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	3
	Mark Webber	1
	Will Power	1
Austria	Christian Klien	5
Belgium	Stoffel Vandoorne	5
Brazil	Nelson Piquet Jr.	3
	Rubens Barrichello	2
Canada	James Hinchcliffe	4
	Robert Wickens	1
Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya	4
	Gabby Chaves	1
Cyprus	Tio Ellinas	5
Czech Republic	Jan Charouz	4
	Tomáš Enge	1
Denmark	Kevin Magnussen	4
	Marco Sørensen	1
England	Sam Bird	5
Estonia	Kevin Korjus	5
Finland	Kimi Räikkönen	4
	Heikki Kovalainen	1
France	Romain Grosjean	10
	Jean-Éric Vergne	10
Germany	Sebastian Vettel	1
	Adrian Sutil	1
	Pascal Wehrlein	1
	Nico Rosberg	1
	Nico Hülkenberg	1
India	Karun Chandhok	5
	Parthiva Sureshwaren	1
	Narain Karthikeyan	TBA
Italy	Jarno Trulli	5
Japan	Kamui Kobayashi	5
Malaysia	Jazeman Jaafar	4
Mexico	Esteban Gutiérrez	1
	Salvador Durán	1
	Sergio Pérez	3
Monaco	Charles Leclerc	3
	Stéphane Richelmi	2
Netherlands	Max Verstappen	1
	Robin Frijns	3
	Tom Coronel	1
New Zealand	Mitch Evans	1
	Scott Dixon	3
	Brendon Hartley	1
Northern Ireland	Adam Carroll	4
	Will Buller	1
Poland	Kuba Giermaziak	1
	Robert Kubica	4
Portugal	António Félix da Costa	5
Russia	Daniil Kvyat	10
	Sergey Sirotkin	4
	Vitaly Petrov	6
Scotland	Paul di Resta	5
Spain	Fernando Alonso	2
	Oriol Servià	1
	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2
Sweden	Marcus Ericsson	4
	Felix Rosenqvist	1
Switzerland	Neel Jani	3
	Sébastien Buemi	2
United States	Josef Newgarden	1
	Graham Rahal	3
	Matthew Brabham	1
Venezuela	Pastor Maldonado	3
	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	1
	Ernesto Viso	1

A2 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Angola	Luís Sá Silva	5
Argentina	José María López	5
Bolivia	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte	All
Bulgaria	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	19
	Plamen Kralev	1
Chile	José Luis Riffo	5
China	Ho-Pin Tung	5
Croatia	Marin Čolak	2
	Martin Kodrić	1
	Ivan Pulić	2
Ecuador	Sebastián Merchán	3
	Julio Moreno	2
Greece	Alexandros Annivas	1
	Alexandros Margaritis	4
Guatemala	Sebastián Arriola	5
Hong Kong	Darryl O'Young	5
Hungary	Tamás Pál Kiss	3
	Norbert Michelisz	2
Indonesia	Rio Haryanto	4
	Ananda Mikola	1
Ireland	Ralph Firman	All
Israel	Roy Nissany	5
Kenya	Tejas Hirani	5
Latvia	Harald Schlegelmilch	5
Lithuania	Jonas Gelzinis	5
Luxembourg	Gary Hauser	5
Macau	Filipe de Souza	1
	André Couto	4
Morocco	Mehdi Bennani	5
Norway	Pål Varhaug	5
Philippines	Marlon Stöckinger	4
	Michele Bumgarner	1
Puerto Rico	Félix Serrallés	2
	Victor Gonzalez, Jr.	3
Romania	Robert Visoiu	5
Serbia	Milos Pavlovic	5
Singapore	Richard Bradley	3
	Weng Sun Mok	1
	Christian Murchison	1
South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	4
	Jayde Kruger	1
Thailand	Alexander Albon	3
	Tanart Sathienthirakul	2
United Arab Emirates	Ed Jones	4
	Khaled Al Qubaisi	1
Uruguay	Francisco Cammarota	1
	Santiago Urrutia	3
	Juan Manuel Casella	1
Zimbabwe	Axcil Jefferies	All

A3 Grand Prix

Nation	Race Drivers	Rounds
Azerbaijan	Fakhraddin Mirzoev	All
Bahrain	Mohammed Mattar	3
	Salman Al-Khalifa	2
Belarus	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sandro Lukovic	4
	Zlatko Mulabegovic	1
Costa Rica	André Solano	5
Dominican Republic	R.J. Lopez	4
	Jorge Leroux	1
Georgia	Davit Kajaia	3
	Roman Lebedev	2
Iran	Sam Taheri	5
Jamaica	Thomas Issa	All
Jordan	Noel Alainabousi	4
	Hamza Dirani	1
Kazakhstan	Aleksandr Artemev	All
Kuwait	Zaid Ashkanani	5
Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	3
	Joe Ghanem	2
Madagascar	Jean-Christophe Peyre	All
Malta	Keith Camilleri	5
Oman	Ahmed Al-Harthy	5
Pakistan	Umair Ahmed Khan	1
	Nur Ali	4
Peru	Javier Cárdenas	5
Qatar	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	1
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2
	Amro Al Hamad	1
San Marino	Andrea Belluzi	5
Saudi Arabia	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	5
Senegal	Nagy Kabaz	2
	Kamil Rahal	2
	Jean Dagher	1
Slovakia	Mat'o Homola	5
Slovenia	Kyle Kosir	5
South Korea	Jin-Woo Hwang	5
Sri Lanka	Dilantha Malagamuwa	3
	Romani De Silva	2
Syria	Yazan Hamadeh	5
Taiwan	Roy Chiu Tse	8
	Han Chen Chen	6
	Jem Chen	6
Trinidad and Tobago	Keverne McShine	3
	Frankie Boodram	2
Turkey	Kaan Önder	5
Ukraine	Sergey Chukanov	5
Wales	Elfyn Evans	5

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	Kevin Korjus	Robin Frijns	Sam Bird	Sam Bird
				A2	Axcil Jefferies	José María López	José María López	José María López
				A3	Kaan Önder	Javier Cárdenas	Mat'o Homola	Mat'o Homola
3	Mexican A1 Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	March 13	A1	Fernando Alonso	Daniel Ricciardo	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
				A2	Ralph Firman	José María López	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto
				A3	Kyle Kosir	Mat'o Homola	Kyle Kosir	Kaan Önder
4	United States A1 Grand Prix	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	March 27	A1	Will Power
				A2	Vladimir Arabadzhiev
				A3	Roy Chiu Tse
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 22-23	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	Sweden	2	12*	6																		35
2	Colombia	1*	Ret	13																		30
3	Spain	Ret*	18	1*																		30
4	England	Ret	1*	Ret																		27
5	Japan	10	Ret	2*																		27
6	Russia	5	17	3																		27
7	Scotland	3*	10	12																		27
8	Denmark	19†	4	4																		26
9	Estonia	18	2*	Ret																		23
10	Switzerland	6	5	14																		23
11	Netherlands	12	6	10																		21
12	Portugal	4	Ret	9																		20
13	Finland	Ret	3*	Ret																		17
14	Austria	7	Ret	11*																		15
15	Australia	Ret	20†*	8*	P																	13
16	United States	11	9	20																		12
17	New Zealand	17	Ret	5																		11
18	Monaco	Ret	7	16																		9
19	Venezuela	Ret	Ret	7																		9
20	Brazil	8	Ret	Ret																		8
21	Northern Ireland	Ret	8	21																		8
22	Belgium	9	Ret	Ret																		7
23	France	13*	Ret	Ret																		7
24	Mexico	16	11	Ret																		5
25	Germany	Ret*	13	23†																		4
26	India	14	15	Ret																		3
27	Italy	20†	14	22†																		2
28	Malaysia	15	19	18																		1
29	Poland	Ret	Ret	15																		1
30	Cyprus	Ret	16	Ret																		0
31	Canada	Ret	Ret	17																		0
32	Czech Republic	Ret	Ret	19																		0

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	Argentina	21†*	1*	2*																		52
2	Indonesia	2	22	1*																		47
3	Thailand	1*	19	4																		39
4	Hong Kong	Ret	2*	5																		32
5	United Arab Emirates	3	6	Ret																		26
6	Hungary	4*	12	9																		26
7	South Africa	Ret	9	3*																		24
8	Zimbabwe	Ret	5*	6																		24
9	Romania	Ret	4	10																		19
10	Ireland	9	16	8*																		18
11	China	5	10	Ret																		17
12	Greece	16	3	17																		16
13	Bulgaria	13	18	7	P																	14
14	Philippines	6	Ret	14*																		13
15	Morocco	Ret	7*	15																		11
16	Norway	8	14	18																		10
17	Singapore	7	Ret	19																		9
18	Puerto Rico	Ret	8	Ret																		8
19	Israel	Ret	13	11																		8
20	Ecuador	10	23	21																		6
21	Serbia	Ret*	17	13																		6
22	Guatemala	11	Ret	Ret																		5
23	Latvia	Ret	11	Ret																		5
24	Chile	18	15	12																		5
25	Uruguay	12	Ret	23																		4
26	Kenya	14	25	Ret																		2
27	Bolivia	15	24	Ret																		1
28	Luxembourg	17	21*	22																		1
29	Angola	19	Ret	16																		0
30	Lithuania	Ret	20	20																		0
31	Croatia	20	Ret	25																		0
32	Macau	Ret	Ret	24																		0

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	Malta	2	3	5																		47
2	Saudi Arabia	1*	10	7																		41
3	Slovakia	9	1*	13*																		39
4	Kuwait	5*	8	3																		37
5	Lebanon	3	2	Ret																		36
6	Georgia	4	4	12																		30
7	Turkey	Ret	Ret*	1*																		29
8	South Korea	12	Ret	2																		24
9	Peru	8	9	11																		21
10	Jamaica	18	7	6																		19
11	San Marino	7*	16	9																		18
12	Oman	Ret	14	4																		15
13	Slovenia	Ret	5	21*																		15
14	Dominican Republic	6	21	14																		12
15	Bahrain	11	11	Ret																		12
16	Belarus	15	6	16																		11
17	Taiwan	21	18	8	P																	10
18	Madagascar	10	19	15																		7
19	Iran	Ret	15	10																		6
20	Ukraine	13	13	19																		6
21	Costa Rica	Ret	12	18																		4
22	Syria	14	26	17																		2
23	Bosnia & Herzegovina	16	25	23																		0
24	Qatar	24	17	24																		0
25	Jordan	17	27	27																		0
26	Azerbaijan	19	24	25																		0
27	Wales	Ret	20	20																		0
28	Senegal	20	23	26																		0
29	Pakistan	22	28	28																		0
30	Kazakhstan	Ret	22	Ret																		0
31	Trinidad and Tobago	Ret	Ret	22																		0
32	Sri Lanka	23	Ret	Ret																		0