2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season

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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[edit]

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

Calendar changes[edit]

  • 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.[1]
  • 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[edit]

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

Mid-season changes[edit]

Results and standings[edit]

Results summary[edit]

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

Championship standings[edit]

Pos Team Drivers Netherlands
NED
Czech Republic
CZE
China
BEI
Malaysia
MLY
Indonesia
INA
New Zealand
NZL
Australia
AUS
South Africa
RSA
Mexico
MEX
China
SHA
United Kingdom
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 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 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 United Kingdom 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Portugal Álvaro Parente 8 5 14 7 11 11 10
João Urbano 19 13
18 Brazil 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 Republic of Ireland 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 Singapore Christian Murchison Ret 16 16 8 15 11 Ret 15 12 Ret Ret Ret 3
Denis Lian 18 19
21 Indonesia 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 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 Lebanon Basil Shaaban 16 Ret 19 13 19 Ret 0
United States Graham Rahal 12 12
Khalil Beschir 17 20
Alexander Khateeb Ret 17 Ret 17
Brazil Allam Khodair 19 Ret 18 19 18 14 Ret 13
24 Greece 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
Netherlands
NED
Czech Republic
CZE
China
BEI
Malaysia
MLY
Indonesia
INA
New Zealand
NZL
Australia
AUS
South Africa
RSA
Mexico
MEX
China
SHA
United Kingdom
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brazilian race withdrawn from the 2006/07 calendar". Retrieved 2007-01-17.
  2. ^ "Course concerns in Beijing". Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
  3. ^ "A1 Team Portugal returns to A1GP World Cup of Motorsport". Retrieved 2007-02-24.

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