2006 Le Mans Series season

2006 Le Mans Series season
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The 2006 Le Mans Series season is the 3rd season of ACO Le Mans Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 9 April and ended on 24 September after 5 rounds.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
-	LMS Official Test	Paul Ricard HTTT	26 March, 27 March
1	1000 km of Istanbul†	Istanbul Racing Circuit	9 April
2	1000 km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 May
3	1000 km of Nürburgring	Nürburgring	16 July
4	1000 km of Donington	Donington Park	27 August
5	1000 km of Jarama‡	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	24 September

† - The race in Istanbul was shortened from its original planned 1000 km to a limit of 4 hours due to a lack of fuel brought to the event by organizers.

‡ - This event was originally planned to be held at Monza, but had to be cancelled due to conflicts. Jarama was announced as its replacement.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Istanbul	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#32 Barazi-Epsilon	#50 Aston Martin Larbre	#97 GPC Sport	Results
		Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Jean-Philippe Belloc	Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse	Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Fabrizio de Simone
2	Spa	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#39 Chamberlain-Synergy	#55 Team Oreca	#76 Autorlando Sport	Results
		Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Miguel Amaral Miguel Angel del Castro Angel Burgueño	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Marc Lieb Joël Camathias
3	Nürburgring	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#40 ASM Team	#50 Aston Martin Larbre	#83 GPC Sport	Results
		Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Eric Helary	Miguel Amaral Miguel Angel de Castro Angel Burgueño	Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse	Stefano Zonca Andrea Belicchi Marco Cioci
4	Donington	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#25 RML	#63 Team Modena	#81 Team LNT	Results
		Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Didier André	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	Antonio García Peter Hardman	Warren Hughes Robert Bell
5	Jarama	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#40 ASM Team	#55 Team Oreca	#81 Team LNT	Results
		Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Didier André	Miguel Amaral Miguel Angel Castro Angel Burgueño	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Robert Bell Warren Hughes

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.

The top 2 finishers in each teams championship earn automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans

LMP1 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#17	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid	Judd GV5 5.0L V10	10	10	10	10	10	50
2=†	#9	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA06/H	Judd GV5 5.0L V10			8	6	6	20
2=	#19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B06/10	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	6		5	4	5	20
4	#5	Swiss Spirit	Courage LC70	Judd GV5 5.0L V10		8	3		8	19
5	#2	Zytek Engineering	Zytek 06S	Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8		6	4			10
6=	#6	Lister Storm Racing	Lister Storm LMP	Chevrolet 6.0L V8	8					8
6=	#10	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA06/H	Judd GV5 5.0L V10				8		8
8	#12	Courage Compétition	Courage LC70	Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8			2	5		7
9	#14	Racing for Holland	Dome S101Hb	Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 Judd GV5 5.0L V10			6			6
10	#13	Courage Compétition	Courage LC70	Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8					4	4
11	#15	ProTran Competition	ProTran RS06/H	Judd GV5 5.0L V10			1			1

† - #9 Creation Autosportif broke the tie by having a best finish of 2nd compared to Chamberlain-Synergy's best of 3rd.

LMP2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#32	Barazi-Epsilon	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	10	5	3	5	5	28
2	#25	RML	MG-Lola EX264	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	3	8	5	10		26
3	#20	Pir Competition	Pilbeam MP93	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	8		2	8	6	24
4=	#24	Binnie Motorsports	Lola B05/42	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		6	8	6		20
4=	#40	ASM Team Racing for Portugal†	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4			10		10	20
6=	#36	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8	4	4			4	12
6=	#44	Kruse Motorsport	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8				4	8	12
8	#39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport†	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		10				10
9	#35	G-Force Racing	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	6		1			7
10	#22	Rollcentre Racing	Radical SR9	Judd XV675 3.4L V8			6			6
11	#37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8	5					5
12	#21	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4			4			4

† - ASM Team ended their involvement with Chamberlain-Synergy after round 2. ASM Team's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.

GT1 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	10		10	4	8	32
2	#67	Convers MenX Team	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	8	4	6	6	4	28
3=	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	6	3	8	8		25
3=	#55	Team Oreca	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8		10	5		10	25
5=	#70	PSI Experience	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8		6		5	5	16
5=	#63	Team Modena†	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12				10	6	16
7	#61	Cirtek Motorsport†	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	5	8				13
8	#62	Cirtek Motorsport	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	4	5				9

† - Team Modena ended their involvement with Cirtek after round 2. Team Modena's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.

GT2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#76	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	8	10	8	8		34
2	#82	Team LNT	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8	6	8	2		5	21
3	#81	Team LNT	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8				10	10	20
4	#99	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1	6	5	3	4	19
5	#92	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	5	4	3	4	2	18
6	#97	GPC Sport	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	10		1	6		17
7	#86	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	2		4		6	12
8=	#83	GPC Sport	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8			10			10
8=	#85	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	4		6			10
10=	#90	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	3			5		8
10=	#78	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6					8	8
10=	#75	Thierry Perrier	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		3		2	3	8
13	#80	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		5				5
14	#77	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		2				2
15=	#73	Ice Pol Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		1				1
15=	#96	James Watt Automotive	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6					1	1

Drivers Championship

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who do not drive for at least one hour do not receive points.

Points are awarded to a single driver and car combination. If a driver wins points driving a different car in a different event, those points are listed separately. Drivers listed multiple times in the points standings are marked with an asterisk.

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Driver	No	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Emmanuel Collard	#17	Pescarolo Sport	10	10	10	10	10	50
1=	Jean-Christophe Boullion	#17	Pescarolo Sport	10	10	10	10	10	50
3=	Didier André	#17	Pescarolo Sport				10	10	20
3=	Felipe Ortiz	#9	Creation Autosportif			8	6	6	20
3=	Beppe Gabbiani	#9	Creation Autosportif			8	6	6	20
3=	Bob Berridge	#19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	6		5	4	5	20
3=	Gareth Evans	#19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	6		5	4	5	20
8=	Harold Primat	#5	Swiss Spirit		8	3		8	19
8=	Marcel Fässler	#5	Swiss Spirit		8	3		8	19
10=	Nicolas Minassian*	#9	Creation Autosportif			8		6	14
10=	Peter Owen	#19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport			5	4	5	14
12	Eric Hélary	#17	Pescarolo Sport			10			10
13	Kevin McGarrity	#10	Creation Autosportif			1	8		9
14=	Nicolas Kiesa	#6	Lister Storm Racing	8					8
14=	Jens Møller	#6	Lister Storm Racing	8					8
14=	Nicolas Minassian*	#10	Creation Autosportif				8		8
17=	Gregor Fisken	#12	Courage Compétition			2	5		7
17=	Jean-Marc Gounon	#12	Courage Compétition			2	5		7
17=	Alexander Frei	#12	Courage Compétition			2	5		7
20=	John Nielsen	#2	Zytek Engineering		6				6
20=	Casper Elgaard	#2	Zytek Engineering		6				6
20=	Philip Andersen	#2	Zytek Engineering		6				6
20=	Jan Lammers	#14	Racing for Holland			6			6
20=	Alex Yoong	#14	Racing for Holland			6			6
20=	Jamie Campbell-Walter	#9	Creation Autosportif				6		6
26=	Stefan Johansson	#2	Zytek Engineering			4			4
26=	Hideki Noda	#2	Zytek Engineering			4			4
26=	Shinji Nakano	#13	Courage Compétition					4	4
26=	Haruki Kurosawa	#13	Courage Compétition					4	4
30=	Paul Cope	#15	ProTran Competition			1			1
30=	Ben Collins	#15	ProTran Competition			1			1

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Driver	No	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Michael Vergers	#32	Barazi-Epsilon	10	5	3	5	5	28
1=	Juan Barazi	#32	Barazi-Epsilon	10	5	3	5	5	28
3=	Mike Newton	#25	RML	3	8	5	10		26
3=	Thomas Erdos	#25	RML	3	8	5	10		26
5=	Marc Rostan	#20	Pierre Bruneau	8		2	8	6	24
5=	Pierre Bruneau	#20	Pierre Bruneau	8		2	8	6	24
7=	Miguel Ángel de Castro*	#40	ASM Team Racing for Portugal			10		10	20
7=	Ángel Burgueño*	#40	ASM Team Racing for Portugal			10		10	20
7=	Miguel Amaral	#40	ASM Team Racing for Portugal			10		10	20
7=	Sam Hancock	#24	Binnie Motorsports		6	8	6		20
7=	Allen Timpany	#24	Binnie Motorsports		6	8	6		20
12	Davide Valsecchi	#32	Barazi-Epsilon		5		5	5	15
13	William Binnie	#24	Binnie Motorsports			8	6		14
14	Jean-Philippe Belloc	#32	Barazi-Epsilon	10		3			13
15=	Jens Petersen*	#44	Kruse Motorsport				4	8	12
15=	Jan-Dirk Leuders*	#44	Kruse Motorsport				4	8	12
15=	Karim Ojjeh	#36	Paul Belmondo Racing	4	4			4	12
15=	Pierre Ragues	#36	Paul Belmondo Racing	4	4			4	12
19=	Miguel Ángel de Castro*	#39	Team Chamberlain-Synergy		10				10
19=	Ángel Burgueño*	#39	Team Chamberlain-Synergy		10				10
21=	Norbert Siedler	#44	Kruse Motorsport					8	8
21=	Claude-Yves Gosselin	#36	Paul Belmondo Racing	4	4				8
23=	Ed Morris	#35	G-Force Racing	6					6
23=	Jean-François Leroch	#35	G-Force Racing	6					6
23=	João Barbosa	#22	Rollcentre Racing			6			6
23=	Martin Short	#22	Rollcentre Racing			6			6
27=	Paul Belmondo	#37	Paul Belmondo Racing	5					5
27=	Didier André	#37	Paul Belmondo Racing	5					5
27=	Yann Clairay	#37	Paul Belmondo Racing	5					5
30=	Tim Greaves	#21	Team Bruichladdich Radical			4			4
30=	Stuart Moseley	#21	Team Bruichladdich Radical			4			4
30=	Tony Burgess	#44	Kruse Motorsport				4		4
33=	Jens Petersen*	#35	G-Force Racing			1			1
33=	Jan-Dirk Leuders*	#35	G-Force Racing			1			1
33=	Christophe Brück	#35	G-Force Racing			1			1

GT1 Standings

Pos	Driver	No	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Pedro Lamy	#50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	10		10	4	8	32
1=	Gabriele Gardel	#50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	10		10	4	8	32
1=	Vincent Vosse	#50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	10		10	4	8	32
4=	Peter Kox	#67	Convers MenX Team	8	4	6	6	4	28
4=	Alexey Vasilyev	#67	Convers MenX Team	8	4	6	6	4	28
4=	Robert Pergl	#67	Convers MenX Team	8	4	6	6	4	28
7=	Stéphane Ortelli	#55	Team Oreca		10	5		10	25
7=	Soheil Ayari	#55	Team Oreca		10	5		10	25
7=	Jérôme Policand	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures	6	3	8	8		25
7=	Patrice Goueslard	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures	6	3	8	8		25
11=	Peter Hardman*	#63	Team Modena				10	6	16
11=	Antonio García*	#63	Team Modena				10	6	16
11=	Luc Alphand	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures			8	8		16
11=	Pertti Kuismanen	#70	PSI Experience		6		5	5	16
11=	Jos Menten	#70	PSI Experience		6		5	5	16
11=	Markus Palttala	#70	PSI Experience		6		5	5	16
17	Antonio García*	#61	Cirtek Motorsport	5	8				13
18=	Peter Hardman*	#62	Cirtek Motorsport	4	5				9
18=	Christian Vann	#62	Cirtek Motorsport	4	5				9
20	Richard Lyons	#61	Cirtek Motorsport		8				8
21=	Anthony Beltoise	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures	6					6
21=	David Brabham	#63	Team Modena					6	6
23=	Nathan Kinch	#61	Cirtek Motorsport	5					5
23=	Jamie Campbell-Walter	#62	Cirtek Motorsport		5				5

GT2 Standings

Pos	Driver	No	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Joël Camathias	#76	Autorlando Sport	8	10	8	8		34
1=	Marc Lieb	#76	Autorlando Sport	8	10	8	8		34
3=	Lawrence Tomlinson	#82	Team LNT	6	8	2		5	21
3=	Richard Dean	#82	Team LNT	6	8	2		5	21
5=	Warren Hughes	#81	Team LNT				10	10	20
5=	Robert Bell	#81	Team LNT				10	10	20
7=	Dan Eagling	#99	Virgo Motorsport	1	6	5	3	4	19
7=	Tim Sugden	#99	Virgo Motorsport	1	6	5	3	4	19
9=	Christophe Bouchut	#92	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	4	3	4	2	18
9=	Raymond Narac	#92	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	4	3	4	2	18
11	Luca Drudi	#97	GPC Sport	10		1	6		17
12	Jonny Kane	#86	Spyker Squadron	2		4		6	12
13=	Fabrizio de Simone	#97	GPC Sport	10					10
13=	Stefano Zonca	#83	GPC Sport			10			10
13=	Andrea Belicchi	#83	GPC Sport			10			10
13=	Marco Cioci	#83	GPC Sport			10			10
13=	Jeroen Bleekemolen	#85	Spyker Squadron	4		6			10
13=	Mike Hezemans	#85	Spyker Squadron	4		6			10
13=	Marco Seefried	#90	Farnbacher Racing		5		5		10
20=	Tom Kimber-Smith	#82	Team LNT		8				8
20=	Gunnar Kristensen	#78	Autorlando Sport					8	8
20=	Allan Simonsen	#78	Autorlando Sport					8	8
20=	Pierre Ehret	#90	Farnbacher Racing	3			5		8
20=	Dominik Farnbacher	#90	Farnbacher Racing	3			5		8
20=	Nigel Smith	#75	Thierry Perrier		3		2	3	8
20=	Philippe Hesnault	#75	Thierry Perrier		3		2	3	8
27=	Gabrio Rosa	#97	GPC Sport			1	6		7
27=	Marc Hynes	#82	Team LNT			2		5	7
29=	Andrea Montermini	#97	GPC Sport				6		6
29=	Peter Dumbreck	#86	Spyker Squadron					6	6
31=	Sébastian Dumez	#92	IMSA Performance Matmut	5					5
31=	Lars-Erik Nielsen	#80	Farnbacher Racing		5				5
31=	Anthony Beltoise	#75	Thierry Perrier				2	3	5
34	João Barbosa	#75	Thierry Perrier		3				3
35=	Donny Crevels	#86	Spyker Squadron	2					2
35=	Tony Burgess	#77	Seikel Motorsport		2				2
35=	Philip Collin	#77	Seikel Motorsport		2				2
38=	Ian Khan	#99	Virgo Motorsport	1					1
38=	Yves Lambert	#73	Ice Pol Racing Team		1				1
38=	Christian Lefort	#73	Ice Pol Racing Team		1				1
38=	Romain Iannetta	#73	Ice Pol Racing Team		1				1
38=	Wolfgang Kaufmann	#96	James Watt Automotive					1	1
38=	Peter Cook	#96	James Watt Automotive					1	1
38=	Paul Daniels	#96	James Watt Automotive					1	1

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