The 2006 British GT season consisted of a fourteen-round series of sports car racing in the British GT Championship. The season consisted of two 2-hour enduros at Donington Park and Silverstone, with 4 other double 1 hour-race events held in England, 2 in France (held alongside the FFSA GT Championship) and 1 in Ireland. It was contested by GT2 cars, the renamed GT3 class (now GTC), and a new GT3 class conforming with new FIA regulations. This would be the last year of competition for GT2 cars, with very low grids and thus half points being awarded at most races. The following year, GT3 became the main class, with GTC supporting.
Round | Circuit | Date | GT2 Winners | GT3 Winners | GTC Winners |
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1 | Oulton Park | 16 April | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | none | Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore |
2 | 17 April | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | none | Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore | |
3 | Donington Park | 21 May | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Leo Machitski Piers Johnson | Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore |
4 | Pau | 4 June | none | Paul Whight Chris Randell | Matt Allison Jonny Lang |
5 | 5 June | none | Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw | Danny Watts Ryan Hooker | |
6 | Mondello Park | 24 June | Luke Hines Tom Kimber-Smith | Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw | Matt Allison Jonny Lang |
7 | 25 June | Luke Hines Tom Kimber-Smith | Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw | Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore | |
8 | Snetterton | 15 July | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Aaron Scott Stuart Turvey | Andrea Demetriou Ryan Hooker |
9 | 16 July | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Aaron Scott Stuart Turvey | Matt Allison Jonny Lang | |
10 | Rockingham | 12 August | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Leo Machitski Jonny Cocker | Matt Allison Jonny Lang |
11 | 13 August | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw | Alex Mortimer Bradley Ellis | |
12 | Brands Hatch | 26 August | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Leo Machitski Jonny Cocker | Alex Mortimer Bradley Ellis |
13 | 27 August | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Leo Machitski Jonny Cocker | Phil Glew Tom Ferrier | |
14 | Silverstone | 24 September | Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos | Matt Harris Piers Masarati | Phil Keen Ryan Hooker |
15 | Magny-Cours | 21 October | Luke Hines Tom Kimber-Smith | none | none |
16 | 22 October | Luke Hines Tom Kimber-Smith | none | none |
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Pos | Team | OUL | DON | PAU | MON | SNE | ROC | BRH | SIL | MAG | Pts | |||||||
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1 | Scuderia Ecosse | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 73 | ||
2 | LNT | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17† | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 71 | ||
3 | Rollcentre Racing | 5 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 19† | 4 | 17 | 5 | 25 | ||||||||
4 | Emotional Engineering | DNS | 9 | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 17.5 | ||||||||
5 | Eclipse Motorsport | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||
6 | Team Preci Spark | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13.5 | |||||||||||||
7 | Cirtek Motorsport | Ret | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
NC | Data Protection Solutions | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | OUL | DON | PAU | MON | SNE | ROC | BRH | SIL | MAG | Pts |
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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
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All information sourced from https://web.archive.org/web/20090813160841/http://zeta.britishgt.com/points.php?season=2006&class=GT2&type=driver&event=1 and other areas of this site. NOTE: Championship Standings based on race results, not given standings (they do not appear to correspond)
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