The 2006 Campionato Italiano Superturismo Season was the second season of the Italian Superturismo Championship since its recreation in 2005 (at the same time as the ETCC, the promoted Italian championship, was turned into the WTCC). It had several well-known contenders, such as Alessandro Zanardi, Emanuele Naspetti and retired ski-racer Kristian Ghedina. Overall a total of seven race weekends of two races each were held at six different circuits. The championship was won by Roberto Colcigao driving for SEAT.
Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si | 4 | Alessandro Zanardi | 1-4 |
Československý Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA | 44 | Jiří Janák | 1 |
Peugeot Sport Denmark | Peugeot 407 | 46 | Jens Edman | 1 |
DB Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | 51 | Alessandro Balzan | 1-6 |
52 | Elio Marchetti | 1-4, 7 | ||
Scuderia La Torre | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA | 53 | Riccardo Romagnoli | All |
GDL Racing | BMW 320i | 54 | Emanuele Naspetti | All |
Zerocinque Motorsport | BMW 320i | 55 | Stefano Valli | 1-3, 7 |
56 | Simone Iacone | 1-4 | ||
Mirko Venturi | 5 | |||
SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT León | 57 | Davide Roda | All |
58 | Roberto Colciago | All | ||
Zerocinque Motorsport | BMW 320i | 59 | Kristian Ghedina | 4-7 |
Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320i | 61 | Cristian Ricciarini | 4-5, 7 |
Zerocinque Motorsport | BMW 320i | 62 | Roberto Tamagnini | 7 |
SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 63 | Gianni Calabrese | 5 |
Pro Motorsport | BMW 320i | 65 | Roberto Conte | 7 |
DB Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | 66 | Andrea Pagliai | 7 |
SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 69 | Massimiliano Pedalà | 7 |
Team Cantarelli | BMW 320i | 71 | Cesare Cremonesi | 7 |
Points system | ||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||
10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | BMW | 188 |
2 | SEAT | 139 |
3 | Alfa Romeo | 129 |
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