2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa
# 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa

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.

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification took place on Saturday, 28 January 2006.

| Pos | Team | Driver | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Q3 Time | Q4 Time | Aggregate | Gap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | Alexandre Premat | 1'20.484 | 1'18.246 | 1'18.595 | -- | 2'36.841 | -- |
| 2 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 1'20.647 | 1'19.158 | 1'18.921 | -- | 2'38.079 | 1.238 |
| 3 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 1'20.387 | 1'19.056 | 1'19.778 | 1'19.037 | 2'38.093 | 1.252 |
| 4 | The Netherlands | Jos Verstappen | 1'20.208 | 1'19.628 | 1'19.198 | 1'19.254 | 2'38.452 | 1.611 |
| 5 | Ireland | Ralph Firman | 1'20.342 | 1'19.258 | 1'19.251 | 1'20.340 | 2'38.509 | 1.668 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 1'19.591 | -- | 1'19.285 | 1'19.256 | 2'38.541 | 1.700 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 1'19.842 | 1'20.018 | 1'19.331 | 1'19.525 | 2'38.856 | 2.015 |
| 8 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1'20.907 | 1'19.630 | 1'20.172 | 1'19.246 | 2'38.876 | 2.035 |
| 9 | Canada | Sean McIntosh | 1'21.905 | 1'19.349 | 1'19.647 | -- | 2'38.996 | 2.155 |
| 10 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 1'20.498 | 1'19.652 | 1'19.875 | 1'19.545 | 2'39.197 | 2.356 |
| 11 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 1'45.053 | 1'19.989 | 1'20.653 | 1'19.251 | 2'39.240 | 2.399 |
| 12 | Germany | Timo Scheider | 1'21.730 | 1'19.773 | 1'19.880 | 1'19.552 | 2'39.325 | 2.484 |
| 13 | USA | Philip Giebler | 1'20.867 | 1'19.762 | 1'19.593 | -- | 2'39.355 | 2.514 |
| 14 | Italy | Massimiliano Busnelli | 1'20.503 | 1'19.640 | -- | 1'19.779 | 2'39.419 | 2.578 |
| 15 | Portugal | Alvaro Parente | 1'20.198 | 1'19.924 | 1'19.953 | 1'19.747 | 2'39.671 | 2.830 |
| 16 | South Africa | Stephen Simpson | 1'21.557 | 1'20.570 | 1'20.737 | 1'19.623 | 2'40.193 | 3.352 |
| 17 | Australia | Will Davison | 1'22.481 | 1'20.969 | 1'20.566 | 1'20.086 | 2'40.652 | 3.811 |
| 18 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 1'22.614 | 1'20.837 | 1'21.008 | -- | 2'41.845 | 5.004 |
| 19 | Mexico | David Martínez | 1'22.600 | 1'20.810 | 1'21.076 | 1'21.036 | 2'41.846 | 5.005 |
| 20 | China | Tengyi Jiang | 1'22.976 | 1'21.286 | 1'21.538 | 1'23.357 | 2'42.824 | 5.983 |
| 21 | Austria | Mathias Lauda | 1'22.326 | 1'21.463 | 1'21.408 | -- | 2'42.871 | 6.030 |
| 22 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 1'25.020 | 1'23.393 | 1'23.487 | -- | 2'46.880 | 10.039 |
| 23 | Pakistan | Adam Khan * | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |

### Sprint Race results

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.

| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | Alexandre Premat | 20 | 31:06.730 | 10 |
| 2 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 20 | +0.243 | 9 |
| 3 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 20 | +5.850 | 8 |
| 4 | Ireland | Ralph Firman | 20 | +6.160 | 7 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 20 | +8.506 | 6 |
| 6 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 20 | +9.623 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany | Timo Scheider | 20 | +10.112 | 4 |
| 8 | Portugal | Alvaro Parente | 20 | +14.066 | 3 |
| 9 | Australia | Will Davison | 20 | +22.099 | 2 |
| 10 | Mexico | David Martínez | 20 | +32.780 | 1 |
| 11 | Pakistan | Enrico Toccacelo | 20 | +36.575 | |
| 12 | Canada | Sean McIntosh | 20 | +39.260 | |
| 13 | USA | Philip Giebler | 20 | +42.131 | |
| 14 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 20 | +1'25.715 | |
| 15 | Austria | Mathias Lauda | 20 | +1'27.136 | |
| 16 | The Netherlands | Jos Verstappen | 19 | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 18 | +2 Laps | |
| 18 | China | Tengyi Jiang | 17 | +3 Laps | |
| 19 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 16 | +4 Laps | |
| 20 | South Africa | Stephen Simpson | 13 | +7 Laps | |
| 21 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 0 | +20 Laps | |
| 22 | Italy | Massimiliano Busnelli | 0 | +20 Laps | |
| 23 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 0 | +20 Laps | |

### Main Race results

The Main Race took place on Sunday, 29 January 2006.

| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | The Netherlands | Jos Verstappen | 40 | 1'00:46.099 | 10 |
| 2 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 40 | +1.774 | 9 |
| 3 | Portugal | Alvaro Parente | 40 | +1.965 | 8 |
| 4 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 40 | +4.352 | 7 |
| 5 | South Africa | Stephen Simpson | 40 | +9.433 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy | Massimiliano Busnelli | 40 | +10.735 | 5 |
| 7 | Austria | Mathias Lauda | 40 | +30.123 | 4 |
| 8 | France | Alexandre Premat | 40 | +37.217 * | 3 |
| 9 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 40 | +1'03.631 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | Sean McIntosh | 36 | +4 Laps | 1 |
| 11 | Germany | Timo Scheider | 35 | +5 Laps | |
| 12 | China | Tengyi Jiang | 35 | +5 Laps | |
| 13 | Pakistan | Enrico Toccacelo | 31 | +9 Laps | |
| 14 | Mexico | David Martínez | 30 | +10 Laps | |
| 15 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 27 | +13 Laps | |
| 16 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 25 | +15 Laps | |
| 17 | Ireland | Ralph Firman | 14 | +26 Laps | |
| 18 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 10 | +30 Laps | |
| 19 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 10 | +30 Laps | |
| 20 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 9 | +31 Laps | |
| 21 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 7 | +33 Laps | |
| 22 | Australia | Will Davison | 2 | +38 Laps | |
| 23 | USA | Philip Giebler | 2 | +38 Laps | |

* Team France 25 seconds penalty by steward's decision.

### Total Points

| Team | Points | SR | MR | FL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 17 | 8 | 9 | -- |
| France | 13 | 10 | 3 | -- |
| New Zealand | 12 | 5 | 7 | -- |
| Portugal | 11 | 3 | 8 | -- |
| The Netherlands | 10 | -- | 10 | -- |
| Great Britain | 9 | 9 | -- | -- |
| Ireland | 7 | 7 | -- | -- |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 6 | -- | -- |
| South Africa | 6 | -- | 6 | -- |
| Italy | 5 | -- | 5 | -- |
| Austria | 4 | -- | 4 | -- |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Brazil | 3 | -- | 2 | 1 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Canada | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |

* Fastest Lap: A1 Team Brazil (1'18.178 / 151.2 km/h, lap 39 of Main Race)
