2016 A1 Grand Prix season

The 2016 A1 Grand Prix season will be the first of a newly revived series. 96 nations in total have entered and at least three divisions will be contested within a league system.

Season Calender

Testing

Circuit	Day	Fastest driver	Lap time
Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	1	Template:DEN Kevin Magnussen	1:31.196
	2	Scott Dixon	1:31.194
	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	1:31.322
Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	1	Template:AUS Daniel Ricciardo	1:45.228
	2	Kimi Räikkönen	1:45.216
	3	Valtteri Bottas	1:45.222
Template:AUS Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	1	Fernando Alonso	1:15.111
	2	Sebastian Vettel	1:15.081
	3	Template:AUS Will Power	1:15.206
Template:USA Circuit of the Americas, Austin	1	Fernando Alonso	1:40.406
	2	Sebastian Vettel	1:40.416
	3	Template:AUS Will Power	1:40.581

Grands Prix

The 2016 season will feature a 20 round season with a race for each division.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Cat	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Most Laps Led	Winner
1	South African A1 Grand Prix	Durban Street Circuit, Durban	January 31	A1
				A2
				A3
2	Brazilian A1 Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	February 21	A1
				A2
				A3
3	Mexican A1 Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	March 13	A1
				A2
				A3
4	Template:USA United States A1 Grand Prix	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	March 27	A1
				A2
				A3
5	Canadian A1 Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	April 10	A1
				A2
				A3
6	Template:FRA French A1 Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	May 1	A1
				A2
				A3
7	Italian A1 Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	May 15	A1
				A2
				A3
8	Template:BEL Belgian A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	May 29	A1
				A2
				A3
9	Template:ENG English A1 Grand Prix	Brands Hatch GP Circuit, Fawkham	June 12	A1
				A2
				A3
10	German A1 Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	June 26	A1
				A2
				A3
11	Czech A1 Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	July 17	A1
				A2
				A3
12	Swedish A1 Grand Prix	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	July 31	A1
				A2
				A3
13	Spanish A1 Grand Prix	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	August 14	A1
				A2
				A3
14	Template:TUR Turkish A1 Grand Prix	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	August 28	A1
				A2
				A3
15	Emirates A1 Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	September 11	A1
				A2
				A3
16	Japanese A1 Grand Prix	Autopolis, Kamitsue	September 25	A1
				A2
				A3
17	South Korean A1 Grand Prix	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	October 9	A1
				A2
				A3
18	Template:AUS Australian A1 Grand Prix	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise	October 23	A1
				A2
				A3
19	Indian A1 Grand Prix	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	November 13	A1
				A2
				A3
20	Template:MAS Malaysian A1 Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	December 4	A1
				A2
				A3

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. The driver has to finish at least 90% of the race distance to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Nations Entry List

Each of the three divisions is made up of 32 nations.

A1 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Template:AUS Australia	Template:AUS Daniel Ricciardo	1
Template:AUT Austria	Template:AUT Christian Klien	1
Template:BEL Belgium
Brazil
Canada	James Hinchcliffe	1
Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya	1
Cyprus
Czech Republic	Jan Charouz	1
Template:DEN Denmark
Template:ENG England
Estonia
Finland
Template:FRA France	Template:FRA Romain Grosjean	1-5, 10-11, 13, 15-16, 20
	Template:FRA Jean-Éric Vergne	6-9, 12, 14, 17-19
Germany
India	Karun Chandhok	1
	Parthiva Sureshwaren	1
	Narain Karthikeyan	TBA
Italy	Jarno Trulli	1
Japan
Template:MAS Malaysia
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand	Mitch Evans	1
Northern Ireland
Poland
Portugal	António Félix da Costa	1
Russia	Daniil Kvyat	1-5, 10-11, 13, 15-16, 20
	Vitaly Petrov	6-9, 12, 14
	Sergey Sirotkin	17-19
Scotland
Spain	Fernando Alonso	1
Sweden
Template:SUI Switzerland	Template:SUI Neel Jani	1
Template:USA United States
Venezuela	Pastor Maldonado	1

A2 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Angola
Argentina
Bolivia
Bulgaria	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	19
	Plamen Kralev	1
Chile	José Luis Riffo	1
China	Ho Pin Tung	1
Croatia
Ecuador
Greece	Alexandros Annivas	1
Guatemala	Sebastián Arriola	1
Hong Kong	Darryl O'Young	1
Hungary	Tamas Pal Kiss	1
Indonesia
Ireland	Ralph Firman	All
Israel	Roy Nissany	1
Kenya
Latvia
Lithuania	Jonas Gelzinis	1
Luxembourg	Gary Hauser	1
Macau	Filipe de Souza	1
Morocco	Mehdi Bennani	1
Norway
Philippines	Marlon Stöckinger	1
Puerto Rico	Félix Serrallés	1
Romania
Serbia	Milos Pavlovic	1
Singapore
South Africa
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay	Francisco Cammarota	1
Zimbabwe

A3 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Georgia
Iran	Sam Taheri	1
Jamaica	Thomas Issa	All
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait	Zaid Ashkanani	1
Lebanon
Madagascar	Jean-Christophe Peyre	All
Malta
Oman	Ahmed Al-Harthy	1
Pakistan
Peru	Javier Cárdenas	1
Qatar
San Marino	Andrea Belluzi	1
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia	Kyle Kosir	1
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan	Roy Tchui	8
	Han Chen Chen	6
	Jem Chen	6
Trinidad and Tobago
Template:TUR Turkey	Template:TUR Kaan Önder	1
Ukraine
Wales	Elfyn Evans	1

Championship Standings

Bonus points will be awarded each race as follows.

Pole Position - 2 points Fastest Lap - 1 point Lead a Lap - 1 point Lead the Most Laps - 2 points

Between each season the bottom five nations of each division are demoted into the one below and replaced by the top five of that division. As the inaugural season, 2016 will see the divisions decided by average results across the practice sessions.