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

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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
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† - 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

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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 Ángel de 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
  Éric Hélary
  Miguel Amaral
  Miguel Ángel 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 Ángel de Castro
  Angel Burgueño
  Stéphane Ortelli
  Soheil Ayari
  Robert Bell
  Warren Hughes
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Teams Championships

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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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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

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Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Total
1=   Emmanuel Collard   Pescarolo Sport 1 1 1 1 1 50
1=   Jean-Christophe Boullion   Pescarolo Sport 1 1 1 1 1 50
3=   Didier André   Pescarolo Sport 1 1 20
3=   Felipe Ortiz   Creation Autosportif Ret 2 3 3 20
3=   Beppe Gabbiani   Creation Autosportif Ret 2 3 3 20
3=   Bob Berridge   Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport 3 Ret 4 5 4 20
3=   Gareth Evans   Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport 3 Ret 4 5 4 20
8=   Harold Primat   Swiss Spirit Ret 2 6 Ret 2 19
8=   Marcel Fässler   Swiss Spirit Ret 2 6 Ret 2 19
10=   Nicolas Minassian   Creation Autosportif Ret (2) 2 3 14
10=   Peter Owen   Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport (4) Ret 4 5 4 14
12   Éric Hélary   Pescarolo Sport 1 10
13   Kevin McGarrity   Creation Autosportif 8 2 9
14=   Nicolas Kiesa   Lister Storm Racing 2 Ret 8
14=   Jens Møller   Lister Storm Racing 2 Ret Ret 8
16=   Gregor Fisken   Courage Compétition Ret 7 4 Ret 7
16=   Jean-Marc Gounon   Courage Compétition Ret NC 7 4 Ret 7
16=   Alexander Frei   Courage Compétition NC 7 4 Ret 7
19=   John Nielsen   Zytek Engineering 3 6
19=   Casper Elgaard   Zytek Engineering 3 6
19=   Philip Andersen   Zytek Engineering 3 6
19=   Jan Lammers   Racing for Holland 3 6
19=   Alex Yoong   Racing for Holland 3 6
19=   Jamie Campbell-Walter   Creation Autosportif 3 6
25=   Stefan Johansson   Zytek Engineering 5 Ret 4
25=   Hideki Noda   Zytek Engineering 5 Ret 4
25=   Shinji Nakano   Courage Compétition Ret Ret NC NC 5 4
25=   Haruki Kurosawa   Courage Compétition Ret Ret NC NC 5 4
29=   Paul Cope   ProTran Competition 8 Ret 1
29=   Ben Collins   ProTran Competition 8 1

LMP2 Standings

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Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Total
1=   Michael Vergers   Barazi-Epsilon 1 4 6 4 4 28
1=   Juan Barazi   Barazi-Epsilon 1 4 6 4 4 28
3=   Mike Newton   RML 6 2 4 1 Ret 26
3=   Thomas Erdos   RML 6 2 4 1 Ret 26
5=   Marc Rostan   Pierre Bruneau 2 NC 7 2 3 24
5=   Pierre Bruneau   Pierre Bruneau 2 NC 7 2 3 24
7=   Miguel Ángel de Castro*   ASM Team Racing for Portugal 1 Ret 1 20
7=   Ángel Burgueño*   ASM Team Racing for Portugal 1 Ret 1 20
7=   Miguel Amaral   ASM Team Racing for Portugal 1 Ret 1 20
7=   Sam Hancock   Binnie Motorsports 3 2 3 Ret 20
7=   Allen Timpany   Binnie Motorsports 3 2 3 Ret 20
12   Davide Valsecchi   Barazi-Epsilon 4 4 4 15
13   William Binnie   Binnie Motorsports (3) 2 3 Ret 14
14   Jean-Philippe Belloc   Barazi-Epsilon 1 6 13
15=   Jens Petersen*   Kruse Motorsport 4 8 12
15=   Jan-Dirk Leuders*   Kruse Motorsport 4 8 12
15=   Karim Ojjeh   Paul Belmondo Racing 4 4 4 12
15=   Pierre Ragues   Paul Belmondo Racing 4 4 4 12
19=   Miguel Ángel de Castro*   Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport 10 10
19=   Ángel Burgueño*   Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport 10 10
21=   Norbert Siedler   Kruse Motorsport 8 8
21=   Claude-Yves Gosselin   Paul Belmondo Racing 4 4 8
23=   Ed Morris   G-Force Racing 6 6
23=   Jean-François Leroch   G-Force Racing 6 6
23=   João Barbosa   Rollcentre Racing 6 6
23=   Martin Short   Rollcentre Racing 6 6
27=   Paul Belmondo   Paul Belmondo Racing 5 5
27=   Didier André   Paul Belmondo Racing 5 5
27=   Yann Clairay   Paul Belmondo Racing 5 5
30=   Tim Greaves   Team Bruichladdich Radical 4 4
30=   Stuart Moseley   Team Bruichladdich Radical 4 4
30=   Tony Burgess   Kruse Motorsport 4 4
33=   Jens Petersen*   G-Force Racing 1 1
33=   Jan-Dirk Leuders*   G-Force Racing 1 1
33=   Christophe Brück   G-Force Racing 1 1

GT1 Standings

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Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Total
1=   Pedro Lamy   Aston Martin Racing Larbre 1 Ret 1 5 2 32
1=   Gabriele Gardel   Aston Martin Racing Larbre 1 Ret 1 5 2 32
1=   Vincent Vosse   Aston Martin Racing Larbre 1 Ret 1 5 2 32
4=   Peter Kox   Convers MenX Team 2 5 3 3 5 28
4=   Alexey Vasilyev   Convers MenX Team 2 5 3 3 5 28
4=   Robert Pergl   Convers MenX Team 2 5 3 3 5 28
7=   Stéphane Ortelli   Team Oreca 1 4 Ret 1 25
7=   Soheil Ayari   Team Oreca 1 4 Ret 1 25
7=   Jérôme Policand   Luc Alphand Aventures 3 6 2 2 Ret 25
7=   Patrice Goueslard   Luc Alphand Aventures 3 6 2 2 Ret 25
7=   Peter Hardman   Cirtek Motorsport 5 4 Ret 25
  Team Modena 1 3
7=   Antonio García   Cirtek Motorsport 5 4 Ret 25
  Team Modena 1 3
13=   Luc Alphand   Luc Alphand Aventures 2 2 Ret 16
13=   Pertti Kuismanen   PSI Experience Ret 3 Ret 4 4 16
13=   Jos Menten   PSI Experience Ret 3 Ret 4 4 16
13=   Markus Palttala   PSI Experience Ret 3 Ret 4 4 16
17   Christian Vann   Cirtek Motorsport 5 4 Ret 9
18   Richard Lyons   Cirtek Motorsport 2 8
19=   Anthony Beltoise   Luc Alphand Aventures 3 (6) 6
19=   David Brabham   Team Modena 3 6
20=   Nathan Kinch   Cirtek Motorsport 4 5
20=   Jamie Campbell-Walter   Cirtek Motorsport 4 5

GT2 Standings

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Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Total
1=   Joël Camathias   Autorlando Sport 2 1 2 2 Ret 34
1=   Marc Lieb   Autorlando Sport 2 1 2 2 Ret 34
3=   Lawrence Tomlinson   Team LNT 3 2 7 Ret 4 21
3=   Richard Dean   Team LNT 3 2 7 Ret 4 21
5=   Warren Hughes   Team LNT Ret Ret 10 1 1 20
5=   Robert Bell   Team LNT Ret Ret 10 1 1 20
7=   Dan Eagling   Virgo Motorsport 8 3 4 6 5 19
7=   Tim Sugden   Virgo Motorsport 8 3 4 6 5 19
9=   Christophe Bouchut   IMSA Performance Matmut 4 5 6 5 7 18
9=   Raymond Narac   IMSA Performance Matmut 4 5 6 5 7 18
11   Luca Drudi   GPC Sport 1 Ret 8 3 DSQ 17
12   Jonny Kane   Spyker Squadron 7 Ret 5 Ret 3 12
13=   Fabrizio de Simone   GPC Sport 1 Ret DSQ 10
13=   Stefano Zonca   GPC Sport 1 Ret 10
13=   Andrea Belicchi   GPC Sport 1 Ret 10
13=   Marco Cioci   GPC Sport 1 Ret 10
13=   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Spyker Squadron 5 10 3 Ret Ret 10
13=   Mike Hezemans   Spyker Squadron 5 10 3 Ret 10
13=   Marco Seefried   Farnbacher Racing NC 4 NC 4 Ret 10
20=   Tom Kimber-Smith   Team LNT 2 8
20=   Gunnar Kristensen   Autorlando Sport 11 16 Ret 2 8
20=   Allan Simonsen   Autorlando Sport 11 16 Ret 2 8
20=   Pierre Ehret   Farnbacher Racing 6 Ret 9 4 Ret 8
20=   Dominik Farnbacher   Farnbacher Racing 6 Ret 9 4 8
20=   Nigel Smith   Thierry Perrier 12 6 Ret 7 6 8
20=   Philippe Hesnault   Thierry Perrier 12 6 Ret 7 6 8
27=   Gabrio Rosa   GPC Sport (1) Ret 8 3 7
27=   Marc Hynes   Team LNT 7 Ret 4 7
29=   Andrea Montermini   GPC Sport 3 6
29=   Peter Dumbreck   Spyker Squadron Ret 3 6
31=   Sébastian Dumez   IMSA Performance Matmut 4 5
31=   Lars-Erik Nielsen   Farnbacher Racing NC 4 NC 5
31=   Anthony Beltoise   Thierry Perrier Ret 7 6 5
34   João Barbosa   Thierry Perrier 6 3
35=   Donny Crevels   Spyker Squadron 7 Ret 2
35=   Tony Burgess   Seikel Motorsport 9 7 12 2
35=   Philip Collin   Seikel Motorsport 9 7 12 2
38=   Ian Khan   Virgo Motorsport 8 1
38=   Yves Lambert   Ice Pol Racing Team 10 8 13 Ret 1
38=   Christian Lefort   Ice Pol Racing Team 10 8 13 Ret 1
38=   Romain Iannetta   Ice Pol Racing Team 10 8 1
38=   Wolfgang Kaufmann   James Watt Automotive 8 1
38=   Peter Cook   James Watt Automotive 8 1
38=   Paul Daniels   James Watt Automotive 11 14 Ret 8 1

References

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  1. ^ "Final Le Mans Series Calendar". DailySportsCar. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ Cracknell, Malcolm (9 April 2006). "Le Mans Series - Istanbul 715.292 Kms - Race Report". DailySportsCar. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Jarama For The Fifth Race". DailySportsCar. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ "LeMans Series (LMS) - Season 2006: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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