2006 World Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest 2006 World Touring Car Championship World Drivers' Champion Andy Priaulx World Manufacturers' Champion BMW 2005 2007 thumb|The BMW 320si of Andy Priaulx leads the WTCC field during race 10 at Curitiba The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the third season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 2 April 2006 and ended on 19 November. The series was open to Super 2000, Diesel 2000 and Super Production Cars, with two titles awarded, the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Manufacturers.2006 World Touring Car Championship Sporting Regulations, 22 March 2006 Retrieved via web.archive.org on 27 April 2014 Andy Priaulx won the Drivers title and BMW won the Manufacturers award. Teams and drivers thumb|The Alfa Romeo 156 of Augusto Farfus at the Curitiba event thumb|The SEAT Leon of Peter Terting at the Curitiba event thumb|The Chevrolet Lacetti of Nicola Larini The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship.2006 WTCC Entry List, fiawtcc.com Retrieved via web.archive.org on 27 April 2014 TeamCarNo.DriversEvents Manufacturer Teams GBR BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 GBR Andy Priaulx All 40 DNK Jan Magnussen 10 ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain 4 ITA Alessandro Zanardi All 5 ESP Marcel Costa 1–4 41 NLD Duncan Huisman 5–10 DEU BMW Team Deutschland 42 DEU Jörg Müller All 43 DEU Dirk Müller All ESP SEAT Sport SEAT León 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini All 3 SWE Rickard Rydell All 9 ESP Jordi Gené All 10 DEU Peter Terting All 11 GBR James Thompson All 12 FRA Yvan Muller All 14 DEU Florian Gruber 4 21 ESP Oscar Nogués 9 66 MAC André Couto 10 GBR Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 6 GBR Robert Huff All 7 ITA Nicola Larini All 8 CHE Alain Menu All ITA N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 15 BRA Augusto Farfus All 16 ITA Gianni Morbidelli All 18 ITA Salvatore Tavano All ITA JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 25 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi 5, 10 Independents' Trophy HKG GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 19 ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 1–6 20 NLD Tom Coronel 1–2 Seat León 19 ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 7–10 20 NLD Tom Coronel 3–10 ITA JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 23 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 1–4, 6–9 24 GBR Ryan Sharp 1–7 ITA Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 30 ITA Luca Rangoni All BMW 320i 31 ITA Stefano D'Aste All DEU Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 32 MEX Oscar Alberto Hidalgo 6 33 IRL Emmet O'Brien 1–5 34 ITA Diego Romanini All 35 CZE Jan Vonka 7 BRA Time TekProm Alfa Romeo 156 36 BRA Lucas Molo 5 CHE Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 37 DEU Rainer Bastuck 7 38 BEL Vincent Radermecker 7, 9 48 ESP María de Villota 9 DEU TFS-Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla T-Sport 39 DEU Philip Geipel 7 CZE Československý Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 44 CZE Jiří Janák 1 DNK Peugeot Sport Denmark Peugeot 407 46 SWE Jens Edman 1, 4 TUR Kosifler Motorsport BMW 320i 47 TUR Ibrahim Okyay 8 ITA DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 51 ITA Alessandro Balzan 1–2 52 ITA Elio Marchetti 1–2 ITA Scuderia La Torre Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 53 ITA Riccardo Romagnoli 1–2 ITA GDL Racing BMW 320i 54 ITA Emanuele Naspetti 1–2 SMR 1862 Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 55 SMR 1862 Stefano Valli 1–2 56 ITA Simone Iacone 1–2 ITA Scuderia del Girasole Seat León 57 ITA Davide Roda 1–2 58 ITA Roberto Colciago 2 Seat Toledo Cupra 1 MAC Ao's Racing Team BMW 320i 62 MAC Ao Chi Hong 10 Drivers changes Changed Teams Gabriele Tarquini: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport James Thompson: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2005 Yvan Muller: British Touring Car Championship → SEAT Sport Marcel Costa: No full-time drive → BMW Team Italy-Spain Gianni Morbidelli: FIA GT Championship → N-Technology Salvatore Tavano: Italian Superturismo Championship → N-Technology Maurizio Ceresoli: Italian Formula Three Championship → GR Asia Pierre-Yves Corthals: No full-time drive → Jas Motorsport Ryan Sharp: Formula Renault 3.5 Series → Jas Motorsport Luca Rangoni: No full-time drive → Proteam Motorsport Emmet O'Brien: European Alfa Romeo 147 Challenge → Wiechers-Sport Diego Romanini: FIA GT Championship → Wiechers-Sport Leaving WTCC Fabrizio Giovanardi: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → British Touring Car Championship Antonio García: BMW Team Italy-Spain → No full-time drive Thomas Klenke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → No full-time drive Michael Funke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → ADAC GT Masters Roberto Colciago: Jas Motorsport → Italian Superturismo Championship Adriano de Micheli: Jas Motorsport → No full-time drive Giuseppe Cirò: Proteam Motorsport → Ferrari Challenge Marc Hennerici: Wiechers-Sport → Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring Calendar Each event comprised two races of 50 kilometres distance. The starting grid for the first race was determined by the results of the qualifying session and the grid for the second race by the provisional results of the first race, with the top eight positions reversed. Event Race Name Track Date 1 R1 Race of Italy ITA Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 April R2 2 R3 Race of France FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 30 April R4 3 R5 Race of UK GBR Brands Hatch 21 May R6 4 R7 Race of Germany DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 4 June R8 5 R9 Race of Brazil BRA Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 2 July R10 6 R11 Race of Mexico MEX Autódromo Miguel E. Abed 30 July R12 7 R13 Race of the Czech Republic CZE Masaryk Circuit 3 September R14 8 R15 Race of Turkey TUR Istanbul Park 24 September R16 9 R17 Race of Spain ESP Circuit Ricardo Tormo 8 October R18 10 R19 Guia Race of Macau MAC Guia Circuit 19 November R20 Results and standings Races Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report 1 ITA Race of Italy GBR Andy Priaulx ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK ITA Alessandro Balzan Report 2 GBR James Thompson BRA Augusto Farfus ITA N.Technology ITA Alessandro Balzan 3 FRA Race of France ITA Gabriele Tarquini DEU Dirk Müller DEU Dirk Müller DEU BMW Team Germany NLD Tom Coronel Report 4 GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK ITA Stefano D'Aste 5 GBR Race of UK SWE Rickard Rydell DEU Peter Terting FRA Yvan Muller ESP SEAT Sport NLD Tom Coronel Report 6 CHE Alain Menu CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet GBR Ryan Sharp 7 DEU Race of Germany GBR Andy Priaulx SWE Rickard Rydell GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel Report 8 BRA Augusto Farfus DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Germany NLD Tom Coronel 9 BRA Race of Brazil BRA Augusto Farfus ESP Jordi Gené ESP Jordi Gené ESP SEAT Sport GBR Ryan Sharp Report 10 ITA Alessandro Zanardi GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel 11 MEX Race of Mexico ITA Salvatore Tavano GBR Ryan Sharp ITA Salvatore Tavano ITA N.Technology GBR Ryan Sharp Report 12 BRA Augusto Farfus BRA Augusto Farfus ITA N.Technology NLD Tom Coronel 13 CZE Race of the Czech Republic ITA Gabriele Tarquini FRA Yvan Muller DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Germany NLD Tom Coronel Report 14 GBR Robert Huff GBR Robert Huff USA Chevrolet ITA Stefano D'Aste 15 TUR Race of Turkey SWE Rickard Rydell NLD Duncan Huisman ITA Alessandro Zanardi ITA BMW Team Italy/Spain NLD Tom Coronel Report 16 ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SEAT Sport ITA Stefano D'Aste 17 ESP Race of Spain BRA Augusto Farfus ESP Jordi Gené BRA Augusto Farfus ITA N.Technology ITA Luca Rangoni Report 18 DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Germany ITA Luca Rangoni 19 MAC Guia Race of Macau GBR Andy Priaulx CHE Alain Menu GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel Report 20 FRA Yvan Muller DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Germany NLD Tom Coronel Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321 Drivers' Championship Pos 2006 WTCC point standings, fiawtcc.com Retrieved via web.archive.org on 27 April 2014 Driver ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC  Pts  1 GBR Andy Priaulx 1 Ret 8 1 8 8 1 10 8 1 18 7 5 2 14 Ret Ret 8 1 5 73 2 DEU Jörg Müller 28 25† 2 2 Ret Ret 7 1 9 7 19 15 1 4 Ret 8 6 1 6 1 72 3 BRA Augusto Farfus 8 1 21 12 22 11 6 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 15 9 20† 1 5 5 Ret 64 4 FRA Yvan Muller 2 2 13 7 1 5 11 8 13 13 14 Ret 3 3 13 Ret 10 6 3 2 62 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 5 6 4 5 6 4 4 7 4 5 10 8 Ret 10 3 1 24† DNS 11 Ret 57 6 DEU Dirk Müller 4 Ret 1 DNS 9 6 2 3 20 15 6 4 9 5 4 7 11 7 14 8 54 7 SWE Rickard Rydell 6 22† 3 Ret 5 2 3 5 6 Ret 8 3 Ret DNS 2 4 23† 20 16 14† 54 8 GBR James Thompson 3 9 7 4 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 5 14 24† 17 13 9 12 10 4 54 9 DEU Peter Terting 13 8 6 6 2 18 8 4 2 6 9 Ret 10 8 6 2 5 21 8 Ret 49 10 ESP Jordi Gené 12 5 5 3 18 10 16 14 1 14 11 9 4 6 Ret 5 16 Ret 12 Ret 36 11 ITA Alessandro Zanardi 7 23† 14 Ret 10 9 24 13 10 3 17 Ret 2 22† 1 9 15 17 23 9 26 12 ITA Nicola Larini 27 7 11 8 NC 12 14 21 Ret DNS 15 Ret 11 7 7 3 3 4 22† DNS 24 13 NLD Duncan Huisman 11 16 21 11 18 9 5 10 7 2 2 13 22 14 ITA Gianni Morbidelli 29† 10 20 14 12 7 9 11 7 2 7 2 17 14 10 16 13 11 Ret DNS 22 15 CHE Alain Menu 10 3 19 13 7 1 13 Ret 19† 10 12 Ret 7 Ret 20† Ret 8 9 21† 10 21 16 GBR Robert Huff 19 12 9 9 4 Ret 12 9 18 8 Ret DNS 8 1 15 6 Ret 15 9 Ret 20 17 NLD Tom Coronel Ret 13 10 16 13 14 10 12 14 11 4 6 6 23† 8 12 14 13 7 3 20 18 ITA Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS NC 15 21 16 23 17 15 9 1 Ret 15 18 NC 15 4 10 15 Ret 15 19 ITA Luca Rangoni 15 Ret 12 21 20 15 17 23 17 Ret 23 12 Ret 12 21† 21† 2 3 20 12 14 20 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi 16 DNS 4 6 8 21 GBR Ryan Sharp 18 14 22 Ret 16 13 25 18 12 12 3 Ret 12 17 6 22 ITA Alessandro Balzan 9 4 Ret 17 5 23 MAC André Couto 13 7 2 NC ITA Stefano D'Aste 14 21 18 10 19 Ret 19 19 Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 11 12 11 20 19 Ret 11 0 NC BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 22 DNS 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 13 10 16 16 11 19 12 16 0 NC ESP Marcel Costa 11 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 18 16 0 NC ITA Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 15 11 0 NC ITA Simone Iacone 16 11 25 DNS 0 NC BEL Vincent Radermecker 19 13 18 14 0 NC ITA Diego Romanini 20 24† 27 22 15 Ret 22 25† 22 17 20 13 23 19 18 18 22 23 18 15 0 NC ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 25 19 NC 19 14 19 21 22 Ret DNS 16 16† 20 NC 16 17 17 18 17 Ret 0 NC TUR Ibrahim Okyay 19 14 0 NC MEX Oscar Hidalgo 24 14 0 NC DEU Florian Gruber 15 15 0 NC IRL Emmet O'Brien 26† 15 23 23 Ret 17 Ret 24 21 Ret 0 NC ITA Riccardo Romagnoli 17 16 26 18 0 NC SMR 1862 Stefano Valli 24 17 Ret DNS 0 NC ITA Emanuele Naspetti 30† DNS 17 Ret 0 NC CZE Jiří Janák 21 18 0 NC BRA Lucas Molo Ret 18† 0 NC ESP Oscar Nogués 19 22 0 NC MAC Ao Chi Hong 19 Ret 0 NC ITA Davide Roda 23 20 28 20 0 NC SWE Jens Edman Ret DNS 20 20 0 NC DEU Rainer Bastuck 22 20 0 NC DEU Phillip Geipel 21 Ret 0 NC ESP María de Villota 21 Ret 0 NC CZE Jan Vonka Ret 21 0 NC ITA Elio Marchetti Ret DNS 24 Ret 0 NC DNK Jan Magnussen Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC  Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Manufacturers' Championship Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight positions in each race. However, only the two best placed cars per manufacturer were eligible to score points and all other cars from that manufacturer were considered invisible as far as point scoring was concerned. Pos Manufacturer ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC Pts 1 DEU BMW 1 15 1 1 8 6 1 1 8 1 6 4 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 254 4 17 2 2 9 8 2 3 9 3 17 7 2 4 4 8 6 2 2 5 2 ESP SEAT 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 5 6 3 2 235 3 5 4 4 2 3 4 5 2 5 5 5 4 6 3 2 9 12 7 3 3 ITA Alfa Romeo 8 1 20 12 12 7 6 2 3 2 1 1 15 14 9 15 1 5 5 Ret 154 9 4 21 14 21 11 9 11 7 9 2 2 17 15 10 16 4 10 15 Ret 4 USA Chevrolet 10 3 9 8 4 1 12 9 18 8 12 Ret 7 1 7 3 3 4 9 10 128 19 7 11 9 7 12 13 21 19† 10 15 Ret 8 7 15 6 8 9 21† Ret Pos Manufacturer ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC Pts Yokohama Independents' Trophy Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents. Pos Driver ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC Pts 1 NLD Tom Coronel Ret 13 10 16 13 14 10 12 14 11 4 6 6 23† 8 12 14 13 7 3 178 2 ITA Luca Rangoni 15 Ret 12 21 20 15 17 23 17 Ret 23 12 Ret 12 21† 21† 2 3 20 12 100 3 ITA Stefano D'Aste 14 21 18 10 19 Ret 19 19 Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 11 12 11 20 19 Ret 11 93 4 GBR Ryan Sharp 18 14 22 Ret 16 13 25 18 12 12 3 Ret 12 17 75 5 ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 25 19 NC 19 14 19 21 22 Ret DNS 16 16† 20 NC 16 17 17 18 17 Ret 69 6 ITA Diego Romanini 20 24† 27 22 15 Ret 22 25† 22 17 20 13 23 19 18 18 22 23 18 15 67 7 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 22 DNS 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 13 10 16 16 11 19 12 16 57 8 ITA Alessandro Balzan 9 4 Ret 17 25 9 BEL Vincent Radermecker 19 13 18 14 20 10 IRL Emmet O'Brien 26† 15 23 23 Ret 17 Ret 24 21 Ret 17 11 ITA Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 15 11 14 12 ITA Simone Iacone 16 11 25 DNS 13 13 ITA Riccardo Romagnoli 17 16 26 18 11 14 SWE Jens Edman Ret DNS 20 20 10 15 MAC Ao Chi Hong 19 Ret 10 16 TUR Ibrahim Okyay 19 14 9 17 BRA Lucas Molo Ret 18† 5 18 MEX Oscar Hidalgo 24 14 5 19 ITA Emanuele Naspetti 30† DNS 17 Ret 4 20 DEU Rainer Bastuck 22 20 3 21 ESP María de Villota 21 Ret 2 22 DEU Phillip Geipel 21 Ret 2 23 ITA Davide Roda 23 20 28 20 2 24 SMR 1862 Stefano Valli 24 17 Ret DNS 2 25 CZE Jiří Janák 21 18 2 26 CZE Jan Vonka Ret 21 1 NC ITA Elio Marchetti Ret DNS 24 Ret 0 Pos Driver ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC Pts Dead-heat 10p: 14th Edman (4th x 2), 15th A. Chi Hong (4th x 1) 5p: 17th L. Molo (4th x 1), 18th O. Hidalgo (5th x 1) 2p: 21st M. De Villota (7th x 1), 22nd P. Geipel (7th x 1), 23rd D. Roda (7th x 1), 24th S. Valli (8th x 2) Yokohama Teams' Trophy Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents. Pos Team ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC Pts 1 HKG GR Asia 25 13 10 16 13 14 10 12 14 11 4 6 6 23† 8 12 14 13 7 3 247 Ret 19 NC 19 14 19 21 22 Ret DNS 16 16† 20 NC 16 17 17 18 17 Ret 2 ITA Proteam Motorsport 14 21 12 10 19 15 17 19 17 Ret 23 12 13 11 12 11 2 3 20 11 193 15 Ret 18 21 20 Ret 19 23 Ret Ret 24 Ret Ret 12 21† 21† 20 19 Ret 12 3 ITA JAS Motorsport 18 14 16 Ret 16 13 25 18 12 12 3 10 12 16 11 19 12 16 132 22 DNS 22 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret 16 17 4 DEU Wiechers-Sport 20 15 23 22 15 17 22 24 21 17 20 13 23 19 18 18 22 23 18 15 90 26† 24† 27 23 Ret Ret Ret 25 22 Ret 24 14 Ret 21 5 ITA DB Motorsport 9 4 24 17 25 Ret DNS Ret Ret 6 CHE Maurer Motorsport 19 13 18 14 25 22 20 21 Ret 7 ITA Scuderia del Girasole 23 20 15 11 16 Ret DNS 28 20 8 SMR 1862 Zerocinque Motorsport 16 11 25 DNS 15 24 17 Ret DNS 9 ITA Scuderia la Torre 17 16 26 18 11 10 DNK Peugeot Sport Denmark Ret DNS 20 20 10 11 MAC Ao's Racing Team 19 Ret 10 12 TUR Kosifler Motorsport 19 14 9 13 BRA Equipe TekProm Ret 18† 5 14 ITA GDL Racing 30† DNS 17 Ret 4 15 DEU TFS-Yaco Racing 21 Ret 2 16 CZE Československý Motorsport 21 18 2 Pos Team ITAITA FRAFRA UKGBR GERDEU BRABRA MEXMEX CZECZE TURTUR ESPESP MACMAC Pts Notes "N" References External links FIA World Touring Car Championship official website as archived at web.archive.org on 23 December 2006