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2006 BTCC season
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The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 49th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. As in 2005, there were ten racing weekends at nine different circuits; each round comprising three races, making a thirty round competition in total.

Contents 1 Changes for 2006 2 Teams and Drivers 3 Race calendar and winners 4 Championship standings 4.1 Drivers' Championship

[edit] Changes for 2006

• In 2006, the number of grid places to be reversed for race three’s starting grid will vary between six and ten. The actual number will be unknown at each race meeting until it is randomly drawn by the winner of race two, immediately after that race.
• The base-weight of BTC-spec cars will increase to 1175kg (although the difference in base weight between BTC and S2000-spec cars will be the same as existed at the end of 2005)
• Cars of those who enter the BTCC late, or dip in and out of the championship, with be penalised with a maximum success ballast at their first meeting or on their return. The ballast amount will subsequently reduce in the second and third meeting in which that car competes.

[edit] Teams and Drivers

Key to classes: M = Manufacturer entered team; I = Independent team
Key to car specifications: S2K = Car built to Super 2000 specifications; BTC = Car built to BTC-touring specifications

Team	Car	Cl.	Spec.	No	Driver
Team Halfords	Honda Integra DC05	I	BTC	1	Matt Neal
				52	Gordon Shedden
				25	Gareth Howell[1]
SEAT Sport UK	SEAT León	M	S2K	4	Jason Plato
				14	James Thompson[2]
				24	Darren Turner[3]
VX Racing	Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch	M	BTC	5	Tom Chilton
				10	Gavin Smith
				11	Fabrizio Giovanardi
				90	Erkut Kizilirmak[4]
Team RAC	MG ZS	I	BTC	6	Colin Turkington
				7	Rob Collard
Fast-Tec Motorsport Ltd	Honda Civic Type-R	I	BTC	12	Mark Proctor[5]
Geoff Steel Racing	BMW 320i	I	S2K	15	Martyn Bell
Team Farécla	Peugeot 307	I	BTC	16	Richard Marsh
Quest Racing	Alfa Romeo 156	I	S2K	17	Eoin Murray[6]
NJL Racing with Daniels Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé	I	BTC	19	Nick Leason[7]
Synchro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	I	BTC	20	James Kaye
Xero Competition	Lexus IS200	I	S2K	21	Adam Jones
Kartworld Racing	MG ZS	I	BTC	28	Jason Hughes
BTC Racing	Lexus IS200	I	S2K	42	Chris Stockton[8]
				43	Darren Dowling[8]
Motorbase Performance	Honda Integra DC05	I	BTC	55	Dave Pinkney
	SEAT Toledo		S2K	23	Tom Ferrier[9]
InFront Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	I	S2K	66	Mark Smith[10]
Team Eurotech	Honda Integra DC05	I	BTC	77	Mike Jordan
Team Forward Racing	Lexus IS200	I	S2K	79	Mark Jones[11]
Thurlby Motors Boston Bowl	Vauxhall Astra Coupé	I	BTC	82	Fiona Leggate[12]
					Paul O'Neill[13]

[edit] Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1 2 3	Brands Hatch (Indy)	9 April	James Thompson James Thompson Jason Plato	SEAT Sport UK SEAT Sport UK SEAT Sport UK
4 5 6	Mondello Park	23 April	Matt Neal Matt Neal Mike Jordan	Team Halfords Team Halfords Team Eurotech
7 8 9	Oulton Park (Island)	14 May	Gordon Shedden Matt Neal Jason Plato	Team Halfords Team Halfords SEAT Sport UK
10 11 12	Thruxton	4 June	Gordon Shedden Matt Neal Colin Turkington	Team Halfords Team Halfords Team RAC
13 14 15	Croft	16 July	Jason Plato Matt Neal James Thompson	SEAT Sport UK Team Halfords SEAT Sport UK
16 17 18	Donington Park (National)	30 July	Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden Colin Turkington	Team Halfords Team Halfords Team RAC
19 20 21	Snetterton	13 August	Jason Plato Jason Plato Matt Neal	SEAT Sport UK SEAT Sport UK Team Halfords
22 23 24	Knockhill	3 September	Jason Plato Fabrizio Giovanardi Matt Neal	SEAT Sport UK VX Racing Team Halfords
25 26 27	Brands Hatch (Indy)	24 September	Jason Plato Jason Plato Fabrizio Giovanardi	SEAT Sport UK SEAT Sport UK VX Racing
28 29 30	Silverstone (National)	15 October	Gareth Howell Matt Neal Gareth Howell	Team Halfords Team Halfords Team Halfords

[edit] Championship standings

[edit] Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BH MON OUL THR CRO DON SNE KNO BH SIL Pts 1 Neal 3 3 Ret 1 1 3 4 1 8 2 1 2 3 1 4 4 5 7 6 8 1 2 5 1 2 2 Ret 4 1 DNS 289 2 Plato Ret 5 1 2 2 8 14 6 1 Ret Ret 3 1 2 3 7 Ret Ret 1 1 6 1 Ret DNS 1 1 3 8 Ret 4 241 3 Turkington 4 2 2 4 3 2 7 17 5 8 6 1 4 3 2 2 8 1 Ret 3 4 7 9 Ret 3 3 4 2 DSQ 2 240 4 Shedden Ret Ret 4 5 DSQ 6 1 3 Ret 1 2 11 12 4 17 1 1 3 Ret 6 5 6 Ret 2 7 4 2 6 2 Ret 204 5 Giovanardi Ret 8 6 7 Ret 5 5 2 9 Ret 8 12 6 Ret 5 3 4 2 3 Ret Ret 4 1 6 6 5 1 7 3 16 163 6 Thompson 1 1 5 3 Ret 4 11 4 2 2 5 1 2 2 2 5 Ret 5 162 7 Chilton 2 7 3 6 Ret 9 9 7 3 4 9 8 Ret 8 6 5 Ret 6 Ret 7 3 12 Ret Ret 4 6 8 3 Ret 3 139 8 G. Smith 6 4 7 8 5 7 8 10 6 6 12 7 9 6 8 6 2 5 4 Ret 7 Ret 2 5 Ret Ret 10 11 4 10 123 9 Collard 7 6 DSQ Ret 10 Ret 6 5 4 5 3 6 5 Ret 10 9 13 Ret 11 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 7 6 10 5 7 97 10 Jordan 5 Ret Ret 9 7 1 2 12 7 Ret Ret Ret 11 10 7 8 3 Ret 5 4 12 5 Ret DNS 8 Ret 7 9 Ret DNS 91 11 Howell 7 9 Ret 3 7 3 Ret 8 5 1 6 1 80 12 Kaye 8 9 Ret 10 6 DNS 3 9 DNS 7 7 4 8 7 9 10 7 8 9 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 11 13 Ret DNS DNS Ret 61 13 Pinkney Ret 10 8 13 4 10 10 8 Ret Ret 4 5 7 9 Ret 11 Ret 9 12 Ret 11 Ret 3 9 9 9 Ret 13 11 12 56 14 Turner 3 5 Ret 12 9 4 10 DSQ 4 Ret DNS DNS Ret 10 6 41 15 Hughes 9 11 9 11 DNS Ret 12 DNS 10 9 10 9 14 12 11 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret 15 8 4 Ret Ret 10 9 15 9 11 27 16 Proctor Ret Ret DNS 12 8 Ret 13 11 13 DNS DNS DNS Ret 14 Ret 8 11 9 9 6 8 18 17 Murray 10 11 12 13 6 Ret Ret 10 10 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 8 18 Bell 10 Ret Ret 15 9 11 Ret 13 14 12 17 DNS 16 15 16 14 12 10 14 Ret 13 Ret 8 10 14 Ret 13 16 Ret 15 8 19 Ferrier 12 7 8 7 20 O'Neill 8 14 14 14 8 9 7 21 Leggate Ret Ret 10 14 12 DNS 15 14 11 10 13 10 Ret 16 14 DNS DNS DNS 13 12 Ret 3 22 A. Jones Ret 15 12 11 11 13 13 13 13 16 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 12 Ret 12 DNS DNS DNS 1 23 M. Smith 11 Ret DNS 16 16 Ret Ret 14 14 17 17 18 17 11 Ret 14 Ret 13 17 14 14 18 13 13 0 24 Kizilirmak 15 Ret 15 Ret 13 14 0 25 Marsh 18 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 17 12 14 0 26 Leason Ret DNS DNS Ret 15 DNS 0 27 Dowling 16 Ret 15 20 14 Ret 0 28 Stockton 13 12 Ret 19 16 Ret 0 29 M. Jones 18 Ret 16 Ret NC Ret 0 Pos Driver BH MON OUL THR CRO DON SNE KNO BH SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

Independents' Championship Position Driver Points 1 Matt Neal 337 2 Colin Turkington 290 3 Gordon Shedden 233 4 Rob Collard 174 5 Mike Jordan 162 6 James Kaye 126 7 David Pinkney 124 8 Jason Hughes 98 9 Gareth Howell 97 10 Mark Proctor 55 11 Martyn Bell 46 12 Fiona Leggate 36 13 Eoin Murray 33 14 Adam Jones 32 15 Paul O'Neill 24 16 Tom Ferrier 18 17 Mark Smith 13 18 Richard Marsh 4 19 Chris Stockton 3 20 Nick Leason 0 21 Darren Dowling 0 22 Mark Jones 0
Manufacturers' Championship Position Make Points 1 SEAT 572 2 Vauxhall 528	BTCC Teams' Championship Position Team Points 1 Team Halfords 512 2 SEAT Sport UK 418 3 VX Racing 386 4 Team RAC 332 5 Team Eurotech 93 6 Motorbase Performance 74 7 Synchro Motorsport 66 8 Kartworld Racing 36 9 Fast-Tec Motorsport 22 10 Tech-Speed 15 11 Geoff Steel Racing 11 12 Quest Racing 9 13 Xero Competition 2 14 In-Front Motorsport 0 15 Team Farecla 0 16 Team NJL Racing 0 17 BTC Racing 0 18 Team Forward 0	Independent Teams' Championship Position Team Points 1 Team Halfords 622 2 Team RAC 469 3 Team Eurotech Racing 164 4 Motorbase Performance 159 5 Synchro Motorsport 127 6 Kartworld Racing 102 7 Tech-Speed Motorsport 64 8 Fast-Tec Motorsport 59 9 Geoff Steel Racing 48 10 Quest Racing 34 11 Xero Competition 33 12 In-Front Motorsport 15 13 BTC Racing 5 14 Team Farecla 5 15 Team NJL Racing 0 16 Team Forward 0