2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands


The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.

Report

Practice

Qualifying

Qualification took place on Saturday, September 30, 2006
PosTeamDriverQ1 TimeQ2 TimeQ3 TimeQ4 TimeAggregateGap
1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1'28.8931'28.4701'28.1821'27.3492'55.531--
2 MexicoSalvador Durán1'28.5041'28.5721'27.9661'27.6702'55.6360.105
3 FranceNicolas Lapierre1'28.8661'28.8041'27.9311'27.7572'55.6880.157
4 GermanyNico Hülkenberg1'28.7931'29.4381'27.6611'28.1442:55.8050.274
6 → 5 Great BritainDarren Manning1'30.3141'28.9751'27.7701'28.3102'56.0800.549
7 → 6 USAPhilip Giebler1'30.1291'27.8841'29.0171'28.4042'56.2880.757
8 → 7 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe1'29.0791'28.6411'28.3331'27.9742'56.3070.776
9 → 8 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen1'29.1861'28.4111'28.2071'30.0332'56.6181.087
10 → 9 New ZealandMatt Halliday1'29.0091'29.3101'28.3151'28.3302'56.6451.114
11 → 10 MalaysiaAlex Yoong1'29.3901'29.3871'28.5011'28.3952'56.8961.365
5 → 11 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi1'28.9051'28.7651'28.2981'27.7772'57.063*0.544
12 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola1'30.7701'30.4661'28.8781'28.3102'57.1881.657
13 AustraliaRyan Briscoe1'31.5611'28.7611'29.1841'28.5482'57.3091.778
14 ChinaCongfu Cheng1'31.4991'28.8171'29.3571'28.6302'57.4471.916
15 IrelandMichael Devaney1'32.8401'30.0201'29.1961'28.9692'58.1652.634
16 BrazilTuka Rocha1'31.9981'29.0451'29.5981'29.3732'58.4182.887
17 ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi1'30.1001'29.7861'29.1311'29.3362'58.4672.936
18 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim1:32.7951'29.4651'29.5221'30.3582'58.9873.456
19 LebanonBasil Shaaban1'33.0081'30.1471'30.2681'29.8613'00.0084.477
20 SingaporeChristian Murchison1'31.3701'31.8531'29.9981'30.6283'00.6265.095
21 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis1:31.8611:31.5611:29.8211:41.6523:01.3825.851
22 Czech RepublicTomas Kostka1:31.5831:30.6431:30.9301:32.0393:01.5736.042
23 PakistanNur B. Ali1:37.3561:34.1351:33.677--3:07.81212.281

Main race

Results

Sprint Race Results

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 1, 2006
Feature race grid
New for the 2006/07 season is the way to determine the feature race order. The grid is determined on three factors:
  1. The driver’s grid position for the Sprint race.
  2. The driver’s final position in the Sprint race.
  3. The fastest lap time in the Sprint race.
Points are awarded for each element. If a driver started the Sprint race on pole, he would be awarded one point, if he started the race second he would get two points, right down to the 23rd on the grid who will get 23 points.
The same occurs for the race positions – the winner gets one point, the runner-up two and third three points, right down to the last finisher who scores 23. Similarly for the fastest laps; the fastest gets one point, the second two and so on.
The points are all added together after the end of the sprint race; the driver with the lowest number of points will start the Feature race on pole.
If two teams finish on the same number of points after the calculations, the driver who achieved a higher finish position in the Sprint race will be awarded the better starting position.
PosTeamDriverSprint GridSprint RaceSprint F.L.Total
1 South AfricaAdrian Zaugg1113
2 MexicoSalvador Durán2226
3 FranceNicolas Lapierre3339
4 GermanyNico Hülkenberg44412
5 Great BritainDarren Manning55515
6 New ZealandMatt Halliday96621
7 USAPhilip Giebler67821
8 CanadaJames Hinchcliffe781328
9 SwitzerlandSébastien Buemi1110728
10 NetherlandsJeroen Bleekemolen891532
11 MalaysiaAlex Yoong10121032
12 ChinaCongfu Cheng14111136
13 BrazilTuka Rocha1614939
14 AustraliaRyan Briscoe13131440
15 IrelandMichael Devaney15151242
16 IndonesiaAnanda Mikola12191647
17 LebanonBasil Shaaban19161853
18 Czech RepublicTomas Kostka22171756
19 GreeceTakis Kaitatzis21182059
20 SingaporeChristian Murchison20211960
21 IndiaArmaan Ebrahim18222262
22 ItalyAlessandro Pier Guidi17232363
23 PakistanNur B. Ali23202164

Main Race Results

The Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 1, 2006.

Total Points

Total points awarded:
TeamPointsSRMRFL
Germany13310
Mexico1156
USA99
Australia88
Netherlands77
South Africa761
Great Britain624
Italy55
France44
Switzerland33
China22
Indonesia11
New Zealand11
Brazil
Canada
Czech Republic
Greece
India
Ireland
Lebanon
Malaysia
Pakistan
Singapore