The 2005-2006 A1 GP season is the first season of the A1 GP championship. It began on 25 September 2005 and ended on 2 April 2006.
Calendar
The 2005-2006 A1 Grand Prix season has 11 race. Each race ran unrolled a three-day weekend. This included a practice session on Friday another one on Saturday follow up a qualifying session. On Sunday, there are two races.
A race was scheduled to be held in Brazil at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba over the weekend of 10–12 February 2006, but was later cancelled.
The Indonesian round had originally been scheduled to be held over 13–15 January 2006, but was postponed due to the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The replacement date was set as 10–12 February 2006.
Entry list
26 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the first A1 Grand Prix season. Here is the list of participants for the 2005-2006 A1GP season:
Jos Verstappen on his way to victory at the South African round.
Enrico Toccacelo replaced Adam Khan at A1 Team Pakistan in Durban after the latter was injured in a practice session. As Toccacelo is not Pakistani, he was ineligible to score points for the team.
A1 Team Indonesia was unable to participate in Australia as the team did not find a replacement driver for Ananda Mikola.
A1 Team Monaco driver Luca Badoer is replaced by Bruno Jaquinera starting at the Portugal round
A1 Team Monaco driver Bruno Jaquinera is replaced by Anthony Davidson starting at the South African round
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