2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season

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.^[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

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
A1 Team Canada John Village Automotive	Sean McIntosh	4–5, 10–11
A1 Team China Team Astromega	Congfu Cheng	1–4, 10–11
A1 Team China Team Astromega	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
A1 Team Germany Super Nova Racing	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
A1 Team Greece Arena Motorsport	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
A1 Team Indonesia	Moreno Soeprapto	11
A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix	Michael Devaney	1–4
A1 Team Ireland Status Grand Prix	Richard Lyons	5–11
A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1–2
A1 Team Italy Team Ghinzani	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
A1 Team Netherlands Racing for Holland	Renger van der Zande	9–10
A1 Team New Zealand Super Nova Racing	Matthew Halliday	1, 3, 8, 11
A1 Team New Zealand Super Nova Racing	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
A1 Team Portugal Team Astromega	João Urbano	10
A1 Team Singapore West Surrey Racing	Christian Murchison	1, 3–4, 6–8
A1 Team Singapore West Surrey Racing	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.^[2]
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.^[3]

Results and standings

Results summary

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

Championship standings

Pos	Team	Drivers	NED		CZE		BEI		MLY		INA		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		SHA		GBR		Pts
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
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
1	Germany	Christian Vietoris																	Ret	9					128
2	New Zealand	Matthew Halliday	6	11			10	9									3	3					16	8	93
2	New Zealand	Jonny Reid			Ret	7			3	8	1	1	3	3	2	2			16	6	2	1			93
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
5	Netherlands	Renger van der Zande																	9		9	4			57
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
7	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo					3	1	Ret	13	11	4	9	8	15	12	12	Ret	7	4	10	7	3	3	52
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
11	Canada	Sean McIntosh							8	5	8	Ret									Ret	6	10	12	33
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
15	China	Ho-Pin Tung									Ret	13	13	9	6	3	14	Ret	6	10					22
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
17	Portugal	João Urbano																			19	13			10
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
19	Ireland	Richard Lyons									17	12	Ret	19	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	16	12	5	8	DSQ	8
20	Singapore	Christian Murchison	Ret	16			16	8	15	11			Ret	15	12	Ret	Ret	Ret							3
20	Singapore	Denis Lian			18	19																			3
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
21	Indonesia	Moreno Soeprapto																					17	16	1
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
24	Greece	Nikos Zachos			19																				0
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
Pos	Team	Drivers	NED		CZE		BEI		MLY		INA		NZL		AUS		RSA		MEX		SHA		GBR		Pts

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)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)
Bold	Pole position
*	Fastest lap
spr	Sprint Race
fea	Feature Race

References

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

External links

Official season standings and results at results.a1gp.com

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[Brazilian_race_withdrawn_from_the_2006/07_calendar-1] "Brazilian race withdrawn from the 2006/07 calendar". Retrieved 2007-01-17.

[Course_concerns_in_Beijing-2] "Course concerns in Beijing". Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2006-11-10.

[A1_Team_Portugal_returns_to_A1GP_World_Cup_of_Motorsport-3] "A1 Team Portugal returns to A1GP World Cup of Motorsport". Retrieved 2007-02-24.

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A1 Grand Prix races
2005–06	GBR GER POR AUS MLY UAE RSA INA MEX USA CHN
2006–07	NED CZE BEI MLY INA NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR
2007–08	NED CZE MLY ZHU NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR
2008–09	~~ITA~~ NED CHN MLY NZL ~~INA~~ RSA POR GBR ~~MEX~~
2009–10	Season cancelled