2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa
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2005–06 A1GP of South Africa | |
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Race Details | |
Race 7 of 11 in the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season | |
Date | 29 January 2006 |
Location | Durban street circuit Durban, South Africa |
Weather | Fine, 25 °C |
Qualifying | |
Pole | ![]() |
Time | 2'36.841 (1'18.246, 1'18.595) |
Sprint Race | |
1st | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() |
Main Race | |
1st | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() |
Fast Lap | |
FL | ![]() |
Time | 1'18.178, (Lap 39 of Main Race) |
Official Classifications | |
Prac1 ·Prac2 ·Prac3 ·Qual ·SRace ·MRace |
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.
Pos | Team | Driver | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Q3 Time | Q4 Time | Aggregate | Gap |
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1 | ![]() |
Alexandre Premat | 1'20.484 | 1'18.246 | 1'18.595 | -- | 2'36.841 | -- |
2 | ![]() |
Robbie Kerr | 1'20.647 | 1'19.158 | 1'18.921 | -- | 2'38.079 | 1.238 |
3 | ![]() |
Neel Jani | 1'20.387 | 1'19.056 | 1'19.778 | 1'19.037 | 2'38.093 | 1.252 |
4 | ![]() |
Jos Verstappen | 1'20.208 | 1'19.628 | 1'19.198 | 1'19.254 | 2'38.452 | 1.611 |
5 | ![]() |
Ralph Firman | 1'20.342 | 1'19.258 | 1'19.251 | 1'20.340 | 2'38.509 | 1.668 |
6 | ![]() |
Tomáš Enge | 1'19.591 | -- | 1'19.285 | 1'19.256 | 2'38.541 | 1.700 |
7 | ![]() |
Matt Halliday | 1'19.842 | 1'20.018 | 1'19.331 | 1'19.525 | 2'38.856 | 2.015 |
8 | ![]() |
Nelson Piquet Jr | 1'20.907 | 1'19.630 | 1'20.172 | 1'19.246 | 2'38.876 | 2.035 |
9 | ![]() |
1'21.905 | 1'19.349 | 1'19.647 | -- | 2'38.996 | 2.155 | |
10 | ![]() |
Alex Yoong | 1'20.498 | 1'19.652 | 1'19.875 | 1'19.545 | 2'39.197 | 2.356 |
11 | ![]() |
Ananda Mikola | 1'45.053 | 1'19.989 | 1'20.653 | 1'19.251 | 2'39.240 | 2.399 |
12 | ![]() |
Timo Scheider | 1'21.730 | 1'19.773 | 1'19.880 | 1'19.552 | 2'39.325 | 2.484 |
13 | ![]() |
Philip Giebler | 1'20.867 | 1'19.762 | 1'19.593 | -- | 2'39.355 | 2.514 |
14 | ![]() |
Massimiliano Busnelli | 1'20.503 | 1'19.640 | -- | 1'19.779 | 2'39.419 | 2.578 |
15 | ![]() |
Alvaro Parente | 1'20.198 | 1'19.924 | 1'19.953 | 1'19.747 | 2'39.671 | 2.830 |
16 | ![]() |
Stephen Simpson | 1'21.557 | 1'20.570 | 1'20.737 | 1'19.623 | 2'40.193 | 3.352 |
17 | ![]() |
Will Davison | 1'22.481 | 1'20.969 | 1'20.566 | 1'20.086 | 2'40.652 | 3.811 |
18 | ![]() |
Basil Shaaban | 1'22.614 | 1'20.837 | 1'21.008 | -- | 2'41.845 | 5.004 |
19 | ![]() |
David Martínez | 1'22.600 | 1'20.810 | 1'21.076 | 1'21.036 | 2'41.846 | 5.005 |
20 | ![]() |
Tengyi Jiang | 1'22.976 | 1'21.286 | 1'21.538 | 1'23.357 | 2'42.824 | 5.983 |
21 | ![]() |
Mathias Lauda | 1'22.326 | 1'21.463 | 1'21.408 | -- | 2'42.871 | 6.030 |
22 | ![]() |
Armaan Ebrahim | 1'25.020 | 1'23.393 | 1'23.487 | -- | 2'46.880 | 10.039 |
23 | ![]() |
Adam Khan * | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Sprint Race results[]
The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
Alexandre Premat | 20 | 31:06.730 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
Robbie Kerr | 20 | +0.243 | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
Neel Jani | 20 | +5.850 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
Ralph Firman | 20 | +6.160 | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
Tomáš Enge | 20 | +8.506 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
Matt Halliday | 20 | +9.623 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Timo Scheider | 20 | +10.112 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Alvaro Parente | 20 | +14.066 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Will Davison | 20 | +22.099 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
David Martínez | 20 | +32.780 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
Enrico Toccacelo | 20 | +36.575 | |
12 | ![]() |
20 | +39.260 | ||
13 | ![]() |
Philip Giebler | 20 | +42.131 | |
14 | ![]() |
Armaan Ebrahim | 20 | +1'25.715 | |
15 | ![]() |
Mathias Lauda | 20 | +1'27.136 | |
16 | ![]() |
Jos Verstappen | 19 | +1 Lap | |
17 | ![]() |
Basil Shaaban | 18 | +2 Laps | |
18 | ![]() |
Tengyi Jiang | 17 | +3 Laps | |
19 | ![]() |
Nelson Piquet Jr | 16 | +4 Laps | |
20 | ![]() |
Stephen Simpson | 13 | +7 Laps | |
21 | ![]() |
Ananda Mikola | 0 | +20 Laps | |
22 | ![]() |
Massimiliano Busnelli | 0 | +20 Laps | |
23 | ![]() |
Alex Yoong | 0 | +20 Laps |
Main Race results[]
The Main Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
Jos Verstappen | 40 | 1'00:46.099 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
Neel Jani | 40 | +1.774 | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
Alvaro Parente | 40 | +1.965 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
Matt Halliday | 40 | +4.352 | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
Stephen Simpson | 40 | +9.433 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
Massimiliano Busnelli | 40 | +10.735 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Mathias Lauda | 40 | +30.123 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Alexandre Premat | 40 | +37.217 * | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Nelson Piquet Jr | 40 | +1'03.631 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
36 | +4 Laps | 1 | |
11 | ![]() |
Timo Scheider | 35 | +5 Laps | |
12 | ![]() |
Tengyi Jiang | 35 | +5 Laps | |
13 | ![]() |
Enrico Toccacelo | 31 | +9 Laps | |
14 | ![]() |
David Martínez | 30 | +10 Laps | |
15 | ![]() |
Basil Shaaban | 27 | +13 Laps | |
16 | ![]() |
Alex Yoong | 25 | +15 Laps | |
17 | ![]() |
Ralph Firman | 14 | +26 Laps | |
18 | ![]() |
Armaan Ebrahim | 10 | +30 Laps | |
19 | ![]() |
Ananda Mikola | 10 | +30 Laps | |
20 | ![]() |
Robbie Kerr | 9 | +31 Laps | |
21 | ![]() |
Tomáš Enge | 7 | +33 Laps | |
22 | ![]() |
Will Davison | 2 | +38 Laps | |
23 | ![]() |
Philip Giebler | 2 | +38 Laps |
* Team France 25 seconds penalty by steward's decision.
Total Points[]
Team | Points | SR | MR | FL |
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17 | 8 | 9 | -- |
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13 | 10 | 3 | -- |
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12 | 5 | 7 | -- |
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11 | 3 | 8 | -- |
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10 | -- | 10 | -- |
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9 | 9 | -- | -- |
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7 | 7 | -- | -- |
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6 | 6 | -- | -- |
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6 | -- | 6 | -- |
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5 | -- | 5 | -- |
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4 | -- | 4 | -- |
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4 | 4 | -- | -- |
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3 | -- | 2 | 1 |
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2 | 2 | -- | -- |
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1 | -- | 1 | -- |
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1 | 1 | -- | -- |
- Fastest Lap: A1 Team Brazil (1'18.178 / 151.2 km/h, lap 39 of Main Race)
References[]
Previous race 2005-06 A1GP, United Arab Emirates |
A1 Grand Prix 2005–06 season |
Next race 2005-06 A1GP, Indonesia |
- 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season
- 2006 in South African motorsport