2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany
| 2005–06 A1GP of Germany | |
|---|---|
| Race Details | |
| Race 2 of 11 in the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season | |
| Date | October 9, 2005 |
| Location |
EuroSpeedway Lausitz Klettwitz, Germany |
| Weather | Fine |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |
 France (Nicolas Lapierre) |
| Time | 3'05.332 (1'32.661, 1'32.671) |
| Sprint Race | |
| 1st |
France (Nicolas Lapierre) |
| 2nd |
 Switzerland (Neel Jani) |
| 3rd |
 Brazil (Nelson Piquet Jr) |
| Main Race | |
| 1st |
France (Nicolas Lapierre) |
| 2nd |
 Great Britain (Robbie Kerr) |
| 3rd |
 Canada (Sean McIntosh) |
| Fast Lap | |
| FL |
Brazil (Nelson Piquet Jr) |
| Time | 1'34.736, (Lap 14 of Sprint Race) |
| Official Classifications | |
| Prac1 ·Prac2 ·Prac3 ·Qual ·SRace ·MRace | |
The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of October 9, 2005 at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz circuit.
Friday practice for the second A1 Grand Prix race showed how close the competition in the new series is set to be. In the first session, A1 Team Great Britain's Robbie Kerr topped the timesheets with a 1'34.675, followed by A1 Team France's Nicolas Lapierre just 0.023 seconds behind. Nelson Piquet Jr continued his impressive form in the series to set the third fastest time, with the top 11 cars in the session covered by just one second. Impressive performers in the first round, Australia were relatively disappointing in 23rd position, with Christian Jones making his debut in the car. A1 Team Russia decided not to compete in the round, preferring to give themselves extra time to prepare for the next round in Portugal.
The second practice session was also closely contested, with once again the top 11 cars covered by less than one second. Lapierre set the fastest time, a 1'34.150, nearly four tenths of a second ahead of A1 Team Ireland's Ralph Firman in 2nd, and A1 Team Germany's Timo Scheider in 3rd. Jos Verstappen set the fourth-fastest time for A1 Team The Netherlands, while A1 Team Indonesia continued their impressive weekend form with a 5th-place. Jones struggled again, finishing dead last of the teams and setting A1 Team Australia a difficult task for qualifying. China's Tengyi Jiang improved over 1.3 seconds on his morning time to move into 19th, while A1 Team Lebanon had their times for the session cancelled after failing to notify A1 Grand Prix of a change to their nominated driver for the session.
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