2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia

2005-06 A1GP of Malaysia
Race Details
Race 5 of 11 in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.
Date	November 20, 2005
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia
Weather	Fine
Qualifying
Pole	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Time	3'48.962 (1'54.441, 1'54.521)
Sprint Race
1st	France (Alexandre Premat)
2nd	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
3rd	Great Britain (Robbie Kerr)
Main Race
1st	France (Alexandre Premat)
2nd	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
3rd	Czech Republic (Tomáš Enge)
Fast Lap
FL	France (Alexandre Premat)
Time	1'55.373, (Lap 5 of Sprint Race)
Official Classifications
Prac1 ·Prac2 ·Prac3 ·Qual ·SRace ·MRace

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of November 20, 2005 at the Sepang International Circuit.

Report

Qualification took place on Saturday, November 19, 2005, with rain beginning in earnest at the end of the second segment of qualification.

Pos	Team	Driver	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Q3 Time	Q4 Time	Aggregate	Gap
1	Switzerland	Neel Jani	1'54.441	1'54.521	--	2'20.934	3'48.962	--
2	France	Alexandre Premat	1'54.580	1'55.288	--	2'18.569	3'49.868	0.906
3	Ireland	Ralph Firman	1'55.234	1'54.735	--	2'18.851	3'49.969	1.007
4	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	1'54.963	1'55.009	--	--	3'49.972	1.01
5	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	1'55.149	1'55.420	--	2'33.811	3'50.569	1.607
6	The Netherlands	Jos Verstappen	1'55.822	1'55.214	--	2'18.874	3'51.036	2.074
7	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	1'55.736	1'55.463	--	2'18.612	3'51.199	2.237
8	Brazil	Nelson Piquet Jr	1'55.195	1'56.203	--	2'18.293	3'51.398	2.436
9	Portugal	Alvaro Parente	1'55.327	1'56.220	--	--	3'51.547	2.585
10	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	1'54.799	1'57.095	--	2'19.887	3'51.894	2.932
11	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	1'55.861	1'56.135	--	2'17.682	3'51.996	3.034
12	USA	Bryan Herta	1'54.970	1'57.043	--	2'21.285	3'52.013	3.051
13	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	1'55.436	1'56.682	--	2'22.503	3'52.118	3.156
14	Pakistan	Adam Khan	1'55.398	1'56.802	--	--	3'52.200	3.238
15	India	Armaan Ebrahim	1'55.620	1'57.209	--	--	3'52.829	3.867
16	Germany	Timo Scheider	1'55.067	1'58.200	--	--	3'53.267	4.305
17	Mexico	Luis Diaz	1'55.775	1'57.881	2'52.825	2'22.400	3'53.656	4.694
18	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	1'56.270	1'57.496	2'34.244	2'19.478	3'53.766	4.804
19	Japan	Hayanari Shimoda	1'56.074	1'57.874	--	2'24.564	3'53.948	4.986
20	Austria	Mathias Lauda	1'56.209	1'58.780	--	2'24.028	3'54.989	6.027
21	China	Tengyi Jiang	1'56.947	1'59.100	--	--	3'56.047	7.085
22	Canada	Sean McIntosh	1'55.357	2'05.040	--	2'21.232	4'00.397	11.435
23	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	1'56.541	--	2'21.118	2'27.605	4'17.659	28.697
24	Australia	Will Davison	1'55.378	--	--	2'22.482	4'17.860	28.898

The Sprint Race took place on Sunday, November 20, 2005.

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	France	Alexandre Premat	15	29:21.541	10
2	Switzerland	Neel Jani	15	+1.231	9
3	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	15	+5.065	8
4	Brazil	Nelson Piquet Jr	15	+6.793	7
5	The Netherlands	Jos Verstappen	15	+7.973	6
6	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	15	+13.162	5
7	Ireland	Ralph Firman	15	+13.882	4
8	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	15	+15.782	3
9	Portugal	Alvaro Parente	15	+20.391	2
10	USA	Bryan Herta	15	+20.845	1
11	India	Armaan Ebrahim	15	+21.394
12	Germany	Timo Scheider	15	+23.107
13	Pakistan	Adam Khan	15	+25.214
14	Japan	Hayanari Shimoda	15	+26.247
15	Canada	Sean McIntosh	15	+27.408
16	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	15	+30.010
17	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	15	+31.171
18	Austria	Mathias Lauda	15	+31.638
19	Mexico	Luis Diaz	15	+34.371
20	China	Tengyi Jiang	15	+37.081
21	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	9	+6 Laps
22	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	9	+6 Laps
23	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	5	+10 Laps
24	Australia	Will Davison	4	+11 Laps

The Main Race took place on Sunday, November 20, 2005.

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	France	Alexandre Premat	30	1:00:06.495	10
2	Switzerland	Neel Jani	30	+4.556	9
3	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	30	+15.689	8
4	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	30	+23.738	7
5	Malaysia	Alex Yoong	30	+31.641	6
6	New Zealand	Matt Halliday	30	+32.697	5
7	USA	Bryan Herta	30	+33.337	4
8	Germany	Timo Scheider	30	+35.381	3
9	Ireland	Ralph Firman	30	+35.745	2
10	Brazil	Nelson Piquet Jr	30	+39.388	1
11	Australia	Will Davison	30	+50.483
12	South Africa	Stephen Simpson	30	+51.839
13	Japan	Hayanari Shimoda	30	+57.748
14	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	30	+1'05.239
15	Mexico	Luis Diaz	30	+1'22.440
16	The Netherlands	Jos Verstappen	30	+1'47.308
17	Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	29	+1 Lap
18	Portugal	Alvaro Parente	29	+1 Lap
19	Canada	Sean McIntosh	21	+9 Laps
20	Great Britain	Robbie Kerr	20	+10 Laps
21	Austria	Mathias Lauda	17	+13 Laps
22	Pakistan	Adam Khan	4	+26 Laps
23	China	Tengyi Jiang	1	+29 Laps
Excluded
24	India	Armaan Ebrahim	11

Team	Points	SR	MR	FL
France	21	10	10	1
Switzerland	18	9	9	--
New Zealand	10	5	5	--
Malaysia	9	3	6	--
Brazil	8	7	1	--
Czech Republic	8	--	8	--
Great Britain	8	8	--	--
Italy	7	--	7	--
Ireland	6	4	2	--
The Netherlands	6	6	--	--
USA	5	1	4	--
Germany	3	--	3	--
Portugal	2	2	--	--

Fastest Lap: A1 Team France (1'55.373 / 172.9 km/h, lap 5 of Sprint Race)
A1 Team India was excluded from the Feature Race, after receiving a push start from the marshals.

A1 Grand Prix races

2005–06	Great Britain • Germany • Portugal • Australia • Malaysia • United Arab Emirates • South Africa • Indonesia • Mexico • USA • China

2006–07	Netherlands • Czech Republic • Beijing, China • Malaysia • Indonesia • New Zealand • Australia • South Africa • Mexico • Shanghai, China • Great Britain

2007–08	Netherlands • Czech Republic • Malaysia • Zhuhai, China • New Zealand • Australia • South Africa • Mexico • Shanghai, China • Great Britain

2008–09	Netherlands • China • Malaysia • New Zealand • South Africa • Portugal • Great Britain (Cancelled:* Italy, Indonesia, Mexico)*

A1 Grand Prix
2005-06 season