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 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) 13–15 April 2007 11 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain Brands Hatch 27–29 April 2007 Map Source:
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 A1 Team Australia Ryan Briscoe 1, 4–5 Karl Reindler 2–3, 6–8 Ian Dyk 9–11 A1 Team Brazil Tuka Rocha 1–2, 5, 7 Raphael Matos 3–4, 6 Bruno Junqueira 8–9, 11 Vítor Meira 10 A1 Team Canada James Hinchcliffe 1–3, 6–9 Sean McIntosh 4–5, 10–11 A1 Team China Congfu Cheng 1–4, 10–11 Ho-Pin Tung 5–9 A1 Team Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka 1 Tomáš Enge 2–4, 6–8 Jaroslav Janiš 5, 9 Filip Salaquarda 10 Jan Charouz 11 A1 Team France Nicolas Lapierre 1–5 Loïc Duval 6–8, 11 Jean-Karl Vernay 9–10 A1 Team Germany Nico Hülkenberg 1–8, 10–11 Christian Vietoris 9 A1 Team Great Britain Darren Manning 1 Robbie Kerr 2, 4–8, 10–11 Oliver Jarvis 3, 9 A1 Team Greece Takis Kaitatzis 1–2 Nikos Zachos 2 A1 Team India Armaan Ebrahim 1–5 Narain Karthikeyan 6, 8–11 Parthiva Sureshwaren 7 A1 Team Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1–10 Moreno Soeprapto 11 A1 Team Ireland Michael Devaney 1–4 Richard Lyons 5–11 A1 Team Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 1–2 Enrico Toccacelo 3–11 A1 Team Lebanon 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 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1–9, 11 Renger van der Zande 9–10 A1 Team New Zealand Matthew Halliday 1, 3, 8, 11 Jonny Reid 2, 4–7, 9–10 A1 Team Pakistan Nur Ali All A1 Team Portugal Álvaro Parente 8–9, 11 João Urbano 10 A1 Team Singapore Christian Murchison 1, 3–4, 6–8 Denis Lian 2 A1 Team South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1, 3–4, 8–9, 11 Stephen Simpson 2 Alan van der Merwe 5–7, 10 A1 Team Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 1–2, 6–7, 10–11 Neel Jani 3–5, 8 Marcel Fässler 9 A1 Team USA Philip Giebler 1–5, 7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 6 Jonathan Summerton 8–11Sources:
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 Report 1S Netherlands Adrian Zaugg Adrian Zaugg Adrian Zaugg ReportF Alex Yoong Nico Hülkenberg 2S Czech Republic Jonny Reid Alex Yoong Alex Yoong ReportF Philip Giebler Alex Yoong 3S China (Beijing) Jeroen Bleekemolen Salvador Durán Jeroen Bleekemolen ReportF James Hinchcliffe Enrico Toccacelo 4S Malaysia Neel Jani Jonny Reid Neel Jani ReportF Enrico Toccacelo Nico Hülkenberg 5S Indonesia Jonny Reid Robbie Kerr Jonny Reid ReportF Jonny Reid Jonny Reid 6S New Zealand Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg ReportF Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg 7S Australia Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg ReportF Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg 8S South Africa Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg Nico Hülkenberg ReportF Adrian Zaugg Nico Hülkenberg 9S Mexico Alex Yoong Salvador Durán Alex Yoong ReportF Jonathan Summerton Oliver Jarvis 10S China (Shanghai) Robbie Kerr Jonny Reid Robbie Kerr ReportF Jonny Reid Jonny Reid 11S United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr ReportF Sébastien Buemi Nico HülkenbergSource:
Championship standings PosTeamDriversNEDCZEBEIMLYINANZLAUSRSAMEXSHAGBRPtsSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF 1 GermanyNico Hülkenberg41Ret45Ret21521111113321 128Christian VietorisRet9 2 New ZealandMatthew Halliday61110933168 93Jonny ReidRet73811332216621 3 Great BritainDarren Manning57 92Robbie Kerr96523Ret8Ret1910921212Oliver Jarvis7221 4 FranceNicolas Lapierre3Ret3Ret1746373 67Loïc Duval22392Ret47Jean-Karl VernayRet20Ret8 5 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen941191Ret7913DSQ4554461765 579946 MalaysiaAlex Yoong121711141247125191176Ret8156115955 7 ItalyAlessandro Pier GuidiRet61420 52Enrico Toccacelo31Ret1311498151212Ret7410733 8 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi108810544749RetDSQ 50Neel Jani9Ret1410854Marcel Fässler1014 9 United StatesPhilip Giebler7261711Ret964988 42Ryan Hunter-Reay1110Jonathan SummertonRetRet525Ret96 10 MexicoSalvador Durán25732Ret11Ret2612Ret1115RetRet17Ret 35Sergio Pérez15RetJuan Pablo García1814 11 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe813254106613Ret13Ret1315 33Sean McIntosh858RetRet61012 12 Tomáš Kostka17Ret 27Tomáš Enge5286Ret1417129511RetJaroslav Janiš1671212Filip Salaquarda1710Jan Charouz1315 13 AustraliaRyan Briscoe1331217610 25Karl Reindler15161231413141416RetIan Dyk3816Ret14Ret 14 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1RetRet513127Ret4315Ret 24Stephen SimpsonRet11Alan van der Merwe9Ret71616Ret812 15 ChinaCongfu Cheng1194813Ret10161115Ret10 22Ho-Pin TungRet131396314Ret610 16 IndiaArmaan EbrahimRetRet17181811161918Ret 13Narain Karthikeyan1071591118717741816 17 PortugalÁlvaro Parente851471111 10João Urbano1913 18 Brazil Tuka Rocha141210141514Ret11 9Raphael Matos6719181614Bruno Junqueira177Ret1312RetVítor Meira1419 19 IrelandMichael Devaney1514131320Ret1410 8Richard Lyons1712Ret1910Ret6RetRet161258DSQ 20 SingaporeChristian MurchisonRet161681511Ret1512RetRetRet 3Denis Lian1819 21 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1910161515RetRet15141115Ret171310Ret8111316 1Moreno Soeprapto171622 PakistanNur Ali20Ret20Ret21Ret18212015181820Ret181015212018Ret171 23 LebanonBasil Shaaban16Ret191319Ret 0 Graham Rahal1212Khalil Beschir1720Alexander KhateebRet17Ret17 Allam Khodair19Ret18191814Ret13 24 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis1815Ret 0Nikos Zachos19 Pos Team DriversSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSF PtsNEDCZEBEIMLYINANZLAUSRSAMEXSHAGBRSources:
References
External links
Official season standings and results at results.a1gp.com