2006 World Touring Car Championship

The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the third season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 2 April 2006 and ended on 19 November. The series was open to Super 2000, Diesel 2000 and Super Production Cars, with two titles awarded, the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Manufacturers.^[1] Andy Priaulx won the Drivers title and BMW won the Manufacturers award.

The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship.^[2]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Events
Manufacturer Teams
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	1	Andy Priaulx	All
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	2	Gabriele Tarquini	All
		3	Rickard Rydell	All
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	4	Alessandro Zanardi	All
		5	Marcel Costa	1–4
Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	Robert Huff	All
		7	Nicola Larini	All
		8	Alain Menu	All
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	9	Jordi Gené	All
		10	Peter Terting	All
		11	James Thompson	All
		12	Yvan Muller	All
		14	Florian Gruber	4
N.technology	Alfa Romeo 156	15	Augusto Farfus	All
		16	Gianni Morbidelli	All
		18	Salvatore Tavano	All
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	21	Oscar Nogués	9
JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	25	Fabrizio Giovanardi	5, 10
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	40	Jan Magnussen	10
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	41	Duncan Huisman	5–10
BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320si	42	Jörg Müller	All
		43	Dirk Müller	All
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	66	André Couto	10
Independents' Trophy
GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	19	Maurizio Ceresoli	1–6
		20	Tom Coronel	1–2
	Seat León	19	Maurizio Ceresoli	7–10
		20	Tom Coronel	3–10
JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	1–4, 6–9
		24	Ryan Sharp	1–7
Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	30	Luca Rangoni	All
	BMW 320i	31	Stefano D'Aste	All
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	32	Oscar Alberto Hidalgo	6
		33	Emmet O'Brien	1–5
		34	Diego Romanini	All
		35	Jan Vonka	7
Time TekProm	Alfa Romeo 156	36	Lucas Molo	5
Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti	37	Rainer Bastuck	7
		38	Vincent Radermecker	7, 9
		48	María de Villota	9
TFS-Yaco Racing	Toyota Corolla T-Sport	39	Philip Geipel	7
Československý Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	44	Jiří Janák	1
Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	46	Jens Edman	1, 4
Kosifler Motorsport	BMW 320i	47	Ibrahim Okyay	8
DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	51	Alessandro Balzan	1–2
		52	Elio Marchetti	1–2
Scuderia La Torre	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	53	Riccardo Romagnoli	1–2
GDL Racing	BMW 320i	54	Emanuele Naspetti	1–2
Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	55	Stefano Valli	1–2
		56	Simone Iacone	1–2
Scuderia del Girasole	Seat León	57	Davide Roda	1–2
		58	Roberto Colciago	2
	Seat Toledo Cupra			1
Ao's Racing Team	BMW 320i	62	Ao Chi Hong	10

Changed Teams

• Gabriele Tarquini: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport
• James Thompson: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport

Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2005

• Yvan Muller: British Touring Car Championship → SEAT Sport
• Marcel Costa: No full-time drive → BMW Team Italy-Spain
• Gianni Morbidelli: FIA GT Championship → N-Technology
• Salvatore Tavano: Italian Superturismo Championship → N-Technology
• Maurizio Ceresoli: Italian Formula Three Championship → GR Asia
• Pierre-Yves Corthals: No full-time drive → Jas Motorsport
• Ryan Sharp: Formula Renault 3.5 Series → Jas Motorsport
• Luca Rangoni: No full-time drive → Proteam Motorsport
• Emmet O'Brien: European Alfa Romeo 147 Challenge → Wiechers-Sport
• Diego Romanini: FIA GT Championship → Wiechers-Sport

Leaving WTCC

• Fabrizio Giovanardi: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → British Touring Car Championship
• Antonio García: BMW Team Italy-Spain → No full-time drive
• Thomas Klenke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → No full-time drive
• Michael Funke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → ADAC GT Masters
• Roberto Colciago: Jas Motorsport → Italian Superturismo Championship
• Adriano de Micheli: Jas Motorsport → No full-time drive
• Giuseppe Cirò: Proteam Motorsport → Ferrari Challenge
• Marc Hennerici: Wiechers-Sport → Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring

Each event comprised two races of 50 kilometres distance.^[1] The starting grid for the first race was determined by the results of the qualifying session and the grid for the second race by the provisional results of the first race, with the top eight positions reversed.^[1]

Event		Race Name	Track	Date
1	R1	Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	2 April
	R2
2	R3	Race of France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 April
	R4
3	R5	Race of UK	Brands Hatch	21 May
	R6
4	R7	Race of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	4 June
	R8
5	R9	Race of Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	2 July
	R10
6	R11	Race of Mexico	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	30 July
	R12
7	R13	Race of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	3 September
	R14
8	R15	Race of Turkey	Istanbul Park	24 September
	R16
9	R17	Race of Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	8 October
	R18
10	R19	Guia Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	19 November
	R20

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Report
1	Race of Italy	Andy Priaulx	Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Alessandro Balzan	Report
2			James Thompson	Augusto Farfus	N.Technology	Alessandro Balzan
3	Race of France	Gabriele Tarquini	Dirk Müller	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel	Report
4			Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Stefano D'Aste
5	Race of UK	Rickard Rydell	Peter Terting	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Tom Coronel	Report
6			Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Ryan Sharp
7	Race of Germany	Andy Priaulx	Rickard Rydell	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel	Report
8			Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel
9	Race of Brazil	Augusto Farfus	Jordi Gené	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	Ryan Sharp	Report
10			Alessandro Zanardi	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel
11	Race of Mexico	Salvatore Tavano	Ryan Sharp	Salvatore Tavano	N.Technology	Ryan Sharp	Report
12			Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	N.Technology	Tom Coronel
13	Race of the Czech Republic	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel	Report
14			Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Stefano D'Aste
15	Race of Turkey	Rickard Rydell	Duncan Huisman	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy/Spain	Tom Coronel	Report
16			Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	Stefano D'Aste
17	Race of Spain	Augusto Farfus	Jordi Gené	Augusto Farfus	N.Technology	Luca Rangoni	Report
18			Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Luca Rangoni
19	Guia Race of Macau	Andy Priaulx	Alain Menu	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel	Report
20			Yvan Muller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel

Pos [3] Driver ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC  Pts  1 Andy Priaulx 1 Ret 8 1 8 8 1 10 8 1 18 7 5 2 14 Ret Ret 8 1 5 73 2 Jörg Müller 28 25† 2 2 Ret Ret 7 1 9 7 19 15 1 4 Ret 8 6 1 6 1 72 3 Augusto Farfus Jr. 8 1 21 12 22 11 6 2 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 15 9 20† 1 5 5 Ret 64 4 Yvan Muller 2 2 13 7 1 5 11 8 13 13 14 Ret 3 3 13 Ret 10 6 3 2 62 5 Gabriele Tarquini 5 6 4 5 6 4 4 7 4 5 10 8 Ret 10 3 1 24† DNS 11 Ret 57 6 Dirk Müller 4 Ret 1 DNS 9 6 2 3 20 15 6 4 9 5 4 7 11 7 14 8 54 7 Rickard Rydell 6 22† 3 Ret 5 2 3 5 6 Ret 8 3 Ret DNS 2 4 23† 20 16 14† 54 8 James Thompson 3 9 7 4 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 5 14 24† 17 13 9 12 10 4 54 9 Peter Terting 13 8 6 6 2 18 8 4 2 6 9 Ret 10 8 6 2 5 21 8 Ret 49 10 Jordi Gené 12 5 5 3 18 10 16 14 1 14 11 9 4 6 Ret 5 16 Ret 12 Ret 36 11 Alessandro Zanardi 7 23† 14 Ret 10 9 24 13 10 3 17 Ret 2 22† 1 9 15 17 23 9 26 12 Nicola Larini 27 7 11 8 NC 12 14 21 Ret DNS 15 Ret 11 7 7 3 3 4 22† DNS 24 13 Duncan Huisman 11 16 21 11 18 9 5 10 7 2 2 13 22 14 Gianni Morbidelli 29† 10 20 14 12 7 9 11 7 2 7 2 17 14 10 16 13 11 Ret DNS 22 15 Alain Menu 10 3 19 13 7 1 13 Ret 19† 10 12 Ret 7 Ret 20† Ret 8 9 21† 10 21 16 Robert Huff 19 12 9 9 4 Ret 12 9 18 8 Ret DNS 8 1 15 6 Ret 15 9 Ret 20 17 Tom Coronel Ret 13 10 16 13 14 10 12 14 11 4 6 6 23† 8 12 14 13 7 3 20 18 Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS NC 15 21 16 23 17 15 9 1 Ret 15 18 NC 15 4 10 15 Ret 15 19 Luca Rangoni 15 Ret 12 21 20 15 17 23 17 Ret 23 12 Ret 12 21† 21† 2 3 20 12 14 20 Fabrizio Giovanardi 16 DNS 4 6 8 21 Ryan Sharp 18 14 22 Ret 16 13 25 18 12 12 3 Ret 12 17 6 22 Alessandro Balzan 9 4 Ret 17 5 23 André Couto 13 7 2 NC Stefano D'Aste 14 21 18 10 19 Ret 19 19 Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 11 12 11 20 19 Ret 11 0 NC Pierre-Yves Corthals 22 DNS 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 13 10 16 16 11 19 12 16 0 NC Marcel Costa 11 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 18 16 0 NC Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 15 11 0 NC Simone Iacone 16 11 25 DNS 0 NC Vincent Radermecker 19 13 18 14 0 NC Diego Romanini 20 24† 27 22 15 Ret 22 25† 22 17 20 13 23 19 18 18 22 23 18 15 0 NC Maurizio Ceresoli 25 19 NC 19 14 19 21 22 Ret DNS 16 16† 20 NC 16 17 17 18 17 Ret 0 NC Ibrahim Okyay 19 14 0 NC Oscar Hidalgo 24 14 0 NC Florian Gruber 15 15 0 NC Emmet O'Brien 26† 15 23 23 Ret 17 Ret 24 21 Ret 0 NC Riccardo Romagnoli 17 16 26 18 0 NC Stefano Valli 24 17 Ret DNS 0 NC Emanuele Naspetti 30† DNS 17 Ret 0 NC Jiří Janák 21 18 0 NC Lucas Molo Ret 18† 0 NC Oscar Nogués 19 22 0 NC Ao Chi Hong 19 Ret 0 NC Davide Roda 23 20 28 20 0 NC Jens Edman Ret DNS 20 20 0 NC Rainer Bastuck 22 20 0 NC Phillip Geipel 21 Ret 0 NC María de Villota 21 Ret 0 NC Jan Vonka Ret 21 0 NC Elio Marchetti Ret DNS 24 Ret 0 NC Jan Magnussen Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ITA FRA UK GER BRA MEX CZE TUR ESP MAC  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight positions in each race. However, only the two best placed cars per manufacturer were eligible to score points and all other cars from that manufacturer were considered invisible as far as point scoring was concerned.^[1]

Pos	Manufacturer	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC		Pts
1	BMW	1	15	1	1	8	6	1	1	8	1	6	4	1	2	1	7	2	1	1	1	254
		4	17	2	2	9	8	2	3	9	3	17	7	2	4	4	8	6	2	2	5
2	SEAT	2	2	3	3	1	2	3	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	5	6	3	2	235
		3	5	4	4	2	3	4	5	2	5	5	5	4	6	3	2	9	12	7	3
3	Alfa Romeo	8	1	20	12	12	7	6	2	3	2	1	1	15	14	9	15	1	5	5	Ret	154
		9	4	21	14	21	11	9	11	7	9	2	2	17	15	10	16	4	10	15	Ret
4	Chevrolet	10	3	9	8	4	1	12	9	18	8	12	Ret	7	1	7	3	3	4	9	10	128
		19	7	11	9	7	12	13	21	19†	10	15	Ret	8	7	15	6	8	9	21†	Ret
Pos	Manufacturer	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC		Pts

Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.

Pos	Driver	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC		Pts
1	Tom Coronel	Ret	13	10	16	13	14	10	12	14	11	4	6	6	23†	8	12	14	13	7	3	178
2	Luca Rangoni	15	Ret	12	21	20	15	17	23	17	Ret	23	12	Ret	12	21†	21†	2	3	20	12	100
3	Stefano D'Aste	14	21	18	10	19	Ret	19	19	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	13	11	12	11	20	19	Ret	11	93
4	Ryan Sharp	18	14	22	Ret	16	13	25	18	12	12	3	Ret	12	17							75
5	Maurizio Ceresoli	25	19	NC	19	14	19	21	22	Ret	DNS	16	16†	20	NC	16	17	17	18	17	Ret	69
6	Diego Romanini	20	24†	27	22	15	Ret	22	25†	22	17	20	13	23	19	18	18	22	23	18	15	67
7	Pierre-Yves Corthals	22	DNS	16	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	DNS			13	10	16	16	11	19	12	16			57
8	Alessandro Balzan	9	4	Ret	17																	25
9	Vincent Radermecker													19	13			18	14			20
10	Emmet O'Brien	26†	15	23	23	Ret	17	Ret	24	21	Ret											17
11	Roberto Colciago	Ret	DNS	15	11																	14
12	Simone Iacone	16	11	25	DNS																	13
13	Riccardo Romagnoli	17	16	26	18																	11
14	Jens Edman	Ret	DNS					20	20													10
15	Ao Chi Hong																			19	Ret	10
16	Ibrahim Okyay															19	14					9
17	Lucas Molo									Ret	18†											5
18	Oscar Hidalgo											24	14									5
19	Emanuele Naspetti	30†	DNS	17	Ret																	4
20	Rainer Bastuck													22	20							3
21	María de Villota																	21	Ret			2
22	Phillip Geipel													21	Ret							2
23	Davide Roda	23	20	28	20																	2
24	Stefano Valli	24	17	Ret	DNS																	2
25	Jiří Janák	21	18																			2
26	Jan Vonka													Ret	21							1
NC	Elio Marchetti	Ret	DNS	24	Ret																	0
Pos	Driver	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC		Pts

Dead-heat

• 10p: 14th Edman (4th x 2), 15th A. Chi Hong (4th x 1)
• 5p: 17th L. Molo (4th x 1), 18th O. Hidalgo (5th x 1)
• 2p: 21st M. De Villota (7th x 1), 22nd P. Geipel (7th x 1), 23rd D. Roda (7th x 1), 24th S. Valli (8th x 2)

Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.

Pos	Team	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC		Pts
1	GR Asia	25	13	10	16	13	14	10	12	14	11	4	6	6	23†	8	12	14	13	7	3	247
		Ret	19	NC	19	14	19	21	22	Ret	DNS	16	16†	20	NC	16	17	17	18	17	Ret
2	Proteam Motorsport	14	21	12	10	19	15	17	19	17	Ret	23	12	13	11	12	11	2	3	20	11	193
		15	Ret	18	21	20	Ret	19	23	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	Ret	12	21†	21†	20	19	Ret	12
3	JAS Motorsport	18	14	16	Ret	16	13	25	18	12	12	3	10	12	16	11	19	12	16			132
		22	DNS	22	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	DNS			13	Ret	16	17
4	Wiechers-Sport	20	15	23	22	15	17	22	24	21	17	20	13	23	19	18	18	22	23	18	15	90
		26†	24†	27	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	25	22	Ret	24	14	Ret	21
5	DB Motorsport	9	4	24	17																	25
		Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret
6	Maurer Motorsport													19	13			18	14			25
														22	20			21	Ret
7	Scuderia del Girasole	23	20	15	11																	16
		Ret	DNS	28	20
8	Zerocinque Motorsport	16	11	25	DNS																	15
		24	17	Ret	DNS
9	Scuderia la Torre	17	16	26	18																	11
10	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Ret	DNS					20	20													10
11	Ao's Racing Team																			19	Ret	10
12	Kosifler Motorsport															19	14					9
13	Equipe TekProm									Ret	18†											5
14	GDL Racing	30†	DNS	17	Ret																	4
15	TFS-Yaco Racing													21	Ret							2
16	Československý Motorsport	21	18																			2
Pos	Team	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC		Pts

• FIA World Touring Car Championship official website as archived at web.archive.org on 23 December 2006