2006 American Le Mans Series
The 2006
Pre-season
Among the biggest announcements prior to the start of the 2006 season was that Audi would continue their involvement in the ALMS with their new R10 TDI diesel engined LMP1 with the car making its international racing debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring in preparation for Le Mans. Audi followed up this announcement with plans for a single Audi R8 to go on a farewell tour for the first few races after Sebring, and then be replaced by two new R10 TDI after Le Mans for the rest of the ALMS season.
Fellow LMP1 competitors Dyson Racing also announced an upgrade from their troublesome
In LMP2 the teams of Miracle Motorsports, B-K Motorsports,
In GT1, the field appeared to be shrinking.
The GT2 class was also more of the same, with returning favorites Flying Lizard Motorsports, J3 Racing, Petersen/White Lightning, Panoz Motorsports, and Alex Job, although Alex Job's effort was now brought down to a single entry due to his expanded involvement in
The ALMS also created a new class of competitors, known as GT2S, designed to allow racing cars based on production vehicles which had seats for four in a coupe or sedan body style. Cars of this type were now allowed by
From the standpoint of the 2006 schedule, two major changes were made. First, to replace the earlier round at Road Atlanta held soon after Sebring, a new temporary street circuit near Houston's
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | March 18 |
2 | Lone Star Grand Prix | Reliant Park
|
May 12 |
3 | American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio
|
Mid-Ohio | May 21 |
4 | New England Grand Prix
|
Lime Rock Park | July 1 |
5 | Utah Grand Prix | Miller Motorsports Park
|
July 15 |
6 | Portland Grand Prix | Portland International Raceway | July 22 |
7 | Generac 500 at Road America
|
Road America | August 20 |
8 | Grand Prix of Mosport
|
Mosport
|
September 3 |
9 | Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda CX-7 | Road Atlanta | September 30 |
10 | Monterey Sports Car Championships
|
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
|
October 21 |
Sources:[1][2] |
All races are 2 Hours and 45 Minutes except for Sebring (12 Hours), Petit Le Mans (10 Hours or 1000 Miles), and Laguna Seca (4 Hours).[1]
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
Teams championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:[4]
- 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1
Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:
- 23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4
And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:
- 26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
LMP1 standings
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audi Sport North America | Audi R8
Audi R10 TDI |
TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel )
|
26 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
26 |
23 |
215 |
2 | Dyson Racing Team | Lola B06/10 | AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 125 | ||
3 | Autocon Motorsports | MG-Lola EX257 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 56 | ||||
4 | Highcroft Racing | MG-Lola EX257 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 45 | ||||||
5 | Zytek Engineering
|
Zytek 06S
|
Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8
|
22 | 11 | 33 | ||||||||
6 | Creation Autosportif | Creation CA06/H
|
Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
LMP2 standings
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Penske Racing
|
Porsche RS Spyder | Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 200 |
2 | Intersport Racing | Lola B05/40 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 166 |
3 | B-K Motorsport | Courage C65 | Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor | 14 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 67 | |||||
4 | Horag Lista Racing | Lola B05/40 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
5= | Binnie Motorsports | Lola B05/42 | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
|
18 | 18 | |||||||||
5= | Van der Steur Racing | Lola B2K/40 Radical SR9 |
AER P14 3.0L V6 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 |
10 |
8 |
18 | ||||||||
7 | Barazi-Epsilon | Courage C65
|
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
8 | Team Bruichladdich Radical
|
Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 11 | 11 |
GT1 standings
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 189 |
2 | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 186 |
3 | Konrad Motorsport | Saleen S7-R
|
Ford 7.0L V8 | 14 | 14 |
GT2 standings
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 161 |
2 | Petersen/White Lightning | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 147 |
3 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 145 |
4 | Multimatic Motorsports | Panoz Esperante GT-LM
|
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 111 |
5 | Alex Job Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 89 | |
4 | BMW Team PTG | BMW M3 | BMW 3.4L I6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 84 | ||
7 | Team LNT
|
Panoz Esperante GT-LM
|
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
8 | Spyker Squadron | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R
|
Audi 3.8L V8 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
9 | J-3 Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 8 | 8 |
Drivers championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:[4]
- 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1
Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:
- 23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4
And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:
- 26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points.
LMP1 standings
LMP2 standings
Pos | Driver | Team | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | Rnd 7 | Rnd 8 | Rnd 9 | Rnd 10 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1= | Sascha Maassen | Penske Racing
|
22 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 184 |
1= | Lucas Luhr | Penske Racing
|
22 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 184 |
3= | Clint Field | Intersport Racing | 26 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 166 |
3= | Liz Halliday
|
Intersport Racing | 26 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 166 |
5 | Timo Bernhard | Penske Racing
|
8 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 155 | |
6 | Romain Dumas | Penske Racing
|
8 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 155 | |
7 | Jon Field | Intersport Racing | 26 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 84 | |||||
8= | Guy Cosmo | B-K Motorsport | 14 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 67 | |||||
8= | Jamie Bach | B-K Motorsports | 14 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 67 | |||||
10 | Emmanuel Collard | Penske Racing
|
22 | 26 | 48 | ||||||||
11 | Michael Vergers | Team Bruichladdich Radical
|
16 |
11 |
27 | ||||||||
12 | Mike Rockenfeller | Penske Racing
|
22 | 22 | |||||||||
13= | William Binnie | Binnie Motorsports | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
13= | Allen Timpany | Binnie Motorsports | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
13= | Rick Sutherland | Binnie Motorsports | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
13= | Fredy Lienhard | Horag-Lista Racing | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
13= | Didier Theys | Horag-Lista Racing | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
13= | Eric van de Poele | Horag-Lista Racing | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
19= | Gunnar van der Steur | Van der Steur Racing | 10 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||
19= | Ben Devlin | Van der Steur Racing | 10 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||
21= | Juan Barazi | Barazi-Epsilon | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
21= | Elton Julian | Barazi-Epsilon | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
23= | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | B-K Motorsport | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
23= | Raphael Matos | B-K Motorsport | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
25= | Stuart Moseley | Team Bruichladdich Radical
|
11 | 11 |
GT1 standings
Pos | Driver | Team | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | Rnd 7 | Rnd 8 | Rnd 9 | Rnd 10 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1= | Oliver Gavin | Corvette Racing | 26 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 176 |
1= | Olivier Beretta | Corvette Racing | 26 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 176 |
3 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Aston Martin Racing | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 163 |
4 | Tomáš Enge | Aston Martin Racing | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 159 |
5= | Ron Fellows | Corvette Racing | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 152 |
5= | Johnny O'Connell | Corvette Racing | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 152 |
7 | Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Racing | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 147 | |
8 | Darren Turner | Aston Martin Racing | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 146 | |
9 | Jan Magnussen | Corvette Racing | 26 | 16 | 42 | ||||||||
10 | Max Papis | Corvette Racing | 16 | 19 | 35 | ||||||||
11 | Jason Bright | Aston Martin Racing | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
12 | Nicolas Kiesa | Aston Martin Racing | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
13 | Andrea Piccini | Aston Martin Racing | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
14= | Terry Borcheller | Konrad Motorsport | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
14= | Tom Weickardt | Konrad Motorsport | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
14= | Jean-Philippe Belloc | Konrad Motorsport | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
17 | Peter Kox | Aston Martin Racing | 13 | 13 |
GT2 standings
References
- ^ a b Kjos, Tom (September 30, 2005). "IMSA Announces 2006 ALMS Schedule – Sonoma Off, Houston and Salt Lake City On Lime Rock 'Returns'". DailySportsCar. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "American LeMans Series - 2006: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "American LeMans Series - Season 2006: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "American LeMans Series - 2006: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.