2006 Le Mans Series
The 2006 Le Mans Series was the third 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 |
| Sources:[1][2] | |||
† - 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.[3]
‡ - This event was originally planned to be held at Monza, but had to be cancelled due to conflicts. Jarama was announced as its replacement.[4]
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
Teams Championships
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 | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #17 | Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2=† | #9 | Creation Autosportif | Creation CA06/H | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |
| 2= | #19 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | Lola B06/10 | AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | #5 | Swiss Spirit | Courage LC70 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | Ret | 2 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | #2 | Zytek Engineering | Zytek 06S | Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 10 | ||
| 6= | #6 | Lister Storm Racing | Lister Storm LMP | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||
| 6= | #10 | Creation Autosportif | Creation CA06/H | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | #12 | Courage Compétition | Courage LC70 | Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8 | NC | 7 | 4 | Ret | 7 | |
| 9 | #14 | Racing for Holland | Dome S101Hb | Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 | Ret | 3 | 6 | |||
| 10 | #13 | Courage Compétition | Courage LC70 | Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8 | Ret | Ret | NC | NC | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | #15 | ProTran Competition | ProTran RS06/H | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 8 | Ret | 1 | |||
| NC | #3 | Lavaggi Sport | Lavaggi LS1 | Ford (PME) 6.0L V8 | Ret | 0 |
† - #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 | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #32 | Barazi-Epsilon | Courage C65 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 2 | #25 | RML | MG-Lola EX264 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 26 |
| 3 | #20 | Pir Competition | Pilbeam MP93 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 2 | NC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 4= | #24 | Binnie Motorsports | Lola B05/42 | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 20 | |
| 4= | #40 | ASM Team Racing for Portugal† | Lola B05/40 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 20 | ||
| 6= | #36 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8 | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 |
| 6= | #44 | Kruse Motorsport | Courage C65 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 8 | #39 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport† | Lola B05/40 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | #35 | G-Force Racing | Courage C65 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 10 | #22 | Rollcentre Racing | Radical SR9 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 11 | #37 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8 | 4 | NC | NC | 5 | ||
| 12 | #21 | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||
| NC | #28 | Ranieri Randaccio | Lucchini LMP2/04 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | Ret | Ret | NC | 0 |
† - 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 | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #50 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 1 | NC | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 |
| 2 | #67 | Convers MenX Team | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| 3= | #72 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 25 |
| 3= | #55 | Team Oreca | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 25 | |
| 5= | #70 | PSI Experience | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 5= | #63 | Team Modena† | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 7 | #61 | Cirtek Motorsport† | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 8 | #62 | Cirtek Motorsport | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| NC | #51 | B-Racing RS Line Team | Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12 | Ret | 0 |
† - 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 | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #76 | Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 34 |
| 2 | #82 | Team LNT | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | #81 | Team LNT | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | #99 | Virgo Motorsport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | #92 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | #97 | GPC Sport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 1 | Ret | 8 | 3 | DSQ | 17 |
| 7 | #86 | Spyker Squadron | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8L V8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 12 |
| 8= | #83 | GPC Sport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 1 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 8= | #85 | Spyker Squadron | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8L V8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 10= | #90 | Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 8 |
| 10= | #78 | Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 8 | |
| 10= | #75 | Thierry Perrier | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 13 | #80 | Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | NC | 4 | Ret | 5 | ||
| 14 | #77 | Seikel Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 15= | #73 | Ice Pol Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 1 | |
| 15= | #96 | James Watt Automotive | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 1 | |
| NC | #95 | Racesport Peninsula TVR | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 0 | |
| NC | #84 | GPC Sport Team Icer Brakes |
Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | Ret | 0 | ||||
| NC | #91 | T2M Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
Drivers Championships
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
LMP2 Standings
| Pos | Driver | Team | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Vergers | Barazi-Epsilon | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| Juan Barazi | Barazi-Epsilon | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Mike Newton | RML | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 26 |
| Thomas Erdos | RML | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | ||
| 3 | Marc Rostan | Pierre Bruneau | 2 | NC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Pierre Bruneau | Pierre Bruneau | 2 | NC | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Miguel Ángel de Castro | ASM Team Racing for Portugal | (1) | 1 | Ret | 1 | 20 | |
| Ángel Burgueño | ASM Team Racing for Portugal | (1) | 1 | Ret | 1 | |||
| Miguel Amaral | ASM Team Racing for Portugal | (1) | 1 | Ret | 1 | |||
| 5 | Sam Hancock | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 20 | |
| Allen Timpany | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | |||
| 6 | Davide Valsecchi | Barazi-Epsilon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 7 | William Binnie | Binnie Motorsports | (3) | 2 | 3 | Ret | 14 | |
| 8 | Jean-Philippe Belloc | Barazi-Epsilon | 1 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Jens Petersen | G-Force Racing | (8) | 12 | ||||
| Kruse Motorsport | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Jan-Dirk Leuders | G-Force Racing | (8) | ||||||
| Kruse Motorsport | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Karim Ojjeh | Paul Belmondo Racing | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 |
| Pierre Ragues | Paul Belmondo Racing | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||
| 11 | Norbert Siedler | Kruse Motorsport | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 12 | Claude-Yves Gosselin | Paul Belmondo Racing | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | ||
| 13 | Ed Morris | G-Force Racing | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Jean-François Leroch | G-Force Racing | 3 | ||||||
| 14 | João Barbosa | Rollcentre Racing | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 6 | |
| Martin Short | Rollcentre Racing | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | ||
| 15 | Didier André | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4 | NC | NC | 5 | ||
| Yann Clairay | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4 | NC | |||||
| Paul Belmondo | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4 | (5) | |||||
| 16 | Tim Greaves | Rollcentre Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||
| Team Bruichladdich Radical | 5 | Ret | Ret | |||||
| Stuart Moseley | Team Bruichladdich Radical | 5 | Ret | Ret | ||||
| 17 | Tony Burgess | Kruse Motorsport | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 18 | Christophe Brück | G-Force Racing | 8 | 1 | ||||
| NC | Frank Hahn | G-Force Racing | (3) | 0 | ||||
| NC | Jean-Bernard Bouvet | Paul Belmondo Racing | NC | 0 | ||||
| NC | Ranieri Randaccio | Ranieri Randaccio | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| Fabio Mancini | Ranieri Randaccio | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||
| Gianni Collini | Ranieri Randaccio | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||
| NC | Rob Barff | Rollcentre Racing | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | Gregor Fisken | Rollcentre Racing | Ret | 0 | ||||
| NC | Ben Devlin | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Ret | 0 | ||||
| Source:[7] | ||||||||
GT1 Standings
| Pos | Driver | Team | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 |
| Gabriele Gardel | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Vincent Vosse | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Peter Kox | Convers MenX Team | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| Alexey Vasilyev | Convers MenX Team | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Robert Pergl | Convers MenX Team | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Stéphane Ortelli | Team Oreca | 1 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 25 | |
| Soheil Ayari | Team Oreca | 1 | 4 | Ret | 1 | |||
| 4 | Jérôme Policand | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 25 |
| Patrice Goueslard | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | ||
| 5 | Peter Hardman | Cirtek Motorsport | 5 | 4 | Ret | 25 | ||
| Team Modena | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Antonio García | Cirtek Motorsport | 5 | 4 | Ret | ||||
| Team Modena | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 6 | Luc Alphand | Luc Alphand Aventures | 2 | 2 | Ret | 16 | ||
| 7 | Pertti Kuismanen | PSI Experience | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Jos Menten | PSI Experience | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | ||
| Markus Palttala | PSI Experience | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Christian Vann | Cirtek Motorsport | 5 | 4 | Ret | 9 | ||
| 9 | Richard Lyons | Cirtek Motorsport | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Anthony Beltoise | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3 | (6) | 6 | |||
| 11 | David Brabham | Team Modena | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 12 | Nathan Kinch | Cirtek Motorsport | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | Jamie Campbell-Walter | Cirtek Motorsport | 4 | 5 | ||||
| NC | Benjamin Leuenberger | B-Racing RS Line Team | Ret | 0 | ||||
| Norbert Walchhofer | B-Racing RS Line Team | Ret | ||||||
| Marino Franchitti | B-Racing RS Line Team | Ret | ||||||
| Source:[8] | ||||||||
GT2 Standings
| Pos | Driver | Team | IST |
SPA |
NÜR |
DON |
JAR |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joël Camathias | Autorlando Sport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 34 |
| Marc Lieb | Autorlando Sport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | ||
| 2 | Lawrence Tomlinson | Team LNT | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 21 |
| Richard Dean | Team LNT | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | ||
| 3 | Warren Hughes | Team LNT | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Robert Bell | Team LNT | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Dan Eagling | Virgo Motorsport | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| Tim Sugden | Virgo Motorsport | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Christophe Bouchut | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| Raymond Narac | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Luca Drudi | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | 8 | 3 | DSQ | 17 |
| 7 | Jonny Kane | Spyker Squadron | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Fabrizio de Simone | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | DSQ | 10 | ||
| 9 | Stefano Zonca | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | 10 | |||
| Andrea Belicchi | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | |||||
| Marco Cioci | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | |||||
| 10 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Spyker Squadron | 5 | 10 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| Mike Hezemans | Spyker Squadron | 5 | 10 | 3 | Ret | |||
| 11 | Marco Seefried | Farnbacher Racing | NC | 4 | NC | 4 | Ret | 10 |
| 12 | Tom Kimber-Smith | Team LNT | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | Gunnar Kristensen | Autorlando Sport | 11 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 8 | |
| Allan Simonsen | Autorlando Sport | 11 | 16 | Ret | 2 | |||
| 14 | Pierre Ehret | Farnbacher Racing | 6 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 8 |
| Dominik Farnbacher | Farnbacher Racing | 6 | Ret | 9 | 4 | |||
| 15 | Nigel Smith | Thierry Perrier | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Philippe Hesnault | Thierry Perrier | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | ||
| 16 | Gabrio Rosa | GPC Sport | (1) | Ret | 8 | 3 | 7 | |
| 17 | Marc Hynes | Team LNT | 7 | Ret | 4 | 7 | ||
| 18 | Andrea Montermini | GPC Sport | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 19 | Peter Dumbreck | Spyker Squadron | Ret | 3 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Sébastian Dumez | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 21 | Lars-Erik Nielsen | Farnbacher Racing | NC | 4 | NC | 5 | ||
| 22 | Anthony Beltoise | Thierry Perrier | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 23 | João Barbosa | Thierry Perrier | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 24 | Donny Crevels | Spyker Squadron | 7 | Ret | 2 | |||
| 25 | Tony Burgess | Seikel Motorsport | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Philip Collin | Seikel Motorsport | 9 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 26 | Ian Khan | Virgo Motorsport | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | Yves Lambert | Ice Pol Racing Team | 10 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 1 | |
| Christian Lefort | Ice Pol Racing Team | 10 | 8 | 13 | Ret | |||
| Romain Iannetta | Ice Pol Racing Team | 10 | 8 | |||||
| 28 | Wolfgang Kaufmann | James Watt Automotive | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Peter Cook | James Watt Automotive | 8 | ||||||
| Paul Daniels | James Watt Automotive | 11 | 14 | Ret | 8 | |||
| Source:[9] | ||||||||
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