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]

2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
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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
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
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
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
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
Oliver Campos-Hull 5-7
Jenzer Motorsport 20 Junior Strous 1-2
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
Facundo Crovo 7
28 Tomi Limmonen 1, 3-4
Duarte Félix da Costa 7
SL Formula Racing 29 Frédéric Vervisch 1-2
Bruno Rudolf Fechner 5
30 Johan Charpilienne 1
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
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
58 Qing Hua Ma 3
Twincam Motorsport 44 Oliver Campos-Hull 1-4
Walter Grubmüller 5-7
45 Daniel Campos-Hull 2
Euronova Racing 53 Alberto Costa 3
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
68 Pierre Combot 6
RSC 70 Aleix Alcaraz 7
71 José Luis López-Pamplo 7

Calendar
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
R2 30 April Laurent Groppi Laurent Groppi Graff Racing
2 R1 Istanbul Park 17 June Dani Clos Edoardo Piscopo Dani Clos Jenzer Motorsport
R2 18 June Dani Clos Dani Clos Jenzer Motorsport
3 R1 Misano World Circuit 15 July Dani Clos Adrian Zaugg Dani Clos Jenzer Motorsport
R2 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
R2 6 August Tom Dillmann Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy
5 R1 Donington Park 9 September Chris van der Drift Kasper Andersen Sébastien Buemi Motopark Academy
R2 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
R2 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
R2 29 October Tom Dillmann Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy

Championship standings

Drivers

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
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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
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
  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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