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.

Nations Entry List

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

A1 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Australia	Daniel Ricciardo	1
	Mark Webber	1
Austria	Christian Klien	2
Belgium	Stoffel Vandoorne	2
Brazil	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2
Canada	James Hinchcliffe	2
Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya	2
Cyprus	Tio Ellinas	2
Czech Republic	Jan Charouz	2
Denmark	Kevin Magnussen	1
	Marco Sørensen	1
England	Sam Bird	2
Estonia	Kevin Korjus	2
Finland	Kimi Räikkönen	1
	Heikki Kovalainen	1
France	Romain Grosjean	10
	Jean-Éric Vergne	10
Germany	Sebastian Vettel	1
	Adrian Sutil	1
India	Karun Chandhok	2
	Parthiva Sureshwaren	1
	Narain Karthikeyan	TBA
Italy	Jarno Trulli	2
Japan	Kamui Kobayashi	2
Malaysia	Jazeman Jaafar	2
Mexico	Esteban Gutiérrez	1
	Salvador Durán	1
Monaco	Charles Leclerc	2
Netherlands	Max Verstappen	1
	Robin Frijns	1
New Zealand	Mitch Evans	1
	Scott Dixon	1
Northern Ireland	Adam Carroll	1
Poland	Kuba Giermaziak	1
	Robert Kubica	1
Portugal	António Félix da Costa	2
Russia	Daniil Kvyat	10
	Sergey Sirotkin	4
	Vitaly Petrov	6
Scotland	Paul di Resta	2
Spain	Fernando Alonso	1
	Oriol Servià	1
Sweden	Marcus Ericsson	1
	Felix Rosenqvist	1
Switzerland	Neel Jani	2
United States	Josef Newgarden	1
	Graham Rahal	1
Venezuela	Pastor Maldonado	1
	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	1

A2 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Angola	Luís Sá Silva	2
Argentina	José María López	2
Bolivia	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte	All
Bulgaria	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	19
	Plamen Kralev	1
Chile	José Luis Riffo	2
China	Ho-Pin Tung	2
Croatia	Marin Čolak	2
Ecuador	Sebastián Merchán	1
	Julio Moreno	1
Greece	Alexandros Annivas	1
	Alexandros Margaritis	1
Guatemala	Sebastián Arriola	2
Hong Kong	Darryl O'Young	2
Hungary	Tamás Pál Kiss	2
Indonesia	Rio Haryanto	1
	Ananda Mikola	1
Ireland	Ralph Firman	All
Israel	Roy Nissany	2
Kenya	Tejas Hirani	2
Latvia	Harald Schlegelmilch	1
Lithuania	Jonas Gelzinis	2
Luxembourg	Gary Hauser	1
Macau	Filipe de Souza	1
	André Couto	1
Morocco	Mehdi Bennani	2
Norway	Pål Varhaug	2
Philippines	Marlon Stöckinger	2
Puerto Rico	Félix Serrallés	2
Romania	Robert Visoiu	2
Serbia	Milos Pavlovic	2
Singapore	Richard Bradley	2
South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	2
Thailand	Alexander Albon	2
United Arab Emirates	Ed Jones	2
Uruguay	Francisco Cammarota	1
	Santiago Urrutia	1
Zimbabwe	Axcil Jefferies	All

A3 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Azerbaijan	Fakhraddin Mirzoev	All
Bahrain	Mohammed Mattar	2
Belarus	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sandro Lukovic	1
Costa Rica	André Solano	1
Dominican Republic	R.J. Lopez	1
Georgia	Davit Kajaia	1
Iran	Sam Taheri	1
Jamaica	Thomas Issa	All
Jordan	Noel Alainabousi	1
Kazakhstan	Aleksandr Artemev	All
Kuwait	Zaid Ashkanani	2
Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	1
	Joe Ghanem	1
Madagascar	Jean-Christophe Peyre	All
Malta	Keith Camilleri	1
Oman	Ahmed Al-Harthy	2
Pakistan	Umair Ahmed Khan	1
	Nur Ali	4
Peru	Javier Cárdenas	2
Qatar	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	1
San Marino	Andrea Belluzi	1
Saudi Arabia	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	1
Senegal	Nagy Kabaz	1
Slovakia	Mat'o Homola	2
Slovenia	Kyle Kosir	2
South Korea	Jin-Woo Hwang	2
Sri Lanka	Dilantha Malagamuwa	1
Syria	Yazan Hamadeh	1
Taiwan	Roy Tchui	8
	Han Chen Chen	6
	Jem Chen	6
Trinidad and Tobago	Keverne McShine	1
Turkey	Kaan Önder	2
Ukraine	Sergey Chukanov	2
Wales	Elfyn Evans	1

Season Calender

Testing

Circuit	Day	Fastest driver	Lap time
Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	1	Kevin Magnussen	1:31.196
	2	Scott Dixon	1:31.194
	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	1:31.322
Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	1	Daniel Ricciardo	1:45.228
	2	Kimi Räikkönen	1:45.216
	3	Valtteri Bottas	1:45.222
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	1	Fernando Alonso	1:15.111
	2	Sebastian Vettel	1:15.081
	3	Will Power	1:15.206
Circuit of the Americas, Austin	1	Fernando Alonso	1:40.406
	2	Sebastian Vettel	1:40.416
	3	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	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
				A2	Milos Pavlovic	José María López	Tamás Pál Kiss	Alexander Albon
				A3	Mohammed Mattar	Zaid Ashkanani	Andrea Belluzi	Abdulaziz Al Faisal
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	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	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	Belgian A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	May 29	A1
				A2
				A3
9	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	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	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	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

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.

A1 Grand Prix

Pos	Nation	RSA	BRA	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	ITA	BEL	ENG	DEU	CZE	SWE	ESP	TUR	UAE	JPN	KOR	AUS	IND	MLY	Points
1	Colombia	1*																				27
2	Sweden	2																				20
3	Scotland	3*																				17
4	Portugal	4																				13
5	Russia	5																				11
6	Switzerland	6																				10
7	Austria	7																				9
8	Brazil	8																				8
9	Belgium	9																				7
10	France	13*																				7
11	Japan	10																				6
12	United States	11																				5
13	Netherlands	12																				4
14	India	14																				2
15	Malaysia	15																				1
16	Spain	Ret*																				1
17	Germany	Ret*																				1
18	Mexico	16																				0
19	New Zealand	17																				0
20	Estonia	18																				0
21	Denmark	19†																				0
22	Italy	20†																				0
	England	Ret
	Cyprus	Ret
	Northern Ireland	Ret
	Finland	Ret
	Monaco	Ret
	Poland	Ret
	Australia	Ret
	Canada	Ret
	Venezuela	Ret
	Czech Republic	Ret

A2 Grand Prix

Pos	Nation	RSA	BRA	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	ITA	BEL	ENG	DEU	CZE	SWE	ESP	TUR	UAE	JPN	KOR	AUS	IND	MLY	Points
1	Thailand	1*																				26
2	Indonesia	2																				20
3	United Arab Emirates	3																				16
4	Hungary	4*																				15
5	China	5																				11
6	Philippines	6																				10
7	Singapore	7																				9
8	Norway	8																				8
9	Ireland	9																				7
10	Ecuador	10																				6
11	Guatemala	11																				5
12	Uruguay	12																				4
13	Bulgaria	13																				3
14	Serbia	Ret*																				3
15	Kenya	14																				2
16	Argentina	21†*																				2
17	Bolivia	15																				1
18	Greece	16																				0
19	Luxembourg	17																				0
20	Chile	18																				0
21	Angola	19																				0
22	Croatia	20																				0
	Hong Kong	Ret
	Macau	Ret
	Zimbabwe	Ret
	South Africa	Ret
	Morocco	Ret
	Lithuania	Ret
	Romania	Ret
	Israel	Ret
	Latvia	Ret
	Puerto Rico	Ret

A3 Grand Prix

Pos	Nation	RSA	BRA	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	ITA	BEL	ENG	DEU	CZE	SWE	ESP	TUR	UAE	JPN	KOR	AUS	IND	MLY	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	1*																				26
2	Malta	2																				20
3	Lebanon	3																				16
4	Georgia	4																				13
5	Kuwait	5*																				13
6	San Marino	7*																				11
7	Dominican Republic	6																				10
8	Peru	8																				8
9	Slovakia	9																				7
10	Bahrain	11																				7
11	Madagascar	10																				6
12	South Korea	12																				4
13	Ukraine	13																				3
14	Syria	14																				2
15	Belarus	15																				1
16	Bosnia & Herzegovina	16																				0
17	Jordan	17																				0
18	Jamaica	18																				0
19	Azerbaijan	19																				0
20	Senegal	20																				0
21	Taiwan	21																				0
22	Pakistan	22																				0
23	Sri Lanka	23																				0
24	Qatar	24																				0
	Iran	Ret
	Costa Rica	Ret
	Kazakhstan	Ret
	Slovenia	Ret
	Turkey	Ret
	Wales	Ret
	Trinidad and Tobago	Ret
	Oman	Ret