2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates

Layout of the Dubai Autodrome GP circuit

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

The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates was held on the weekend of December 11, 2005 at the Dubai Autodrome.

Report

Qualifying

Session One of Qualifying was red-flagged after Salvador Durán of Mexico suffered a bad accident.

Results

Qualification

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

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

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

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

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