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The 2006 FIA GT3 European Championship season was the: inaugural season of the——FIA GT3 European Championship. The season began on May 2, "2006," and ended on September 17, "2006," and featured ten one-hour races over five rounds.

Schedule※

All races were one hour in length. And served as support races for the FIA GT Championship.

Rnd	Event	Circuit	Date
1	Silverstone Supercar Showdown	Silverstone Circuit	May 6
2			May 7
3	Oschersleben Supercar 500	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	July 1
4			July 2
5	Proximus Spa 24 Hours	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	July 28
6			July 29
7	Dijon Supercar 500	Dijon-Prenois	September 2
8			September 3
9	Mugello Supercar 500	Mugello Circuit	September 16
10			September 17

Season results※

Rnd	Circuit	Race 1 Winning Team	Race 2 Winning Team
		Race 1 Winning Drivers	Race 2 Winning Drivers
1 2	Silverstone	#34 JMB Racing	#38 GPC Sport
		Allan Simonsen Hector Lester	Giuseppe Arlotti Paolo Cutrera
3 4	Oschersleben	#27 Racing Box	#23 BMS Scuderia Italia
		Andrea Ceccato Stefano Livio	Marcello Zani Massimiliano Mugelli
5 6	Spa	#10 Racing Logistic	#10 Racing Logistic
		Frédéric Bouvy Patrick Bornhauser	Frédéric Bouvy Patrick Bornhauser
7 8	Dijon	#10 Racing Logistic	#9 Tech 9 Motosport
		Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bornhauser	Phil Keen Sean Edwards
9 10	Mugello	#9 Tech 9 Motosport	#9 Tech 9 Motosport
		Phil Keen Sean Edwards	Phil Keen Sean Edwards

Championships※

Teams Championship※

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Tech 9 Motosport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	12	2			8	9	3	11	12	12	69
2	Racing Logistic	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10		7	5	3	10	16	14	6	1	5	67
3	Racing Box	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10	5	14	10	9	4	4			6	4	56
4	BMS Scuderia Italia	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12				18	5	5	8	8	5	3	53
5	Damax	Ascari KZ1-R	BMW 5.0 L V8	6	5							11	9	31
6	Riverside	Corvette Z06.R GT3	Chevrolet 7.0 L V8			8	6		6	9				29
7	JMB Racing Ferrari	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3 L V8	10	11		4		2					28
8	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	Lamborghini 5.0 L V10	5						5	3		6	14
9	Pouchelon Racing	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10			8	3			1				12
10	Auto Sport Promotion	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	4					2			4		10
11	Team Carsport Callaway	Corvette Z06.R GT3	Chevrolet 7.0 L V8					8						8
12=	Barwell Motorsport	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	2					3					5
12=	AF Corse	Maserati Gran Sport Light	Maserati 4.2 L V8			3					2			5

Drivers Championship※

Points are awarded——to the top eight finishers in the order 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Sean Edwards	Tech 9 Motorsport	8	8			8	8		10	10	10	54
2	Patrick Bornhauser	Racing Logistic			4	2	10	10	10	6	1	5	48
3=	Stefano Livio	Racing Box		10	10	4			8	5	6		43
3=	Andrea Ceccato	Racing Box		10	10	4			8	5	6		43
5	Phil Keen	Tech 9 Motorsport								10	10	10	30
6=	Toni Seiler	BMS Scuderia Italia				8		5	5	8			26
6=	Franco Groppi	BMS Scuderia Italia				8		5	5	8			26
8	Dimitris Deverikos	Tech 9 Motorsport	8				8	8					24
9=	Marcello Zani	BMS Scuderia Italia				10	5				5	3	23
9=	Massimiliano Mugelli	BMS Scuderia Italia				10	5				5	3	23
11	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Racing Logistic			4	2			10	6			22
12=	Stefano Zonca	Racing Box	5	4		5			3			4	21
12=	Marco Cioci	Racing Box		5	4		5			3		4	21
14	Frédéric Bouvy	Racing Logistic					10	10					20
15=	Allan Simonsen	JMB Racing	10	8			1						19
15=	Hector Lester	JMB Racing	10	8			1						19
15=	James Ruffier	Riverside			6	6			4	3			19
15=	Andrew Thompson	Damax			3						8	8	19
19	Matt Allison	Damax									8	8	16
20=	Steve Zacchia	Racing Logistic		6		1		6	1				14
20=	Olivier Dupard	Racing Logistic		6		1		6	1				14
22=	Leo Machitski	Barwell Motorsport						3	6	4			13
22=	Jonathan Cocker	Barwell Motorsport						3	6	4			13
24	Thierry Rabineau	Riverside			6	6							12
25=	Gilles Duqueisne	Pouchelon Racing	3		8								11
25=	Anthony Reid	Pouchelon Racing	3		8								11
25=	Tom Heinricy	Team Carsport Callaway			5		6						11
28=	Morgan Moulin-Traffort	Auto Sport Promotion	4					2			4		10
28=	Marc Cattaneo	Auto Sport Promotion	4					2			4		10
30=	Ben Collins	Damax	6								3		9
30=	Paul van Splunteren	Tech 9 Motorsport	2	2				1			2	2	9
32=	Leonardo Maddalena	Racing Box					4	4					8
32=	Bruno Corradi	Racing Box					4	4					8
34=	François Xavier Terny	Riverside							4	3			7
34=	Aaron Scott	Damax	6									1	7
36=	Luciano Linossi	Reiter Engineering										6	6
36=	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Reiter Engineering										6	6
36=	Ian Khan	JMB Racing		3			3						6
36=	Stephen Earle	JMB Racing		3			3						6
36=	Jürgen von Gartzen	Team Carsport Callaway					6						6
36=	Frédéric Makowiecki	Racing Logistic									1	5	6
36=	Stuart Turvey	Damax		5								1	6
43=	Uli Berberich-Martini	Team Carsport Callaway			5								5
43=	Luca Pirri	Team Carsport Callaway		5									5
43=	James Murphy	Tech 9 Motorsport	2	2				1					5
46	Andrew Purdie	Tech 9 Motorsport									2	2	4
47=	Wido Rossler	Pouchelon Racing				3							3
47=	David Hallyday	Pouchelon Racing				3							3
47=	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering							2	1			3
47=	Phil Bastiaans	Reiter Engineering							2	1			3
47=	Nick Adams	Damax			3								3
47=	Klaas Zwart	Damax									3		3
53=	Paulo Bonifácio	Team Carsport Callaway						2					2
53=	Marco Panzavuota	Team Carsport Callaway						2					2
53=	Alberto Cerrai	AF Corse			2								2
53=	Diego Alessi	AF Corse			2								2
53=	Christopher Campbell	Riverside								2			2
53=	Philippe Charriol	Riverside								2			2
53=	Jaromir Jirik	S-Berg Racing		1	1								2
60=	Martin Rich	Barwell Motorsport	1										1
60=	Piers Johnson	Barwell Motorsport	1										1
60=	Marc Basseng	S-Berg Racing				1							1
60=	Denis Retera	Reiter Engineering			1								1

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