2005/06 A1GP season

The 2005/06 A1GP season was held from September 23, 2005 to April 2, 2006 on a total of eleven racetracks. France emerged as world champion.

Brands Hatch Klettwitz Estoril Sydney Sepang Dubai Durban Sentul Monterrey Laguna Seca Shanghai

Venues for the 2005/2006 season

overview

The 2005/2006 season was the first in the history of the A1GP series. At the opening race weekend at Brands Hatch, Team Brazil and Nelson Piquet jr. Achieve a double victory at the wheel, but subsequently France emerged as the dominant team, which with its drivers Nicolas Lapierre and Alexandre Prémat achieved a total of 13 wins (out of a possible 22) and thus won the title with ease. The runner-up went to the once victorious team Switzerland, third overall was team Great Britain. Other race winners were the teams from the Netherlands, Canada, Mexico (two times), Malaysia and the Czech Republic.

During the race weekend at the Dubai Autodrome , the so-called A1 Recovery System was used for the first and so far only time , a towing procedure in which racing cars that have had an accident or have broken down are recovered by helicopter using a 50-meter-long steel cable. A process that was also unique until the end of the series was the permission for the Italian driver Enrico Toccacelo to replace the regular Pakistani driver Adam Khan, who was injured in the back and left hand, in the races at the event in Durban , although he is not entitled to points was. The race to catch up in the Sentul main race , in which Canadian Sean McIntosh started from 23rd (and thus from last position), was also unmatched until the end . In the 2005/2006 season, the A1GP series also had its worst accident to date, when in the main race at Eastern Creek the Japanese team's car went off the track in the fast left-hand bend to the start / finish, rolled over and with it the airbox first hit a concrete wall, breaking it in two between the engine and the monocoque. Driver Hayanari Shimoda was virtually uninjured despite the severely damaged roll bar.

automobile

The Lola - Zytek with Cooper Tires tires was used as a standard car , see A1GP cars . It proved to be reliable right from the start, but pit stops in the first part of the season often caused problems with jammed wheel nuts, which meant that well-positioned teams lost many places.

Teams

25 teams took part in the season ( see team and driver overview ), but not all of them competed continuously.

Team Indonesia stayed away from the fourth race weekend in Eastern Creek, as regular driver Ananda Mikola was in an Asian Formula 3 race, which he preferred because of his championship chances there, and a suitable replacement driver could not be found. The Pakistani team was absent from the events in Sentul and Monterrey due to a back injury to regular driver Adam Khan. Team Japan did not take part in the race weekend in Estoril because Ryō Fukuda and Hideki Noda were unable to attend due to Formula Renault 3.5 and Formula Nippon races and a replacement driver was not determined in time. In Durban it was missing again because no replacement could be found for Shimoda, whose contract had expired at this point. The team also did not compete at the last two race weekends in Laguna Seca and Shanghai . The team from India skipped the last three race weekends due to internal quarrels. Team Russia did not take part in the event at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz due to an internal restructuring . After the race weekend in Eastern Creek, it finally stopped showing up.

Team and driver overview

team	Seatholder	Racing stable	driver	Racing weekends	SR	MR	RG
Australia	Alan Jones	Alan Docking Racing	Will power	1	1	1	2
			Christian Jones	2, 9	2	2	4th
			Will Davison	3-7	5	5	10
			Marcus Marshall	8th	1	1	2
			Ryan Briscoe	10, 11	2	2	4th
Brazil	Emerson Fittipaldi Ronaldo	ASM F3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1-7	7th	7th	14th
			Christian Fittipaldi	8-11	4th	4th	8th
China	Liu Yu	Team Astromega	Jiang Tengyi	1-11	10	11	21st
			Ma Qinghua	11	1	0	1
Germany	Willi Weber	DS Motorsport Ltd	Timo Scheider	1, 2, 5, 7-10	7th	7th	14th
			Adrian Sutil	3, 4, 6	3	3	6th
			Sebastian Stahl	11	1	1	2
France	Jean Paul Driot	DAMS	Alexandre Prémat	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11	6th	5	11
			Nicolas Lapierre	2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11	5	6th	11
Great Britain	Tony Clements John Surtees	Arden International	Robbie Kerr	1-10	10	10	20th
			Darren Manning	11	1	1	2
India	Atul Gupta	Akbar Ebrahim	Karun Chandhok	1-2	2	2	4th
			Armaan Ebrahim	3-8	6th	6th	12
Indonesia	unknown	CMS Operations	Ananda Mikola	1-3, 5-11	10	10	20th
Ireland	Mark Gallagher Mark Kershaw	own	Michael Devaney	1, 4, 11	3	3	6th
			Ralph Firman	2-3, 5-10	8th	8th	16
Italy	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Team Ghinzani	Enrico Toccacelo	1-6, 9, 11	8th	8th	16
			Andrea Montermini	4th	-	-	-
			Massimiliano Busnelli	7-8	2	2	4th
			Max Papis	10	1	1	2
Japan	unknown	Carlin Motorsport	Ryō Fukuda	1	1	1	2
			Hideki Noda	2	1	1	2
			Hayanari Shimoda	4-6, 8-9	5	5	10
Canada	Wade Cherwayko	John Village Automotive	Sean McIntosh	1-8	8th	8th	16
			Patrick Carpentier	9-11	3	3	6th
Lebanon	Tameem Auchi	Carlin Motorsport	Khalil Beshir	1-2, 5th	3	3	6th
			Basil Shaaban	3-4, 6-8	5	5	10
			Graham Rahal	9-11	3	3	6th
Malaysia	Alex Yoong	own	Fairuz Fauzy	1, 3, 5	3	1	4th
			Alex Yoong	1-2, 4-11	8th	10	18th
Mexico	Juan Cortina Julio Jáuregui	DAMS	Salvador Durán	1, 3-4, 6, 8-11	8th	8th	16
			David Martínez	2, 7	2	2	4th
			Luis Díaz	5	1	1	2
New Zealand	Colin Giltrap	West Surrey Racing	Matt Halliday	1, 3, 5-11	9	9	18th
			Jonny Reid	2, 4	2	2	4th
			Scott Dixon	6th	-	-	-
Netherlands	Jan Lammers	Racing for Holland	Jos Verstappen	1-11	11	11	22nd
Austria	Lauda Sport Management	Team Rosberg	Mathias Lauda	1-8, 10-11	10	10	20th
			Patrick Friesacher	9	1	1	2
Pakistan	Arif Husain	Super Nova Racing	Adam Khan	1-6, 10-11	8th	8th	16
			Enrico Toccacelo *	7th	1	1	2
Portugal	Carlos Queiroz Luís Figo	Performance racing	Álvaro Parente	1-10	10	10	20th
			César Campaniço	11	1	1	2
Russia	Svetlana Strelnikova	Russian Age Racing	Alexei Wassiljew	1	1	1	2
			Nikolay Fomenko	1	-	-	-
			Mikhail Alyoshin	3	1	1	2
			Alexander Truryumin	3	-	-	-
			Roman Russinov	4th	1	1	2
Switzerland	Max Welti	DAMS	Neel Jani	1-9	9	9	18th
			Giorgio Mondini	10-11	2	2	4th
South Africa	Tokyo sex whales	BCN Competición	Stephen Simpson	1, 4-11	9	9	18th
			Tomas Scheckter	2-3	2	2	4th
Czech Republic	Antonín Charouz	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz	1	1	1	2
			Tomáš Enge	2-11	10	10	20th
United States	Rick Weidinger	David Price Racing	Scott Speed	1-3	3	3	6th
			Bryan Herta	4-5, 9-10	4th	4th	8th
			Philip Giebler	6-8, 11	4th	4th	8th

* not eligible for points

• Explanation: Drivers in lower case only took part in the training.

Racing calendar

The calendar for the 2005/2006 season contained eleven racing weekends, including one in Germany.

No.	date	Racetrack	-length	winner	Second	Third
1.	September 23-25, 2005	Brands Hatch	3,899 m	Brazil	France	New Zealand
				Brazil	Australia	Mexico
2.	October 7-9, 2005	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	4,500 m	France	Switzerland	Brazil
				France	Great Britain	Canada
3.	October 21-23, 2005	Circuito do Estoril	4,182 m	France	Brazil	Switzerland
				France	Switzerland	Ireland
4th	November 4-6, 2005	Eastern Creek Raceway	3,930 m	France	Portugal	Brazil
				France	Great Britain	Switzerland
5.	November 18-20, 2005	Sepang International Circuit	5,542 m	France	Switzerland	Great Britain
				France	Switzerland	Czech Republic
6th	December 9-11, 2005	Dubai Autodrome	5,390 m	Switzerland	Italy	Czech Republic
				France	Great Britain	South Africa
7th	January 27-29, 2006	Durban Street Circuit	3,283 m	France	Great Britain	Switzerland
				Netherlands	Switzerland	Portugal
8th.	February 10-12, 2006	Sentul International Circuit	3,965 m	France	Great Britain	Mexico
				Canada	Malaysia	Australia
9.	February 24-26, 2006	Parque Fundidora Monterrey	3,386 m	France	Switzerland	Italy
				France	Netherlands	Switzerland
10.	March 10-12, 2006	Laguna Seca Raceway	3,602 m	Mexico	France	Portugal
				Mexico	Germany	Great Britain
11.	March 31 - April 2, 2006	Shanghai International Circuit	5,451 m	Malaysia	Great Britain	Mexico
				Czech Republic	Malaysia	Australia

Two official tests were held prior to the season. They took place in Silverstone ( August 3rd / 4th ) and on the Circuit Paul Ricard ( August 24th - 26th ).

Various changes have been made to the racing calendar over time. The first published calendar contained twelve race weekends, including races on a street circuit in Singapore or Indonesia (replaced by Sentul), in Cape Town (replaced by Durban), in San Antonio / Texas and at the Goldenport Motor Park in Beijing (by Shanghai replaced) planned. The event in San Antonio was replaced by a race weekend in Curitiba (Brazil), which was however removed from the calendar during the course of the season, as the course did not have the required safety standards. In addition, the racing weekend in Sentul was originally on the 13th - scheduled on Jan. 15, 2006, but was due to the death of Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and uncle of A1GP founder Sheikh Maktoum sensationalist Maktoum Al Maktoum , the Former date of the Curitiba weekend (February 10-12, 2006) postponed. The race weekend in Laguna Seca was also about to be canceled after heavy rain had affected the track, but could finally take place as planned.

Set of rules

The race weekend consisted of three practice sessions, a qualifying, a warm-up and two races - a shorter one, the “sprint race”, and a longer one, the “main race”. The training sessions, the first two of which were held on Friday and the third on Saturday, lasted 60 minutes each. The qualifying held on Saturday consisted of four 15-minute sessions, which were separated from each other by 10-minute breaks. In each of these sessions, a driver was allowed to drive a maximum of one timed lap (he completed a total of three laps: warm-up lap, timed lap, exit lap). Of the ideally four lap times, the two best were added at the end, and the resulting time determined the starting position in the sprint race. The starting grid of the main race corresponded to the final result of the sprint race. The warm-up took place on Sunday and lasted 15 minutes. The two races, also taking place on Sunday, were each held over a certain number of laps. The sprint race was limited to 30 minutes, started on the fly and did not contain a mandatory pit stop; the main race was limited to 60 minutes, started standing and contained a mandatory pit stop that could be made at any time. The break between the end of the sprint race and the start of the main race was 60 minutes.

In both the sprint and the main race, the first ten teams received points according to the principle of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. In addition, the team that had set the fastest lap at the end of both races received an extra point.

The prize money of one million US dollars per race weekend was divided among the top ten teams in the main race. The winner received $ 300,000, the runner-up $ 200,000 and the third $ 150,000.

In the sprint race, the PowerBoost button, which briefly increased performance by 30 hp, could be used four times, in the main race eight times. In qualifying, as in the practice sessions and in the warm-up, he was not available.

Technical driving aids such as ABS or traction control were completely forbidden. Tests with the A1GP bolide were also not permitted, apart from the official test days. Test drives with other cars on tracks on which the series would still be a guest were also prohibited during the season.

At the beginning of the season, all teams had a replacement car available in addition to the race car; this was no longer permitted from the race weekend in Sentul.

Results

Item	team	BRA SR	BRA HR	EUR SR	EUR HR	EST SR	EST HR	EAS SR	EAS HR	SEP SR	SEP HR	DUB SR	DUB HR	BY SR	DUR HR	SEN SR	SEN HR	MON SR	MON HR	LAG SR	LAG HR	SHA SR	SHA HR	Pts
1	France	2 PRÉ	DNS PRÉ	1 LAP	1 LAP	1 PRÉ	1 PRÉ	1 LAP	1 LAP	1 PRÉ	1 PRÉ	7 LAP	1 LAP	1 PRÉ	8 PRÉ	1 LAP	8 LAP	1 PRÉ	1 PRÉ	2 LAP	14 LAP	7 PRÉ	6 LAP	172
2	Switzerland	9 JAN	21 JAN	2 JAN	5 JAN	3 JAN	2 JAN	6 JAN	3 JAN	2 JAN	2 JAN	1 JAN	17 JAN	3 JAN	2 JAN	5 JAN	5 JAN	2 JAN	3 JAN	16 MON	13 MON	22 MON	20 MON	121
3	Great Britain	5 KER	16 KER	24 KER	2 KER	20 KER	12 KER	5 KER	2 KER	3 KER	20 KER	9 KER	2 KER	2 KER	20 KER	2 KER	10 KER	11 KER	6 KER	4 KER	3 KER	2 MAN	15 MAN	97
4th	New Zealand	3 HAL	4 HAL	4 REI	4 REI	14 HAL	16 HAL	14 REI	8 REI	6 HAL	6 HAL	15 HAL	13 HAL	6 HAL	4 HAL	8 HAL	7 HAL	18 HAL	8 HAL	8 HAL	12 HAL	8 HAL	4 HAL	77
5	Malaysia	13 FAU	5 YOO	6 YOO	16 YOO	8 FAU	21 FAU	8 YOO	5 YOO	8 FAU	5 YOO	10 YOO	24 YOO	23 YOO	16 YOO	4 YOO	2 YOO	7 YOO	11 YOO	22 YOO	10 YOO	1 YOO	2 YOO	74
6th	Brazil	1 PIQ	1 PIQ	3 PIQ	20 PIQ	2 PIQ	8 PIQ	3 PIQ	9 PIQ	4 PIQ	10 PIQ	23 PIQ	23 PIQ	19 PIQ	9 PIQ	20 FIT	4 FIT	14 FIT	12 FIT	13 FIT	18 FIT	10 FIT	19 FIT	71
7th	Netherlands	DNS VER	7 VER	22 VER	7 VER	4 VER	19 VER	7 VER	4 VER	5 VER	16 VER	11 VER	9 VER	16 VER	1 VER	7 VER	6 VER	4 VER	2 VER	14 VER	21 VER	19 VER	17 VER	69
8th	Ireland	10 DEV	22 DEV	9 FIR	6 FIR	19 FIR	3 FIR	4 DEV	14 DEV	7 FIR	9 FIR	4 FIR	21 FIR	4 FIR	17 FIR	6 FIR	19 FIR	21 FIR	20 FIR	5 FIR	6 FIR	4 DEV	22 DEV	68
9	Portugal	8 PAR	20 PAR	20 PAR	11 PAR	6 PAR	5 PAR	2 PAR	7 PAR	9 PAR	18 PAR	8 PAR	4 PAR	8 PAR	3 PAR	19 PAR	17 PAR	19 PAR	10 PAR	3 PAR	4 PAR	13 CAM	12 CAM	66
10	Canada	19 MCI	9 MCI	7 MCI	3 MCI	7 MCI	18 MCI	9 MCI	15 MCI	15 MCIN	19 MCI	5 MCI	6 MCI	12 MCI	10 * MCI	23 MCI	1 MCI	9 CAR	15 CAR	6 CAR	5 CAR	21 CAR	7 CAR	59
11	Mexico	6 DUR	3 DUR	8 MAR	13 MAR	23 DUR	24 DUR	22 DUR	21 DUR	19 DIA	15 DIA	18 DUR	8 DUR	10 MAR	14 MAR	3 DUR	20 DUR	22 DUR	21 DUR	1 DUR	1 DUR	3 DUR	8 DUR	59
12	Czech Republic	18 CHA	14 CHA	11 ENG	19 ENG	5 ENG	9 ENG	24 ENG	19 ENG	16 ENG	3 ENG	3 ENG	18 ENG	5 ENG	21 ENG	10 ENG	13 ENG	5 ENG	7 ENG	18 ENG	16 ENG	6 ENG	1 ENG	56
13	Australia	4 POW	2 POW	15 JON	14 JON	24 DAV	6 DAV	11 DAV	6 DAV	24 DAV	11 DAV	21 DAV	10 DAV	9 DAV	22 DAV	16 mma	3 mma	16 JON	19 JON	10 BRI	8 BRI	9 BRI	3 BRI	51
14th	Italy	16 TOC	19 TOC	17 TOC	23 TOC	11 TOC	7 TOC	10 TOC	23 TOC	17 TOC	4 TOC	2 TOC	11 TOC	22 BUS	6 BUS	14 BUS	16 BUS	3 TOC	5 TOC	19 PAP	7 PAP	16 TOC	9 TOC	46
15th	Germany	14 SCH	10 SCH	5 SCH	10 SCH	12 SUT	20 SUT	23 SUT	22 SUT	12 SCH	8 SCH	22 SUT	12 SUT	7 SCH	11 SCH	12 SCH	12 SCH	8 SCH	4 SCH	7 SCH	2 SCH	15 STA	18 STA	38
16	United States	11 SPE	17 SPE	23 SPE	24 SPE	13 SPE	4 SPE	15 HER	10 HER	10 HER	7 HER	13 GIE	20 GIE	13 GIE	23 GIE	15 GIE	9 GIE	6 HER	13 HER	9 HER	15 HER	14 GIE	10 GIE	23
17th	South Africa	24 SIM	6 SIM	12 SCH	22 SCH	10 SCH	22 SCH	21 SIM	24 SIM	21 SIM	12 SIM	12 SIM	3 SIM	20 SIM	5 SIM	21 SIM	11 SIM	17 SIM	18 SIM	11 SIM	22 SIM	11 SIM	14 SIM	20th
18th	Indonesia	17 MIK	23 MIK	14 MIC	8 MIC	9 MIC	23 MIK			23 MIK	14 MIC	6 MIC	22 MIC	21 MIK	19 MIK	11 MIK	14 MIC	12 MIC	16 MIC	20 MIC	19 MIK	5 MIC	21 MIK	16
19th	Austria	20 LAU	11 LAU	13 LAU	15 LAU	16 LAU	10 LAU	19 LAU	18 LAU	18 LAU	21 LAU	17 LAU	7 LAU	15 LAU	7 LAU	13 LAU	18 LAU	10 FRI	9 FRI	12 LAU	9 LAU	20 LAU	13 LAU	14th
20th	Pakistan	7 KHA	13 KHA	21 KHA	12 KHA	22 KHA	15 KHA	12 KHA	11 KHA	13 KHA	22 KHA	16 KHA	19 KHA	11 TOC	13 TOC					15 KHA	11 KHA	12 KHA	5 KHA	10
21st	Japan	12 FUK	8 FUK	10 NOD	9 NOD			18 SHI	16 SHI	14 SHI	13 SHI	14 SHI	15 SHI			9 SHI	23 SHI	20 SHI	DNS SHI					8th
22nd	China	21 JIA	12 JIA	18 JIA	17 JIA	21 JIA	14 JIA	16 JIA	17 JIA	20 JIA	23 JIA	19 JIA	5 JIA	18 JIA	12 JIA	22 JIA	21 JIA	15 JIA	17 JIA	17 JIA	17 JIA	17 employees	16 employees	6th
23	India	15 CHA	DNS CHA	16 CHA	21 CHA	17 EWC	13 EWC	17 EWC	13 EWC	11 EWC	DSQ EWC	20 EWC	14 EWC	14 EWC	18 EWC	18 EWC	15 EWC							0
24	Lebanon	22 BES	18 BES	19 BES	18 BES	18 SHA	11 SHA	20 SHA	12 SHA	22 BES	17 BES	24 SHA	16 SHA	17 SHA	15 SHA	17 SHA	22 SHA	13 RAH	14 RAH	21 RAH	20 RAH	18 RAH	11 RAH	0
25th	Russia	23 WHAT	15 WHAT			15 ALJ	17 ALJ	13 RUS	20 RUS															0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

reporting

In the German-speaking countries, only the pay-TV broadcaster Premiere broadcast the series. He showed the qualifying, the sprint and the main race live.

Web links

Commons : A1GP season 2005/2006  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Toccacelo to replace injured Khan. crash.net, January 29, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
3. ^ McIntosh wins from the back. crash.net, February 12, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
4. ^ Shimoda discharged and fine following smash. crash.net, November 7, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
5. ↑ New nuts on the wheels of the A1 bolides. speed-magazin.de, October 25, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
6. ^ Kids go free at Eastern Creek on Friday. pitpass.com, November 3, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
7. ^ Pakistan to miss Sentul. crash.net, February 10, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
8. ↑ Japan absent as Estoril line-ups revealed. crash.net, October 21, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
9. ↑ Busnelli to debut in Durban, Japan but out. crash.net, January 27, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
10. ↑ Pakistan back but Japan out as teams nominate. crash.net, March 10, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
11. ↑ India to miss Mexico as field gets stronger? crash.net, February 21, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
12. ↑ Russia sits out 'Ring as teams nominate. crash.net, October 7, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
13. ^ Russia out, Germany late for Sepang. crash.net, November 18, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
14. ↑ Brazilian cancellation confirmed. crash.net, December 9, 2005, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
15. ^ Indonesian round canceled as Dubai mourns. crash.net, January 4, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
16. ↑ Laguna Seca canceled. crash.net, March 5, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
17. ↑ Laguna back on. crash.net, March 6, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 . 
18. ↑ No spares for A1 Grand Prix. crash.net, February 10, 2006, accessed December 31, 2011 .