2006 Formula Palmer Audi season

May 2019 noref (GreenC bot) 2006 Formula Palmer Audi 2005 2007 2006 was the ninth year of the Formula Palmer Audi open-wheel racing series. Briton Jon Barnes won the Championship, while American Dane Cameron took the Autumn Trophy 2006 Championship The 2006 FPA Championship took in 15 rounds at six meetings. Brands Hatch was visited in both Indy and Grand Prix configurations, while Snetterton was added to the calendar and the series returned to Spa-Francorchamps. Two FIA GT Championship-supporting rounds at Dijon-Prenois in France and at Mugello in Italy concluded the season. At the start of the season, Viktor Jensen, son of radio DJ David Jensen, romped away from the rest of the field, winning the first four races. But after that, having found his feet in his first year of open-wheel racing, Jon Barnes emerged as the dominant force, winning nine of the last 10 rounds to take the title with a race to spare. Barnes was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for his efforts throughout the season, breaking numerous FPA records such as most wins (nine), most consecutive wins (seven) and most points in a season (326). 2006 FPA Championship Schedule Rounds Date Venue 1 and 2 May 20/21, 2006 UK Brands Hatch (GP) 3, 4 and 5 June 3/4, 2006 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 6, 7 and 8 July 1/2, 2006 UK Brands Hatch (Indy) 9 and 10 July 15/16, 2006 UK Snetterton 11 and 12 September 2/3, 2006 France Dijon-Prenois 13, 14 and 15 September 16/17, 2006 Italy Mugello 2006 Championship Standings Pos. No. Driver Nat. Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total 1 32 Jon Barnes UK 326 20 20 16 18 16 24 24 20 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 326 2 8 Viktor Jensen Iceland 276 24 24 24 24 18 20 24 20 20 15 10 20 15 18 276 3 21 Chris Hyman South Africa 237 16 16 20 12 24 20 18 18 16 14 18 18 DNF 12 15 237 4 38 Giacomo Petrobelli Italy 186 12 13 13 11 13 10 15 15 DNF 12 20 20 DNF 16 16 186 5 77 Tom Haines GBR 180 10 14 11 14 14 15 14 14 15 13 16 DNF 16 14 DNF 180 6 55 Chris Bell UK 154 11 12 14 13 1 DNF 4 10 13 11 13 14 12 13 13 154 7 13 James Wingfield UK 149 18 18 18 20 20 18 16 6 DNF 15 149 8 10 Paul Warren UK 144 14 15 10 15 DNF 13 13 DNF DNF 10 14 16 DNF 10 14 144 9 6 Derrick Collin UK 128 1 7 9 9 7 9 6 12 10 5 10 13 11 7 12 128 10 4 Josh Southall UK 103 9 DNF 15 6 12 16 11 DNF 18 16 DNF DNF 103 11 12 Bruce Hodges UK 101 12 DNF 10 12 12 16 11 15 13 DNF DNF 101 12 19 Aaron Steele UK 95 15 DNF DNF 16 15 14 10 7 DNF 18 95 13 2 Giorgio Rosa Italy 78 2 8 7 DNF 9 DNF 5 8 9 9 10 11 DNF 78 14 5 Wesley Fongenie UK 72 0 4 DNF 7 11 DNF 3 DNF DNF 8 8 11 9 DNF 11 72 15 7 Alan Kempson UK 71 7 6 5 DNF 8 7 DNF 5 9 6 DNF 12 DNF 6 DNF 71 16 44 Mark Powell UK 69 13 10 DNF DNF 13 12 9 4 8 69 17 9 Bill Knowles UK 60 5 DNF 8 10 2 8 DNF DNF 11 4 12 DNF 60 18 3 Barry Walsh Ireland 57 DNF 3 6 8 5 DNF 7 DNF 14 3 6 5 DNF DNF DNF 57 19 20 Niki Faulkner UK 53 15 18 20 53 20 11 Tony Brewer UK 46 3 5 DNF 4 4 5 DNF DNF 7 DNF 7 6 DNF 5 46 21 23 Howard Spooner UK 45 4 11 11 8 11 45 22 27 John Bell UK 43 6 2 4 8 7 8 8 DNF 43 23 15 Adam Smith UK 38 18 20 DNF 38 24 9 Stephen Young UK 23 14 9 DNF 23 25 14 Stuart Prior UK 15 6 9 15 26 12 Trevor Hyman South Africa 9 3 3 3 9 27 12 Rob Lofting UK 8 8 DNF 8 28 20 Ludovico Manfredi Italy 0 0 2 4 5 6 4 9 9 5 7 0 Notes: 0 denotes a finish outside the points. DNF denotes a failure to finish. A blank space denotes a non-participation, i.e. did not start. Bold denotes race winner. Ludovico Manfredi was not eligible to score championship points due to licence issues. However, the points he would have scored (51 in total, enough for 20th in the final standings) are shown in the table. 2006 Autumn Trophy The 2006 Autumn Trophy, held on consecutive weekends at Snetterton and Brands Hatch in early November, heralded the dawn of the next generation of young FPA stars. At Snetterton, 16-year-old T Cars star Luciano Bacheta proved to be a contender, winning his very first race in an open-wheel car, and following it up with a third place and another victory to lead the series at the half-way stage. Meanwhile, Team USA Scholarship driver Dane Cameron won the second race to remain just two points behind Bacheta. At Brands Hatch, however, Cameron put in a stunning weekend performance on a track the Californian had never driven before, winning all three races to become the third American to claim the title. Bacheta had to settle for third in the series, as the consistent Aaron Steele took the runner-up spot by virtue of podium finishes in all six races. The Autumn Trophy was also notable for the open-wheel racing debuts of Alex Brundle, son of former Formula One driver Martin Brundle, and Stefan Wilson, brother of ChampCar star and former FPA champion Justin Wilson. 2006 Autumn Trophy Schedule Rounds Date Venue 1, 2 and 3 November 4/5 UK Snetterton 4, 5 and 6 November 11/12 UK Brands Hatch (Indy) 2006 Autumn Trophy Standings Pos. No. Driver Nat. Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1 11 Dane Cameron United States 136 20 24 20 24 24 24 136 2 19 Aaron Steele UK 114 18 20 18 20 20 18 114 3 15 Luciano Bacheta UK 102 24 18 24 4 16 16 102 4 21 Robert Podlesni United States 98 10 16 16 18 18 20 98 5 8 Gino Ussi Europe 76 6 15 14 16 11 14 76 6 20 Nigel Smith UK 70 12 12 12 12 9 13 70 7 55 Chris Bell UK 68 15 14 9 14 13 3 68 8 38 Giacomo Petrobelli Italy 66 16 2 15 9 12 12 66 9 9 Stefan Wilson UK 52 14 1 0 15 7 15 52 10 10 Paul Warren UK 48 11 11 DNF DNF 15 11 48 11 1 Stephen Young UK 45 9 13 13 DNF DNF 10 45 12 44 Mark Powell UK 42 7 8 7 10 10 DNF 42 13 12 Bruce Hodges UK 40 8 5 DNF 13 14 DNF 40 14 9 Derrick Collin UK 39 3 3 5 11 8 9 39 15 3 Barry Walsh Ireland 35 13 6 11 DNF DNF 5 35 16 7 Alan Kempson UK 33 4 9 8 8 DNF 4 33 17 4 Richard Plant UK 31 2 DNF 10 6 6 7 31 18 88 Jeremy Preddy United States 26 5 4 3 5 3 6 26 19 35 Steve Ross UK 21 0 7 1 DNF 5 8 21 20 27 John Bell UK 20 1 DNF 6 7 4 2 20 21 4 Alex Brundle UK 14 0 10 4 DNF DNF DNF 14 22 50 Mark Higson UK 3 DNF 2 1 3 23 50 Kirsty Jeffrey UK 2 0 0 2 2 Notes: 0 denotes a finish outside the points. DNF denotes a failure to finish. A blank space denotes a non-participation, i.e. did not start. Bold denotes race winner. Formula Palmer Audi Category:Formula Palmer Audi seasons Palmer Audi