2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China
| 2005-06 A1GP of China | |
|---|---|
| Race Details | |
| Race 11 of 11 in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season | |
| Date | April 2, 2006 |
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China |
| Weather | Fine |
| Qualifying | |
| Pole |
 Malaysia (Alex Yoong) |
| Time | 3'43.700 (1'51.846, 1'51.854) |
| Sprint Race | |
| 1st |
Malaysia (Alex Yoong) |
| 2nd |
 Great Britain (Darren Manning) |
| 3rd |
 Mexico (Salvador Durán) |
| Main Race | |
| 1st |
 Czech Republic (Tomáš Enge) |
| 2nd |
Malaysia (Alex Yoong) |
| 3rd |
 Australia (Ryan Briscoe) |
| Fast Lap | |
| FL |
Malaysia (Alex Yoong) |
| Time | 1'52.508, (Lap 14 of Sprint Race) |
| Official Classifications | |
The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of April 2, 2006 at Shanghai International Circuit.
A1 Team Malaysia snatched their first pole position for the final Sprint race of the 2005/06 A1 Grand Prix season this afternoon after the flag had dropped in the last of the four qualifying sessions. A1 Team Great Britain’s Darren Manning, who led from the word go, was denied the opportunity to head up the grid in his first A1GP race by Malaysia’s Alex Yoong. While Manning still recorded the fastest lap of qualifying (1.51.832), Yoong pushed his aggregate time ahead of A1 Team France and Great Britain, with a 1.51.846 flying lap after leaving the pits in the last few minutes of the session.
With three official practice sessions and four 15 minute qualifying sessions completed over two days, not a single red flag was seen all weekend. There were a few spins including a matching pair from A1 Team Australia and USA on turn one in the first qualifying session and another from A1 Team New Zealand in Q3, but they each managed to get themselves back on track for the subsequent sessions.
Home racers A1 Team China and series leaders A1 Team France are both taking advantage of a rule which allows teams to change drivers between qualifying and each of the two races. A1 Team China will run with Ma Qinghua in the sprint race and Tengyi Jiang in the feature race while A1 Team France will run Alexandre Premat for the sprint and Nicolas Lapierre for the feature race. All other A1 Teams will keep their qualifying driver behind the wheel for both races.
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