2006 World Touring Car Championship season

The BMW 320si of Andy Priaulx leads the WTCC field during race 10 at Curitiba

The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd 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.^[1]

Drivers and teams [edit]

The Alfa Romeo 156 of Augusto Farfus at the Curitiba event

The SEAT Leon of Peter Terting at the Curitiba event

The Chevrolet Lacetti of Nicola Larini

The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship ^[2]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Events BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 Andy Priaulx All 40 Jan Magnussen 10 SEAT Sport SEAT León 2 Gabriele Tarquini All 3 Rickard Rydell All 9 Jordi Gené All 10 Peter Terting All 11 James Thompson All 12 Yvan Muller All 14 Florian Gruber 4 21 Oscar Nogués 9 66 André Couto 10 BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 4 Alessandro Zanardi All 5 Marcel Costa 1–4 41 Duncan Huisman 5–10 Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 6 Robert Huff All 7 Nicola Larini All 8 Alain Menu All N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 15 Augusto Farfus All 16 Gianni Morbidelli All 18 Salvatore Tavano All GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 19 Maurizio Ceresoli I 1–6 20 Tom Coronel I 1–2 SEAT León 19 Maurizio Ceresoli I 7–10 20 Tom Coronel I 3–10 JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 23 Pierre-Yves Corthals I 1–4, 6–10 24 Ryan Sharp I 1–7 25 Fabrizio Giovanardi 5, 10 Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 30 Luca Rangoni I All BMW 320i 31 Stefano D'Aste I All Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 32 Oscar Alberto Hidalgo I 6 33 Emmet O'Brien I 1–5 34 Diego Romanini I All 35 Jan Vonka I 7 Equipe TekProm Alfa Romeo 156 36 Lucas Molo I 5 Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 37 Rainer Bastuck I 7 38 Vincent Radermecker I 7, 9 48 María de Villota I 9 TFS-Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla T-Sport 39 Philip Geipel I 7 BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320si 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All Československý Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 44 Jiří Janák I 1 Peugeot Sport Denmark Peugeot 407 46 Jens Edman I 1, 4 Kosifler Motorsport BMW 320i 47 Ibrahim Okyay I 8 DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 51 Alessandro Balzan I 1–2 52 Elio Marchetti I 1–2 Scuderia La Torre Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 53 Riccardo Romagnoli I 1–2 GDL Racing BMW 320i 54 Emanuele Naspetti I 1–2 Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 55 Stefano Valli I 1–2 56 Simone Iacone I 1–2 Scuderia del Girasole SEAT León 57 Davide Roda I 1–2 58 Roberto Colciago I 2 SEAT Toledo Cupra 58 Roberto Colciago I 1 Ao's Racing Team BMW 320i 62 Ao Chi Hong I 10

Icon Class I Independents' Trophies

Calendar [edit]

Each event comprised two races of 50 kilometres distance.^[1] 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.^[1]

Event		Race Name	Track	Date
1	R1	Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	2 April
	R2
2	R3	Race of France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 April
	R4
3	R5	Race of UK	Brands Hatch	21 May
	R6
4	R7	Race of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	4 June
	R8
5	R9	Race of Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	2 July
	R10
6	R11	Race of Mexico	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	30 July
	R12
7	R13	Race of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	3 September
	R14
8	R15	Race of Turkey	Istanbul Park	24 September
	R16
9	R17	Race of Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	8 October
	R18
10	R19	Guia Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	19 November
	R20

Race results [edit]

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Report
1	Race of Italy	Andy Priaulx	Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Alessandro Balzan	Report
2			James Thompson	Augusto Farfus	N.Technology	Alessandro Balzan
3	Race of France	Gabriele Tarquini	Dirk Müller	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel	Report
4			Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Stefano D'Aste
5	Race of UK	Rickard Rydell	Peter Terting	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Tom Coronel	Report
6			Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Ryan Sharp
7	Race of Germany	Andy Priaulx	Rickard Rydell	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel	Report
8			Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel
9	Race of Brazil	Augusto Farfus	Jordi Gené	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	Ryan Sharp	Report
10			Alessandro Zanardi	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel
11	Race of Mexico	Salvatore Tavano	Ryan Sharp	Salvatore Tavano	N.Technology	Ryan Sharp	Report
12			Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	N.Technology	Tom Coronel
13	Race of the Czech Republic	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel	Report
14			Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Stefano D'Aste
15	Race of Turkey	Rickard Rydell	Duncan Huisman	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy/Spain	Tom Coronel	Report
16			Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	Stefano D'Aste
17	Race of Spain	Augusto Farfus	Jordi Gené	Augusto Farfus	N.Technology	Luca Rangoni	Report
18			Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Luca Rangoni
19	Guia Race of Macau	Andy Priaulx	Alain Menu	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel	Report
20			Yvan Muller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel

Results [edit]

Drivers Championship [edit]

Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight positions in each race.^[1]

Pos [3] Driver ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC  Pts  1 Andy Priaulx 1 Ret 8 1 8 8 1 10 8 1 18 7 5 2 14 Ret Ret 8 1 5 73 2 Jörg Müller 28 25† 2 2 Ret Ret 7 1 9 7 19 15 1 4 Ret 8 6 1 6 1 72 3 Augusto Farfus Jr. 8 1 21 12 22 11 6 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 15 9 20† 1 5 5 Ret 64 4 Yvan Muller 2 2 13 7 1 5 11 8 13 13 14 Ret 3 3 13 Ret 10 6 3 2 62 5 Gabriele Tarquini 5 6 4 5 6 4 4 7 4 5 10 8 Ret 10 3 1 24† DNS 11 Ret 57 6 Dirk Müller 4 Ret 1 DNS 9 6 2 3 20 15 6 4 9 5 4 7 11 7 14 8 54 7 Rickard Rydell 6 22† 3 Ret 5 2 3 5 6 Ret 8 3 Ret DNS 2 4 23† 20 16 14† 54 8 James Thompson 3 9 7 4 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 5 14 24† 17 13 9 12 10 4 54 9 Peter Terting 13 8 6 6 2 18 8 4 2 6 9 Ret 10 8 6 2 5 21 8 Ret 49 10 Jordi Gené 12 5 5 3 18 10 16 14 1 14 11 9 4 6 Ret 5 16 Ret 12 Ret 36 11 Alessandro Zanardi 7 23† 14 Ret 10 9 24 13 10 3 17 Ret 2 22† 1 9 15 17 23 9 26 12 Nicola Larini 27 7 11 8 NC 12 14 21 Ret DNS 15 Ret 11 7 7 3 3 4 22† DNS 24 13 Duncan Huisman 11 16 21 11 18 9 5 10 7 2 2 13 22 14 Gianni Morbidelli 29† 10 20 14 12 7 9 11 7 2 7 2 17 14 10 16 13 11 Ret DNS 22 15 Alain Menu 10 3 19 13 7 1 13 Ret 19 10 12 Ret 7 Ret 20† Ret 8 9 21† 10 21 16 Robert Huff 19 12 9 9 4 Ret 12 9 18 8 Ret DNS 8 1 15 6 Ret 15 9 Ret 20 17 Tom Coronel Ret 13 10 16 13 14 10 12 14 11 4 6 6 23† 8 12 14 13 7 3 20 18 Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS NC 15 21 16 23 17 15 9 1 Ret 15 18 NC 15 4 10 15 Ret 15 19 Luca Rangoni 15 Ret 12 21 20 15 17 23 17 Ret 23 12 Ret 12 21† 21† 2 3 20 12 14 20 Fabrizio Giovanardi 16 DNS 4 6 8 21 Ryan Sharp 18 14 22 Ret 16 13 25 18 12 12 3 Ret 12 17 6 22 Alessandro Balzan 9 4 Ret 17 5 23 André Couto 13 7 2 NC 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 Pierre-Yves Corthals 22 DNS 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 13 10 16 16 11 19 12 16 0 NC Marcel Costa 11 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 18 16 0 NC Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 15 11 0 NC Simone Iacone 16 11 25 DNS 0 NC Vincent Radermecker 19 13 18 14 0 NC Diego Romanini 20 24† 27 22 15 Ret 22 25† 22 17 20 13 23 19 18 18 22 23 18 15 0 NC Maurizio Ceresoli 25 19 NC 19 14 19 21 22 Ret DNS 16 16† 20 NC 16 17 17 18 17 Ret 0 NC Ibrahim Okyay 19 14 0 NC Oscar Hidalgo 24 14 0 NC Florian Gruber 15 15 0 NC Emmet O'Brien 26† 15 23 23 Ret 17 Ret 24 21 Ret 0 NC Riccardo Romagnoli 17 16 26 18 0 NC Stefano Valli 24 17 Ret DNS 0 NC Emanuele Naspetti 30† DNS 17 Ret 0 NC Jiří Janák 21 18 0 NC Lucas Molo Ret 18† 0 NC Oscar Nogués 19 22 0 NC Ao Chi Hong 19 Ret 0 NC Davide Roda 23 20 28 20 0 NC Jens Edman Ret DNS 20 20 0 NC Rainer Bastuck 22 20 0 NC Phillip Geipel 21 Ret 0 NC María de Villota 21 Ret 0 NC Jan Vonka Ret 21 0 NC Elio Marchetti Ret DNS 24 Ret 0 NC Jan Magnussen Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 participate Excluded (EX) 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 [edit]

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.^[1]

Yokohama Independents Trophies [edit]

Yokoyama Independents Trophy (for drivers) [edit]

Points were awarded on an 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.

Pos [4]	Driver	Team	Car	Wins	Points
1	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT León	10	178
2	Luca Rangoni	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	2	100
3	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	3	93
4	Ryan Sharp	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	3	75
5	Maurizio Ceresoli	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0	69
6	Diego Romanini	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i	0	67
7	Pierre-Yves Corthals	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	0	57
8	Alessandro Balzan	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	2	25
9	Vincent Radermecker	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti	0	20
10	Emmet O'Brien	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i	0	17
11	Roberto Colciago	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT Toledo Cupra SEAT León	0	14
12	Simone Iacone	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	0	13
13	Riccardo Romagnoli	Scuderia la Torre	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	0	11
14	Jens Edman	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	0	10
15	Ao Chi Hong	Ao's Racing Team	BMW 320i	0	10
16	Ibrahim Okyay	Kosifler Gillette M3 Power Team	BMW 320i	0	9
17	Lucas Molo	Equipe TekProm	Alfa Romeo 156	0	5
18	Oscar Hidalgo	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i	0	5
19	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing	BMW 320i	0	4
20	Rainer Bastuck	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti	0	3
21	María De Villota	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti	0	2
22	Phillip Geipel	TFS Yaco Racing	Toyota Corolla T-Sport	0	2
23	Davide Roda	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	0	2
24	Stefano Valli	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	0	2
25	Jiří Janák	Československy Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	0	2
26	Jan Vonka	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i	0	1

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 [edit]

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.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• FIA World Touring Car Championship official website: Archives
  • 2006 Entry list
  • 2006 Race results
  • 2006 Championship point standings
  • 2006 Independents' Trophies point standings