2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season
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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
[edit]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 |
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1 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 29 September – 1 October 2006 |
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) | Shanghai International Circuit | 13–15 April 2007 |
11 | A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain | Brands Hatch | 27–29 April 2007 |
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Calendar changes
[edit]- 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.[1]
- 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
[edit]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.
Mid-season changes
[edit]- A1 Team Greece only participated in the opening two rounds.[2]
- 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.[3]
Results and standings
[edit]Results summary
[edit]Championship standings
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References
[edit]- ^ "Brazilian race withdrawn from the 2006/07 calendar". Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ "Course concerns in Beijing". Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
- ^ "A1 Team Portugal returns to A1GP World Cup of Motorsport". Retrieved 2007-02-24.
External links
[edit]- Official season standings and results at results.a1gp.com