2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season


The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season was the inaugural season for the A1 Grand Prix series. It began on 25 September 2005, and finished on 2 April 2006 after eleven races.
This first season was won by A1 Team France on 12 March 2006.

Teams

25 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the first A1 Grand Prix season. All teams used a control chassis, engine and tyre. The following teams competed in the 2005–06 championship:
Race TeamTeamSeat holderRace driversRoundsOther drivers
Akbar Ebrahim A1 Team IndiaAtul Gupta Karun Chandhok1-2
Akbar Ebrahim A1 Team IndiaAtul Gupta Armaan Ebrahim3-8
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones Will Power1 Karl Reindler
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones Christian Jones2, 9 Karl Reindler
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones Will Davison3-7 Karl Reindler
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones Marcus Marshall8 Karl Reindler
Alan Docking Racing A1 Team AustraliaAlan Jones Ryan Briscoe10-11 Karl Reindler
Arden International A1 Team Great BritainTony Clements
John Surtees		 Robbie Kerr1-10 Alex Lloyd
Katherine Legge
Arden International A1 Team Great BritainTony Clements
John Surtees		 Darren Manning11 Alex Lloyd
Katherine Legge
ASM F3 A1 Team BrazilRonaldo
Emerson Fittipaldi		 Nelson Piquet, Jr.1-7 Fabio Carbone
João Paulo de Oliveira
Tuka Rocha
ASM F3 A1 Team BrazilRonaldo
Emerson Fittipaldi		 Christian Fittipaldi8-11 Fabio Carbone
João Paulo de Oliveira
Tuka Rocha
BCN Competicion A1 Team South AfricaTokyo Sexwale Stephen Simpson1, 4-11 Gavin Cronje
BCN Competicion A1 Team South AfricaTokyo Sexwale Tomas Scheckter2-3 Gavin Cronje
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team Japanconglomerate Ryo Fukuda1
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team Japanconglomerate Hideki Noda2
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team Japanconglomerate Hayanari Shimoda4-6, 8-9
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team LebanonTameem Auchi Kalil Beschir1-2, 5
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team LebanonTameem Auchi Basil Shaaban3-4, 6-8
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team LebanonTameem Auchi Graham Rahal9-11
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team PortugalLuís Figo
Carlos Queiroz		 Álvaro Parente1-10 João Urbano
João Barbosa
Carlin Motorsport A1 Team PortugalLuís Figo
Carlos Queiroz		 César Campaniço11 João Urbano
João Barbosa
Charouz Racing System A1 Team Czech RepublicAntonin Charouz Jan Charouz1 Jaroslav Janiš
Charouz Racing System A1 Team Czech RepublicAntonin Charouz Tomáš Enge2-11 Jaroslav Janiš
DAMS A1 Team FranceJean Paul Driot Alexandre Prémat1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
DAMS A1 Team FranceJean Paul Driot Nicolas Lapierre2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11
DAMS A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui		 Salvador Durán1, 3-4, 6, 8-11
DAMS A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui		 David Martínez2, 7
DAMS A1 Team MexicoJuan Cortina
Julio Jáuregui		 Luis Diaz5
DAMS A1 Team SwitzerlandMax Welti Neel Jani1-9
DAMS A1 Team SwitzerlandMax Welti Giorgio Mondini10-11
David Price Racing A1 Team USARick Weidlinger Scott Speed1-3
David Price Racing A1 Team USARick Weidlinger Bryan Herta4-5, 9-10
David Price Racing A1 Team USARick Weidlinger Philip Giebler6-8, 11
A1 Team Indonesia A1 Team IndonesiaN/A Ananda Mikola1-3, 5-11
John Village Automotive A1 Team CanadaWade Cherwayko Sean McIntosh1-8
John Village Automotive A1 Team CanadaWade Cherwayko Patrick Carpentier9-11
A1 Team Malaysia A1 Team MalaysiaAlex Yoong Fairuz Fauzy1, 3, 5
A1 Team Malaysia A1 Team MalaysiaAlex Yoong Alex Yoong1-2, 4-11
Racing for Holland A1 Team The NetherlandsJan Lammers Jos VerstappenAll Jeroen Bleekemolen
Russian Age Racing A1 Team RussiaSvetlana Strelnikova
Frederic Dor		 Alexey Vasilyev1 Nikolai Fomenko
Alexander Tyuryumin
Russian Age Racing A1 Team RussiaSvetlana Strelnikova
Frederic Dor		 Mikhail Aleshin3 Nikolai Fomenko
Alexander Tyuryumin
Russian Age Racing A1 Team RussiaSvetlana Strelnikova
Frederic Dor		 Roman Rusinov4 Nikolai Fomenko
Alexander Tyuryumin
Status Grand Prix A1 Team IrelandMark Kershaw Michael Devaney1, 4, 11
Status Grand Prix A1 Team IrelandMark Kershaw Ralph Firman2-3, 5-10
Super Nova Racing A1 Team GermanyWilli Weber Timo Scheider1-2, 5, 7-10 Sebastian Vettel
Super Nova Racing A1 Team GermanyWilli Weber Adrian Sutil3-4, 6 Sebastian Vettel
Super Nova Racing A1 Team GermanyWilli Weber Sebastian Stahl11 Sebastian Vettel
Super Nova Racing A1 Team PakistanArif Hussain Adam Khan1-6, 11
Super Nova Racing A1 Team PakistanArif Hussain Enrico Toccacelo7
Team Astromega A1 Team ChinaLiu Yu Tengyi Jiang1-10
Team Astromega A1 Team ChinaLiu Yu Qinghua Ma11
Team Ghinzani A1 Team ItalyPiercarlo Ghinzani Enrico Toccacelo1-6, 9, 11 Nino Piccoli
Richard Antinucci
Matteo Cressoni
Andrea Montermini
Raffaele Giammaria
Team Ghinzani A1 Team ItalyPiercarlo Ghinzani Max Busnelli7-8 Nino Piccoli
Richard Antinucci
Matteo Cressoni
Andrea Montermini
Raffaele Giammaria
Team Ghinzani A1 Team ItalyPiercarlo Ghinzani Max Papis10 Nino Piccoli
Richard Antinucci
Matteo Cressoni
Andrea Montermini
Raffaele Giammaria
Team Rosberg A1 Team AustriaNiki Lauda with
Lauda Motorsport Management		 Mathias Lauda1-8, 10-11
Team Rosberg A1 Team AustriaNiki Lauda with
Lauda Motorsport Management		 Patrick Friesacher9
West Surrey Racing A1 Team New ZealandColin Giltrap Matt Halliday1, 3, 5-11 Scott Dixon
West Surrey Racing A1 Team New ZealandColin Giltrap Jonny Reid2, 4 Scott Dixon

The first A1 Grand Prix season consisted of 11 races, all held in different countries. Each race ran 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.
The Indonesian Round had originally been scheduled to be held on 15 January 2006, but was postponed due to the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The replacement date was set as 12 February 2006, resulting in effectively switching order with the South African round.

Standings