The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
Report
Practice
Qualifying
Qualification took place on Saturday, September 30, 2006
PosTeamDriverQ1 TimeQ2 TimeQ3 TimeQ4 TimeAggregateGap1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1'28.8931'28.4701'28.1821'27.3492'55.531 --2 MexicoSalvador Durán1'28.5041'28.5721'27.9661'27.6702'55.6360.1053 FranceNicolas Lapierre1'28.8661'28.8041'27.9311'27.7572'55.6880.1574 GermanyNico Hülkenberg1'28.7931'29.4381'27.6611'28.1442:55.8050.2746 → 5 Great BritainDarren Manning1'30.3141'28.9751'27.7701'28.3102'56.0800.5497 → 6 USAPhilip Giebler1'30.1291'27.8841'29.0171'28.4042'56.2880.7578 → 7 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe1'29.0791'28.6411'28.3331'27.9742'56.3070.7769 → 8 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen1'29.1861'28.4111'28.2071'30.0332'56.6181.08710 → 9 New ZealandMatt Halliday1'29.0091'29.3101'28.3151'28.3302'56.6451.11411 → 10 MalaysiaAlex Yoong1'29.3901'29.3871'28.5011'28.3952'56.8961.3655 → 11 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi1'28.9051'28.7651'28.2981'27.7772'57.063*0.54412 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1'30.7701'30.4661'28.8781'28.3102'57.1881.65713 AustraliaRyan Briscoe1'31.5611'28.7611'29.1841'28.5482'57.3091.77814 ChinaCongfu Cheng1'31.4991'28.8171'29.3571'28.6302'57.4471.91615 IrelandMichael Devaney1'32.8401'30.0201'29.1961'28.9692'58.1652.63416 BrazilTuka Rocha1'31.9981'29.0451'29.5981'29.3732'58.4182.88717 ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi1'30.1001'29.7861'29.1311'29.3362'58.4672.93618 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1:32.7951'29.4651'29.5221'30.3582'58.9873.45619 LebanonBasil Shaaban1'33.0081'30.1471'30.2681'29.8613'00.0084.47720 SingaporeChristian Murchison1'31.3701'31.8531'29.9981'30.6283'00.6265.09521 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis1:31.8611:31.5611:29.8211:41.6523:01.3825.85122 Czech RepublicTomas Kostka1:31.5831:30.6431:30.9301:32.0393:01.5736.04223 PakistanNur B. Ali1:37.3561:34.1351:33.677 --3:07.81212.281
After a technical oversight, the fastest time for A1 Team Switzerland was disallowed, adjusting their starting position from 5th to 11th.
Sprint race
Main race
Results
Sprint Race Results The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 1, 2006
PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1218'03.57072 MexicoSalvador Durán12 +2.272 53 FranceNicolas Lapierre12 +2.934 44 GermanyNico Hülkenberg12 +6.190 35 Great BritainDarren Manning12 +12.007 26 New ZealandMatt Halliday12 +14.94017 USAPhilip Giebler12 +22.4388 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe12 +23.7719 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen12 +24.281 10 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi12 +24.778 11 ChinaCongfu Cheng12 +25.32512 MalaysiaAlex Yoong12 +25.88513 AustraliaRyan Briscoe12 +26.666 14 BrazilTuka Rocha12 +28.317 15 IrelandMichael Devaney12 +38.351 16 LebanonBasil Shaaban12 +44.16517 Czech RepublicTomas Kostka12 +44.76318 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis12 +1'09.66919 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola12 +1'14.93920 PakistanNur B. Ali11 +1 lapNot classified21 SingaporeChristian Murchison4 +8 laps22 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim0 +12 laps23 ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi0 +12 laps
Zaugg was awarded extra point for fastest lap out of the two races.
Feature race grid
New for the 2006/07 season is the way to determine the feature race order. The grid is determined on three factors:
The driver’s grid position for the Sprint race. The driver’s final position in the Sprint race. The fastest lap time in the Sprint race.
Points are awarded for each element. If a driver started the Sprint race on pole, he would be awarded one point, if he started the race second he would get two points, right down to the 23rd on the grid who will get 23 points.
The same occurs for the race positions – the winner gets one point, the runner-up two and third three points, right down to the last finisher who scores 23. Similarly for the fastest laps; the fastest gets one point, the second two and so on.
The points are all added together after the end of the sprint race; the driver with the lowest number of points will start the Feature race on pole.
If two teams finish on the same number of points after the calculations, the driver who achieved a higher finish position in the Sprint race will be awarded the better starting position.
PosTeamDriverSprint GridSprint RaceSprint F.L.Total1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg11132 MexicoSalvador Durán22 263 FranceNicolas Lapierre33394 GermanyNico Hülkenberg44 4125 Great BritainDarren Manning555156 New ZealandMatt Halliday966217 USAPhilip Giebler678218 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe7813289 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi111072810 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen89 153211 MalaysiaAlex Yoong1012103212 ChinaCongfu Cheng1411113613 BrazilTuka Rocha161493914 AustraliaRyan Briscoe1313 144015 IrelandMichael Devaney1515 124216 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1219164717 LebanonBasil Shaaban1916185318 Czech RepublicTomas Kostka2217175619 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis2118205920 SingaporeChristian Murchison2021196021 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1822226222 ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi1723236323 PakistanNur B. Ali23202164
Main Race Results The Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 1, 2006.
PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 GermanyNico Hülkenberg41 1:10'31.238102 USAPhilip Giebler41 +7.87093 AustraliaRyan Briscoe41 +33.619 84 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen41 +35.873 75 MexicoSalvador Durán41 +40.321 66 ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi41 +42.61657 Great BritainDarren Manning41 +54.333 48 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi41 +59.382 39 ChinaCongfu Cheng41 +1'29.659210 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola41 +1'14.939111 New ZealandMatt Halliday41 +1'49.13912 BrazilTuka Rocha40 +1 lap13 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe40 +1 lap14 IrelandMichael Devaney40 +1 lap15 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis40 +1 lap16 SingaporeChristian Murchison40 +1 lap17 MalaysiaAlex Yoong37 +4 lapsNot classifiedDNF IndiaArmaan Ebrahim34 +7 lapsDNF FranceNicolas Lapierre31 +10 lapsDNF Czech RepublicTomas Kostka25 +16 lapsDNF LebanonBasil Shaaban18 +23 lapsDNF PakistanNur B. Ali17 +24 lapsDNF South AfricaAdrian Zaugg0 +41 laps
Total Points Total points awarded: TeamPointsSRMRFL Germany13310 Mexico1156 USA99 Australia88 Netherlands77 South Africa761 Great Britain 624 Italy 55 France44 Switzerland33 China22 Indonesia 11 New Zealand11 Brazil Canada Czech Republic Greece India Ireland Lebanon Malaysia Pakistan Singapore
Fastest Lap: Adrian Zaugg, A1 Team South Africa, 1'29.125 (186.9 km/h) on lap 7 of Sprint Race
References http://www.a1gp.com/news/index.php?flashNavId=1&newsid=391 http://www.a1gp.com/news/index.php?flashNavId=1&newsid=388