The 2006 FIA GT Championship season is the 10th season of FIA GT Championship . It is a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes are also allowed to participate, but do not count towards the championships. It began on 7 May 2006 and ended on the 18 November 2006 after 10 races.
Schedule Entries GT1 Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 GT1 Maserati 6.0 L V12P 1 Michael Bartels All Andrea Bertolini All Eric van de Poele 4, 10 2 Thomas Biagi All Jamie Davies All Vincent Vosse4, 10 GLPK-Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8M 4 Anthony Kumpen All Bert LonginAll Mike HezemansAll Kurt Mollekens 4 Phoenix Racing Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12M 5 Andrea Piccini All Jean-Denis Délétraz All Marcel Fässler 4 Stéphane Lemeret4 Cirtek MotorsportAston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12M 7 David Brabham 1 Christophe Bouchut 1 Zakspeed Racing Saleen S7-R Ford 6.9 L V8M 9 Sascha Bert All Jaroslav Janiš 1–4, 6–9 Andrea Montermini 4–5, 7–8 Jan Charouz 4 Jos Menten10 Balfe Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 6.9 L V8D 11 Shaun Balfe 1–3, 5–8 Jamie Derbyshire1–3 Neil Cunningham1 Nigel Taylor5–7 João Barbosa 8 B-Racing RS Line Team Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini 6.0 L V12D 13 Marino Franchitti 1 Benjamin Leuenberger1 Norbert Walchhofer1 Christophe Bouchut 2–3 Peter Kox 2 Michele Bartyan3 All-Inkl.com Racing 38 Christophe Bouchut 6–9 Benjamin Leuenberger6–7 Peter Kox 8–9 Red RacingLister Storm GTM Jaguar 7.0 L V12D 19 Romain Yvon5–6 Olivier Porta5 Romain Brandela6 Aston Martin Racing BMS Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12P 23 Fabio Babini All Fabrizio Gollin 1–3, 5 Christian Pescatori 4, 6–7, 9 Peter Kox 4 Tomáš Enge 4 Matteo Malucelli8, 10 24 Miguel Ramos All Christian Pescatori 1–3, 5 Matteo Malucelli4–5 Fabrizio Gollin 4, 6–10 Gabriele Lancieri 4 Race Alliance Motorsport Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12D M 32 Robert Lechner1 Frank Diefenbacher 1 33 Karl Wendlinger All Philipp Peter All Robert Lechner4 Christophe Bouchut 4 Jaroslav Janiš 10 PSI ExperienceChevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8D M 34 Jos Menten4–5 Jean-Philippe Belloc 4–5 Patrick Bornhauser 4 Fréderic Bouvy4 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 36 Markus Palttala 4 Pertti Kuismanen4 Bernard Dehez4 Vincent Radermecker 4 Renstal Excelsior Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8M 35 Maxime Soulet 4 David Hart4 Geoffroy Horion4 Chris Buncombe 4 Scuderia Playteam Maserati MC12 GT1 Maserati 6.0 L V12P 40 Giambattista Giannoccaro 7 Alessandro Pier Guidi 7 Toni Vilander 7 Sources:[2] [3]
GT2 Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Renauer Motorsport TeamPorsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 52 Wolfgang Kaufmann1–5 Luca Moro 1–5 Manfred Jurasz4 Darryl O'Young 4 László Palik8 Zoltán Zengő8 53 Manfred Jurasz1–2 Hans Knauss 1–2 Theo Heutschi1 Pétr Valek2 Vonka Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6P 54 Jan Vonka 2 Daniel Model 2 JMB Racing Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8P 55 Tim Sugden All Iradj Alexander All Jean-Michel Martin 4 Stéphane Daoudi4 56 Peter Kutemann1–8, 10 Antoine Gosse1–7 Jean-Pierre Malcher4 Stéphane Daoudi8 Andrea Garbagnati10 Team LNT Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford 5.0 L V857 Lawrence Tomlinson 1 Richard Dean 1 AF Corse Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8P 58 Jaime Melo All Matteo Bobbi 1–9 Stéphane Ortelli 4 Toni Vilander 10 59 Rui Águas All Mika Salo All Timo Scheider 4 RJN MotorsportNissan 350Z Nissan 3.5 L V660 Darren Manning 1 Joe Tuckey1 Scuderia EcosseFerrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8M 62 Nathan KinchAll Andrew Kirkaldy 1–9 Marino Franchitti 4, 10 63 Tim Mullen All Chris Niarchos1, 3–4, 6–8, 10 Phil Bennett 2 Allan Simonsen 4 Marino Franchitti 5, 9 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6M 66 Christian Ried All Horst Felbermayr Jr.All Gerold Ried4 Horst Felbermayr 4 69 Gerold Ried1–3, 5–10 Horst Felbermayr 1–3, 5–10 GPC Sport Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8P 70 Gabriele Gardel 4 Marco Cioci4 Luca Drudi4 Fabrizio de Simone 4 RSV MotorsportFerrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8M 71 Ronald Severin4–5 Michel Ligonnet4–5 Domingo Romero4 Peter Sundberg 4 81 Domino Romero5 Peter Sundberg 5 AB MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 72 Antonio De Castro4 Bruno Barbaro4 Renato Premoli4 EbimotorsPorsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6P 74 Luigi MocciaAll Emanuele BusnelliAll Johnny Mowlem 4 75 Luca Riccitelli1–9 Emmanuel Collard 1–7, 9–10 Romain Dumas 4 Uwe Alzen 8 Mike Rockenfeller 10 Autoracing Club Bratislava Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 77 Štefan Rosina 1–8, 10 Miroslav Konôpka 1–8, 10 Damien Coens4 Steve Van Bellingen4 Ice Pol Racing TeamPorsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 78 Marc Goossens 4 Marc Duez 4 Christian Lefort4 Yves Lambert4 Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R Audi 3.8 L V8D 79 Jeroen Bleekemolen 10 Jonny Kane 10 80 Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 Donny Crevels 4 Jonny Kane 4 Peter Kox 10 Peter Dumbreck 10 Edil Cris Racing TeamFerrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8M 82 Paolo Ruberti 9 Raffaele Gianmaria 9 Race Alliance Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D M 99 Thomas Grüber1–3, 7–8, 10 Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer1–3, 7–8, 10 Sources:[2] [3]
Season results Teams Championship Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points are also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. Both cars score points towards the championship regardless of finishing position.[5]
GT1 Standings Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
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