2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa


The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of 29 January 2006 at a street course in Durban, South Africa. This was the only street course of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.

Report

Practice

The first practice session was wet, and the second was wetter. Both were interrupted by several red flags. Ananda Mikola driving for A1 Team Indonesia was fastest in the first session with a time of 1:28.477. Will Davison from A1 Team Australia was fastest in the second session with a time of 1:30.520.
During the third practice, on Saturday, A1 Team Pakistan driver Adam Khan was involved in a serious crash, forcing a helicopter flight to the nearest hospital for precautionary CT scans. These scans showed negative, but Khan was unable to compete in the remainder of the weekend's events, replaced by A1 Team Italy's backup driver, Enrico Toccacelo but Pakistan would not score points.

Qualifying

Sprint race

Main race

Results

Qualification

Qualification took place on Saturday, 28 January 2006.
PosTeamDriverQ1 TimeQ2 TimeQ3 TimeQ4 TimeAggregateGap
1 FranceAlexandre Premat1'20.4841'18.2461'18.595--2'36.841--
2 Great BritainRobbie Kerr1'20.6471'19.1581'18.921--2'38.0791.238
3 SwitzerlandNeel Jani1'20.3871'19.0561'19.7781'19.0372'38.0931.252
4 The NetherlandsJos Verstappen1'20.2081'19.6281'19.1981'19.2542'38.4521.611
5 IrelandRalph Firman1'20.3421'19.2581'19.2511'20.3402'38.5091.668
6 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge1'19.591--1'19.2851'19.2562'38.5411.700
7 New ZealandMatt Halliday1'19.8421'20.0181'19.3311'19.5252'38.8562.015
8 BrazilNelson Piquet Jr1'20.9071'19.6301'20.1721'19.2462'38.8762.035
9 CanadaSean McIntosh1'21.9051'19.3491'19.647--2'38.9962.155
10 MalaysiaAlex Yoong1'20.4981'19.6521'19.8751'19.5452'39.1972.356
11 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1'45.0531'19.9891'20.6531'19.2512'39.2402.399
12 GermanyTimo Scheider1'21.7301'19.7731'19.8801'19.5522'39.3252.484
13 USAPhilip Giebler1'20.8671'19.7621'19.593--2'39.3552.514
14 ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli1'20.5031'19.640--1'19.7792'39.4192.578
15 PortugalAlvaro Parente1'20.1981'19.9241'19.9531'19.7472'39.6712.830
16 South AfricaStephen Simpson1'21.5571'20.5701'20.7371'19.6232'40.1933.352
17 AustraliaWill Davison1'22.4811'20.9691'20.5661'20.0862'40.6523.811
18 LebanonBasil Shaaban1'22.6141'20.8371'21.008--2'41.8455.004
19 MexicoDavid Martínez1'22.6001'20.8101'21.0761'21.0362'41.8465.005
20 ChinaTengyi Jiang1'22.9761'21.2861'21.5381'23.3572'42.8245.983
21 AustriaMathias Lauda1'22.3261'21.4631'21.408--2'42.8716.030
22 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1'25.0201'23.3931'23.487--2'46.88010.039
23 PakistanAdam Khan *------------

Sprint Race Results

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints
1 FranceAlexandre Premat2031:06.73010
2 Great BritainRobbie Kerr20+0.2439
3 SwitzerlandNeel Jani20+5.8508
4 IrelandRalph Firman20+6.1607
5 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge20+8.5066
6 New ZealandMatt Halliday20+9.6235
7 GermanyTimo Scheider20+10.1124
8 PortugalAlvaro Parente20+14.0663
9 AustraliaWill Davison20+22.0992
10 MexicoDavid Martínez20+32.7801
11 PakistanEnrico Toccacelo20+36.575
12 CanadaSean McIntosh20+39.260
13 USAPhilip Giebler20+42.131
14 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim20+1'25.715
15 AustriaMathias Lauda20+1'27.136
16 The NetherlandsJos Verstappen19+1 Lap
17 LebanonBasil Shaaban18+2 Laps
18 ChinaTengyi Jiang17+3 Laps
19 BrazilNelson Piquet Jr16+4 Laps
20 South AfricaStephen Simpson13+7 Laps
21 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola0+20 Laps
22 ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli0+20 Laps
23 MalaysiaAlex Yoong0+20 Laps

Main Race Results

The Main Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints
1 The NetherlandsJos Verstappen401'00:46.09910
2 SwitzerlandNeel Jani40+1.7749
3 PortugalAlvaro Parente40+1.9658
4 New ZealandMatt Halliday40+4.3527
5 South AfricaStephen Simpson40+9.4336
6 ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli40+10.7355
7 AustriaMathias Lauda40+30.1234
8 FranceAlexandre Premat40+37.217 *3
9 BrazilNelson Piquet Jr40+1'03.6312
10 CanadaSean McIntosh36+4 Laps1
11 GermanyTimo Scheider35+5 Laps
12 ChinaTengyi Jiang35+5 Laps
13 PakistanEnrico Toccacelo31+9 Laps
14 MexicoDavid Martínez30+10 Laps
15 LebanonBasil Shaaban27+13 Laps
16 MalaysiaAlex Yoong25+15 Laps
17 IrelandRalph Firman14+26 Laps
18 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim10+30 Laps
19 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola10+30 Laps
20 Great BritainRobbie Kerr9+31 Laps
21 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge7+33 Laps
22 AustraliaWill Davison2+38 Laps
23 USAPhilip Giebler2+38 Laps

* Team France 25 seconds penalty by steward's decision.

Total Points

TeamPointsSRMRFL
Switzerland1789--
France13103--
New Zealand1257--
Portugal1138--
The Netherlands10--10--
Great Britain99----
Ireland77----
Czech Republic66----
South Africa6--6--
Italy5--5--
Austria4--4--
Germany44----
Brazil3--21
Australia22----
Canada1--1--
Mexico11----