The Singaporean authorities turned down the offer on the basis that it was too risky to close the city for a street race run by an unproven championship, and instead opted to enter a team.

A1 Team Singapore missed the deadline to enter the first season, but found support from lawyer Krishna Ramachandra, footballers R. Sasikumar, Luis Figo and Ronaldo, and 300 citizens who pledged SG$50 in exchange for their names to be stickered onto the rear wing ahead of their debut in the 2006–07 season.

The team was scheduled to complete a pre-season test with all three drivers at Elvington Airfield on 21 September 2006, but was cancelled after Richard Hammond's near-fatal crash the day before.

Lian returned to the car a week later in Brno, however qualified second-last and spun on the opening lap of the feature race.

Devoid of all sponsorship and national symbols, the team struggled through the Australasian leg of the series before making their last appearance in Durban – but Murchison spun in qualifying, crashed on his own in the sprint race and tangled with the stalled Italian car off the grid in the feature race.