2006 FIA GT3 European Championship season

The 2006 FIA GT3 European Championship season was the inaugural season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season began on May 2, 2006 and ended on September 17, 2006 and featured ten one-hour races over five rounds.

Schedule

All races were one hour in length, and served as support races for the FIA GT Championship.

Rnd	Event	Circuit	Date
1	Silverstone Supercar Showdown	Silverstone Circuit	May 5
2			May 6
3	Oschersleben Supercar 500	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	July 1
4			July 2
5	Proximus Spa 24 Hours	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	July 29
6			July 30
7	Dijon Supercar 500	Dijon-Prenois	September 2
8			September 3
9	Mugello Supercar 500	Mugello Circuit	September 16
10			September 17

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Race 1 Winning Team	Race 2 Winning Team
		Race 1 Winning Drivers	Race 2 Winning Drivers
1 2	Silverstone	#34 JMB Racing	#38 GPC Sport
		Allan Simonsen Hector Lester	Giuseppe Arlotti Paolo Cutrera
3 4	Oschersleben	#27 Racing Box	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia
		Andrea Ceccato Stefano Livio	Marcello Zani Massimiliano Mugelli
5 6	Spa	#10 Racing Logistic	#10 Racing Logistic
		Frédéric Bouvy Patrick Bornhauser	Frédéric Bouvy Patrick Bornhauser
7 8	Dijon	#10 Racing Logistic	#9 Tech 9 Motosport
		Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bornhauser	Phil Keen Sean Edwards
9 10	Mugello	#9 Tech 9 Motosport	#9 Tech 9 Motosport
		Phil Keen Sean Edwards	Phil Keen Sean Edwards

Championships

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Tech 9 Motosport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	12	2			8	9	3	11	12	12	69
2	Racing Logistic	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10		7	5	3	10	16	14	6	1	5	67
3	Racing Box	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10	5	14	10	9	4	4			6	4	56
4	BMS Scuderia Italia	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12				18	5	5	8	8	5	3	53
5	Damax	Ascari KZ1-R	BMW 5.0 L V8	6	5							11	9	31
6	Riverside	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R	Chevrolet 7.0 L V8			8	6		6	9				29
7	JMB Racing Ferrari	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3 L V8	10	11		4		2					28
8	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	Lamborghini 5.0 L V10	5						5	3		6	14
9	Pouchelon Racing	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10			8	3			1				12
10	Auto Sport Promotion	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	4					2			4		10
11	Team Carsport Callaway	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R	Chevrolet 7.0 L V8					8						8
12=	Barwell Motorsport	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	2					3					5
12=	AF Corse	Maserati Gran Sport Light	Maserati 4.2 L V8			3					2			5

Drivers Championship

Points are awarded to the top eight finishers in the order 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Sean Edwards	Tech 9 Motorsport	8	8			8	8		10	10	10	54
2	Patrick Bornhauser	Racing Logistic			4	2	10	10	10	6	1	5	48
3=	Stefano Livio	Racing Box		10	10	4			8	5	6		43
3=	Andrea Ceccato	Racing Box	10	10	4			8	5	6			43
5	Phil Keen	Tech 9 Motorsport								10	10	10	30
6=	Toni Seiler	BMS Scuderia Italia				8		5	5	8			26
6=	Franco Groppi	BMS Scuderia Italia				8		5	5	8			26
8	Dimitris Deverikos	Tech 9 Motorsport	8				8	8					24
9=	Marcello Zani	BMS Scuderia Italia				10	5				5	3	23
9=	Massimiliano Mugelli	BMS Scuderia Italia				10	5				5	3	23
11	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Racing Logistic			4	2			10	6			22
12=	Stefano Zonca	Racing Box	5	4		5			3			4	21
12=	Marco Cioci	Racing Box		5	4		5			3		4	21
14	Frédéric Bouvy	Racing Logistic					10	10					20
15=	Allan Simonsen	JMB Racing	10	8			1						19
15=	Hector Lester	JMB Racing	10	8			1						19
15=	James Ruffier	Riverside			6	6			4	3			19
15=	Andrew Thompson	Damax			3						8	8	19
19	Matt Allison	Damax									8	8	16
20=	Steve Zacchia	Racing Logistic		6		1		6	1				14
20=	Olivier Dupard	Racing Logistic		6		1		6	1				14
22=	Leo Machitski	Barwell Motorsport						3	6	4			13
22=	Jonathan Cocker	Barwell Motorsport						3	6	4			13
24	Thierry Rabineau	Riverside			6	6							12
25=	Gilles Duqueisne	Pouchelon Racing	3		8								11
25=	Anthony Reid	Pouchelon Racing	3		8								11
25=	Tom Heinricy	Team Carsport Callaway			5		6						11
28=	Morgan Moulin-Traffort	Auto Sport Promotion	4					2			4		10
28=	Marc Cattaneo	Auto Sport Promotion	4					2			4		10
30=	Ben Collins	Damax	6								3		9
30=	Paul van Splunteren	Tech 9 Motorsport	2	2				1			2	2	9
32=	Leonardo Maddalena	Racing Box					4	4					8
32=	Bruno Corradi	Racing Box					4	4					8
34=	François Xavier Terny	Riverside							4	3			7
34=	Aaron Scott	Damax	6									1	7
36=	Luciano Linossi	Reiter Engineering										6	6
36=	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Reiter Engineering										6	6
36=	Ian Khan	JMB Racing		3			3						6
36=	Stephen Earle	JMB Racing		3			3						6
36=	Jürgen von Gartzen	Team Carsport Callaway					6						6
36=	Frédéric Makowiecki	Racing Logistic									1	5	6
36=	Stuart Turvey	Damax		5								1	6
43=	Uli Berberich-Martini	Team Carsport Callaway			5								5
43=	Luca Pirri	Team Carsport Callaway		5									5
43=	James Murphy	Tech 9 Motorsport	2	2				1					5
46	Andrew Purdie	Tech 9 Motorsport									2	2	4
47=	Wido Rossler	Pouchelon Racing				3							3
47=	David Hallyday	Pouchelon Racing				3							3
47=	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering							2	1			3
47=	Phil Bastiaans	Reiter Engineering							2	1			3
47=	Nick Adams	Damax			3								3
47=	Klaas Zwart	Damax									3		3
53=	Paulo Bonifácio	Team Carsport Callaway						2					2
53=	Marco Panzavuota	Team Carsport Callaway						2					2
53=	Alberto Cerrai	AF Corse			2								2
53=	Diego Alessi	AF Corse			2								2
53=	Christopher Campbell	Riverside								2			2
53=	Philippe Charriol	Riverside								2			2
53=	Jaromir Jirik	S-Berg Racing		1	1								2
60=	Martin Rich	Barwell Motorsport	1										1
60=	Piers Johnson	Barwell Motorsport	1										1
60=	Marc Basseng	S-Berg Racing				1							1
60=	Denis Retera	Reiter Engineering			1								1

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