The 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the sixteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 29 April and finished at the Barcelona on 29 October, after fourteen rounds.

Motopark Academy's Filipe Albuquerque who took a pair of double wins at Nürburgring and Barcelona clinched the championship title in the final round at Barcelona by eight points ahead of JD Motorsport's Chris van der Drift, who won two races during the season at Misano and Donington Park. Van der Drift also finished as top rookie. Carlo van Dam finished in third for SG Formula, after win at Le Mans and another four podiums. Another driver who won on Bugatti Circuit was Bertrand Baguette who finished two points behind van Dam for Epsilon Euskadi. Kasper Andersen completed the top five without scoring a win. Laurent Groppi won two races of the opening round at Zolder, but contested just six races, as well as Donington winner Sébastien Buemi. Dani Clos won at Istanbul Park and Misano, but due to disqualification in the second race at Misano he managed only seventh place in the series' standings.

Teams and drivers 2006 Entry List Team Driver name Rounds Prema Powerteam 0 Edoardo Mortara All 2 Henkie Waldschmidt All 3 Martin Plowman All Comtec Team 1 Pippa Mann All SG Formula 4 Tom Dillmann All 5 Sten Pentus 1–4 Yann Clairay 6 6 Carlo van Dam All 12 Alexandre Marsoin 7 64 Jean Karl Vernay 4 65 Julien Jousse 4 Epsilon Euskadi 7 Salman bin Rashid Al-Khalifa All 8 Bertrand Baguette All 9 Jacky Ferre 1 Nelson Panciatici 6–7 Motopark Academy 10 Filipe Albuquerque All 11 Nathan Antunes 1 Sébastien Buemi 2–3, 5 Robert Wickens 4 Stefano Coletti 6–7 Motorsport Arena 12 John Michael Edwards All 14 Brendon Hartley All Cram Competition 15 Jaime Alguersuari All 16 Edoardo Piscopo All 17 Adrian Zaugg 1–3 Stefano Coletti 4 Oliver Oakes 5–7 Team Jenzer 18 Walter Grubmüller 1–4 Claudio Cantelli 5–6 Mariano Werner 7 19 Marco Frezza 1–4 Oliver Campos-Hull 5–7 Jenzer Motorsport 20 Junior Strous 1–2 Atte Mustonen 5–7 21 Rahel Frey All 22 Dani Clos All 52 Cem Kent 2 JD Motorsport 24 Kasper Andersen All 25 Chris van der Drift All 26 Xavier Maassen All Koiranen Bros Motorsport 27 Atte Mustonen 1–4 Facundo Crovo 7 28 Tomi Limmonen 1, 3–4 Duarte Félix da Costa 7 SL Formula Racing 29 Frédéric Vervisch 1–2 Bruno Rudolf Fechner 5 30 Johan Charpilienne 1 Anton Nebylitskiy 2, 5–6 Graff Racing 31 Laurent Groppi 1, 4, 6 32 Mathieu Arzeno 1 Claudio Cantelli 4 Julien Canal 6 AR Motorsport34 Duarte Félix da Costa 1–2, 4–535 Mervyn Kool 1, 4 BVM Motorsport 36 Pablo Sánchez López All 37 Frederico Muggia All 41 Daniel Zampieri 3–4, 7 MRD Motorsport 38 Joonas Mannerjarvi 1–6 58 Qing Hua Ma 3 Twincam Motorsport 44 Oliver Campos-Hull 1–4 Walter Grubmüller 5–7 45 Daniel Campos-Hull 2 Euronova Racing 53 Alberto Costa 3 59 Filippo Ponti 3 IT Loox 54 Valentino Sebastiani 3 55 Niki Sebastiani 3 56 Riccardo Cinti 3 RP Motorsport 57 Matteo Chinosi 3 CO2 Motorsport 60 Andrea Caldarelli 3 Hexis Racing 61 Sébastien Chardonnet 4 62 Malo Olivier 4 63 Ulric Amado de Carvalho 4 BVM Minardi Team 66 Frankie Provenzano 6 Pole Services 67 Johan Charpilienne 6 68 Pierre Combot 6 RSC 70 Aleix Alcaraz 7 71 José Luis López-Pamplo 7

Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Circuit Zolder 29 April Laurent Groppi Laurent Groppi Laurent Groppi Graff Racing R2 30 April Laurent Groppi Laurent Groppi Graff Racing 2 R1 Istanbul Park 17 June Dani Clos Edoardo Piscopo Dani Clos Jenzer Motorsport R2 18 June Dani Clos Dani Clos Jenzer Motorsport 3 R1 Misano World Circuit 15 July Dani Clos Adrian Zaugg Dani Clos Jenzer Motorsport R2 16 July Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift JD Motorsport 4 R1 Nürburgring 5 August Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy R2 6 August Tom Dillmann Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy 5 R1 Donington Park 9 September Chris van der Drift Kasper Andersen Sébastien Buemi Motopark Academy R2 10 September Atte Mustonen Chris van der Drift JD Motorsport 6 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 30 September Carlo van Dam Bertrand Baguette Bertrand Baguette Epsilon Euskadi R2 1 October Laurent Groppi Carlo van Dam SG Formula 7 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 28 October Filipe Albuquerque Carlo van Dam Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy R2 29 October Tom Dillmann Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy

Championship standings

Drivers Points are awarded to the drivers as follows: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP* Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 * – only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos Driver ZOL IST MIS NÜR DON LMS CAT Points12345678910111213141 Filipe Albuquerque9628†5641115411Ret11992 Chris van der Drift220844133111Ret11226913 Carlo van Dam524238668Ret231107904 Bertrand Baguette321311982330231645885 Kasper Andersen6RetRet73Ret55372Ret33786 Laurent Groppi112274757 Dani Clos1110111DSQ44101010RetRet19708 Tom Dillmann2449272711344RetRetNC22619 Atte Mustonen4532RetRet16169209517115410 Edoardo PiscopoRet18565111011716RetRet1343411 Sébastien Buemi48Ret9163312 Jaime Alguersuari3121169722031RetRetRetRet5162413 Xavier Maassen26*31019RetRet129Ret5131616122114 Brendon Hartley19Ret62829576Ret1212RetRet172115 Henkie Waldschmidt1623212314291412Ret18597101916 Adrian Zaugg128Ret16Ret*31417 John Michael EdwardsRet167RetRet18910613RetDNS21Ret1418 Frederico Muggia87Ret15Ret1932RetRetRet14RetRet91019 Walter Grubmüller172712182216RetDNS581718Ret15920 Johan Charpilienne7NC8Ret921 Rahel Frey131427†12Ret17Ret2681418Ret6DSQ822 Edoardo Mortara15RetRet2026121720Ret9Ret7Ret27823 Martin Plowman221722RetNC23213516112110924724 Mervyn Kool2891315225 Oliver Campos-Hull32†Ret23Ret11141513DNSDNS16131414226 Junior Strous10121413127 Marco FrezzaRetRet171410Ret2222128 Daniel Zampieri1925RetRet11Ret129 Claudio Cantelli3028141723151 30 Sten Pentus27112522202824230 31 Pablo Sánchez López2515242113Ret2521121919Ret12200 32 Duarte Félix da CostaRet192017Ret1913Ret15180 33 Mathieu Arzeno18130 34 Nathan Antunes14Ret0 35 Pippa Mann29Ret15Ret16213125Ret152020Ret210 36 Robert Wickens18170 37 Joonas Mannerjarvi202219241820332718Ret25190 38 Anton Nebylitskiy182919Ret22Ret0 39 Stefano Coletti2618RetRetRetRet0 40 Salman bin Rashid Al-KhalifaRet26Ret252827Ret3220RetRetRet20250 41 Jacky Ferre21250 42 Frédéric Vervisch23RetDSQRet0 43 Tomi Limmonen30RetRetRet27240 44 Cem Kent26260The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing Yann Clairay262 - Nelson Panciatici431813 - Pierre Combot614 - Jean Karl Vernay87 - Oliver OakesRetRetRet8198 - Alexandre Marsoin8Ret - Daniel Campos-Hull1110 - Niki Sebastiani2710 - Filippo Ponti1215 - Julien Canal1512 - Valentino Sebastiani2513 - Julien Jousse1914 - Matteo Chinosi1526 - Frankie Provenzano2417 - Riccardo Cinti17Ret - Bruno Rudolf Fechner17Ret - Qing Hua Ma2122 - Facundo CrovoNC22 - Aleix Alcaraz2423 - Mariano Werner2328† - Andrea Caldarelli23Ret - Alberto Costa2424 - José Luis López-PamploRet26 - Ulric Amado de Carvalho28Ret - Sébastien Chardonnet2933 - Malo OlivierNC29RetDNS - Pos Driver ZOL IST MIS NÜR DON LMS CAT PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams PosTeamPoints1 JD Motorsport1702 SG Formula1513 Motopark Academy1324 Jenzer Motorsport895 Epsilon Euskadi886 Graff Racing757 Cram Competition548 Koiranen Bros369 Motorsport Arena3510 Prema Powerteam2511 BVM Minardi Team1012 SL Formula Racing913 Twincam Motorsport914 Team Jenzer415 AR Motorsport2

References

External links Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship