The 2006 Le Mans Series was the third season of ACO Le Mans Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 9 April and ended on 24 September after 5 rounds.
Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit Date - LMS Official Test Paul Ricard HTTT 26 March,27 March 1 1000 km of Istanbul† Istanbul Racing Circuit 9 April 2 1000 km of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 14 May 3 1000 km of Nürburgring Nürburgring 16 July 4 1000 km of Donington Donington Park 27 August 5 1000 km of Jarama‡ Circuito Permanente Del Jarama 24 SeptemberSources:
† - The race in Istanbul was shortened from its original planned 1000 km to a limit of 4 hours due to a lack of fuel brought to the event by organizers.
‡ - This event was originally planned to be held at Monza, but had to be cancelled due to conflicts. Jarama was announced as its replacement.
Entry list
Season results Overall winner in bold.
Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team Results LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers 1 Istanbul #17 Pescarolo Sport #32 Barazi-Epsilon #50 Aston Martin Larbre #97 GPC Sport Results Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Jean-Philippe Belloc Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Fabrizio de Simone 2 Spa #17 Pescarolo Sport #39 Chamberlain-Synergy #55 Team Oreca #76 Autorlando Sport Results Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Miguel Amaral Miguel Ángel de Castro Angel Burgueño Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari Marc Lieb Joël Camathias 3 Nürburgring #17 Pescarolo Sport #40 ASM Team #50 Aston Martin Larbre #83 GPC Sport Results Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Éric Hélary Miguel Amaral Miguel Ángel de Castro Angel Burgueño Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse Stefano Zonca Andrea Belicchi Marco Cioci 4 Donington #17 Pescarolo Sport #25 RML #63 Team Modena #81 Team LNT Results Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Didier André Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Antonio García Peter Hardman Warren Hughes Robert Bell 5 Jarama #17 Pescarolo Sport #40 ASM Team #55 Team Oreca #81 Team LNT Results Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Didier André Miguel Amaral Miguel Ángel de Castro Angel Burgueño Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari Robert Bell Warren HughesSource:
Teams Championships Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.
The top 2 finishers in each teams championship earn automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans
LMP1 Standings Pos No Team Chassis Engine IST SPA NÜR DON JAR Total 1 #17 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 1 1 1 1 1 50 2=† #9 Creation Autosportif Creation CA06/H Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 Ret 2 3 3 20 2= #19 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Lola B06/10 AER P32T 3.6 L Turbo V8 3 Ret 4 5 4 20 4 #5 Swiss Spirit Courage LC70 Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 Ret 2 6 Ret 2 19 5 #2 Zytek Engineering Zytek 06S Zytek 2ZG408 4.0 L V8 3 5 Ret 10 6= #6 Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm LMP Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 2 Ret Ret 8 6= #10 Creation Autosportif Creation CA06/H Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 2 8 8 #12 Courage Compétition Courage LC70 Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 NC 7 4 Ret 7 9 #14 Racing for Holland Dome S101Hb Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 Ret 3 6 10 #13 Courage Compétition Courage LC70 Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 Ret Ret NC NC 5 4 11 #15 ProTran Competition ProTran RS06/H Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 8 Ret 1 NC #3 Lavaggi Sport Lavaggi LS1 Ford (PME) 6.0 L V8 Ret 0 † - #9 Creation Autosportif broke the tie by having a best finish of 2nd compared to Chamberlain-Synergy's best of 3rd.
LMP2 Standings Pos No Team Chassis Engine IST SPA NÜR DON JAR Total 1 #32 Barazi-Epsilon Courage C65 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 4 6 4 4 28 2 #25 RML MG-Lola EX264 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 2 4 1 Ret 26 3 #20 Pir Competition Pilbeam MP93 Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 2 NC 7 2 3 24 4= #24 Binnie Motorsports Lola B05/42 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 3 2 3 Ret 20 4= #40 ASM Team Racing for Portugal† Lola B05/40 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Ret 1 20 6= #36 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4 L V8 5 5 Ret Ret 5 12 6= #44 Kruse Motorsport Courage C65 Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 5 2 12 8 #39 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport† Lola B05/40 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 10 9 #35 G-Force Racing Courage C65 Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 3 8 7 10 #22 Rollcentre Racing Radical SR9 Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 11 #37 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4 L V8 4 NC NC 5 12 #21 Team Bruichladdich Radical Radical SR9 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 5 Ret Ret 4 NC #28 Ranieri Randaccio Lucchini LMP2/04 Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 Ret Ret NC 0 † - ASM Team ended their involvement with Chamberlain-Synergy after round 2. ASM Team's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.
GT1 Standings Pos No Team Chassis Engine IST SPA NÜR DON JAR Total 1 #50 Aston Martin Racing Larbre Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 1 NC 1 5 2 32 2 #67 Convers MenX Team Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12 2 5 3 3 5 28 3= #72 Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet LS1 7.0 L V8 3 6 2 2 Ret 25 3= #55 Team Oreca Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 1 4 Ret 1 25 5= #70 PSI Experience Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8 Ret 3 Ret 4 4 16 5= #63 Team Modena† Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 Ret 1 3 16 7 #61 Cirtek Motorsport† Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 4 2 13 8 #62 Cirtek Motorsport Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 5 4 9 NC #51 B-Racing RS Line Team Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 Ret 0
† - Team Modena ended their involvement with Cirtek after round 2. Team Modena's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.
GT2 Standings Pos No Team Chassis Engine IST SPA NÜR DON JAR Total 1 #76 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 2 1 2 2 Ret 34 2 #82 Team LNT Panoz Esperante GT-LM Ford (Élan) Cammer 5.0 L V8 3 2 7 Ret 4 21 3 #81 Team LNT Panoz Esperante GT-LM Ford (Élan) Cammer 5.0 L V8 Ret Ret 10 1 1 20 4 #99 Virgo Motorsport Ferrari F430GT Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8 8 3 4 6 5 19 5 #92 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 4 5 6 5 7 18 6 #97 GPC Sport Ferrari F430GT Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8 1 Ret 8 3 DSQ 17 7 #86 Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R Audi 4.2 L V8 7 Ret 5 Ret 3 12 8= #83 GPC Sport Ferrari F430GT Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8 1 Ret 10 8= #85 Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R Audi 4.2 L V8 5 10 3 Ret Ret 10 10= #90 Farnbacher Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 6 Ret 9 4 Ret 8 10= #78 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 11 16 Ret 2 8 10= #75 Thierry Perrier Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 12 6 Ret 7 6 8 13 #80 Farnbacher Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 NC 4 Ret 5 14 #77 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 9 7 12 2 15= #73 Ice Pol Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 10 8 13 Ret 1 15= #96 James Watt Automotive Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 11 14 Ret 8 1 NC #95 Racesport Peninsula TVR TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6 9 15 Ret 9 0 NC #84 GPC Sport Team Icer Brakes Ferrari F430GT Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8 Ret 0 NC #91 T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 Ret 11 0
Drivers Championships Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who do not drive for at least one hour do not receive points.
Points are awarded to a single driver and car combination. If a driver wins points driving a different car in a different event, those points are listed separately. Drivers listed multiple times in the points standings are marked with an asterisk.
LMP1 Standings Pos Driver Team IST SPA NÜR DON JAR Total 1 Emmanuel Collard Pescarolo Sport 1 1 1 1 1 50 Jean-Christophe Boullion Pescarolo Sport 1 1 1 1 1 2 Didier André Pescarolo Sport 1 1 20 3 Felipe Ortiz Creation Autosportif Ret 2 3 3 20 Beppe Gabbiani Creation Autosportif Ret 2 3 3 4 Bob Berridge Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport 3 Ret 4 5 4 20 Gareth Evans Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport 3 Ret 4 5 4 5 Harold Primat Swiss Spirit Ret 2 6 Ret 2 19 Marcel Fässler Swiss Spirit Ret 2 6 Ret 2 6 Nicolas Minassian Creation Autosportif Ret (2) 2 3 14 7 Peter Owen Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport (3) Ret 4 5 4 14 8 Éric Hélary Pescarolo Sport 1 10 9 Kevin McGarrity Creation Autosportif 8 2 9 10 Jens Møller Lister Storm Racing 2 Ret Ret 8 = Nicolas Kiesa Lister Storm Racing 2 Ret 8 12 Jean-Marc Gounon Courage Compétition Ret NC 7 4 Ret 7 Gregor Fisken Courage Compétition Ret 7 4 Ret Alexander Frei Courage Compétition NC 7 4 Ret 13 John Nielsen Zytek Engineering 3 6 Casper Elgaard Zytek Engineering 3 Philip Andersen Zytek Engineering 3 14 Jan Lammers Racing for Holland 3 6 Alex Yoong Racing for Holland 3 15 Jamie Campbell-Walter Creation Autosportif 3 6 16 Stefan Johansson Zytek Engineering 5 Ret 4 Hideki Noda Zytek Engineering 5 Ret 17 Shinji Nakano Courage Compétition Ret Ret NC NC 5 4 Haruki Kurosawa Courage Compétition Ret Ret NC NC 5 18 Paul Cope ProTran Competition 8 Ret 1 = Ben Collins ProTran Competition 8 1NC Justin Keen Lister Storm Racing (2) Ret0NC Phil Bennett ProTran Competition Ret0NC Xavier Pompidou Lavaggi Sport Ret0 Giovanni Lavaggi Lavaggi Sport RetSource:
LMP2 Standings Pos Driver Team IST SPA NÜR DON JAR Total 1 Michael Vergers Barazi-Epsilon 1 4 6 4 4 28 Juan Barazi Barazi-Epsilon 1 4 6 4 4 2 Mike Newton RML 6 2 4 1 Ret 26 Thomas Erdos RML 6 2 4 1 Ret 3 Marc Rostan Pir Competition 2 NC 7 2 3 24 Pierre Bruneau Pir Competition 2 NC 7 2 3 4 Miguel Ángel de Castro ASM Team Racing for Portugal (1) 1 Ret 1 20 Ángel Burgueño ASM Team Racing for Portugal (1) 1 Ret 1 Miguel Amaral ASM Team Racing for Portugal (1) 1 Ret 1 5 Sam Hancock Binnie Motorsports 3 2 3 Ret 20 Allen Timpany Binnie Motorsports 3 2 3 Ret 6 Davide Valsecchi Barazi-Epsilon 4 4 4 15 7 William Binnie Binnie Motorsports (3) 2 3 Ret 14 8 Jean-Philippe Belloc Barazi-Epsilon 1 6 13 9 Jens Petersen G-Force Racing (8) 12 Kruse Motorsport 5 2 Jan-Dirk Leuders G-Force Racing (8) Kruse Motorsport 5 2 10 Karim Ojjeh Paul Belmondo Racing 5 5 Ret Ret 5 12 Pierre Ragues Paul Belmondo Racing 5 5 Ret Ret 5 11 Norbert Siedler Kruse Motorsport 2 8 12 Claude-Yves Gosselin Paul Belmondo Racing 5 5 Ret 8 13 Ed Morris G-Force Racing 3 6 Jean-François Leroch G-Force Racing 3 14 João Barbosa Rollcentre Racing Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 Martin Short Rollcentre Racing Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 15 Didier André Paul Belmondo Racing 4 NC NC 5 Yann Clairay Paul Belmondo Racing 4 NC Paul Belmondo Paul Belmondo Racing 4 (5) 16 Tim Greaves Rollcentre Racing Ret Ret 4 Team Bruichladdich Radical 5 Ret Ret Stuart Moseley Team Bruichladdich Radical 5 Ret Ret 17 Tony Burgess Kruse Motorsport 5 4 18 Christophe Brück G-Force Racing 8 1NC Frank Hahn G-Force Racing (3)0NC Jean-Bernard Bouvet Paul Belmondo Racing NC0NC Ranieri Randaccio Ranieri Randaccio Ret Ret Ret0 Fabio Mancini Ranieri Randaccio Ret Ret Ret Gianni Collini Ranieri Randaccio Ret Ret RetNC Rob Barff Rollcentre Racing Ret Ret0NC Gregor Fisken Rollcentre Racing Ret0NC Ben Devlin Team Bruichladdich Radical Ret0Source: GT1 Standings