2006 Le Mans Series

2006 Le Mans Series

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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

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
Sources: [1] [2]

† - 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

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
Source: [5]

Teams Championships

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

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	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

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	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

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	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

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	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

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

Pos	Driver	Team	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	Total
1	Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo Sport	1	1	1	1	1	50
	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	1	1	1	1	1
2	Didier André	Pescarolo Sport				1	1	20
3	Felipe Ortiz	Creation Autosportif	Ret		2	3	3	20
	Beppe Gabbiani	Creation Autosportif	Ret		2	3	3
4	Bob Berridge	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	3	Ret	4	5	4	20
	Gareth Evans	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	3	Ret	4	5	4
5	Harold Primat	Swiss Spirit	Ret	2	6	Ret	2	19
	Marcel Fässler	Swiss Spirit	Ret	2	6	Ret	2
6	Nicolas Minassian	Creation Autosportif	Ret		(2)	2	3	14
7	Peter Owen	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	(3)	Ret	4	5	4	14
8	Éric Hélary	Pescarolo Sport			1			10
9	Kevin McGarrity	Creation Autosportif			8	2		9
10	Jens Møller	Lister Storm Racing	2	Ret		Ret		8
=	Nicolas Kiesa	Lister Storm Racing	2	Ret				8
12	Jean-Marc Gounon	Courage Compétition	Ret	NC	7	4	Ret	7
	Gregor Fisken	Courage Compétition		Ret	7	4	Ret
	Alexander Frei	Courage Compétition		NC	7	4	Ret
13	John Nielsen	Zytek Engineering		3				6
	Casper Elgaard	Zytek Engineering		3
	Philip Andersen	Zytek Engineering		3
14	Jan Lammers	Racing for Holland			3			6
	Alex Yoong	Racing for Holland			3
15	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Creation Autosportif				3		6
16	Stefan Johansson	Zytek Engineering			5	Ret		4
	Hideki Noda	Zytek Engineering			5	Ret
17	Shinji Nakano	Courage Compétition	Ret	Ret	NC	NC	5	4
	Haruki Kurosawa	Courage Compétition	Ret	Ret	NC	NC	5
18	Paul Cope	ProTran Competition			8	Ret		1
=	Ben Collins	ProTran Competition			8			1
NC	Justin Keen	Lister Storm Racing	(2)			Ret		0
NC	Phil Bennett	ProTran Competition				Ret		0
NC	Xavier Pompidou	Lavaggi Sport					Ret	0
	Giovanni Lavaggi	Lavaggi Sport					Ret
Source: [6]

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	Total
1	Michael Vergers	Barazi-Epsilon	1	4	6	4	4	28
	Juan Barazi	Barazi-Epsilon	1	4	6	4	4
2	Mike Newton	RML	6	2	4	1	Ret	26
	Thomas Erdos	RML	6	2	4	1	Ret
3	Marc Rostan	Pierre Bruneau	2	NC	7	2	3	24
	Pierre Bruneau	Pierre Bruneau	2	NC	7	2	3
4	Miguel Ángel de Castro	ASM Team Racing for Portugal		(1)	1	Ret	1	20
	Ángel Burgueño	ASM Team Racing for Portugal		(1)	1	Ret	1
	Miguel Amaral	ASM Team Racing for Portugal		(1)	1	Ret	1
5	Sam Hancock	Binnie Motorsports		3	2	3	Ret	20
	Allen Timpany	Binnie Motorsports		3	2	3	Ret
6	Davide Valsecchi	Barazi-Epsilon		4		4	4	15
7	William Binnie	Binnie Motorsports		(3)	2	3	Ret	14
8	Jean-Philippe Belloc	Barazi-Epsilon	1		6			13
9	Jens Petersen	G-Force Racing			(8)			12
		Kruse Motorsport				5	2
	Jan-Dirk Leuders	G-Force Racing			(8)
		Kruse Motorsport				5	2
10	Karim Ojjeh	Paul Belmondo Racing	5	5	Ret	Ret	5	12
	Pierre Ragues	Paul Belmondo Racing	5	5	Ret	Ret	5
11	Norbert Siedler	Kruse Motorsport					2	8
12	Claude-Yves Gosselin	Paul Belmondo Racing	5	5		Ret		8
13	Ed Morris	G-Force Racing	3					6
	Jean-François Leroch	G-Force Racing	3
14	João Barbosa	Rollcentre Racing	Ret		3	Ret	Ret	6
	Martin Short	Rollcentre Racing	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret
15	Didier André	Paul Belmondo Racing	4	NC	NC			5
	Yann Clairay	Paul Belmondo Racing	4	NC
	Paul Belmondo	Paul Belmondo Racing	4				(5)
16	Tim Greaves	Rollcentre Racing	Ret	Ret				4
		Team Bruichladdich Radical			5	Ret	Ret
	Stuart Moseley	Team Bruichladdich Radical			5	Ret	Ret
17	Tony Burgess	Kruse Motorsport				5		4
18	Christophe Brück	G-Force Racing			8			1
NC	Frank Hahn	G-Force Racing	(3)					0
NC	Jean-Bernard Bouvet	Paul Belmondo Racing			NC			0
NC	Ranieri Randaccio	Ranieri Randaccio	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
	Fabio Mancini	Ranieri Randaccio	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Gianni Collini	Ranieri Randaccio	Ret	Ret	Ret
NC	Rob Barff	Rollcentre Racing				Ret	Ret	0
NC	Gregor Fisken	Rollcentre Racing		Ret				0
NC	Ben Devlin	Team Bruichladdich Radical				Ret		0
Source: [7]

GT1 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	IST	SPA	NÜR	DON	JAR	Total
1	Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	1	Ret	1	5	2	32
	Gabriele Gardel	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	1	Ret	1	5	2
	Vincent Vosse	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	1	Ret	1	5	2
2	Peter Kox	Convers MenX Team	2	5	3	3	5	28
	Alexey Vasilyev	Convers MenX Team	2	5	3	3	5
	Robert Pergl	Convers MenX Team	2	5	3	3	5
3	Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca		1	4	Ret	1	25
	Soheil Ayari	Team Oreca		1	4	Ret	1
4	Jérôme Policand	Luc Alphand Aventures	3	6	2	2	Ret	25
	Patrice Goueslard	Luc Alphand Aventures	3	6	2	2	Ret
5	Peter Hardman	Cirtek Motorsport	5	4	Ret			25
		Team Modena				1	3
	Antonio García	Cirtek Motorsport	5	4	Ret
		Team Modena				1	3
6	Luc Alphand	Luc Alphand Aventures			2	2	Ret	16
7	Pertti Kuismanen	PSI Experience	Ret	3	Ret	4	4	16
	Jos Menten	PSI Experience	Ret	3	Ret	4	4
	Markus Palttala	PSI Experience	Ret	3	Ret	4	4
8	Christian Vann	Cirtek Motorsport	5	4	Ret			9
9	Richard Lyons	Cirtek Motorsport		2				8
10	Anthony Beltoise	Luc Alphand Aventures	3	(6)				6
11	David Brabham	Team Modena					3	6
12	Nathan Kinch	Cirtek Motorsport	4					5
13	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Cirtek Motorsport		4				5
NC	Benjamin Leuenberger	B-Racing RS Line Team		Ret				0
	Norbert Walchhofer	B-Racing RS Line Team		Ret
	Marino Franchitti	B-Racing RS Line Team		Ret
Source: [8]

GT2 Standings

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

References

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.
6. "2006 Le Mans Series - LMP1 | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
7. "2006 Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
8. "2006 Le Mans Series - LMGT1 | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
9. "2006 Le Mans Series - LMGT2 | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2026-01-03.

External links

• Le Mans Series homepage - English