2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia is an A1 Grand Prix race which was held on the weekend of February 12, 2006 at the Sentul International Circuit.

Layout of the Sentul International Circuit

2005-06 A1GP of Indonesia
Race Details
Race 8 of 11 in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season
Date	February 12, 2006
Location	Sentul International Circuit Bogor, Indonesia
Weather	Fine
Qualifying
Pole	Great Britain (Robbie Kerr)
Time	2'34.257 (1'16.927, 1'17.330)
Sprint Race
1st	France (Nicolas Lapierre)
2nd	Great Britain (Robbie Kerr)
3rd	Mexico (Salvador Durán)
Main Race
1st	Canada (Sean McIntosh)
2nd	Malaysia (Alex Yoong)
3rd	Australia (Marcus Marshall)
Fast Lap
FL	Ireland (Ralph Firman)
Time	1'19.029, (Lap ? of Main Race)
Official Classifications

Report

Postponement

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia was originally scheduled to be held on January 15, 2006. This changed on January 4, 2006 however, due to the unexpected death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai and the uncle of A1 Grand Prix launcher Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum the day before. This postponement was prompted due to the traditional forty-day mourning period. Tony Teixeira, CEO of A1 Grand Prix stated:

"The entire staff, team owners and associates of the A1 Grand Prix family mourn the loss of a great visionary and benevolent ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh bin Rashid Al Maktoum. While difficult logistically, we felt it important to observe a respectable period of mourning for this beloved family member of our founder, president and chairman, Sheikh Maktoum. Condolences and sympathies are respectfully offered to all the people of Dubai."

On the following day, the A1 Grand Prix and the Indonesian race organizers agreed to run the race on February 12, changing its order in the schedule from that of the seventh to the eighth race of the eleven-race season.

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on Saturday, February 11, 2006.

Pos.	Country	Driver	Time
1	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	2min 34.257secs
2	France	Nicolas Lapierre	2min 34.477secs
3	Mexico	Salvador Durán	2min 34.554secs
4	Switzerland	Neel Jani	2min 35.065secs
5	Japan	Hayanari Shimoda	2min 35.190secs
6	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	2min 35.447secs
7	Ireland	Ralph Firman	2min 35.670secs
8	Canada	Sean McIntosh	2min 35.685secs
9	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	2min 35.750secs
10	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	2min 35.797secs
11	Portugal	Álvaro Parente	2min 35.808secs
12	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	2min 35.950secs
13	Netherlands	Jos Verstappen	2min 36.000secs
14	United States	Phil Giebler	2min 36.113secs
15	Germany	Timo Scheider	2min 36.319secs
16	Italy	Max Busnelli	2min 36.631secs
17	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	2min 36.805secs
18	China	Tengyi Jiang	2min 37.313secs
19	Australia	Marcus Marshall	2min 37.950secs
20	Lebanon	Basil Shaaban	2min 38.275secs
21	Brazil	Christian Fittipaldi	2min 38.290secs
22	Austria	Mathias Lauda	2min 39.229secs
23	India	Armaan Ebrahim	2min 40.261secs

Sprint race

The sprint race took place on Sunday, February 12, 2006.

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	France	Nicolas Lapierre	18	24:03.360	10
2	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	18	24:10.341	9
3	Mexico	Salvador Durán	18	24:11.387	8
4	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	18	24:14.682	7
5	Switzerland	Neel Jani	18	24:16.220	6
6	Ireland	Ralph Firman	18	24:17.094	5
7	Netherlands	Jos Verstappen	18	24:17.864	4
8	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	18	24:19.669	3
9	Japan	Hayanari Shimoda	18	24:22.074	2
10	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	18	24:26.482	1
11	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	18	24:26.666
12	Germany	Timo Scheider	18	24:27.761
13	Austria	Mathias Lauda	18	24:32.882
14	Italy	Max Busnelli	18	24:35.547
15	USA	Phil Giebler	18	24:39.755
16	Australia	Marcus Marshall	18	24:41.317
17	Lebanon	Basil Shaaban	18	24:48.545
18	India	Armaan Ebrahim	18	25:03.649
19	Portugal	Álvaro Parente	18	27:23.194
20	Brazil	Christian Fittipaldi	17	+1 Laps
21	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	15	+2 Laps
22	China	Tengyi Jiang	5	+13 Laps
23	Canada	Sean McIntosh	1	+17 Laps

Main race

The main race took place on Sunday, February 12, 2006.

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	Canada	Sean McIntosh	36	55:55.779	10
2	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	36	55:57.710	9
3	Australia	Marcus Marshall	36	56:08.396	8
4	Brazil	Christian Fittipaldi	36	56:09.779	7
5	Switzerland	Neel Jani	36	56:12.288	6
6	Netherlands	Jos Verstappen	36	56:17.625	5
7	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	36	56:17.998	4
8	France	Nicolas Lapierre	36	56:18.477	3
9	USA	Phil Giebler	36	56:22.092	2
10	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	36	56:38.748	1
11	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	36	57:10.293
12	Germany	Timo Scheider	36	57:28.763
13	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	35	+1 Lap
14	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	35	+1 Lap
15	India	Armaan Ebrahim	35	+1 Lap
16	Italy	Max Busnelli	31	+5 Laps
17	Portugal	Álvaro Parente	31	+5 Laps
18	Austria	Mathias Lauda	24	+12 Laps
19	Ireland	Ralph Firman	21	+15 Laps
20	Mexico	Salvador Duran	18	+18 Laps
21	China	Tengyi Jiang	11	+25 Laps
22	Lebanon	Basil Shaaban	7	+29 Laps
23	Japan	Hayanari Shimoda	0	+36 Laps

References

• "Dubai Round Put On Hold". Retrieved January 4, 2006.
• Race Report

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