2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia
# 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia

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

## Report

### Postponement

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia was originally scheduled to be held on January 15, 2006. This changed on January 4, 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 February 12, 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, February 11, 2006.

| Pos. | Country | Driver | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 2min 34.257secs |
| 2 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 2min 34.477secs |
| 3 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 2min 34.554secs |
| 4 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 2min 35.065secs |
| 5 | Japan | Hayanari Shimoda | 2min 35.190secs |
| 6 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 2min 35.447secs |
| 7 | Ireland | Ralph Firman | 2min 35.670secs |
| 8 | Canada | Sean McIntosh | 2min 35.685secs |
| 9 | South Africa | Stephen Simpson | 2min 35.750secs |
| 10 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 2min 35.797secs |
| 11 | Portugal | Álvaro Parente | 2min 35.808secs |
| 12 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 2min 35.950secs |
| 13 | Netherlands | Jos Verstappen | 2min 36.000secs |
| 14 | United States | Phil Giebler | 2min 36.113secs |
| 15 | Germany | Timo Scheider | 2min 36.319secs |
| 16 | Italy | Max Busnelli | 2min 36.631secs |
| 17 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 2min 36.805secs |
| 18 | China | Tengyi Jiang | 2min 37.313secs |
| 19 | Australia | Marcus Marshall | 2min 37.950secs |
| 20 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 2min 38.275secs |
| 21 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | 2min 38.290secs |
| 22 | Austria | Mathias Lauda | 2min 39.229secs |
| 23 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 2min 40.261secs |

### Sprint race

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

| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 18 | 24:03.360 | 10 |
| 2 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 18 | 24:10.341 | 9 |
| 3 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 18 | 24:11.387 | 8 |
| 4 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 18 | 24:14.682 | 7 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 18 | 24:16.220 | 6 |
| 6 | Ireland | Ralph Firman | 18 | 24:17.094 | 5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | Jos Verstappen | 18 | 24:17.864 | 4 |
| 8 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 18 | 24:19.669 | 3 |
| 9 | Japan | Hayanari Shimoda | 18 | 24:22.074 | 2 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 18 | 24:26.482 | 1 |
| 11 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 18 | 24:26.666 | |
| 12 | Germany | Timo Scheider | 18 | 24:27.761 | |
| 13 | Austria | Mathias Lauda | 18 | 24:32.882 | |
| 14 | Italy | Max Busnelli | 18 | 24:35.547 | |
| 15 | USA | Phil Giebler | 18 | 24:39.755 | |
| 16 | Australia | Marcus Marshall | 18 | 24:41.317 | |
| 17 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 18 | 24:48.545 | |
| 18 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 18 | 25:03.649 | |
| 19 | Portugal | Álvaro Parente | 18 | 27:23.194 | |
| 20 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | 17 | +1 Laps | |
| 21 | South Africa | Stephen Simpson | 15 | +2 Laps | |
| 22 | China | Tengyi Jiang | 5 | +13 Laps | |
| 23 | Canada | Sean McIntosh | 1 | +17 Laps | |

### Main race

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

| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | Sean McIntosh | 36 | 55:55.779 | 10 |
| 2 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 36 | 55:57.710 | 9 |
| 3 | Australia | Marcus Marshall | 36 | 56:08.396 | 8 |
| 4 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | 36 | 56:09.779 | 7 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 36 | 56:12.288 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | Jos Verstappen | 36 | 56:17.625 | 5 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 36 | 56:17.998 | 4 |
| 8 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 36 | 56:18.477 | 3 |
| 9 | USA | Phil Giebler | 36 | 56:22.092 | 2 |
| 10 | Great Britain | Robbie Kerr | 36 | 56:38.748 | 1 |
| 11 | South Africa | Stephen Simpson | 36 | 57:10.293 | |
| 12 | Germany | Timo Scheider | 36 | 57:28.763 | |
| 13 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 35 | +1 Lap | |
| 14 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 35 | +1 Lap | |
| 15 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 35 | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Italy | Max Busnelli | 31 | +5 Laps | |
| 17 | Portugal | Álvaro Parente | 31 | +5 Laps | |
| 18 | Austria | Mathias Lauda | 24 | +12 Laps | |
| 19 | Ireland | Ralph Firman | 21 | +15 Laps | |
| 20 | Mexico | Salvador Duran | 18 | +18 Laps | |
| 21 | China | Tengyi Jiang | 11 | +25 Laps | |
| 22 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 7 | +29 Laps | |
| 23 | Japan | Hayanari Shimoda | 0 | +36 Laps | |
