The 2006 1000 km of Istanbul was the opening race of the 2006 Le Mans Series season run by the ACO. It was run on April 9, 2006.
Due to a mistake made by event organizers, not enough fuel was brought to Istanbul to be able to supply all the entrants for a distance of 1000 km. Thus, the race was quickly shortened to a 4-hour timed race in order to ensure that there would be enough fuel for everyone.
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. ClassTeamDriverTimeGap1LMP117 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Collard1:40.266—12LMP19 Creation Autosportif Nicolas Minassian1:40.336 +0.07023LMP114 Racing for Holland Jan Lammers1:42.140 +1.87434LMP225 Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) Thomas Erdos1:42.336 +2.07045LMP113 Courage Compétition Jean-Marc Gounon1:42.672 +2.40656LMP15 Swiss Spirit Marcel Fässler1:42.883 +2.61767LMP222 Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa1:43.359 +3.09378LMP232 Barazi-Epsilon Michael Vergers1:43.820 +3.55489LMP237 Paul Belmondo Racing Didier André1:44.336 +4.070910LMP119 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Bob Berridge1:44.976 +4.7101011LMP16 Lister Storm Racing Nicolas Kiesa1:46.258 +5.9921112LMP220 Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan1:46.546 +6.2801213LMP236 Paul Belmondo Racing Pierre Ragues1:46.594 +6.3281314LMP235 G-Force Racing Jean-François Leroch1:48.093 +7.8271415GT150 Aston Martin Racing Larbre Pedro Lamy1:48.180 +7.9141516GT170 PSI Experience Jos Menten1:49.187 +8.9211617GT161 Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena Antonio García1:49.328 +9.0621718GT167 Convers MenX Team Peter Kox1:49.468 +9.2021819GT172 Luc Alphand Aventures Jérôme Policand1:50.156 +9.8901920GT162 Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena Peter Hardman1:53.742 +13.4762021GT284 GPC Sport Team Icer Brakes Peter Sundberg1:55.774 +15.5082122GT282 Team LNT Richard Dean1:56.234 +15.9682223GT299 Virgo Motorsport Tim Sugden1:56.523 +16.2572324GT297 GPC Sport Fabrizio de Simone1:56.539 +16.2732425GT276 Autorlando Sport Marc Lieb1:56.774 +16.5082526GT281 Team LNT Robert Bell1:56.890 +16.6242627GT292 IMSA Performance Matmut Christophe Bouchut1:57.093 +16.8272728GT278 Autorlando Sport Allan Simonsen1:57.836 +17.5702829GT290 Farnbacher Racing Dominik Farnbacher1:57.844 +17.5782930GT285 Spyker Squadron b.v. Jeroen Bleekemolen1:57.914 +17.6483031GT286 Spyker Squadron b.v. Donny Crevels1:58.735 +18.4693132GT277 Seikel Motorsport Tim Bergmeister1:58.820 +18.5543233GT273 Ice Pol Racing Team Romain Iannetta2:01.312 +21.0463334GT280 Farnbacher Racing Marco Seefried2:01.366 +21.1003435GT275 Perspective Automobiles Thierry Perrier Nigel Smith2:02.196 +21.9303536LMP228 Ranieri RandaccioNo time3637GT151 B-Racing RS Line TeamNo time37Sources:
Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 17 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Pescarolo C60 Hybrid 134 Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10 2 LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Jean-Philippe Belloc Courage C65 128 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 3 LMP1 6 Lister Storm Racing Justin Keen Nicolas Kiesa Jens Møller Lister Storm LMP 127 Chevrolet 6.0L V8 4 LMP1 19 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Bob Berridge Gareth Evans Peter Owen Lola B06/10 127 AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 5 LMP2 20 Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau Pilbeam MP93 125 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 6 GT1 50 Aston Martin Racing Larbre Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse Aston Martin DBR9 125 Aston Martin AM04 6.0L V12 7 LMP2 35 G-Force Racing Ed Morris Frank Hahn Jean-François Leroch Courage C65 125 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 8 LMP2 37 Paul Belmondo Racing Paul Belmondo Didier André Yann Clairay Courage C65 124 Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8 9 GT1 67 Convers MenX Team Peter Kox Robert Pergl Alexey Vasilyev Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 124 Ferrari F131 6.0L V12 10 GT1 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard Anthony Beltoise Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 123 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8 11 GT1 61 Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena Nathan Kinch Antonio García Aston Martin DBR9 122 Aston Martin AM04 6.0L V12 12 GT1 62 Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena Peter Hardman Christian Vann Aston Martin DBR9 122 Aston Martin AM04 6.0L V12 13 GT2 97 GPC Sport Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Fabrizio de Simone Ferrari F430GT 119 Ferrari F136 4.0L V8 14 GT2 76 Autorlando Sport Marc Lieb Joël Camathias Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 119 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 15 GT2 82 Team LNT Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Panoz Esperante GT-LM 118 Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 16 GT2 92 IMSA Performance Matmut Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Dumez Raymond Narac Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 118 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 17 GT2 85 Spyker Squadron b.v. Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R 118 Audi 3.8L V8 18 GT2 90 Farnbacher Racing Pierre Ehret Dominik Farnbacher Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 117 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 19 LMP2 36 Paul Belmondo Racing Claude-Yves Gosselin Pierre Ragues Karim Ojjeh Courage C65 117 Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8 20 GT2 86 Spyker Squadron b.v. Jonny Kane Donny Crevels Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R 117 Audi 3.8L V8 21 GT2 99 Virgo Motorsport Dan Eagling Tim Sugden Ian Khan Ferrari F430GT 116 Ferrari F136 4.0L V8 22 GT2 77 Seikel Motorsport Tony Burgess Philip Collin Tim Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 113 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 23 GT2 73 Ice Pol Racing Team Yves Lambert Christian Lefort Romain Iannetta Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 112 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 24 GT2 78 Autorlando Sport Gunnar Kristensen Jens Edman Allan Simonsen Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 111 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 25 GT2 75 Perspective Automobiles Thierry Perrier Philippe Hesnault Nigel Smith Rob Wilson Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 107 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 26 LMP2 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) Thomas Erdos Mike Newton MG-Lola EX264 102 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 27NC GT2 80 Farnbacher Racing Lars Erik Nielsen Marco Seefried Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 88 Porsche M96/79 3.6L Flat-6 28DNF LMP2 22 Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa Tim Greaves Martin Short Radical SR9 120 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 29DNF GT1 70 PSI Experience Jos Menten Pertti Kuismanen Markus Palttala Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 79 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8 30DNF LMP1 13 Courage Compétition Jean-Marc Gounon Shinji Nakano Haruki Kurosawa Courage LC70 79 Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8 31DNF LMP1 14 Racing for Holland Jan Lammers Alex Yoong Dome S101Hb 62 Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 32DNF LMP1 9 Creation Autosportif Nicolas Minassian Giuseppe Gabbiani Felipe Ortiz Creation CA06/H 56 Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10 33DNF GT2 81 Team LNT Warren Hughes Robert Bell Panoz Esperante GT-LM 28 Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 34DNF LMP2 28 Ranieri Randaccio Ranieri Randaccio Fabio Mancini Gianni Collini Lucchini LMP2/04 26 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 35DNF GT2 84 GPC Sport Team Icer Brakes Jesús Díez Villarroel Peter Sundberg Ferrari F430GT 23 Ferrari F136 4.0L V8 36DNF LMP1 5 Swiss Spirit Harold Primat Marcel Fässler Courage LC70 20 Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
Statistics Pole Position - #17 Pescarolo Sport - 1:40.266 Fastest Lap - #17 Pescarolo Sport - 1:41.281 Distance - 715.292 km Average Speed - 177.588 km/h
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