 10.170 Sprint Race results The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, November 12, 2006. PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1Netherlands NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen1520'28.42062Mexico MexicoSalvador Durán15+ 1.46453Italy ItalyEnrico Toccacelo15+ 2.31144Canada CanadaJames Hinchcliffe15+ 3.37535Germany GermanyNico Hülkenberg15+ 3.94326Brazil BrazilRaphael Matos15+ 4.40017UK Great BritainOliver Jarvis15+ 7.3778Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš Enge15+ 8.3979Switzerland SwitzerlandNeel Jani15+ 8.84910New Zealand New ZealandMatt Halliday15+ 9.26511US USAPhilip Giebler15+ 10.42212Australia AustraliaKarl Reindler15+ 11.92013China ChinaCongfu Cheng15+ 13.21614Malaysia MalaysiaAlex Yoong15+ 17.02715Indonesia IndonesiaAnanda Mikola15+ 18.47916Singapore SingaporeChristian Murchison15+ 20.65917France FranceNicolas Lapierre15+ 20.80218India IndiaArmaan Ebrahim15+ 22.25319Lebanon LebanonBasil Shaaban15+ 22.78320Ireland IrelandMichael Devaney15+ 23.24721Pakistan PakistanNur B. Ali15+ 47.541DNFSouth Africa South AfricaAdrian Zaugg2+ 13 laps Feature Race results The Feature Race took place on Sunday, November 12, 2006. The race was initially scheduled for 67 laps, but was shortened by five laps. PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1Italy ItalyEnrico Toccacelo631.10.15.919102UK Great BritainOliver Jarvis63+ 4.50893Australia AustraliaKarl Reindler63+ 5.91784France FranceNicolas Lapierre63+ 12.90075South Africa South AfricaAdrian Zaugg63+ 13.27866Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš Enge63+ 13.68457Brazil BrazilRaphael Matos63+ 14.83948Singapore SingaporeChristian Murchison63+ 16.48639New Zealand New ZealandMatt Halliday63+ 17.005210Canada CanadaJames Hinchcliffe62+ 1 Lap111India IndiaArmaan Ebrahim62+ 1 Lap12Malaysia MalaysiaAlex Yoong61+ 2 Laps13Lebanon LebanonBasil Shaaban61+ 2 LapsDNFNetherlands NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen53+ 10 LapsDNFGermany GermanyNico Hülkenberg53+ 10 LapsDNFIndonesia IndonesiaAnanda Mikola36+ 27 LapsDNFChina ChinaCongfu Cheng28+ 35 LapsDNFUS USAPhilip Giebler21+ 42 LapsDNFSwitzerland SwitzerlandNeel Jani20+ 43 LapsDNFMexico MexicoSalvador Durán14+ 49 LapsDNF Ireland IrelandMichael Devaney3+ 60 LapsDNFPakistan PakistanNur B. Ali1+ 62 Laps Similar problems in China Similar problems have occurred before in China. The 2004 DTM race around the streets of Pudong in Shanghai was hampered by crashes due to manhole covers becoming undone; the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix on the Shanghai International Circuit was interrupted when the safety car had to be deployed when a water runoff drain became open. The same problem also occurred in the Australian V8 Supercars race on the same circuit a few months before. References 2006-07 2006–07 A1GP, Czech Rep. 2006-07 A1GP, Malaysia Beijing, China A1 Grand Prix Category:Auto racing controversies