2006 World Touring Car Championship season
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Andy Priaulx leads the WTCC field during race 10 of the 2006 season

The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd World Touring Car Championship season. It commenced on April 2, 2006 and ended on November 19 after twenty races. The championship was open to Super 2000, Diesel 2000 and Super Production Cars.

Drivers and teams

No.	Driver	Team	Car
1	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si
2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León
3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport Sverige	SEAT León
4	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy/Spain	BMW 320si
5	Marcel Costa	BMW Team Italy/Spain	BMW 320si
6	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
7	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
9	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport España	SEAT León
10	Peter Terting	SEAT Sport Deutschland	SEAT León
11	James Thompson	SEAT Sport UK	SEAT León
12	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport France	SEAT León
14	Florian Gruber	SEAT Sport Deutschland	SEAT León
15	Augusto Farfus Jr.	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
16	Gianni Morbidelli	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
18	Salvatore Tavano	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
19*	Maurizio Ceresoli	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra
20*	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT León
21	Oscar Nogués	SEAT Sport España	SEAT León
	No entry	Lada Racing	Lada 21106
22	No entry	Lada Racing	Lada 21106
23*	Pierre-Yves Corthals	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R
24*	Ryan Sharp	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R
25*	Fabrizio Giovanardi	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R
30*	Luca Rangoni	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
31*	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i
32*	Oscar Hidalgo	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i
33*	Emmet O'Brien	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i
34*	Diego Romanini	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i
35*	Jan Vonka	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i
36*	Lucas Molo	Equipe TekProm	Alfa Romeo 156
37*	Rainer Bastuck	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti
38*	Vincent Radermecker	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti
39*	Phillip Geipel	TFS Yaco Racing	Toyota Corolla T-Sport
40	Jan Magnussen	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si
41	Duncan Huisman	BMW Team Italy/Spain	BMW 320si
42	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si
43	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si
44*	Jirí Janák	Československy Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
46*	Jens Edman	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407
47*	Ibrahim Okyay	Kosifler Gillette M3 Power Team	BMW 320i
48*	María De Villota	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti
51*	Alessandro Balzan	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156
52*	Elio Marchetti	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156
53*	Riccardo Romagnoli	Scuderia la Torre	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
54*	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing	BMW 320i
55*	Stefano Valli	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i
56*	Simone Iacone	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i
57*	Davide Roda	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León
58*	Roberto Colciago	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT Toledo Cupra SEAT León
62*	Ao Chi Hong	Ao's Racing Team	BMW 320i
66	André Couto	SEAT Sport	SEAT León

2006 Calendar

Each race weekend contains two races of 50 kilometres. First race starting grid is determined by qualifying and the second race grid by first race result with top eight reversed.

Race	Date	Country	Track	Winning driver
1	April 2	Italy	Monza	Andy Priaulx
2				Augusto Farfus
3	April 30	France	Magny-Cours	Dirk Müller
4				Andy Priaulx
5	May 21	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Yvan Muller
6				Alain Menu
7	June 4	Germany	Oschersleben	Andy Priaulx
8				Jörg Müller
9	July 2	Brazil	Curitiba	Jordi Gené
10				Andy Priaulx
11	July 30	Mexico	Puebla	Salvatore Tavano
12				Augusto Farfus
13	September 3	Czech Republic	Brno	Jörg Müller
14				Robert Huff
15	September 24	Turkey	Istanbul	Alessandro Zanardi
16				Gabriele Tarquini
17	October 8	Spain	Valencia	Augusto Farfus
18				Jörg Müller
19	November 19	Macau	Guia Circuit	Andy Priaulx
20				Jörg Müller

Championship Results

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Wins	Points
1	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	5	73
2	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	4	72
3	Augusto Farfus	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156	3	64
4	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport France	SEAT León	1	62
5	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	1	57
6	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	1	54
7	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport Sverige	SEAT León	0	54
8	James Thompson	SEAT Sport UK	SEAT León	0	54
9	Peter Terting	SEAT Sport Deutschland	SEAT León	0	49
10	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport España	SEAT León	1	36
11	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	1	26
12	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	0	24
13	Duncan Huisman	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	0	22
14	Gianni Morbidelli	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156	0	22
15	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	1	21
16	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	1	20
17	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT León	0	20
18	Salvatore Tavano	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156	1	15
19	Luca Rangoni	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	0	14
20	Fabrizio Giovanardi	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	0	8
21	Ryan Sharp	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	0	6
22	Alessandro Balzan	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	0	5
23	André Couto	SEAT Sport España	SEAT León	0	2

Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.

Dead-heat

• 54p: 6th D. Müller (1 Win), 7th Rydell (2nd x 2), 8th Thompson (3rd x 3)
• 22p: 13th Huisman (2nd x 2, 5th x 1), 14th Morbidelli (2nd x 2, 7th x 3)
• 20p: 16th Huff (1 Win), 17th Coronel (3rd x 1)

Manufacturers

Yokohama Trophies

Drivers

Pos	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	Jirí Janák	Československy Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	0	2
26	Jan Vonka	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320i	0	1

Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers in the independents.

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)

Teams

External Links

FIA World Touring Car Championship [1]

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