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2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season
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The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season was the second season for the A1 Grand Prix series. It began on 1 October 2006, at Circuit Park Zandvoort, and the season ended at Brands Hatch on 29 April 2007. A1 Team Germany won it with 128 points, 35 points lead ahead Team New Zealand.
Teams
24 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the second A1 Grand Prix season. All teams used a control chassis (Lola), engine (Zytek) and tyre (Cooper Avon). The following teams competed in the 2006-07 championship:
3 A1GP Teams did not participate in all races.
Jennifer Murray, from South Africa was the first ever woman to enter in a A1 Grand Prix weekend. She drove in the rookie session of her home race in Durban round[11].
Races
The second A1 Grand Prix season is scheduled to consist of 11 races, held in 10 different countries. Each race is to be run over a three day weekend, including a practice session on each of Friday and Saturday before a qualifying session on Saturday, and then two races on Sunday.
There are some changes in weekend program for second season:
- Gap between races will be increased to almost three and half hours.
- Sprint race will be about 20 minutes and Feature race about 70 minutes.
- Only top six nations score points in sprint race.
A 12th race had been scheduled to have been held in Brazil however on 17 January 2007 the A1GP organisation announced that as a result of a delay in obtaining a local terrestrial television agreement then the event would be cancelled.[12]
Season Standings
Points in the 2006-07 season are distributed as follows:
- Six through one points for first through sixth place in the Sprint Race.
- Ten through one points for first through tenth place in the Main Race. (which also pays prize money.)
- One point for the fastest lap of either race.
|
Sprint |
Feature |
| Pos. |
Points |
Points |
Prize |
| 1 |
6 |
10 |
$300,000 |
| 2 |
5 |
9 |
$200,000 |
| 3 |
4 |
8 |
$150,000 |
| 4 |
3 |
7 |
$110,000 |
| 5 |
2 |
6 |
$80,000 |
| 6 |
1 |
5 |
$60,000 |
| 7 |
|
4 |
$40,000 |
| 8 |
|
3 |
$30,000 |
| 9 |
|
2 |
$20,000 |
| 10 |
|
1 |
$10,000 |
| Fast lap |
1 |
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Standings
