2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the sixteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 29 April and finished at the Barcelona on 29 October, after fourteen rounds.^[1]

Motopark Academy's Filipe Albuquerque who took a pair of double wins at Nürburgring and Barcelona clinched the championship title in the final round at Barcelona by eight points ahead of JD Motorsport's Chris van der Drift, who won two races during the season at Misano and Donington Park. Van der Drift also finished as top rookie. Carlo van Dam finished in third for SG Formula, after win at Le Mans and another four podiums. Another driver who won on Bugatti Circuit was Bertrand Baguette who finished two points behind van Dam for Epsilon Euskadi. Kasper Andersen completed the top five without scoring a win. Laurent Groppi won two races of the opening round at Zolder, but contested just six races, as well as Donington winner Sébastien Buemi. Dani Clos won at Istanbul Park and Misano, but due to disqualification in the second race at Misano he managed only seventh place in the series' standings.

Teams and drivers edit

2006 Entry List^[2]
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Prema Powerteam	0	Edoardo Mortara	All
	2	Henkie Waldschmidt	All
	3	Martin Plowman	All
Comtec Team	1	Pippa Mann	All
SG Formula	4	Tom Dillmann	All
	5	Sten Pentus	1-4
	5	Yann Clairay	6
	6	Carlo van Dam	All
	12	Alexandre Marsoin	7
	64	Jean Karl Vernay	4
	65	Julien Jousse	4
Epsilon Euskadi	7	Salman bin Rashid Al-Khalifa	All
	8	Bertrand Baguette	All
	9	Jacky Ferre	1
	9	Nelson Panciatici	6-7
Motopark Academy	10	Filipe Albuquerque	All
	11	Nathan Antunes	1
		Sébastien Buemi	2-3, 5
		Robert Wickens	4
		Stefano Coletti	6-7
Motorsport Arena	12	John Michael Edwards	All
Motorsport Arena	14	Brendon Hartley	All
Cram Competition	15	Jaime Alguersuari	All
	16	Edoardo Piscopo	All
	17	Adrian Zaugg	1-3
		Stefano Coletti	4
		Oliver Oakes	5-7
Team Jenzer	18	Walter Grubmüller	1-4
		Claudio Cantelli	5-6
		Mariano Werner	7
	19	Marco Frezza	1-4
	19	Oliver Campos-Hull	5-7
Jenzer Motorsport	20	Junior Strous	1-2
	20	Atte Mustonen	5-7
	21	Rahel Frey	All
	22	Dani Clos	All
	52	Cem Kent	2
JD Motorsport	24	Kasper Andersen	All
	25	Chris van der Drift	All
	26	Xavier Maassen	All
Koiranen Bros Motorsport	27	Atte Mustonen	1-4
	27	Facundo Crovo	7
	28	Tomi Limmonen	1, 3-4
	28	Duarte Félix da Costa	7
SL Formula Racing	29	Frédéric Vervisch	1-2
	29	Bruno Rudolf Fechner	5
	30	Johan Charpilienne	1
	30	Anton Nebylitskiy	2, 5-6
Graff Racing	31	Laurent Groppi	1, 4, 6
	32	Mathieu Arzeno	1
		Claudio Cantelli	4
		Julien Canal	6
AR Motorsport	34	Duarte Félix da Costa	1-2, 4-5
AR Motorsport	35	Mervyn Kool	1, 4
BVM Motorsport	36	Pablo Sánchez López	All
	37	Frederico Muggia	All
	41	Daniele Zampieri	3-4, 7
MRD Motorsport	38	Joonas Mannerjarvi	1-6
MRD Motorsport	58	Qing Hua Ma	3
Twincam Motorsport	44	Oliver Campos-Hull	1-4
	44	Walter Grubmüller	5-7
	45	Daniel Campos-Hull	2
Euronova Racing	53	Alberto Costa	3
Euronova Racing	59	Filippo Ponti	3
IT Loox	54	Valentino Sebastiani	3
	55	Nicki Sebastiani	3
	56	Riccardo Cinti	3
RP Motorsport	57	Matteo Chinosi	3
CO2 Motorsport	60	Andrea Caldarelli	3
Hexis Racing	61	Sébastien Chardonnet	4
	62	Malo Olivier	4
	63	Ulric Amado de Carvalho	4
BVM Minardi Team	66	Frankie Provenzano	6
Pole Services	67	Johan Charpilienne	6
Pole Services	68	Pierre Combot	6
RSC	70	Aleix Alcaraz	7
RSC	71	José Luis López-Pamplo	7

Calendar edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	29 April	Laurent Groppi	Laurent Groppi	Laurent Groppi	Graff Racing
1	R2	Circuit Zolder	30 April		Laurent Groppi	Laurent Groppi	Graff Racing
2	R1	Istanbul Park	17 June	Dani Clos	Edoardo Piscopo	Dani Clos	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R2	Istanbul Park	18 June		Dani Clos	Dani Clos	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R1	Misano World Circuit	15 July	Dani Clos	Adrian Zaugg	Dani Clos	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R2	Misano World Circuit	16 July		Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	JD Motorsport
4	R1	Nürburgring	5 August	Filipe Albuquerque	Filipe Albuquerque	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy
4	R2	Nürburgring	6 August		Tom Dillmann	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy
5	R1	Donington Park	9 September	Chris van der Drift	Kasper Andersen	Sébastien Buemi	Motopark Academy
5	R2	Donington Park	10 September		Atte Mustonen	Chris van der Drift	JD Motorsport
6	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	30 September	Carlo van Dam	Bertrand Baguette	Bertrand Baguette	Epsilon Euskadi
6	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	1 October		Laurent Groppi	Carlo van Dam	SG Formula
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	28 October	Filipe Albuquerque	Carlo van Dam	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	29 October		Tom Dillmann	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy

Championship standings edit

Drivers edit

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP*
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

* - only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos	Driver	ZOL		IST		MIS		NÜR		DON		LMS		CAT		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points
1	Filipe Albuquerque	9	6	28†	5	6	4	1	1	15	4	11	Ret	1	1	99
2	Chris van der Drift	2	20	8	4	4	1	3	3	11	1	Ret	11	22	6	91
3	Carlo van Dam	5	24	2	3	8	6	6	8	Ret	2	3	1	10	7	90
4	Bertrand Baguette	3	2	13	11	9	8	23	30	2	3	1	6	4	5	88
5	Kasper Andersen	6	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	5	5	3	7	2	Ret	3	3	78
6	Laurent Groppi	1	1					2	2			7	4			75
7	Dani Clos	11	10	1	1	1	DSQ	4	4	10	10	10	Ret	Ret	19	70
8	Tom Dillmann	24	4	9	27	2	7	11	34	4	Ret	Ret	NC	2	2	61
9	Atte Mustonen	4	5	3	2	Ret	Ret	16	16	9	20	9	5	17	11	54
10	Edoardo Piscopo	Ret	18	5	6	5	11	10	11	7	16	Ret	Ret	13	4	34
11	Sébastien Buemi			4	8	Ret	9			1	6					33
12	Jaime Alguersuari	31	21	16	9	7	2	20	31	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	16	24
13	Xavier Maassen	26*	3	10	19	Ret	Ret	12	9	Ret	5	13	16	16	12	21
14	Brendon Hartley	19	Ret	6	28	29	5	7	6	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	17	21
15	Henkie Waldschmidt	16	23	21	23	14	29	14	12	Ret	18	5	9	7	10	19
16	Adrian Zaugg	12	8	Ret	16	Ret*	3									14
17	John Michael Edwards	Ret	16	7	Ret	Ret	18	9	10	6	13	Ret	DNS	21	Ret	14
18	Frederico Muggia	8	7	Ret	15	Ret	19	32	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9	10
19	Walter Grubmüller	17	27	12	18	22	16	Ret	DNS	5	8	17	18	Ret	15	9
20	Johan Charpilienne	7	NC									8	Ret			9
21	Rahel Frey	13	14	27†	12	Ret	17	Ret	26	8	14	18	Ret	6	DSQ	8
22	Edoardo Mortara	15	Ret	Ret	20	26	12	17	20	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	27	8
23	Martin Plowman	22	17	22	Ret	NC	23	21	35	16	11	21	10	9	24	7
24	Mervyn Kool	28	9					13	15							2
25	Oliver Campos-Hull	32†	Ret	23	Ret	11	14	15	13	DNS	DNS	16	13	14	14	2
26	Junior Strous	10	12	14	13											1
27	Marco Frezza	Ret	Ret	17	14	10	Ret	22	22							1
28	Daniele Zampieri					19	25	Ret	Ret					11	Ret	1
29	Claudio Cantelli							30	28	14	17	23	15			1
30	Sten Pentus	27	11	25	22	20	28	24	23							0
31	Pablo Sánchez López	25	15	24	21	13	Ret	25	21	12	19	19	Ret	12	20	0
32	Duarte Félix da Costa	Ret	19	20	17			Ret	19	13	Ret			15	18	0
33	Mathieu Arzeno	18	13													0
34	Nathan Antunes	14	Ret													0
35	Pippa Mann	29	Ret	15	Ret	16	21	31	25	Ret	15	20	20	Ret	21	0
36	Robert Wickens							18	17							0
37	Joonas Mannerjarvi	20	22	19	24	18	20	33	27	18	Ret	25	19			0
38	Anton Nebylitskiy			18	29					19	Ret	22	Ret			0
39	Stefano Coletti							26	18			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
40	Salman bin Rashid Al-Khalifa	Ret	26	Ret	25	28	27	Ret	32	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	25	0
41	Jacky Ferre	21	25													0
42	Frédéric Vervisch	23	Ret	DSQ	Ret											0
43	Tomi Limonen	30	Ret			Ret	Ret	27	24							0
44	Cem Kent			26	26											0
The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing
	Yann Clairay											26	2			-
	Nelson Panciatici											4	3	18	13	-
	Pierre Combot											6	14			-
	Jean Karl Vernay							8	7							-
	Oliver Oakes									Ret	Ret	Ret	8	19	8	-
	Alexandre Marsoin													8	Ret	-
	Daniel Campos-Hull			11	10											-
	Nicki Sebastiani					27	10									-
	Filippo Ponti					12	15									-
	Julien Canal											15	12			-
	Valentino Sebastiani					25	13									-
	Julien Jousse							19	14							-
	Matteo Chinosi					15	26									-
	Frankie Provenzano							24	17							-
	Riccardo Cinti					17	Ret									-
	Bruno Rudolf Fechner									17	Ret					-
	Qing Hua Ma					21	22									-
	Facundo Crovo													NC	22	-
	Aleix Alcaraz													24	23	-
	Mariano Werner													23	28†	-
	Andrea Caldarelli					23	Ret									-
	Alberto Costa					24	24									-
	José Luis López-Pamplo													Ret	26	-
	Ulric Amado de Carvalho							28	Ret							-
	Sébastien Chardonnet							29	33							-
	Malo Olivier							NC	29			Ret	DNS			-
Pos	Driver	ZOL		IST		MIS		NÜR		DON		LMS		CAT		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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.

Teams edit

Pos	Team	Points
1	JD Motorsport	170
2	SG Formula	151
3	Motopark Academy	132
4	Jenzer Motorsport	89
5	Epsilon Euskadi	88
6	Graff Racing	75
7	Cram Competition	54
8	Koiranen Bros	36
9	Motorsport Arena	35
10	Prema Powerteam	25
11	BVM Minardi Team	10
12	SL Formula Racing	9
13	Twincam Motorsport	9
14	Team Jenzer	4
15	AR Motorsport	2

References edit

^ "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2006". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2006". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

External links edit

Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship

[1] "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2006". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[2] "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2006". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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