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2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season

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	2
NED A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	29 September – 1 October 2006
CZE A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic	Automotodrom Brno	6–8 October 2006
CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Beijing)	Jingkai Street Circuit	10–12 November 2006
MYS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	24–26 November 2006
INA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia	Sentul International Circuit	8–10 December 2006
NZL A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand	Taupo Motorsport Park	19–21 January 2007
AUS A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia	Eastern Creek Raceway	2–4 February 2007
RSA A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa	Durban Street Circuit	23–25 February 2007
MEX A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	23–25 March 2007
CHN A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China (Shanghai)	Shanghai International Circuit	13–15 April 2007
GBR A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain	Brands Hatch	27–29 April 2007
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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
AUS A1 Team Australia
Alan Docking Racing	Ryan Briscoe	1, 4–5
Karl Reindler	2–3, 6–8
Ian Dyk	9–11
BRA 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
CAN A1 Team Canada
John Village Automotive	James Hinchcliffe	1–3, 6–9
Sean McIntosh	4–5, 10–11
CHN A1 Team China
Team Astromega	Congfu Cheng	1–4, 10–11
Ho-Pin Tung	5–9
CZE 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
FRA A1 Team France
DAMS	Nicolas Lapierre	1–5
Loïc Duval	6–8, 11
Jean-Karl Vernay	9–10
GER A1 Team Germany
Super Nova Racing	Nico Hülkenberg	1–8, 10–11
Christian Vietoris	9
GBR A1 Team Great Britain	Darren Manning	1
Robbie Kerr	2, 4–8, 10–11
Oliver Jarvis	3, 9
GRE A1 Team Greece
Arena Motorsport	Takis Kaitatzis	1–2
Nikos Zachos	2
IND A1 Team India
Arena Motorsport	Armaan Ebrahim	1–5
Narain Karthikeyan	6, 8–11
Parthiva Sureshwaren	7
INA A1 Team Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	1–10
Moreno Soeprapto	11
IRL A1 Team Ireland
Status Grand Prix	Michael Devaney	1–4
Richard Lyons	5–11
ITA A1 Team Italy
Team Ghinzani	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1–2
Enrico Toccacelo	3–11
LBN A1 Team Lebanon
Carlin Motorsport	Basil Shaaban	1, 3, 5
USA Graham Rahal	2
Khalil Beschir	4
GBR Alexander Khateeb	6–7
BRA Allam Khodair	8–11
MYS A1 Team Malaysia	Alex Yoong	All
MEX A1 Team Mexico	Salvador Durán	1–9
Sergio Pérez	10
Juan Pablo García	11
NED A1 Team Netherlands
Racing for Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1–9, 11
Renger van der Zande	9–10
NZL A1 Team New Zealand
Super Nova Racing	Matthew Halliday	1, 3, 8, 11
Jonny Reid	2, 4–7, 9–10
PAK A1 Team Pakistan
Performance Racing	Nur Ali	All
POR A1 Team Portugal
Team Astromega	Álvaro Parente	8–9, 11
João Urbano	10
SIN A1 Team Singapore
West Surrey Racing	Christian Murchison	1, 3–4, 6–8
Denis Lian	2
RSA A1 Team South Africa
DAMS	Adrian Zaugg	1, 3–4, 8–9, 11
Stephen Simpson	2
Alan van der Merwe	5–7, 10
SUI A1 Team Switzerland
Max Motorsport	Sébastien Buemi	1–2, 6–7, 10–11
Neel Jani	3–5, 8
Marcel Fässler	9
USA A1 Team USA
West Surrey Racing	Philip Giebler	1–5, 7
Ryan Hunter-Reay	6
Jonathan Summerton	8–11
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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
NED Netherlands	RSA Adrian Zaugg	RSA Adrian Zaugg	RSA Adrian Zaugg	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-netherlands)
	MYS Alex Yoong	DEU Nico Hülkenberg
CZE Czech Republic	NZL Jonny Reid	MYS Alex Yoong	MYS Alex Yoong	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-czech-republic)
	USA Philip Giebler	MYS Alex Yoong
CHN China (Beijing)	NLD Jeroen Bleekemolen	MEX Salvador Durán	NLD Jeroen Bleekemolen	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-beijing-china)
	CAN James Hinchcliffe	ITA Enrico Toccacelo
MYS Malaysia	SUI Neel Jani	NZL Jonny Reid	SUI Neel Jani	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-malaysia)
	ITA Enrico Toccacelo	DEU Nico Hülkenberg
INA Indonesia	NZL Jonny Reid	GBR Robbie Kerr	NZL Jonny Reid	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-indonesia)
	NZL Jonny Reid	NZL Jonny Reid
NZL New Zealand	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-new-zealand)
	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg
AUS Australia	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-australia)
	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg
RSA South Africa	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-south-africa)
	RSA Adrian Zaugg	DEU Nico Hülkenberg
MEX Mexico	MYS Alex Yoong	MEX Salvador Durán	MYS Alex Yoong	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-mexico)
	USA Jonathan Summerton	GBR Oliver Jarvis
CHN China (Shanghai)	GBR Robbie Kerr	NZL Jonny Reid	GBR Robbie Kerr	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-shanghai-china)
	NZL Jonny Reid	NZL Jonny Reid
GBR United Kingdom	GBR Robbie Kerr	GBR Robbie Kerr	GBR Robbie Kerr	[Report](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-great-britain)
	SUI Sébastien Buemi	DEU Nico Hülkenberg
Source:

Championship standings

Pos	Team	Drivers	NED
[NED](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-netherlands)	CZE
[CZE](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-czech-republic)	CHN
[BEI](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-beijing-china)	MYS
[MLY](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-malaysia)	INA
[INA](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-indonesia)	NZL
[NZL](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-new-zealand)	AUS
[AUS](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-australia)	RSA
[RSA](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-south-africa)	MEX
[MEX](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-mexico)	CHN
[SHA](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-shanghai-china)	GBR
[GBR](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-great-britain)	Pts	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	1	128	2	93	3	92	4	67	5	57	6	55	7	52	8	50	9	42	10	35	11	33	12	27	13	25	14	24	15	22	16	13	17	10	18	9	19	8	20	3	21	1	22	1	23	0	24	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	NED
[NED](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-netherlands)	CZE
[CZE](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-czech-republic)	CHN
[BEI](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-beijing-china)	MYS
[MLY](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-malaysia)	INA
[INA](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-indonesia)	NZL
[NZL](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-new-zealand)	AUS
[AUS](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-australia)	RSA
[RSA](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-south-africa)	MEX
[MEX](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-mexico)	CHN
[SHA](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-shanghai-china)	GBR
[GBR](2006-07-a1-grand-prix-of-nations-great-britain)
GER Germany	Nico Hülkenberg	4	1	Ret	4	5	Ret	2	1	5	2	1	1	*1*	1	*1*	1			3	3	2	1
Christian Vietoris																	Ret	9
NZL New Zealand	Matthew Halliday	6	11			10	9									3	3					16	8
Jonny Reid			Ret	7			3	8	1	1	3	3	2	2			16	6	2	1
GBR Great Britain	Darren Manning	5	7
Robbie Kerr			9	6			5	2	3	Ret	8	Ret	19	10	9	2			1	2	*1*	2
Oliver Jarvis					7	2											2	1
FRA France	Nicolas Lapierre	3	Ret	3	Ret	17	4	6	3	7	3
Loïc Duval											2	2	3	9	2	Ret					4	7
Jean-Karl Vernay																	Ret	20	Ret	8
NED Netherlands	Jeroen Bleekemolen	9	4	11	9	1	Ret	7	9	13	DSQ	4	5	5	4	4	6		17			6	5
Renger van der Zande																	9		9	4
MYS 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
ITA Italy	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ret	6	14	20
Enrico Toccacelo					3	1	Ret	13	11	4	9	8	15	12	12	Ret	7	4	10	7	3	3
SUI Switzerland	Sébastien Buemi	10	8	8	10							5	4	4	7					4	9	Ret	DSQ
Neel Jani					9	Ret	1	4	10	8					5	4
Marcel Fässler																	10	14
USA United States	Philip Giebler	7	2	6	17	11	Ret	9	6	4	9			8	8
Ryan Hunter-Reay											11	10
Jonathan Summerton															Ret	Ret	5	2	5	Ret	9	6
MEX Mexico	Salvador Durán	2	5	7	3	2	Ret	11	Ret	2	6	12	Ret	11	15	Ret	Ret	17	Ret
Sergio Pérez																			15	Ret
Juan Pablo García																					18	14
CAN Canada	James Hinchcliffe	8	13	2	5	4	10					6	6	13	Ret	13	Ret	13	15
Sean McIntosh							8	5	8	Ret									Ret	6	10	12
CZE Czech Republic	Tomáš Kostka	17	Ret
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
AUS Australia	Ryan Briscoe	13	3					12	17	6	10
Karl Reindler			15	16	12	3					14	13	14	14	16	Ret
Ian Dyk																	3	8	16	Ret	14	Ret
RSA South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	*1*	Ret			Ret	5	13	12							7	Ret	4	3			15	Ret
Stephen Simpson			Ret	11
Alan van der Merwe									9	Ret	7	16	16	Ret					8	12
CHN China	Congfu Cheng	11	9	4	8	13	Ret	10	16											11	15	Ret	10
Ho-Pin Tung									Ret	13	13	9	6	3	14	Ret	6	10
IND India	Armaan Ebrahim	Ret	Ret	17	18	18	11	16	19	18	Ret
Narain Karthikeyan											10	7			15	9	11	18	7	17	7	4
Parthiva Sureshwaren													18	16
POR Portugal	Álvaro Parente															8	5	14	7			11	11
João Urbano																			19	13
BRA Brazil	Tuka Rocha	14	12	10	14					15	14			Ret	11
Raphael Matos					6	7	19	18			16	14
Bruno Junqueira															17	7	Ret	13			12	Ret
Vítor Meira																			14	19
IRL Ireland	Michael Devaney	15	14	13	13	20	Ret	14	10
Richard Lyons									17	12	Ret	19	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	16	12	5	8	DSQ
SIN Singapore	Christian Murchison	Ret	16			16	8	15	11			Ret	15	12	Ret	Ret	Ret
Denis Lian			18	19
INA Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	19	10	16	15	15	Ret	Ret	15	14	11	15	Ret	17	13	10	Ret	8	11	13	16
Moreno Soeprapto																					17	16
PAK 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
LIB Lebanon	Basil Shaaban	16	Ret			19	13			19	Ret
USA Graham Rahal			12	12
Khalil Beschir							17	20
Alexander Khateeb											Ret	17	Ret	17
BRA Allam Khodair															19	Ret	18	19	18	14	Ret	13
GRE Greece	Takis Kaitatzis	18	15		Ret
Nikos Zachos			19
Sources:

References

"A1 Grand Prix – 2006-2007: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine.
"Brazilian race withdrawn from the 2006/07 calendar".
"A1 Grand Prix - 2006-2007: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine.
"A1 Grand Prix - Season 2006-2007: Results". Speedsport Magazine.
"Course concerns in Beijing".
"A1 Team Portugal returns to A1GP World Cup of Motorsport".
"Season 2006/07 standings after race 22 of 22". A1 Grand Prix.

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