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
Template:AUS Australia	Template:AUS Daniel Ricciardo	1
	Template:AUS Mark Webber	1
Template:AUT Austria	Template:AUT Christian Klien	2
Template:BEL Belgium	Template:BEL 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
Template:DEN Denmark	Template:DEN Kevin Magnussen	1
	Template:DEN Marco Sørensen	1
Template:ENG England	Template:ENG Sam Bird	2
Estonia	Kevin Korjus	2
Finland	Kimi Räikkönen	1
	Heikki Kovalainen	1
Template:FRA France	Template:FRA Romain Grosjean	10
	Template:FRA 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
Template:MAS Malaysia	Template:MAS 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	2
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
Template:SUI Switzerland	Template:SUI Neel Jani	2
Template:USA United States	Template:USA Josef Newgarden	1
	Template:USA 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	2
Lithuania	Jonas Gelzinis	2
Luxembourg	Gary Hauser	2
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
	Zlatko Mulabegovic	1
Costa Rica	André Solano	2
Dominican Republic	R.J. Lopez	1
	Jorge Leroux	1
Georgia	Davit Kajaia	1
	Roman Lebedev	1
Iran	Sam Taheri	2
Jamaica	Thomas Issa	All
Jordan	Noel Alainabousi	1
	Hamza Dirani	1
Kazakhstan	Aleksandr Artemev	All
Kuwait	Zaid Ashkanani	2
Lebanon	Khalil Beschir	1
	Joe Ghanem	1
Madagascar	Jean-Christophe Peyre	All
Malta	Keith Camilleri	2
Oman	Ahmed Al-Harthy	2
Pakistan	Umair Ahmed Khan	1
	Nur Ali	4
Peru	Javier Cárdenas	2
Qatar	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	1
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	1
San Marino	Andrea Belluzi	2
Saudi Arabia	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	2
Senegal	Nagy Kabaz	1
	Kamil Rahal	1
Slovakia	Mat'o Homola	2
Slovenia	Kyle Kosir	2
South Korea	Jin-Woo Hwang	2
Sri Lanka	Dilantha Malagamuwa	1
	Romani De Silva	1
Syria	Yazan Hamadeh	2
Taiwan	Roy Tchui	8
	Han Chen Chen	6
	Jem Chen	6
Trinidad and Tobago	Keverne McShine	1
	Frankie Boodram	1
Template:TUR Turkey	Template:TUR Kaan Önder	2
Ukraine	Sergey Chukanov	2
Wales	Elfyn Evans	2

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	Template:FRA Romain Grosjean	Template:FRA 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
				A2	Axcil Jefferies	José María López	José María López	José María López
				A3	Template:TUR Kaan Önder	Javier Cárdenas	Mat'o Homola	Mat'o Homola
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 22-23	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

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

A2 Grand Prix

Pos	Nation	RSA	BRA	MEX	USA Template:USA	CAN	FRA Template:FRA	ITA	BEL Template:BEL	ENG Template:ENG	DEU	CZE	SWE	ESP	TUR Template:TUR	UAE	JPN	KOR	AUS Template:AUS	IND	MLY Template:MAS	Points
1	Argentina	21†*	1*																			30
2	Thailand	1*	19																			26
3	United Arab Emirates	3	6																			26
4	Hong Kong	Ret	2*																			21
5	Indonesia	2	22																			20
6	Hungary	4*	12																			19
7	China	5	10																			17
8	Greece	16	3																			16
9	Zimbabwe	Ret	5*																			16
10	Romania	Ret	4																			13
11	Philippines	6	Ret																			10
12	Morocco	Ret	7*																			10
13	Norway	8	14																			10
14	Singapore	7	Ret																			9
15	Puerto Rico	Ret	8																			8
16	Ireland	9	16																			7
17	South Africa	Ret	9																			7
18	Ecuador	10	23																			6
19	Guatemala	11	Ret																			5
20	Latvia	Ret	11																			5
21	Uruguay	12	Ret																			4
22	Bulgaria	13	18																			3
23	Israel	Ret	13																			3
24	Serbia	Ret*	17																			3
25	Kenya	14	25																			2
26	Chile	18	15																			1
27	Bolivia	15	24																			1
28	Luxembourg	17	21*																			1
29	Angola	19	Ret																			0
30	Croatia	20	Ret																			0
31	Lithuania	Ret	20																			0
	Macau	Ret	Ret

A3 Grand Prix

Pos	Nation	RSA	BRA	MEX	USA Template:USA	CAN	FRA Template:FRA	ITA	BEL Template:BEL	ENG Template:ENG	DEU	CZE	SWE	ESP	TUR Template:TUR	UAE	JPN	KOR	AUS Template:AUS	IND	MLY Template:MAS	Points
1	Malta	2	3																			36
2	Lebanon	3	2																			36
3	Slovakia	9	1*																			34
4	Saudi Arabia	1*	10																			32
5	Georgia	4	4																			26
6	Kuwait	5*	8																			21
7	Peru	8	9																			16
8	Bahrain	11	11																			12
9	Slovenia	Ret	5																			11
10	Belarus	15	6																			11
11	San Marino	7*	16																			11
12	Dominican Republic	6	21																			10
13	Jamaica	18	7																			9
14	Madagascar	10	19																			6
15	Ukraine	13	13																			6
16	South Korea	12	Ret																			4
17	Costa Rica	Ret	12																			4
18	Template:TUR Turkey	Ret	Ret*																			3
19	Syria	14	26																			2
20	Oman	Ret	14																			2
21	Iran	Ret	15																			1
22	Bosnia & Herzegovina	16	25																			0
23	Qatar	24	17																			0
24	Jordan	17	27																			0
25	Taiwan	21	18																			0
26	Azerbaijan	19	24																			0
27	Senegal	20	23																			0
28	Wales	Ret	20																			0
29	Pakistan	22	28																			0
30	Kazakhstan	Ret	22																			0
31	Sri Lanka	23	Ret																			0
	Trinidad and Tobago	Ret	Ret