The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia is an A1 Grand Prix race which was held on the weekend of 12 February 2006 at the Sentul International Circuit.

Report Postponement The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia was originally scheduled to be held on 15 January 2006. This changed on 4 January 2006 however, due to the unexpected death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai and the uncle of A1 Grand Prix launcher Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum the day before. This postponement was prompted due to the traditional forty-day mourning period. Tony Teixeira, CEO of A1 Grand Prix stated:

"The entire staff, team owners and associates of the A1 Grand Prix family mourn the loss of a great visionary and benevolent ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh bin Rashid Al Maktoum. While difficult logistically, we felt it important to observe a respectable period of mourning for this beloved family member of our founder, president and chairman, Sheikh Maktoum. Condolences and sympathies are respectfully offered to all the people of Dubai."

On the following day, the A1 Grand Prix and the Indonesian race organizers agreed to run the race on 12 February, changing its order in the schedule from that of the seventh to the eighth race of the eleven-race season.

Results Qualifying Qualifying took place on Saturday, 11 February 2006.

Pos. Country Driver Time 1 Robbie Kerr 2min 34.257secs 2 Nicolas Lapierre 2min 34.477secs 3 Salvador Durán 2min 34.554secs 4 Neel Jani 2min 35.065secs 5 Hayanari Shimoda 2min 35.190secs 6 Alex Yoong 2min 35.447secs 7 Ralph Firman 2min 35.670secs 8 Sean McIntosh 2min 35.685secs 9 Stephen Simpson 2min 35.750secs 10 Matt Halliday 2min 35.797secs 11 Álvaro Parente 2min 35.808secs 12 Tomáš Enge 2min 35.950secs 13 Jos Verstappen 2min 36.000secs 14 Phil Giebler 2min 36.113secs 15 Timo Scheider 2min 36.319secs 16 Max Busnelli 2min 36.631secs 17 Ananda Mikola 2min 36.805secs 18 Tengyi Jiang 2min 37.313secs 19 Marcus Marshall 2min 37.950secs 20 Basil Shaaban 2min 38.275secs 21 Christian Fittipaldi 2min 38.290secs 22 Mathias Lauda 2min 39.229secs 23 Armaan Ebrahim 2min 40.261secs

Sprint race The sprint race took place on Sunday, 12 February 2006.

PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 FranceNicolas Lapierre1824:03.360102 Great BritainRobbie Kerr1824:10.34193 MexicoSalvador Durán1824:11.38784 MalaysiaAlex Yoong1824:14.68275 SwitzerlandNeel Jani1824:16.22066 IrelandRalph Firman1824:17.09457 NetherlandsJos Verstappen1824:17.86448 New ZealandMatt Halliday1824:19.66939 JapanHayanari Shimoda1824:22.074210 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge1824:26.482111 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1824:26.66612 GermanyTimo Scheider1824:27.76113 AustriaMathias Lauda1824:32.88214 ItalyMax Busnelli1824:35.54715 USAPhil Giebler1824:39.75516 AustraliaMarcus Marshall1824:41.31717 LebanonBasil Shaaban1824:48.54518 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1825:03.64919 PortugalÁlvaro Parente1827:23.19420 BrazilChristian Fittipaldi17 +1 Laps21 South AfricaStephen Simpson15 +2 Laps22 ChinaTengyi Jiang5 +13 Laps23 CanadaSean McIntosh1 +17 Laps

Main race The main race took place on Sunday, 12 February 2006.

PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 CanadaSean McIntosh3655:55.779102 MalaysiaAlex Yoong3655:57.71093 AustraliaMarcus Marshall3656:08.39684 BrazilChristian Fittipaldi3656:09.77975 SwitzerlandNeel Jani3656:12.28866 NetherlandsJos Verstappen3656:17.62557 New ZealandMatt Halliday3656:17.99848 FranceNicolas Lapierre3656:18.47739 USAPhil Giebler3656:22.092210 Great BritainRobbie Kerr3656:38.748111 South AfricaStephen Simpson3657:10.29312 GermanyTimo Scheider3657:28.76313 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge35 +1 Lap14 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola35 +1 Lap15 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim35 +1 Lap16 ItalyMax Busnelli31 +5 Laps17 PortugalÁlvaro Parente31 +5 Laps18 AustriaMathias Lauda24 +12 Laps19 IrelandRalph Firman21 +15 Laps20 MexicoSalvador Duran18 +18 Laps21 ChinaTengyi Jiang11 +25 Laps22 LebanonBasil Shaaban7 +29 Laps23 JapanHayanari Shimoda0 +36 Laps

References

Race Report