2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China
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The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first and the only meeting held at the circuit.
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2006-07 A1GP of China | |
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Race Details | |
Race 3 of 11 in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season | |
Date | November 12, 2006 |
Location | Beijing International Streetcircuit Beijing, China |
Weather | Clear, 12°C |
Qualifying | |
Pole | The Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen) |
Time | 1:00.093 (no pole time1, no pole time2) |
Sprint Race | |
1st | The Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen) |
2nd | Mexico (Salvador Durán) |
3rd | Italy (Enrico Toccacelo) |
Main Race | |
1st | Italy (Enrico Toccacelo) |
2nd | Great Britain (Oliver Jarvis) |
3rd | Australia (Karl Reindler) |
Fast Lap | |
FL | Canada (James Hinchcliffe) |
Time | 58.107, (Lap 39 of Feature Race) |
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Due to various safety concerns, the circuit was shortened, and the races started behind the safety car, with the Sprint Race was run mostly behind the safety car. These incidents led to questions about the management and organization of both the event and A1GP in general, eventually leading to series' collapse in 2009. Following the incident and the track's lack of funding, the first Chinese race of the season was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit for the 2007-08 season.