2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia

2006-07 A1GP of Malaysia
Race Details
Race 4 of 11 in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
Date	November 26, 2006
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia
Weather	Dry (Sprint) Wet (Feature)
Qualifying
Pole	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
Time	3:43.014 (, )
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]

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.

Report

Main race

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

Results

Qualification

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

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
20	Indonesia	Ananda Mikola	1	+ 9 laps
21	Czech Republic	Tomáš Enge	1	+ 9 laps
22	Italy	Enrico Toccacelo	1	+ 9 laps

Feature Race Results

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
22	Mexico	Salvador Durán	11	+ 17 laps

Total Points

• Fastest Lap:

References

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