The 2006 Porsche Michelin Supercup season was the 14th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2006 Formula One season. It travelled to nine circuits across Europe, to Bahrain and a double-header at Indianapolis, USA.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Lechner Racing School Team 1   Alessandro Zampedri All
2   Cyrille Sauvage 1
  Patrick Huisman 2–11
22   Nicolas Armindo 1
  Kadach Racing Team 3   David Saelens 1–10
4   Fabrice Walfisch 1–5, 9–10
  David Ashburn 6
  Simon Sobrero 7
  PZ Koblenz – Team SPS 5   Uwe Alzen All
6   Jörg Stephan 1–3
  Marc Benz 4–11
  Konrad Motorsport 7   Tim Bergmeister 1
  Hannes Neuhauser 2–11
8   Michael Schrey 1–4, 6–11
  Michel Neugarten 5
74   Jay Policastro 9
  Orbit Racing 7
  Mühlner Motorsport 9   David Dermont 1–6
  Jean-Francois Hemroulle 11
10   Geoffroy Horion 1–6
  Jörg Hardt 11
  Jetstream Motorsport PZ Essen 11   Philip Beyrer All
12   Simon Frederiks 1–6, 8–11
  Oliver Freymuth 7
  MRS-PC Service Team PZM 14   Georg Braun 1
  Alexandre Funari Negrão 4–5
  Jimmy Jacobsson 6
  Will Langhorne 7–11
  Menno Kuus 2
15 10
  Duncan Huisman 1–3
  Roeland Voerman 4–5, 8–9
  Kelvin Burt 6–7
  Ralf Kalaschek 11
  Morellato Racing Team PZ Essen 16   Olivier Maximin 1–6, 8
  Richard Williams 7
  Cacá Bueno 9–10
  Jeroen Bleekemolen 11
17   Richard Westbrook All
  Morellato Stars Team 18   Luciano Burti 1
  Jimmy Ghione 2
  Colin McRae 3, 5
  Terry Heath 7
  Pim van Riet 8
  Phil Quaife 11
  Dick Postel 4
19 8
  Jaber Al Khalifa 1, 7
  Edoardo Cicorini 2
  Kristian Ghedina 3–4
  Maher Algadri 5
  Richard Williams 11
  Harders Plaza Racing 20   Robert van der Berg All
21   Chris Mattheus 1–5
  Luke Hines 6
  Ardi van der Hoek 7
  Arjan van der Zwaan 8–9, 11
  Klaus Abbelen 10
  Priority Racing Team Lechner 23   Damien Faulkner 1
  Team Bleekemolen 24   Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 2–6, 8
  Thomas Pank 7
  Michael Bleekemolen 9-11
25 2–3, 5, 7
  Oliver Freymuth 4, 6, 8–11
  Mamerow Racing PZ Essen 26   Christian Mamerow 3
  UPS Porsche Junior Team 28   Jan Seyffarth 1, 4–6, 9–11
29   Lance David Arnold 1, 4–6, 9–11
  Attempto Racing 34   Dietmar Haggenmüller 2
43   Dominik Neumeyr 2
  Tolimit Motorsport 39   Christian Menzel All
46   Richard Lietz All
  Farnbacher Racing – PZ Nürnberg 55   Dirk Werner 1–2
  Ian Baas 11
66   Angelo Proietti 2, 11
77   Patrick Huisman 1
  IN2RACING 70   Michael Richards 6
71   Richard Williams 6
  IRWIN Redline Racing 72   Danny Watts 6
73   Jason Young 6
  Aasco Motorsport 75   Pat Flanagan 7
76   Gary Becker 7
77   Warren Chang 7
78   Joe Kunz 7
  Farnbacher Loles Motorsports 79   Ian Baas 7
80   Ricardo Imery 7
  Nourry Competition 81   Michel Nourry 8
  Equipe Alméras Frères 82   Philippe Alméras 8
  Porsche AG 88   Salman Al Khalifa 1
  Markus Winkelhock 3
  Bruno Senna 5
  Arturo Merzario 11
89   Fahad Al Musalam 1
Sources:[1][2]

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 R   Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain 12 March   David Saelens   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   SPS Automotive Report
2 R   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Italy 23 April   Richard Westbrook   Richard Lietz   Richard Westbrook   Racing Team Morelatto Report
3 R   Nürburgring Germany 7 May   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook   Racing Team Morelatto Report
4 R   Circuit de Catalunya Spain 14 May   Richard Lietz   Richard Lietz   David Saelens   Kadach Racing Report
5 R   Circuit de Monaco Monaco 27 May   Richard Lietz   Richard Lietz   Richard Lietz   Tolimit Motorsport Report
6 R   Silverstone Circuit United Kingdom 11 June   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   SPS Automotive Report
7 R1   Indianapolis Motor Speedway United States 1 July   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook   Racing Team Morelatto Report
R2 2 July   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook   Racing Team Morelatto
8 R   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours France 16 July   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   SPS Automotive Report
9 R   Hockenheimring Germany 30 July   Richard Lietz   Richard Lietz   Richard Lietz   Tolimit Motorsport Report
10 R   Hungaroring Hungary 6 August   Patrick Huisman   Uwe Alzen   Patrick Huisman   Walter Lechner Racing Report
11 R   Autodromo Nazionale Monza Italy 10 September   Richard Lietz   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   SPS Automotive Report
Sources:[2][3]

Championship standings

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Ref
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 [4]
Pos Driver BHR
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
CAT
 
MON
 
SIL
 
IND
 
MAG
 
HOC
 
HUN
 
MZA
 
Points
1   Richard Westbrook 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 212
2   Uwe Alzen 1 Ret 7 4 4 1 9 9 1 2 5 1 166
3   Richard Lietz 8 11 2 22 1 3 Ret1 4 2 1 4 5 157
4   Patrick Huisman 5 7 5 7 6 5 Ret 3 3 9 1 3 144
5   David Saelens 3 4 3 1 2 6 10 Ret 5 13 Ret 120
6   Christian Menzel 7 2 6 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 7 6 2 6 114
7   Alessandro Zampedri 12 8 9 9 7 7 Ret 2 6 4 17 Ret1 100
8   Fabrice Walfisch 4 5 4 2 DNS Ret1 Ret 59
9   Michael Schrey Ret 14 17 16 16 7 5 Ret 11 9 11 59
10   Robert van den Berg 13 17 14 12 9 Ret 6 Ret 12 22† 12 19 58
11   Phillip Beyrer 26 13 16 Ret Ret 13 4 10 Ret 10 8 Ret 54
12   Hannes Neuhauser 10 13 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret1 8 11 22† 51
13   Michael Bleekemolen 16 20 11 5 12 20 15 17 48
14   Marc Benz 13 13 18 Ret1 8 8 7 Ret Ret 48
15   Geoffroy Horion 16 3 8 8 Ret 8 45
16   Olivier Maximin 14 12 18 10 18 10 10 33
17   Simon Frederiks 20 18 19 21 16 Ret 13 16 14 18 28
18   Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 9 15 Ret 19 14 11 23
19   David Dermont 17 15 24† 15 14 DNS 13
20   Dirk Werner 6 6 10
21   Tim Bergmeister 11 7
22   Duncan Huisman Ret Ret 10 6
23   Cyrille Sauvage 18 1
24   Chris Mattheus 25 22 22 23 20 1
25   Jörg Stephan 22 Ret Ret 0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
  Kelvin Burt 23† 2 6 0
  Ian Baas 3 7 12 0
  Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 0
  Lance David Arnold 10 6 8 9 5 7 9 0
  Jan Seyffarth 9 5 12 12 12 Ret 7 0
  Cacá Bueno 14 6 0
  Richard Williams 15 8 Ret 10 0
  Jörg Hardt 8 0
  Philippe Almeras 9 0
  Colin McRae 23† 10 0
  Menno Kuus 19 10 0
  Markus Winkelhock 11 0
  Will Langhorne 11 14 15 15 16 15 0
  Ardi van der Hoek Ret 11 0
  Christian Mamerow 12 0
  Ricardo Imery 12 13 0
  Oliver Freymuth 18 19 13 Ret 17 17 13 Ret 0
  Arturo Merzario 13 0
  Alexandre Funari Negrão 14 17 0
  Jay Policastro 14 15 19 0
  Roeland Voerman 19 Ret 14 18 0
  Jean-François Hemroulle 14 0
  Damien Faulkner 15 0
  Michel Neugarten 15 0
  Joe Kunz 15 17 0
  Pat Flanagan 16 Ret 0
  Terry L. Heath 20 16 0
  Pim van Riet 16 0
  Phil Quaife 16 0
  Kristian Ghedina 21 17 0
  Luke Hines 17 0
  Jaber Al-Khalifa 24 17 18 0
  Gary Becker 18 19 0
  Michel Nourry 18 0
  Nicolas Armindo 19 0
  Warren Chang 19 Ret 0
  Dick Postel 20 19 0
  Dominik Neumeyer 20 0
  Michael Richards 20 0
  Thomas E. Pank 21 20 0
  Angelo Proietti 21 20 0
  Arjan van der Zwan Ret 21 Ret 0
  Salman Al-Khalifa 21 0
  David Ashburn 21 0
  Ralf Kalaschek 21 0
  Danny Watts 22 0
  Fahad Al Musalam 23 0
  Dietmar Haggenmüller 23 0
  Georg Braun 27† 0
  Simon Sobrero Ret Ret 0
  Luciano Burti Ret 0
  Edoardo Cicorini Ret 0
  Jimmy Ghione Ret 0
  Bruno Senna Ret 0
  Jimmy Jacobsson Ret 0
  Jason Young Ret 0
  Klaus Abbelen Ret 0
  Maher Algadri DNQ 0
Pos Driver BHR
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
CAT
 
MON
 
SIL
 
IND
 
MAG
 
HOC
 
HUN
 
MZA
 
Points
Sources:[2][5]
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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

  1. ^ – Scored points despite not finishing the race or being classified.

Teams' Championship

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Pos Team BHR
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
CAT
 
MON
 
SIL
 
IND
 
MAG
 
HOC
 
HUN
 
MZA
 
Points
1   Racing Team Morellato - PZ Essen 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 280
14 12 18 10 18 10 8 Ret 10 14 6 4
2   tolimit Motorsport 7 2 2 22 1 3 Ret1 4 2 1 2 5 259
8 11 6 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 7 6 4 6
3   Lechner Racing School Team 12 7 5 7 6 5 Ret 2 3 4 1 3 224
18 8 9 9 7 7 Ret 3 6 9 17 Ret
4   SPS automotive Performance 1 Ret 7 4 4 1 9 8 1 2 5 1 201
22 Ret Ret 13 13 18 Ret 9 8 7 Ret Ret
5   Kadach Racing Team 3 4 3 1 2 6 10 Ret 5 13 Ret 176
4 5 4 2 DNS 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret
6   Konrad Motorsport 11 10 13 11 15 11 7 5 Ret 8 9 11 104
Ret 14 17 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 11 11 22†
7   MRS-PC Service Team PZM 27† 19 10 14 17 23† 2 6 14 15 10 15 74
Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 11 14 15 18 16 21
8   Jetstream Motorsport PZ Essen 20 13 16 21 16 13 4 10 13 10 8 18 70
26 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 14 Ret
9   Team Bleekemolen 9 15 18 11 14 5 12 11 17 13 17 62
16 20 Ret 19 19 21 20 17 20 15 Ret
10   Mühlner Motorsport 16 3 8 8 14 8 8 56
17 15 24† 15 Ret DNS 14
11   Harders Plaza Racing PZ Essen 13 17 14 12 9 17 6 11 12 21 12 19 56
25 22 22 23 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 22† Ret Ret
12   Morellato Stars Team 24 Ret 21 17 10 17 16 16 10 36
Ret Ret 23† 20 DNQ 20 18 19 16
13   Farnbacher Racing 5 6 12 22
6 21 20
Guest teams ineligible for championship points
  Farnbacher Loles Motorsports 3 7 0
12 13
  UPS Porsche Junior Team 9 5 8 9 5 7 7 0
10 6 12 12 12 Ret 9
  Equipe Alméras Frères 9 0
  Porsche AG 21 11 Ret 13 0
23
  Mamerow Racing PZ Essen 12 0
  Orbit Racing 14 15 0
  Priority Racing Team Lechner 15 0
  IN2RACING 15 0
20
  Aasco Motorsports 15 17 0
16 19
  Nourry Competition 18 0
  Attempto Racing 20 0
23
  IRWIN Redline Racing 22 0
Ret
Pos Team BHR
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
CAT
 
MON
 
SIL
 
IND
 
MAG
 
HOC
 
HUN
 
MZA
 
Points
Sources:[2][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Porsche Supercup - 2006: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Porsche Supercup - Season 2006: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Porsche Supercup - 2006: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Porsche Supercup - 2006: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Porsche Supercup - Season 2006: Points distribution". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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