2006-07 A1GP of China | |
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Race Details | |
Race 3 of 11 in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season | |
Date | November 12, 2006 |
Location | Beijing International Streetcircuit Beijing, China |
Weather | Clear, 12°C |
Qualifying | |
Pole | The Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen) |
Time | 1:00.093 (no pole time1, no pole time2) |
Sprint Race | |
1st | The Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen) |
2nd | Mexico (Salvador Durán) |
3rd | Italy (Enrico Toccacelo) |
Main Race | |
1st | Italy (Enrico Toccacelo) |
2nd | Great Britain (Oliver Jarvis) |
3rd | Australia (Karl Reindler) |
Fast Lap | |
FL | Canada (James Hinchcliffe) |
Time | 58.107, (Lap 39 of Feature Race) |
Official Classifications |
The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first and the only meeting held at the circuit.
Due to various safety concerns, the circuit was shortened, and the races started behind the safety car, with the Sprint Race was run mostly behind the safety car. These incidents led to questions about the management and organization of both the event and A1GP in general, eventually leading to series' collapse in 2009. Following the incident and the track's lack of funding, the first Chinese race of the season was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit for the 2007-08 season.
The first day of practice was canceled because of safety concerns, specifically a very tight hairpin. A revised track layout was devised for extended Saturday practice session. [1]
The field was set by morning practice times, giving The Netherlands' driver Jeroen Bleekemolen pole position for the Sprint race.
The width of the track was also an issue in the Sprint race, as South Africa's Adrian Zaugg spun and stalled his car, blocking half of the track. The safety car was deployed, as a flatbed truck came to remove the stricken vehicle and blocked the entire track, halting the remaining cars.
With more than half the race under the safety car, Jeroen Bleekemolen won the race for The Netherlands, with Salvador Durán of Mexico and A1 Team Italy's Enrico Toccacelo in second and third.
Toccacelo would eventually win the feature race, with Britain's Oliver Jarvis and Australia's Karl Reindler in second and third; the feature race was also marred with crashes and was shortened from 67 scheduled laps to 63 due to time constraints. [2]
Qualification was cancelled due to track problems. Accordingly, the grid was set from the times set in the 25 minutes of the morning practice session (Practice 3) before it was red-flagged, under article 144 of the Sporting Regulations.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Quickest Time | Gap |
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1 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 16 | 1:00.093 | -- |
2 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 11 | 1:00.583 | + 0.490 |
3 | Italy | Enrico Toccacelo | 14 | 1:00.942 | + 0.849 |
4 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 11 | 1:01.103 | + 1.010 |
5 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 11 | 1:01.275 | + 1.182 |
6 | Brazil | Raphael Matos | 18 | 1:01.306 | + 1.213 |
7 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 11 | 1:01.361 | + 1.268 |
8 | Great Britain | Oliver Jarvis | 19 | 1:01.404 | + 1.311 |
9 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 21 | 1:01.555 | + 1.462 |
10 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 11 | 1:01.711 | + 1.618 |
11 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 12 | 1:02.810 | + 2.717 |
12 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 11 | 1:02.852 | + 2.759 |
13 | USA | Philip Giebler | 11 | 1:02.916 | + 2.823 |
14 | Australia | Karl Reindler | 10 | 1:02.999 | + 2.906 |
15 | China | Congfu Cheng | 16 | 1:03.275 | + 3.182 |
16 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 8 | 1:04.246 | + 4.153 |
17 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 6 | 1:05.897 | + 5.804 |
18 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 9 | 1:06.038 | + 5.945 |
19 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 14 | 1:06.056 | + 5.963 |
20 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 14 | 1:06.389 | + 6.296 |
21 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 3 | 1:09.662 | + 9.569 |
22 | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 13 | 1:10.263 | + 10.170 |
The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, November 12, 2006.
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 15 | 20'28.420 | 6 |
2 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 15 | + 1.464 | 5 |
3 | Italy | Enrico Toccacelo | 15 | + 2.311 | 4 |
4 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 15 | + 3.375 | 3 |
5 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 15 | + 3.943 | 2 |
6 | Brazil | Raphael Matos | 15 | + 4.400 | 1 |
7 | Great Britain | Oliver Jarvis | 15 | + 7.377 | |
8 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 15 | + 8.397 | |
9 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 15 | + 8.849 | |
10 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 15 | + 9.265 | |
11 | USA | Philip Giebler | 15 | + 10.422 | |
12 | Australia | Karl Reindler | 15 | + 11.920 | |
13 | China | Congfu Cheng | 15 | + 13.216 | |
14 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 15 | + 17.027 | |
15 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 15 | + 18.479 | |
16 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 15 | + 20.659 | |
17 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 15 | + 20.802 | |
18 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 15 | + 22.253 | |
19 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 15 | + 22.783 | |
20 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 15 | + 23.247 | |
21 | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 15 | + 47.541 | |
22 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 2 | + 13 laps |
The Feature Race took place on Sunday, November 12, 2006. The race was initially scheduled for 67 laps, but was shortened by five laps. [2]
Pos | Team | Driver | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Italy | Enrico Toccacelo | 63 | 1.10.15.919 | 10 |
2 | Great Britain | Oliver Jarvis | 63 | + 4.508 | 9 |
3 | Australia | Karl Reindler | 63 | + 5.917 | 8 |
4 | France | Nicolas Lapierre | 63 | + 12.900 | 7 |
5 | South Africa | Adrian Zaugg | 63 | + 13.278 | 6 |
6 | Czech Republic | Tomáš Enge | 63 | + 13.684 | 5 |
7 | Brazil | Raphael Matos | 63 | + 14.839 | 4 |
8 | Singapore | Christian Murchison | 63 | + 16.486 | 3 |
9 | New Zealand | Matt Halliday | 63 | + 17.005 | 2 |
10 | Canada | James Hinchcliffe | 62 | + 1 Lap | 1 |
11 | India | Armaan Ebrahim | 62 | + 1 Lap | |
12 | Malaysia | Alex Yoong | 61 | + 2 Laps | |
13 | Lebanon | Basil Shaaban | 61 | + 2 Laps | |
14 | Netherlands | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 53 | + 10 Laps | |
15 | Germany | Nico Hülkenberg | 53 | + 10 Laps | |
16 | Indonesia | Ananda Mikola | 36 | + 27 Laps | |
17 | China | Congfu Cheng | 28 | + 35 Laps | |
18 | USA | Philip Giebler | 21 | + 42 Laps | |
19 | Switzerland | Neel Jani | 20 | + 43 Laps | |
20 | Mexico | Salvador Durán | 14 | + 49 Laps | |
21 | Ireland | Michael Devaney | 3 | + 60 Laps | |
22 | Pakistan | Nur B. Ali | 1 | + 62 Laps |
Similar problems have occurred before in China. The 2004 DTM race around the streets of Pudong in Shanghai was hampered by crashes due to manhole covers becoming undone; the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix on the Shanghai International Circuit was interrupted when the safety car had to be deployed when a water runoff drain became open. The same problem also occurred in the Australian V8 Supercars race on the same circuit a few months before.
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