2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season

2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations

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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	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	29 September – 1 October 2006
2	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic	Automotodrom Brno	6–8 October 2006
3	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Beijing)	Jingkai Street Circuit	10–12 November 2006
4	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	24–26 November 2006
5	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit	8–10 December 2006
6	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand	Taupo Motorsport Park	19–21 January 2007
7	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	2–4 February 2007
8	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa	Durban Street Circuit	23–25 February 2007
9	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	23–25 March 2007
10	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai)	Shanghai International Circuit	13–15 April 2007
11	A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain	Brands Hatch	27–29 April 2007
Map
Zandvoort Brno Beijing Sepang Sentul Taupo Eastern Creek Durban Mexico City Shanghai Brands Hatch

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.
• 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
A1 Team Australia Alan Docking Racing	Ryan Briscoe	1, 4–5
	Karl Reindler	2–3, 6–8
	Ian Dyk	9–11
A1 Team Brazil Charouz Racing System	Tuka Rocha	1–2, 5, 7
	Raphael Matos	3–4, 6
	Bruno Junqueira	8–9, 11
	Vítor Meira	10
A1 Team Canada John Village Automotive	James Hinchcliffe	1–3, 6–9
	Sean McIntosh	4–5, 10–11
A1 Team China Team Astromega	Congfu Cheng	1–4, 10–11
	Ho-Pin Tung	5–9
A1 Team Czech Republic Charouz Racing System	Tomáš Kostka	1
	Tomáš Enge	2–4, 6–8
	Jaroslav Janiš	5, 9
	Filip Salaquarda	10
	Jan Charouz	11
A1 Team France DAMS	Nicolas Lapierre	1–5
	Loïc Duval	6–8, 11
	Jean-Karl Vernay	9–10
A1 Team Germany Super Nova Racing	Nico Hülkenberg	1–8, 10–11
	Christian Vietoris	9
A1 Team Great Britain	Darren Manning	1
	Robbie Kerr	2, 4–8, 10–11
	Oliver Jarvis	3, 9
A1 Team Greece Arena Motorsport	Takis Kaitatzis	1–2
	Nikos Zachos	2
A1 Team India Arena Motorsport	Armaan Ebrahim	1–5
	Narain Karthikeyan	6, 8–11
	Parthiva Sureshwaren	7
A1 Team Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	1–10
	Moreno Soeprapto	11
A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix	Michael Devaney	1–4
	Richard Lyons	5–11
A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1–2
	Enrico Toccacelo	3–11
A1 Team Lebanon Carlin Motorsport	Basil Shaaban	1, 3, 5
	Graham Rahal	2
	Khalil Beschir	4
	Alexander Khateeb	6–7
	Allam Khodair	8–11
A1 Team Malaysia	Alex Yoong	All
A1 Team Mexico	Salvador Durán	1–9
	Sergio Pérez	10
	Juan Pablo García	11
A1 Team Netherlands Racing for Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1–9, 11
	Renger van der Zande	9–10
A1 Team New Zealand Super Nova Racing	Matthew Halliday	1, 3, 8, 11
	Jonny Reid	2, 4–7, 9–10
A1 Team Pakistan Performance Racing	Nur Ali	All
A1 Team Portugal Team Astromega	Álvaro Parente	8–9, 11
	João Urbano	10
A1 Team Singapore West Surrey Racing	Christian Murchison	1, 3–4, 6–8
	Denis Lian	2
A1 Team South Africa DAMS	Adrian Zaugg	1, 3–4, 8–9, 11
	Stephen Simpson	2
	Alan van der Merwe	5–7, 10
A1 Team Switzerland Max Motorsport	Sébastien Buemi	1–2, 6–7, 10–11
	Neel Jani	3–5, 8
	Marcel Fässler	9
A1 Team USA West Surrey Racing	Philip Giebler	1–5, 7
	Ryan Hunter-Reay	6
	Jonathan Summerton	8–11

Mid-season changes

• A1 Team Greece only participated in the opening two rounds.
• 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.

Results and standings

Results summary

Round		Event	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Report
1	S	Netherlands	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Adrian Zaugg	Report
	F			Alex Yoong	Nico Hülkenberg
2	S	Czech Republic	Jonny Reid	Alex Yoong	Alex Yoong	Report
	F			Philip Giebler	Alex Yoong
3	S	China (Beijing)	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Salvador Durán	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Report
	F			James Hinchcliffe	Enrico Toccacelo
4	S	Malaysia	Neel Jani	Jonny Reid	Neel Jani	Report
	F			Enrico Toccacelo	Nico Hülkenberg
5	S	Indonesia	Jonny Reid	Robbie Kerr	Jonny Reid	Report
	F			Jonny Reid	Jonny Reid
6	S	New Zealand	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Report
	F			Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg
7	S	Australia	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Report
	F			Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg
8	S	South Africa	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Report
	F			Adrian Zaugg	Nico Hülkenberg
9	S	Mexico	Alex Yoong	Salvador Durán	Alex Yoong	Report
	F			Jonathan Summerton	Oliver Jarvis
10	S	China (Shanghai)	Robbie Kerr	Jonny Reid	Robbie Kerr	Report
	F			Jonny Reid	Jonny Reid
11	S	United Kingdom	Robbie Kerr	Robbie Kerr	Robbie Kerr	Report
	F			Sébastien Buemi	Nico Hülkenberg

Championship standings

Pos Team Drivers NED CZE BEI MLY INA NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR Pts S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F 1 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 4 1 Ret 4 5 Ret 2 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 128 Christian Vietoris Ret 9 2 New Zealand Matthew Halliday 6 11 10 9 3 3 16 8 93 Jonny Reid Ret 7 3 8 1 1 3 3 2 2 16 6 2 1 3 Great Britain Darren Manning 5 7 92 Robbie Kerr 9 6 5 2 3 Ret 8 Ret 19 10 9 2 1 2 1 2 Oliver Jarvis 7 2 2 1 4 France Nicolas Lapierre 3 Ret 3 Ret 17 4 6 3 7 3 67 Loïc Duval 2 2 3 9 2 Ret 4 7 Jean-Karl Vernay Ret 20 Ret 8 5 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 9 4 11 9 1 Ret 7 9 13 DSQ 4 5 5 4 4 6 17 6 5 57 Renger van der Zande 9 9 4 6 Malaysia Alex Yoong 12 17 1 1 14 12 4 7 12 5 19 11 7 6 Ret 8 1 5 6 11 5 9 55 7 Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Ret 6 14 20 52 Enrico Toccacelo 3 1 Ret 13 11 4 9 8 15 12 12 Ret 7 4 10 7 3 3 8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 10 8 8 10 5 4 4 7 4 9 Ret DSQ 50 Neel Jani 9 Ret 1 4 10 8 5 4 Marcel Fässler 10 14 9 United States Philip Giebler 7 2 6 17 11 Ret 9 6 4 9 8 8 42 Ryan Hunter-Reay 11 10 Jonathan Summerton Ret Ret 5 2 5 Ret 9 6 10 Mexico Salvador Durán 2 5 7 3 2 Ret 11 Ret 2 6 12 Ret 11 15 Ret Ret 17 Ret 35 Sergio Pérez 15 Ret Juan Pablo García 18 14 11 Canada James Hinchcliffe 8 13 2 5 4 10 6 6 13 Ret 13 Ret 13 15 33 Sean McIntosh 8 5 8 Ret Ret 6 10 12 12 Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka 17 Ret 27 Tomáš Enge 5 2 8 6 Ret 14 17 12 9 5 11 Ret Jaroslav Janiš 16 7 12 12 Filip Salaquarda 17 10 Jan Charouz 13 15 13 Australia Ryan Briscoe 13 3 12 17 6 10 25 Karl Reindler 15 16 12 3 14 13 14 14 16 Ret Ian Dyk 3 8 16 Ret 14 Ret 14 South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1 Ret Ret 5 13 12 7 Ret 4 3 15 Ret 24 Stephen Simpson Ret 11 Alan van der Merwe 9 Ret 7 16 16 Ret 8 12 15 China Congfu Cheng 11 9 4 8 13 Ret 10 16 11 15 Ret 10 22 Ho-Pin Tung Ret 13 13 9 6 3 14 Ret 6 10 16 India Armaan Ebrahim Ret Ret 17 18 18 11 16 19 18 Ret 13 Narain Karthikeyan 10 7 15 9 11 18 7 17 7 4 Parthiva Sureshwaren 18 16 17 Portugal Álvaro Parente 8 5 14 7 11 11 10 João Urbano 19 13 18 Brazil Tuka Rocha 14 12 10 14 15 14 Ret 11 9 Raphael Matos 6 7 19 18 16 14 Bruno Junqueira 17 7 Ret 13 12 Ret Vítor Meira 14 19 19 Ireland Michael Devaney 15 14 13 13 20 Ret 14 10 8 Richard Lyons 17 12 Ret 19 10 Ret 6 Ret Ret 16 12 5 8 DSQ 20 Singapore Christian Murchison Ret 16 16 8 15 11 Ret 15 12 Ret Ret Ret 3 Denis Lian 18 19 21 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 19 10 16 15 15 Ret Ret 15 14 11 15 Ret 17 13 10 Ret 8 11 13 16 1 Moreno Soeprapto 17 16 22 Pakistan Nur Ali 20 Ret 20 Ret 21 Ret 18 21 20 15 18 18 20 Ret 18 10 15 21 20 18 Ret 17 1 23 Lebanon Basil Shaaban 16 Ret 19 13 19 Ret 0 Graham Rahal 12 12 Khalil Beschir 17 20 Alexander Khateeb Ret 17 Ret 17 Allam Khodair 19 Ret 18 19 18 14 Ret 13 24 Greece Takis Kaitatzis 18 15 Ret 0 Nikos Zachos 19 Pos Team Drivers S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F S F Pts NED CZE BEI MLY INA NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Green Retired, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX) Bold Pole position * Fastest lap spr Sprint Race fea Feature Race

External links

• Official season standings and results at results.a1gp.com