The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates was held on the weekend of December 11, 2005 at the Dubai Autodrome.
| 2005-06 A1GP of United Arab Emirates | |
|---|---|
| Race Details | |
| Race 6 of 11 in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season | |
| Date | December 11, 2005 |
| Location | Dubai Autodrome Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Weather | Fine, 27 °C |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |  Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
| Time | 3'31.918 (1'45.926, 1'45.992) |
| Sprint Race | |
| 1st | Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
| 2nd |  Italy (Enrico Toccacelo) |
| 3rd |  Czech Republic (Tomáš Enge) |
| Main Race | |
| 1st |  France (Nicolas Lapierre) |
| 2nd |  Great Britain (Robbie Kerr) |
| 3rd |  South Africa (Stephen Simpson) |
| Fast Lap | |
| FL |  Ireland (Ralph Firman) |
| Time | 1'46.497, (Lap 3 of Main Race) |
| Official Classifications | |
| Prac1 ·Prac2 ·Prac3 ·Qual ·SRace ·MRace | |
Report edit
Practice edit
Qualifying edit
Session One of Qualifying was red-flagged after Salvador Durán of Mexico suffered a bad accident.
Sprint race edit
Main race edit
Results edit
Qualification edit
Qualification took place on Saturday, December 10, 2005.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Q3 Time | Q4 Time | Aggregate | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland
|
Neel Jani | -- | 1'46.383 | 1'45.992 | 1'45.926 | 3'31.918 | -- |
| 2 |  France
|
Nicolas Lapierre | -- | -- | 1'46.285 | 1'46.266 | 3'32.551 | 0.633 |
| 3 |  Ireland
|
Ralph Firman | -- | 1'47.047 | 1'46.459 | 1'46.167 | 3'32.626 | 0.708 |
| 4 |  Brazil
|
Nelson Piquet Jr. | -- | 1'46.514 | 1'46.113 | 1'46.721 | 3'32.627 | 0.709 |
| 5 |  Great Britain
|
Robbie Kerr | -- | 1'46.964 | 1'46.201 | 1'46.433 | 3'32.634 | 0.716 |
| 6 |  Germany
|
Adrian Sutil | -- | 1'47.112 | 1'46.489 | 1'46.616 | 3'33.105 | 1.187 |
| 7 |  Czech Republic
|
Tomáš Enge | -- | 1'47.530 | 1'46.539 | 1'46.768 | 3'33.307 | 1.389 |
| 8 |  Malaysia
|
Alex Yoong | -- | 1'47.942 | 1'46.934 | 1'46.386 | 3'33.320 | 1.402 |
| 9 |  Canada
|
Sean McIntosh | -- | 1'47.503 | 1'46.856 | 1'46.985 | 3'33.841 | 1.923 |
| 10 |  Portugal
|
Alvaro Parente | -- | 1'48.063 | 1'47.284 | 1'46.834 | 3'34.118 | 2.200 |
| 11 |  Italy
|
Enrico Toccacelo | -- | 1'47.658 | 1'47.201 | 1'46.940 | 3'34.141 | 2.223 |
| 12 |  Indonesia
|
Ananda Mikola | -- | 1'48.492 | 1'47.214 | 1'47.019 | 3'34.233 | 2.315 |
| 13 |  South Africa
|
Stephen Simpson | -- | 1'48.046 | 1'47.309 | 1'46.943 | 3'34.252 | 2.334 |
| 14 |  Japan
|
Hayanari Shimoda | -- | 1'48.114 | 1'46.772 | 1'47.730 | 3'34.502 | 2.584 |
| 15 |  USA
|
Philip Giebler | 1'47.828 | 1'48.017 | 1'47.312 | 1'47.380 | 3'34.692 | 2.774 |
| 16 |  China
|
Tengyi Jiang | -- | 1'50.341 | 1'47.547 | 1'47.378 | 3'34.925 | 3.007 |
| 17 |  New Zealand
|
Matt Halliday | -- | 1'47.774 | 1'47.569 | 1'47.407 | 3'34.976 | 3.058 |
| 18 |  India
|
Armaan Ebrahim | 1'49.740 | 1'48.324 | 1'47.383 | 1'47.624 | 3'35.007 | 3.089 |
| 19 |  Netherlands
|
Jos Verstappen | -- | 1'48.148 | 1'47.515 | 1'47.559 | 3'35.074 | 3.156 |
| 20 |  Pakistan
|
Adam Khan | -- | 1'48.029 | 1'47.154 | 1'48.379 | 3'35.183 | 3.265 |
| 21 |  Austria
|
Mathias Lauda | -- | 1'50.245 | 1'48.169 | 1'47.812 | 3'35.981 | 4.063 |
| 22 |  Australia
|
Christian Jones | 1'48.824 | 1'48.637 | 1'49.336 | 1'47.639 | 3'36.276 | 4.358 |
| 23 |  Lebanon
|
Basil Shaaban | 1'59.641 | 1'49.696 | 1'48.373 | -- | 3'38.069 | 6.151 |
| 24 |  Mexico
|
Salvador Durán | -- | 1'48.002 | -- | -- | 1'48.002 | -- |
Sprint Race Results edit
The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, December 11, 2005.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland
|
Neel Jani | 15 | 26:56.613 | 10 |
| 2 | Italy
|
Enrico Toccacelo | 15 | +8.247 | 9 |
| 3 | Czech Republic
|
Tomáš Enge | 15 | +9.024 | 8 |
| 4 | Ireland
|
Ralph Firman | 15 | +9.961 | 7 |
| 5 | Canada
|
Sean McIntosh | 15 | +11.192 | 6 |
| 6 | Indonesia
|
Ananda Mikola | 15 | +13.396 | 5 |
| 7 | France
|
Nicolas Lapierre | 15 | +13.926 | 4 |
| 8 | Portugal
|
Alvaro Parente | 15 | +14.884 | 3 |
| 9 | Great Britain
|
Robbie Kerr | 15 | +15.437 | 2 |
| 10 | Malaysia
|
Alex Yoong | 15 | +16.621 | 1 |
| 11 | Netherlands
|
Jos Verstappen | 15 | +17.610 | |
| 12 | South Africa
|
Stephen Simpson | 15 | +18.306 | |
| 13 | USA
|
Philip Giebler | 15 | +22.042 | |
| 14 | Japan
|
Hayanari Shimoda | 15 | +23.367 | |
| 15 | New Zealand
|
Matt Halliday | 15 | +28.865 | |
| 16 | Pakistan
|
Adam Khan | 15 | +29.397 | |
| 17 | Austria
|
Mathias Lauda | 15 | +30.688 | |
| 18 | Mexico
|
Salvador Durán | 15 | +31.669 | |
| 19 | China
|
Tengyi Jiang | 15 | +35.119 | |
| 20 | India
|
Armaan Ebrahim | 15 | +44.885 | |
| 21 | Australia
|
Will Davison | 14 | +1 Lap | |
| 22 | Germany
|
Adrian Sutil | 2 | +13 Laps | |
| 23 | Brazil
|
Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1 | +14 Laps | |
| 24 | Lebanon
|
Basil Shaaban | DNS | +15 Laps |
Main Race Results edit
The Main Race took place on Sunday, December 11, 2005.
| Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France
|
Nicolas Lapierre | 30 | 56:17.068 | 10 |
| 2 | Great Britain
|
Robbie Kerr | 30 | +3.714 | 9 |
| 3 | South Africa
|
Stephen Simpson | 30 | +6.690 | 8 |
| 4 | Portugal
|
Alvaro Parente | 30 | +7.999 | 7 |
| 5 | China
|
Tengyi Jiang | 30 | +30.788 | 6 |
| 6 | Canada
|
Sean McIntosh | 30 | +31.343 | 5 |
| 7 | Austria
|
Mathias Lauda | 30 | +34.442 | 4 |
| 8 | Mexico
|
Salvador Durán | 30 | +35.502 | 3 |
| 9 | Netherlands
|
Jos Verstappen | 30 | +36.145 | 2 |
| 10 | Australia
|
Will Davison | 30 | +36.346 | 1 |
| 11 | Italy
|
Enrico Toccacelo | 30 | +36.932 | |
| 12 | Germany
|
Adrian Sutil | 30 | +37.848 | |
| 13 | New Zealand
|
Matt Halliday | 30 | +49.124 | |
| 14 | India
|
Armaan Ebrahim | 30 | +49.448 | |
| 15 | Japan
|
Hayanari Shimoda | 29 | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Lebanon
|
Basil Shaaban | 29 | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Switzerland
|
Neel Jani | 27 | +3 Laps | |
| 18 | Czech Republic
|
Tomáš Enge | 27 | +3 Laps | |
| 19 | Pakistan
|
Adam Khan | 26 | +4 Laps | |
| 20 | USA
|
Philip Giebler | 26 | +4 Laps | |
| 21 | Ireland
|
Ralph Firman | 7 | +23 Laps | |
| 22 | Indonesia
|
Ananda Mikola | 5 | +25 Laps | |
| 23 | Brazil
|
Nelson Piquet Jr. | 4 | +26 Laps | |
| 24 | Malaysia
|
Alex Yoong | 2 | +28 Laps |
Total Points edit
| Team | Points | SR | MR | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France
|
14 | 4 | 10 | -- |
| Canada
|
11 | 6 | 5 | -- |
| Great Britain
|
11 | 2 | 9 | -- |
| Portugal
|
10 | 3 | 7 | -- |
| Switzerland
|
10 | 10 | -- | -- |
| Italy
|
9 | 9 | -- | -- |
| Czech Republic
|
8 | 8 | -- | -- |
| Ireland
|
8 | 7 | -- | 1 |
| South Africa
|
8 | -- | 8 | -- |
| China
|
6 | -- | 6 | -- |
| Indonesia
|
5 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Austria
|
4 | -- | 4 | -- |
| Mexico
|
3 | -- | 3 | -- |
| Netherlands
|
2 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Australia
|
1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Malaysia
|
1 | 1 | -- | -- |
- Fastest Lap: A1 Team Ireland (1'46.497 / 182.2 km/h, lap 3 of Main Race)
References edit
| Previous race 2005-06 A1GP, Malaysia |
A1 Grand Prix 2005-06 season |
Next race 2005-06 A1GP, South Africa |