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.
| Round | Date | Country | Circuit | Sprint Winner | Main Winner | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 October 2006 | Netherlands | Circuit Park Zandvoort | South Africa | Germany | Report |
| 2 | 8 October 2006 | Czech Republic | Auto Motodrom Brno | Malaysia | Malaysia | Report |
| 3 | 12 November 2006 | China | Jingkai Street Circuit, Beijing | The Netherlands | Italy | Report |
| 4 | 26 November 2006 | Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit | Switzerland | Germany | Report |
| 5 | 10 December 2006 | Indonesia | Sentul International Circuit | New Zealand | New Zealand | Report |
| 6 | 21 January 2007 | New Zealand | Taupo Motorsport Park | Germany | Germany | Report |
| 7 | 4 February 2007 | Australia | Eastern Creek Raceway | Germany | Germany | Report |
| 8 | 25 February 2007 | South Africa | Durban street circuit | Germany | Germany | Report |
| 9 | 25 March 2007 | Mexico | Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez | Malaysia | Great Britain | Report |
| 10 | 15 April 2007 | China | Shanghai International Circuit | Great Britain | New Zealand | Report |
| 11 | 29 April 2007 | United Kingdom | Brands Hatch | Great Britain | Germany | Report |
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.
Read more about this topic: 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix Season
Famous quotes containing the word races:
“Behind every individual closes organization; before him opens liberty,—the Better, the Best. The first and worse races are dead. The second and imperfect races are dying out, or remain for the maturing of the higher. In the latest race, in man, every generosity, every new perception, the love and praise he extorts from his fellows, are certificates of advance out of fate into freedom.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy—common clay, if you like—eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can’t imagine dead. And then there are the others—the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.”
—Jean Anouilh (1910–1987)
“While the white man keeps the impetus of his own proud, onward march, the dark races will yield and serve, perforce. But let the white man once have a misgiving about his own leadership, and the dark races will at once attack him, to pull him down into the old gulfs.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)