2006 World Touring Car Championship

The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the third 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.2006 World Touring Car Championship Sporting Regulations, 22 March 2006 Retrieved via web.archive.org on 27 April 2014 Andy Priaulx won the Drivers title and BMW won the Manufacturers award.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship.2006 WTCC Entry List, fiawtcc.com Retrieved via web.archive.org on 27 April 2014

TeamCarNo.DriversEvents Manufacturer Teams BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 Andy Priaulx All 40 Jan Magnussen 10 BMW Team Italy-Spain 4 Alessandro Zanardi All 5 Marcel Costa 1–4 41 Duncan Huisman 5–10 BMW Team Deutschland 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All 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 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 JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 25 Fabrizio Giovanardi 5, 10 Independents' Trophy GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 19 Maurizio Ceresoli 1–6 20 Tom Coronel 1–2 Seat León 19 Maurizio Ceresoli 7–10 20 Tom Coronel 3–10 JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 23 Pierre-Yves Corthals 1–4, 6–9 24 Ryan Sharp 1–7 Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 30 Luca Rangoni All BMW 320i 31 Stefano D'Aste All Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 32 Oscar Alberto Hidalgo 6 33 Emmet O'Brien 1–5 34 Diego Romanini All 35 Jan Vonka 7 Time TekProm Alfa Romeo 156 36 Lucas Molo 5 Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 37 Rainer Bastuck 7 38 Vincent Radermecker 7, 9 48 María de Villota 9 TFS-Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla T-Sport 39 Philip Geipel 7 Československý Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 44 Jiří Janák 1 Peugeot Sport Denmark Peugeot 407 46 Jens Edman 1, 4 Kosifler Motorsport BMW 320i 47 Ibrahim Okyay 8 DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 51 Alessandro Balzan 1–2 52 Elio Marchetti 1–2 Scuderia La Torre Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 53 Riccardo Romagnoli 1–2 GDL Racing BMW 320i 54 Emanuele Naspetti 1–2 Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 55 Stefano Valli 1–2 56 Simone Iacone 1–2 Scuderia del Girasole Seat León 57 Davide Roda 1–2 58 Roberto Colciago 2 Seat Toledo Cupra 1 Ao's Racing Team BMW 320i 62 Ao Chi Hong 10

Drivers changes Changed Teams Gabriele Tarquini: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport James Thompson: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport

Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2005 Yvan Muller: British Touring Car Championship → SEAT Sport Marcel Costa: No full-time drive → BMW Team Italy-Spain Gianni Morbidelli: FIA GT Championship → N-Technology Salvatore Tavano: Italian Superturismo Championship → N-Technology Maurizio Ceresoli: Italian Formula Three Championship → GR Asia Pierre-Yves Corthals: No full-time drive → Jas Motorsport Ryan Sharp: Formula Renault 3.5 Series → Jas Motorsport Luca Rangoni: No full-time drive → Proteam Motorsport Emmet O'Brien: European Alfa Romeo 147 Challenge → Wiechers-Sport Diego Romanini: FIA GT Championship → Wiechers-Sport

Leaving WTCC Fabrizio Giovanardi: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → British Touring Car Championship Antonio García: BMW Team Italy-Spain → No full-time drive Thomas Klenke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → No full-time drive Michael Funke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → ADAC GT Masters Roberto Colciago: Jas Motorsport → Italian Superturismo Championship Adriano de Micheli: Jas Motorsport → No full-time drive Giuseppe Cirò: Proteam Motorsport → Ferrari Challenge Marc Hennerici: Wiechers-Sport → Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring

Calendar Each event comprised two races of 50 kilometres distance. 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.

Event Race Name Track Date 1 R1 Race of Italy Autodromo Nazionale di 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

Results and standings

Races 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

Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321

Drivers' Championship Pos 2006 WTCC point standings, fiawtcc.com Retrieved via web.archive.org on 27 April 2014 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 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 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 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.

Pos Manufacturer ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC Pts 1 BMW 1 15 1 1 8 6 1 1 8 1 6 4 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 254 4 17 2 2 9 8 2 3 9 3 17 7 2 4 4 8 6 2 2 5 2 SEAT 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 5 6 3 2 235 3 5 4 4 2 3 4 5 2 5 5 5 4 6 3 2 9 12 7 3 3 Alfa Romeo 8 1 20 12 12 7 6 2 3 2 1 1 15 14 9 15 1 5 5 Ret 154 9 4 21 14 21 11 9 11 7 9 2 2 17 15 10 16 4 10 15 Ret 4 Chevrolet 10 3 9 8 4 1 12 9 18 8 12 Ret 7 1 7 3 3 4 9 10 128 19 7 11 9 7 12 13 21 19† 10 15 Ret 8 7 15 6 8 9 21† Ret Pos Manufacturer ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC Pts

Yokohama Independents' Trophy 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.

Pos Driver ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC Pts 1 Tom Coronel Ret 13 10 16 13 14 10 12 14 11 4 6 6 23† 8 12 14 13 7 3 178 2 Luca Rangoni 15 Ret 12 21 20 15 17 23 17 Ret 23 12 Ret 12 21† 21† 2 3 20 12 100 3 Stefano D'Aste 14 21 18 10 19 Ret 19 19 Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 11 12 11 20 19 Ret 11 93 4 Ryan Sharp 18 14 22 Ret 16 13 25 18 12 12 3 Ret 12 17 75 5 Maurizio Ceresoli 25 19 NC 19 14 19 21 22 Ret DNS 16 16† 20 NC 16 17 17 18 17 Ret 69 6 Diego Romanini 20 24† 27 22 15 Ret 22 25† 22 17 20 13 23 19 18 18 22 23 18 15 67 7 Pierre-Yves Corthals 22 DNS 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 13 10 16 16 11 19 12 16 57 8 Alessandro Balzan 9 4 Ret 17 25 9 Vincent Radermecker 19 13 18 14 20 10 Emmet O'Brien 26† 15 23 23 Ret 17 Ret 24 21 Ret 17 11 Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 15 11 14 12 Simone Iacone 16 11 25 DNS 13 13 Riccardo Romagnoli 17 16 26 18 11 14 Jens Edman Ret DNS 20 20 10 15 Ao Chi Hong 19 Ret 10 16 Ibrahim Okyay 19 14 9 17 Lucas Molo Ret 18† 5 18 Oscar Hidalgo 24 14 5 19 Emanuele Naspetti 30† DNS 17 Ret 4 20 Rainer Bastuck 22 20 3 21 María de Villota 21 Ret 2 22 Phillip Geipel 21 Ret 2 23 Davide Roda 23 20 28 20 2 24 Stefano Valli 24 17 Ret DNS 2 25 Jiří Janák 21 18 2 26 Jan Vonka Ret 21 1 NC Elio Marchetti Ret DNS 24 Ret 0 Pos Driver ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC Pts

Dead-heat 10p: 14th Edman (4th x 2), 15th A. Chi Hong (4th x 1)