2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of February 26, 2006 at the Fundidora Park Circuit.

Layout of the Fundidora Park Raceway
2005-06 A1GP of Mexico
Race Details
Race 9 of 11 in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season
DateFebruary 26, 2006
LocationFundidora Park
Monterrey, Mexico
WeatherFine
Qualifying
Pole South Africa (Stephen Simpson)
Time2'44.895 (1'22.078, 1'22.817)
Sprint Race
1st France (Alexandre Premat)
2nd Switzerland (Neel Jani)
3rd Italy (Enrico Toccacelo)
Main Race
1st France (Alexandre Premat)
2nd The Netherlands (Jos Verstappen)
3rd Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Fast Lap
FL France (Alexandre Premat)
Time1'21.100, (Lap 17 of Main Race)
Official Classifications

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Practice edit

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Sprint race edit

Main race edit

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification took place on Saturday, February 25, 2006.

Pos Team Driver Q1 Time Q2 Time Q3 Time Q4 Time Aggregate Gap
1   South Africa Stephen Simpson 1'25.394 1'22.817 1'23.638 1'22.078 2'44.895
2   France Alexandre Premat 1'24.908 1'24.581 1'23.533 1'22.315 2'45.848 0.953
3   Switzerland Neel Jani 1'25.419 1'23.442 1'23.942 1'22.705 2'46.147 1.252
4   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1'26.744 1'23.353 1'26.214 1'23.304 2'46.657 1.762
5   USA Bryan Herta 1'27.369 1'25.756 1'24.211 1'22.609 2'46.820 1.925
6   Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 1'27.380 1'25.340 1'23.658 1'23.236 2'46.894 1.999
7   The Netherlands Jos Verstappen 1'27.422 1'23.678 1'25.160 1'23.297 2'46.975 2.080
8   Ireland Ralph Firman 1'26.193 1'23.552 1'24.142 1'23.439 2'46.991 2.096
9   Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1'26.944 1'23.454 1'24.441 1'23.612 2'47.066 2.171
10   Portugal Alvaro Parente 1'27.220 1'25.012 1'25.181 1'23.059 2'48.071 3.176
11   Malaysia Alex Yoong 1'26.796 1'24.938 1'25.738 1'23.509 2'48.447 3.552
12   Germany Timo Scheider 1'27.572 1'25.971 1'24.834 1'23.976 2'48.810 3.915
13   New Zealand Matt Halliday 1'26.625 1'27.388 1'25.081 1'23.944 2'49.025 4.130
14   Mexico Salvador Durán 1'27.778 1'25.343 1'25.357 1'23.747 2'49.090 4.195
15   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1'25.493 1'24.563 1'24.738 1'24.584 2'49.147 4.252
16   Lebanon Graham Rahal 1'31.310 1'25.856 1'25.588 1'23.678 2'49.266 4.371
17   Japan Hayanari Shimoda 1'27.906 1'25.181 1'25.602 1'24.183 2'49.364 4.469
18   Austria Patrick Friesacher 1'27.117 1'25.029 1'25.127 1'24.364 2'49.393 4.498
19   Canada Patrick Carpentier 1'27.010 1'25.603 1'23.908 2'49.511 4.616
20   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1'27.655 1'26.565 1'25.738 1'24.431 2'50.169 5.274
21   Australia Christian Jones 1'32.131 1'28.912 1'27.757 1'26.359 2'54.116 9.221
22   China Ma Qinghua 1'31.119 1'41.920 1'28.842 1'27.558 2'56.400 11.505

Sprint Race Results edit

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, February 26, 2006.

Pos Team Driver Laps Time Points
1   France Alexandre Premat 18 29:20.7 10
2   Switzerland Neel Jani 18 +0.283 9
3   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 18 +0.874 8
4   The Netherlands Jos Verstappen 18 +2.141 7
5   Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 18 +13.553 6
6   USA Bryan Herta 18 +20.079 5
7   Malaysia Alex Yoong 18 +22.870 4
8   Germany Timo Scheider 18 +23.357 3
9   Canada Patrick Carpentier 18 +26.236 2
10   Austria Patrick Friesacher 18 +26.911 1
11   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 18 +28.701
12   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 18 +38.460
13   Lebanon Graham Rahal 18 +41.406
14   Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 18 +50.749
15   China Tengyi Jiang 18 +51.721
16   Australia Christian Jones 18 +1'12.442
17   South Africa Stephen Simpson 9 +9 Laps
18   New Zealand Matt Halliday 4 +14 Laps
19   Portugal Alvaro Parente 4 +14 Laps
20   Japan Hayanari Shimoda 3 +15 Laps
21   Ireland Ralph Firman 0 +18 Laps
22   Mexico Salvador Durán 0 +18 Laps

Main Race Results edit

The Main Race took place on Sunday, February 26, 2006.

Pos Team Driver Laps Time Points
1   France Alexandre Premat 36 52:26.7 10
2   The Netherlands Jos Verstappen 36 +0.780 9
3   Switzerland Neel Jani 36 +3.525 8
4   Germany Timo Scheider 36 +4.588 7
5   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 36 +4.994 6
6   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 36 +11.502 5
7   Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 36 +14.840 4
8   New Zealand Matt Halliday 36 +18.828 3
9   Austria Patrick Friesacher 36 +19.140 2
10   Portugal Alvaro Parente 36 +19.577 1
11   Malaysia Alex Yoong 36 +23.000
12   Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 36 +23.561
13   USA Bryan Herta 36 +23.876
14   Lebanon Graham Rahal 36 +25.517
15   Canada Patrick Carpentier 35 +1 Lap
16   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 35 +1 Lap
17   China Tengyi Jiang 35 +1 Lap
18   South Africa Stephen Simpson 35 +1 Lap
19   Australia Christian Jones 20 +16 Laps
20   Ireland Ralph Firman 16 +20 Laps
21   Mexico Salvador Durán 6 +30 Laps
22   Japan Hayanari Shimoda DNS +36 Laps

Total Points edit

Team Points SR MR FL
  France 21 10 10 1
  Switzerland 17 9 8 --
  The Netherlands 16 7 9 --
  Italy 14 8 6 --
  Czech Republic 10 6 4 --
  Germany 10 3 7 --
  Great Britain 5 -- 5 --
  USA 5 5 -- --
  Malaysia 4 4 -- --
  Austria 3 1 2 --
  New Zealand 3 -- 3 --
  Canada 2 2 -- --
  Portugal 1 -- 1 --
  • Fastest Lap: A1 Team France (1'21.100 / 150.3 km/h, lap 17 of Main Race)

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