2006 Italian Superturismo Championship

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.

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Driver Rounds
  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

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Monza 2 April   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Alessandro Balzan   Alessandro Balzan   DB Motorsport
2 R1   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 30 April   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Seat Sport Italia
3 R1   Imola 7 May   Alessandro Zanardi   Emanuele Naspetti   Emanuele Naspetti   GDL Racing
R2   Elio Marchetti   Emanuele Naspetti   GDL Racing
4 R1   Mugello 23 July   Alessandro Zanardi   Emanuele Naspetti   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
5 R1   Magione 17 September   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Emanuele Naspetti   GDL Racing
R2   Emanuele Naspetti   Emanuele Naspetti   GDL Racing
6 R1   Vallelunga 1 October   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Seat Sport Italia
R2   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Seat Sport Italia
7 R1   Vallelunga 15 October   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Roberto Colciago   Seat Sport Italia
R2   Roberto Colciago   Emanuele Naspetti   GDL Racing

Championship standings

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Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
10 8 6 5 4 6 2 1
  • 12 results from 14 are valid for the championship

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver Car MON
 
MCO
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
MAG
 
VAL
 
VAL
 
 Pts 
1   Roberto Colciago Seat Ret DNS 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 98
2   Emanuele Naspetti BMW 8 DNS 3 Ret 1 1 3 8 1 1 2 4 2 1 85
3   Alessandro Balzan Alfa Romeo 2 1 Ret 2 3 3 6 9 2 Ret 3 2 63
4   Riccardo Romagnoli Alfa Romeo 4 3 6 3 4 7 7 4 Ret 3 5 Ret 6 5 51
5   Alessandro Zanardi BMW 1 7 1 Ret Ret 5 1 1 46
6   Simone Iacone BMW 3 2 5 DNS Ret 6 2 3 35
7   Kristian Ghedina BMW 8 5 6 5 4 3 5 4 32
8   Davide Roda Seat 6 6 7 4 5 Ret 9 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 25
9   Elio Marchetti Alfa Romeo Ret DNS 4 Ret 6 4 10 6 10 9 16
10   Cristian Ricciarini BMW 5 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 14
11   Massimiliano Pedalà Seat 3 3 12
12   Stefano Valli BMW 7 4 Ret DNS 7 Ret 11
13   Jiří Janák Alfa Romeo 5 5 8
14   Gianni Calabrese Seat 5 6 7
15   Mirko Venturi BMW 3 Ret 6
16   Andrea Pagliai Alfa Romeo 7 7 4
  Roberto Tamagnini BMW 9 10 0
  Roberto Conte BMW 11 11 0
  Cesare Cremonesi BMW Ret Ret 0
  Jens Edman Peugeot Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver Car MON
 
MCO
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
MAG
 
VAL
 
VAL
 
 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Constructors' Championship

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Pos Manufacturer Points
1   BMW 188
2   SEAT 139
3   Alfa Romeo 129