The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of 29 January 2006 at a street course in Durban, South Africa. This was the only street course of the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season.
Report
Practice The first practice session was wet, and the second was wetter. Both were interrupted by several red flags. Ananda Mikola driving for A1 Team Indonesia was fastest in the first session with a time of 1:28.477. Will Davison from A1 Team Australia was fastest in the second session with a time of 1:30.520.
During the third practice, on Saturday, A1 Team Pakistan driver Adam Khan was involved in a serious crash, forcing a helicopter flight to the nearest hospital for precautionary CT scans. These scans showed negative, but Khan was unable to compete in the remainder of the weekend's events, replaced by A1 Team Italy's backup driver, Enrico Toccacelo but Pakistan would not score points.
Qualifying
Sprint race
Main race
Results
Qualification
Qualification took place on Saturday, 28 January 2006.
PosTeamDriverQ1 TimeQ2 TimeQ3 TimeQ4 TimeAggregateGap1 FranceAlexandre Premat1'20.4841'18.2461'18.595 --2'36.841 --2 Great BritainRobbie Kerr1'20.6471'19.1581'18.921 --2'38.0791.2383 SwitzerlandNeel Jani1'20.3871'19.0561'19.7781'19.0372'38.0931.2524 The NetherlandsJos Verstappen1'20.2081'19.6281'19.1981'19.2542'38.4521.6115 IrelandRalph Firman1'20.3421'19.2581'19.2511'20.3402'38.5091.6686 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge1'19.591 --1'19.2851'19.2562'38.5411.7007 New ZealandMatt Halliday1'19.8421'20.0181'19.3311'19.5252'38.8562.0158 BrazilNelson Piquet Jr.1'20.9071'19.6301'20.1721'19.2462'38.8762.0359 CanadaSean McIntosh1'21.9051'19.3491'19.647 --2'38.9962.15510 MalaysiaAlex Yoong1'20.4981'19.6521'19.8751'19.5452'39.1972.35611 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1'45.0531'19.9891'20.6531'19.2512'39.2402.39912 GermanyTimo Scheider1'21.7301'19.7731'19.8801'19.5522'39.3252.48413 USAPhilip Giebler1'20.8671'19.7621'19.593 --2'39.3552.51414 ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli1'20.5031'19.640 --1'19.7792'39.4192.57815 PortugalAlvaro Parente1'20.1981'19.9241'19.9531'19.7472'39.6712.83016 South AfricaStephen Simpson1'21.5571'20.5701'20.7371'19.6232'40.1933.35217 AustraliaWill Davison1'22.4811'20.9691'20.5661'20.0862'40.6523.81118 LebanonBasil Shaaban1'22.6141'20.8371'21.008 --2'41.8455.00419 MexicoDavid Martínez1'22.6001'20.8101'21.0761'21.0362'41.8465.00520 ChinaTengyi Jiang1'22.9761'21.2861'21.5381'23.3572'42.8245.98321 AustriaMathias Lauda1'22.3261'21.4631'21.408 --2'42.8716.03022 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1'25.0201'23.3931'23.487 --2'46.88010.03923 PakistanAdam Khan * -- -- -- -- -- --
Sprint Race results
The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 FranceAlexandre Premat2031:06.730102 Great BritainRobbie Kerr20 +0.24393 SwitzerlandNeel Jani20 +5.85084 IrelandRalph Firman20 +6.16075 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge20 +8.50666 New ZealandMatt Halliday20 +9.62357 GermanyTimo Scheider20 +10.11248 PortugalAlvaro Parente20 +14.06639 AustraliaWill Davison20 +22.099210 MexicoDavid Martínez20 +32.780111 PakistanEnrico Toccacelo20 +36.57512 CanadaSean McIntosh20 +39.26013 USAPhilip Giebler20 +42.13114 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim20 +1'25.71515 AustriaMathias Lauda20 +1'27.13616 The NetherlandsJos Verstappen19 +1 Lap17 LebanonBasil Shaaban18 +2 Laps18 ChinaTengyi Jiang17 +3 Laps19 BrazilNelson Piquet Jr.16 +4 Laps20 South AfricaStephen Simpson13 +7 Laps21 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola0 +20 Laps22 ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli0 +20 Laps23 MalaysiaAlex Yoong0 +20 Laps
Main Race results
The Main Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006. PosTeamDriverLapsTimePoints1 The NetherlandsJos Verstappen401'00:46.099102 SwitzerlandNeel Jani40 +1.77493 PortugalAlvaro Parente40 +1.96584 New ZealandMatt Halliday40 +4.35275 South AfricaStephen Simpson40 +9.43366 ItalyMassimiliano Busnelli40 +10.73557 AustriaMathias Lauda40 +30.12348 FranceAlexandre Premat40 +37.217 *39 BrazilNelson Piquet Jr.40 +1'03.631210 CanadaSean McIntosh36 +4 Laps111 GermanyTimo Scheider35 +5 Laps12 ChinaTengyi Jiang35 +5 Laps13 PakistanEnrico Toccacelo31 +9 Laps14 MexicoDavid Martínez30 +10 Laps15 LebanonBasil Shaaban27 +13 Laps16 MalaysiaAlex Yoong25 +15 Laps17 IrelandRalph Firman14 +26 Laps18 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim10 +30 Laps19 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola10 +30 Laps20 Great BritainRobbie Kerr9 +31 Laps21 Czech RepublicTomáš Enge7 +33 Laps22 AustraliaWill Davison2 +38 Laps23 USAPhilip Giebler2 +38 Laps
* Team France 25 seconds penalty by steward's decision.
Total Points
TeamPointsSRMRFL Switzerland1789 -- France13103 -- New Zealand1257 -- Portugal1138 -- The Netherlands10 --10 -- Great Britain99 -- -- Ireland77 -- -- Czech Republic66 -- -- South Africa6 --6 -- Italy5 --5 -- Austria4 --4 -- Germany44 -- -- Brazil3 --21 Australia22 -- -- Canada1 --1 -- Mexico11 -- --
Fastest Lap: A1 Team Brazil (1'18.178 / 151.2 km/h, lap 39 of Main Race)
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