2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia

The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 26, 2006, at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. This shall be the fourth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.

Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
2006-07 A1GP of Malaysia
Race Details
Race 4 of 11 in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season
DateNovember 26, 2006
LocationSepang International Circuit
Sepang, Malaysia
WeatherDry (Sprint) Wet (Feature)
Qualifying
Pole Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Time3:43.014 (, )
Sprint Race
1st Switzerland (Neel Jani)
2nd Germany (Nico Hülkenberg)
3rd New Zealand (Jonny Reid)
Main Race
1st Germany (Nico Hülkenberg)
2nd Great Britain (Robbie Kerr)
3rd France (Nicolas Lapierre)
Fast Lap
FL[[File:|22x20px]] [[A1 Team |]] ()
Time, (Lap of Race)
Official Classifications
[ Prac1-A] ·[ Prac1-B] ·[ Prac2] ·[ Prac3] ·[ Qual] ·[ SRace] ·[ MRace]

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Practice

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Qualifying

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Sprint race

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Main race

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In wet conditions, Team Germany driver Nico Hülkenberg dominated the field and won by over 40 seconds.

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification took place on Saturday, November 25, 2006

Pos Team Driver Q1 Time Q2 Time Q3 Time Q4 Time Aggregate Gap
1   Switzerland Neel Jani 1'51.508 1'51.506 1'52.746 -- 3'43.014 --
2   New Zealand Jonny Reid 1'51.872 1'51.433 1'53.485 -- 3'43.305 0.291
3   Germany Nico Hülkenberg 1'51.836* 1'51.545 1'52.017 1'52.538 3'43.562 0.548
4   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 1'52.016 1'51.925 1'52.764 1'53.622 3:43.941 0.927
5   China Congfu Cheng 1'51.948 1'51.936 1'53.333 1'53.206 3'44.884 1.870
6   Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1'52.534 1'52.398 1'53.124 1'53.889 3'44.932 1.918
7   Malaysia Alex Yoong 1'52.648 1'53.151 1'52.471 1'52.597 3'45.068 2.054
9 → 8   Canada Sean McIntosh 1'53.142 1'52.210 1'53.424 1'53.352 3'45.352 2.338
10 → 9   France Nicolas Lapierre 1'52.593 1'52.817 1'53.062 1'53.657 3'45.410 2.396
11 → 10   USA Philip Giebler 1'53.322 1'54.357 1'53.894 1'52.521 3'45.843 2.829
8 → 11   South Africa Adrian Zaugg 1'52.778 1'52.460** 1'53.849 1'53.090 3'45.868 0.544
12   Mexico Salvador Durán 1'53.512 1'52.728 1'54.042 1'53.427 3'46.155 3.151
13   Ireland Michael Devaney -- 1'52.894 1'53.576 1'53.326 3'46.220 3.206
14   Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 1'53.016 1'53.391 1'53.788 1'54.109 3'46.407 3.393
15   Brazil Raphael Matos 1'53.402 1'53.733 1'53.343 1'53.457 3'46.745 3.731
16   Singapore Christian Murchison 1'54.208 -- 1'53.426 1'53.768 3'47.194 4.180
17   Australia Ryan Briscoe 1'54.545 1'53.166 -- 1'54.908 3'47.711 4.697
19 → 18   India Armaan Ebrahim 1:54.060 1'54.328 1'54.575 1'54.899 3'48.388 5.384
18 → 19   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1'54.407 1'53.989*** 1'55.101 1'54.260 3'48.667 5.653
20   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1'54.565 1'54.610 1'54.432 1'54.740 3'49.175 6.171
21   Lebanon Khalil Beschir 1'55.710 1'54.527 1'55.610 -- 3'50.137 7.123
22   Pakistan Nur B. Ali 2'00.492 1'58.589 2'00.783 1'59.304 3'57.893 14.879

*After an incident in Qualifying segment 1, in which Germany's Nico Hülkenberg was judged to have caused an avoidable collision with Ireland's Michael Devaney, Hülkenberg was deducted his fastest time, though his had no effect on his Sprint race starting grid position.

**After an incident in Qualifying segment 2, in which South Africa's Adrian Zaugg was judged to have blocked USA driver Philip Giebler during his fast lap, Zaugg was deducted his fastest time, resulting in him moving from 8th to 11th on the Sprint race starting grid.

***After an incident in Qualifying segment 2, in which Indonesia's Ananda Mikola was judged to have blocked Italy's Enrico Toccacelo during his fast lap, Mikola was deducted his fastest time, resulting in him moving from 18th to 19th on the Sprint race starting grid.

Sprint Race Results

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The Sprint race took place on Sunday, November 26, 2006

Pos Team Driver Time Laps Points
1   Switzerland Neel Jani 10 19'06.289 6
2   Germany Nico Hülkenberg 10 + 1.209 5
3   New Zealand Jonny Reid 10 + 3.601 4
4   Malaysia Alex Yoong 10 + 11.826 3
5   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 10 + 12.858 2
6   France Nicolas Lapierre 10 + 13.731 1
7   Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 10 + 16.097
8   Canada Sean McIntosh 10 + 17.358
9   USA Philip Giebler 10 + 18.292
10   China Congfu Cheng 10 + 21.207
11   Mexico Salvador Durán 10 + 22.572
12   Australia Ryan Briscoe 10 + 23.628
13   South Africa Adrian Zaugg 10 + 24.686
14   Ireland Michael Devaney 10 + 25.433
15   Singapore Christian Murchison 10 + 33.516
16   India Armaan Ebrahim 10 + 35.184
17   Lebanon Khalil Beschir 10 + 45.218
18   Pakistan Nur B. Ali 10 + 1'35.573
19   Brazil Raphael Matos 10 + 1'39.417
DNF   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1 + 9 laps
DNF   Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 1 + 9 laps
DNF   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1 + 9 laps

Feature Race Results

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The Feature race took place on Sunday, November 26, 2006

Pos Team Driver Time Laps Points
1   Germany Nico Hülkenberg 28 1:10'54.943 10
2   Great Britain Robbie Kerr 28 + 42.849 9
3   France Nicolas Lapierre 28 + 46.621 8
4   Switzerland Neel Jani 28 + 1'02.321 7
5   Canada Sean McIntosh 28 + 1'07.609 6
6   USA Philip Giebler 28 + 1'08.592 5
7   Malaysia Alex Yoong 28 + 1'13.059 4
8   New Zealand Jonny Reid 28 + 1'21.332 3
9   Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 28 + 1'33.415 2
10   Ireland Michael Devaney 28 + 1'36.491 1
11   Singapore Christian Murchison 28 + 1'38.295
12   South Africa Adrian Zaugg 28 + 1'46.268
13   Italy Enrico Toccacelo 28 + 1'46.472
14   Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 28 + 1'47.778
15   Indonesia Ananda Mikola 28 + 1'56.765
16   China Congfu Cheng 28 + 2'01.301
17   Australia Ryan Briscoe 28 + 2'19.799
18   Brazil Raphael Matos 27 + 1 lap
19   India Armaan Ebrahim 27 + 1 lap
20   Lebanon Khalil Beschir 27 + 1 lap
21   Pakistan Nur B. Ali 26 + 2 laps
DNF   Mexico Salvador Durán 11 + 17 laps

Total Points

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