List of 2006 motorsport champions

2006 motorsport champions
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This list of 2006 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

Open wheel racing

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Series Driver Season article
FIA Formula One World Championship   Fernando Alonso 2006 Formula One World Championship
Constructors:   Renault
GP2 Series   Lewis Hamilton 2006 GP2 Series
Teams:   ART Grand Prix
IndyCar Series   Sam Hornish Jr. 2006 IndyCar Series
Rookies:   Marco Andretti
Champ Car World Series   Sébastien Bourdais 2006 Champ Car season
Nations:   France
Rookies:   Will Power
A1 Grand Prix   A1 Team France
(Alexandre Prémat/Nicolas Lapierre)
2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season
Atlantic Championship   Simon Pagenaud 2006 Atlantic Championship season
Indy Pro Series   Jay Howard 2006 Indy Pro Series season
Formula Palmer Audi   Jon Barnes 2006 Formula Palmer Audi
Autumn Trophy:   Dane Cameron
Formula Nippon Championship   Benoît Tréluyer 2006 Formula Nippon Championship
Teams:   Team Impul
Grand Prix Masters   Eddie Cheever 2006 Grand Prix Masters
Teams:   Team GPM
Euroseries 3000   Giacomo Ricci 2006 Euroseries 3000 season
Teams:   FMS International
F3000 International Masters   Jan Charouz 2006 F3000 International Masters
Teams:   Charouz Racing System
EuroBOSS Series   Klaas Zwart 2006 EuroBOSS Series
Teams:   Team Ascari
Formula Challenge Japan   Yuhi Sekiguchi 2006 Formula Challenge Japan
Formula Lista Junior   Gerhard Tweraser 2006 Formula Lista Junior season
Teams:   Neuhauser Racing
Formula Maruti   Thrivikraman Seshachalam 2006 Formula Maruti season
Formula RUS   Kirill Ovcharenko
JAF Japan Formula 4 East:   Muneyuki Kurihara 2006 JAF Japan Formula 4
West:   Taku Ikeda
Formula Toyota   Yuhi Sekiguchi 2006 Formula Toyota season
Historic Formula One Championship   Steve Hartley 2006 Historic Formula One Championship
Russian Formula 1600 Championship   Ivan Samarin 2006 Russian Formula 1600 Championship
Teams:   Lukoil Racing
Star Mazda Championship   Adrian Carrio 2006 Star Mazda Championship
Formula Three
Formula 3 Euro Series   Paul di Resta 2006 Formula 3 Euro Series season
Teams:   ASM Formule 3
Rookie:   Kamui Kobayashi
Nation:   Japan
Asian Formula Three Championship   James Winslow 2006 Asian Formula Three Championship
Teams:   JA Motorsport
British Formula 3 Championship   Mike Conway 2006 British Formula 3 season
National:   Rodolfo González
Chilean Formula Three Championship   José Luis Riffo 2006 Chilean Formula Three Championship
Finnish Formula Three Championship   Arto Taimi 2006 Finnish Formula Three Championship
Teams:   TCB Racing
German Formula Three Championship   Ho-Pin Tung[1] 2006 German Formula Three season
Trophy:   Harald Schlegelmilch
Rookie:   Harald Schlegelmilch
All-Japan Formula Three Championship   Adrian Sutil 2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Teams:   TOM'S
Italian Formula Three Championship   Mauro Massironi 2006 Italian Formula Three season
Trofeo:   Imeiro Brigliadori
Spanish Formula Three Championship   Ricardo Risatti 2006 Spanish Formula Three season
Copa de España:   Germán Sánchez
Teams:   Racing Engineering
Trofeo Ibérico:   Roldán Rodríguez
Australian Drivers' Championship   Ben Clucas 2006 Australian Drivers' Championship
National:   Ricky Occhipinti
Formula Three Sudamericana   Luiz Razia 2006 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
Light:   Caio Costa
Formula Renault
Formula Renault 3.5 Series   Alx Danielsson 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Teams:   Interwetten.com
Formula V6 Asia by Renault Series   Karun Chandhok 2006 Formula V6 Asia by Renault Series
Teams:   Team E-Rain
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0   Filipe Albuquerque 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season
  JD Motorsport
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup   Filipe Albuquerque 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season
Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina   Mariano Werner 2006 Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina
Italian Formula Renault Championship   Dani Clos
Winter Series:   Jaime Alguersuari
Formula BMW
Formula BMW ADAC   Christian Vietoris 2006 Formula BMW ADAC season
Teams:   Josef Kaufmann Racing
Rookies:   Jens Klingmann
Formula BMW Asia   Earl Bamber
Teams:   Team Meritus
Formula BMW UK   Niall Breen 2006 Formula BMW UK season
Teams:   Fortec Motorsport
Formula BMW USA   Robert Wickens
Teams:   EuroInternational
Formula Ford
Australian Formula Ford Championship   John Martin 2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Benelux Formula Ford Championship   Michel Florie 2006 Benelux Formula Ford Championship
British Formula Ford Championship   Nathan Freke 2006 British Formula Ford Championship
Dutch Formula Ford Championship   Michel Florie 2006 Dutch Formula Ford Championship
Formula Ford 2000 Championship Series   J. R. Hildebrand 2006 Formula Ford 2000 Championship Series
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship   Shane van Gisbergen 2005–06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship
Pacific F2000 Championship   Robert Podlesni 2006 Pacific F2000 Championship

Sports car

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Series Driver Season article
American Le Mans Series LMP1:   Allan McNish
LMP1:   Rinaldo Capello
2006 American Le Mans Series season
LMP1 Teams:   Audi Sport North America
LMP2:   Lucas Luhr
LMP2:   Sascha Maassen
LMP2 Teams:   Penske Motorsports
GT1:   Oliver Gavin
GT1:   Olivier Beretta
GT1 Teams:   Corvette Racing
GT2:   Jörg Bergmeister
GT2 Teams:   Risi Competizione
Le Mans Series LMP1:   Jean-Christophe Boullion
LMP1:   Emmanuel Collard
2006 Le Mans Series season
LMP1 Teams:   Pescarolo Sport
LMP2:   Juan Barazi
LMP2:   Michael Vergers
LMP2 Teams:   Barazi-Epsilon
GT1:   Pedro Lamy
GT1:   Gabriele Gardel
GT1:   Vincent Vosse
GT1 Teams:   Aston Martin Labre
GT2:   Marc Lieb
GT2:   Joël Camathias
GT2 Teams:   Autorlando Sport
Rolex Sports Car Series DP:   Jörg Bergmeister 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series season
GT:   Andy Lally
GT:   Marc Bunting
FIA GT Championship GT1:   Michael Bartels
GT1:   Andrea Bertolini
2006 FIA GT Championship season
GT1 Teams:   Vitaphone Racing Team
GT2:   Jaime Melo
GT2 Teams:   AF Corse

Stock car racing

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Series Driver Season article
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series   Jimmie Johnson 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Manufacturers:   Chevrolet
NASCAR Busch Series   Kevin Harvick 2006 NASCAR Busch Series
Manufacturers:   Chevrolet
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series   Todd Bodine 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Manufacturers:   Toyota
NASCAR AutoZone West Series   Eric Holmes 2006 NASCAR AutoZone West Series
NASCAR Busch East Series   Mike Olsen 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series
ARCA Re/Max Series   Frank Kimmel 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series
Desafío Corona   Rogelio López 2006 Desafío Corona season
SCSA Racing Series   Oli Playle 2006 SCSA season
Turismo Carretera   Norberto Fontana 2006 Turismo Carretera

Touring car

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Series Driver Season article
World Touring Car Championship Overall:   Andy Priaulx 2006 World Touring Car Championship
Independents:   Tom Coronel
Teams:   BMW
British Touring Car Championship   Matt Neal 2006 British Touring Car Championship
Teams:   Team Halfords
Manufacturers:   SEAT
Independents:   Matt Neal
Independents Teams:   Team Halfords
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters   Bernd Schneider 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Teams:   HWA Team I
New Zealand V8 Championship   Kayne Scott 2005–06 New Zealand V8 season
V8 Supercar Championship Series   Rick Kelly 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Teams:   HSV Dealer Team
Manufacturers:   Holden
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series   Adam Macrow 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Stock Car Brasil   Cacá Bueno 2006 Stock Car Brasil season
TC2000 Championship   Matías Rossi 2006 TC 2000 Championship

Rallying

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Series Driver/Co-Driver Season article
World Rally Championship   Sébastien Loeb 2006 World Rally Championship
Co-Drivers:   Daniel Elena
Manufacturers:   Ford
Junior World Rally Championship   Patrik Sandell
Production World Rally Championship   Nasser Al-Attiyah
New Zealand Rally Championship   Richard Mason 2006 New Zealand Rally Championship
Co-Drivers:   Sara Randall

Motorcycle

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Series Rider Season article
MotoGP World Championship   Nicky Hayden 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
250cc World Championship   Jorge Lorenzo
125cc World Championship   Álvaro Bautista
Superbike World Championship   Troy Bayliss 2006 Superbike World Championship season
Supersport World Championship   Sébastien Charpentier 2006 Supersport World Championship season
Speedway World Championship   Jason Crump 2006 Speedway Grand Prix
AMA Superbike Championship   Ben Spies 2006 AMA Superbike Championship season

Drag racing

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Series Champion Refer
NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel:   Tony Schumacher 2006 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series season
Funny Car:   John Force
Pro Stock:   Jason Line
Pro Stock Motorcycle:   Andrew Hines

Drifting

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Series Champion Refer
D1 Grand Prix   Nobushige Kumakubo 2006 D1 Grand Prix series
D1SL:   Takashi Hagisako
D1NZ   Daniel Woolhouse 2006 D1NZ season
D1 Great Britain   Phil Morrison 2006 D1 Great Britain
D1 Malaysia   Tengku Djan Ley 2006 D1 Malaysia
Formula D   Samuel Hübinette 2006 Formula D season

Karting

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Series Driver Season article
Karting World Championship FA:   Davide Forè
Rotax Max Challenge DD2:   Ben George
MAX:   Ricardo Romkema
MAX Masters:   Luc Sauriol
Junior:   Jorrit Pex
Nations Cup:   United Kingdom

Truck racing

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Series Driver Season article
European Truck Racing Championship   Antonio Albacete 2006 European Truck Racing Championship
Fórmula Truck   Renato Martins 2006 Fórmula Truck season
Teams:   RM Competições
Manufacturers:   Mercedes-Benz
V8 Ute Racing Series   Marcus Zukanovic 2006 V8 Ute Racing Series

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Oschersleben, qualifica 1: Ho Pin Tung da campione". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.