2006 GP2 Series season

Template:GP2 Series season The 2006 GP2 Series season began at Valencia, Spain on April 8, 2006 and ended in Monza, Italy on September 10, 2006. The season was won by Briton Lewis Hamilton, with Brazilian Nelson Angelo Piquet finishing second.

2006 GP2 car modifications

The chassis

The 2006 specification GP2 Car has been designed by Dallara Automobili. The 2006 GP2 car features a biplane rear wing, with the triplane rear wing used in 2005 only to be used at the Monaco race. The front upper and lower wishbones have been reinforced, as have the front and rear suspension uprights.

Engine

The 4 litre V8 engine features internal, cartographic and software upgrades designed to improve performance and fuel consumption.

The gearbox

The 2006 gearbox has been manufactured by GearTek, and features an 8 position barrel, with ratchet body and software upgrades, as well as a new transverse shafts fixing system designed to facilitate improved gear selection.

The tyres

The tyres supplied by Bridgestone for the 2006 season are slick, not featuring the grooves seen in the 2005 season. Bridgestone will supply a soft, medium, and hard compound tire, with the tyre choice being made by Bridgestone and the GP2 Series prior to each event. The wet specification tyre remains the same as 2005.

Other parts

Brembo is supplying a new development of monobloc brake calipers and disc bells, which are exclusive to GP2.

The car also features internal cooling upgrades, a new water radiator, radiator duct, oil/water heat exchanger, modified oil degazer, new oil and water pipes and new heat exchanger fixing brackets.

Sporting regulations changes

The only change to the sporting regulations for the 2006 season is that drivers will only be awarded a single point for fastest lap in a race, rather than the two points that were awarded in 2005. The driver must now also start the race from his allocated grid position to be eligible to claim the fastest lap.

Drivers and constructors

Team	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:Country data FRA ART Grand Prix	1	Template:Country data FRA Alexandre Prémat	All
	2	Template:Country data GBR Lewis Hamilton	All
Template:Country data GBR Arden International	3	Template:Country data GER Michael Ammermüller	All
	4	Template:Country data FRA Nicolas Lapierre	1-5, 8-11
		Template:Country data SUI Neel Jani	6-7
Template:Country data GBR Super Nova Racing	5	Template:Country data ARG José María López	All
	6	Template:Country data Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy	All
Template:Country data GBR iSport International	7	Template:Country data VEN Ernesto Viso	All
	8	Template:Country data FRA Tristan Gommendy	1-5
		Template:Country data GER Timo Glock	6-11
Template:Country data ESP Racing Engineering	9	Template:Country data GBR Adam Carroll	All
	10	Template:Country data ESP Javier Villa	All
Template:Country data BRA Piquet Sports	11	Template:Country data BRA Nelson Angelo Piquet	All
	12	Template:Country data BRA Alexandre Negrão	All
Template:Country data FRA DAMS	14	Template:Country data ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	All
	15	Template:Country data FRA Franck Perera	All
Template:Country data ITA Petrol Ofisi FMS International	16	Template:Country data ITA Luca Filippi	1-3
		Template:Country data ITA Giorgio Pantano	4-11
	17	Template:Country data TUR Jason Tahincioglu	All
Template:Country data ESP BCN Competicion	18	Template:Country data JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto	All
	19	Template:Country data GER Timo Glock	1-5
		Template:Country data ITA Luca Filippi	6-11
Template:Country data GBR DPR Direxiv	20	Template:Country data FRA Olivier Pla	1-5, 7
		Template:Country data GBR Mike Conway	6
		Template:Country data RUS Vitaly Petrov	8-11
	21	Template:Country data MCO Clivio Piccione	All
Template:Country data ITA Durango	22	Template:Country data BRA Lucas Di Grassi	All
	23	Template:Country data ESP Sergio Hernández	All
Template:Country data ESP Campos Racing	24	Template:Country data ESP Adrián Vallés	All
	25	Template:Country data ESP Félix Porteiro	All
Template:Country data ITA Trident Racing	26	Template:Country data ITA Gianmaria Bruni	All
	27	Template:Country data UAE Andreas Zuber	All

Race calendar

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Template:Country data Spain Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	April 8	Template:Country data Brazil Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
2			April 9	Template:Country data Germany Michael Ammermüller	Arden International
3	Template:Country flagicon2 Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	April 22	Template:Country flagicon2 Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing
4			April 23	Template:Country data Venezuela Ernesto Viso	iSport International
5	Template:Country data Germany Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	May 6	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
6			May 7	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
7	Template:Country data Spain Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	May 13	Template:Country data France Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
8			May 14	Template:Country data Venezuela Ernesto Viso	iSport International
9	Template:Country data Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 27	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
10	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	June 10	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
11			June 11	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
12	Template:Country data France Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	July 15	Template:Country data Germany Timo Glock	iSport International
13			July 16	Template:Country flagicon2 Giorgio Pantano	Petrol Ofisi FMS International
14	Template:Country data Germany Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 29	Template:Country flagicon2 Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing
15			July 30	Template:Country data Germany Timo Glock	iSport International
16	Template:Country data Hungary Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	August 5	Template:Country data Brazil Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
17			August 6	Template:Country data Brazil Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
18	Template:Country data Turkey Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Racing Circuit	August 26	Template:Country data Brazil Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
19			August 27	Template:Country data UAE Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing
20	Template:Country flagicon2 Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 9	Template:Country flagicon2 Giorgio Pantano	Petrol Ofisi FMS International
21			September 10	Template:Country flagicon2 Giorgio Pantano	Petrol Ofisi FMS International

Full Series Results

Drivers

Pos Driver VAL FEA Template:Country data Spain VAL SPR Template:Country data Spain SAN FEA Template:Country data San Marino SAN SPR Template:Country data San Marino EUR FEA Template:Country data European Union EUR SPR Template:Country data European Union ESP FEA Template:Country data Spain ESP SPR Template:Country data Spain MCO FEA Template:Country data Monaco GBR FEA GBR SPR FRA FEA Template:Country data France FRA SPR Template:Country data France GER FEA Template:Country data Germany GER SPR Template:Country data Germany HUN FEA Template:Country data Hungary HUN SPR Template:Country data Hungary TUR FEA Template:Country data Turkey TUR SPR Template:Country data Turkey ITA FEA Template:Country flagicon2 ITA SPR Template:Country flagicon2 Points 1 Hamilton 2 6 DSQ 10 1* 1 2 4 1 1* 1* 19* 5 2 3 10 2 2 2* 3* 2* 114 2 Template:Country data Brazil Piquet 1 4* 5 2 Ret 19 4 2 Ret 4 5 4 2 13 DNS 1* 1* 1* 5 2 6 102 3 Template:Country data France Prémat 9 Ret 4 Ret 2 17 1 3 3 6 Ret 2 3 19* Ret 6 3 3 7 5 Ret 66 4 Template:Country data Germany Glock 16 8 7 4 17 Ret 11 10 Ret 2 6 1 4* 3 1 2 5 4 4 Ret DNS 58 5 Template:Country flagicon2 Pantano 9 7 Ret 5 4 6 1 4 5 3 13 Ret Ret 1 1 44 6 Template:Country data Venezuela Viso 8 2 6 1* 6 11 8 1 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 5 4 4 4 Ret 13 Ret 10 42 7 Template:Country flagicon2 Bruni 6 5 1* Ret Ret 16* Ret 17* Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 1 6 Ret 8 Ret 15 Ret 9 33 8 Carroll 14 Ret Ret 12 3 5 10 12 Ret 3 2 20 14 6 8 7 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 33 9 Template:Country data France Lapierre 4* 3 3 7 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 20 7 Ret Ret 14 6 6 4 32 10 Template:Country data Argentina López 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 3 Ret 7 2* 8 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 30 11 Template:Country data Germany Ammermüller 7 1 2 Ret 10 6 3 8 7 Ret Ret 12 8 9 Ret Ret 11 13 Ret 12 Ret 25 12 Template:Country data Monaco Piccione Ret Ret Ret 16 11 8 16 Ret 4 7 3 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 3 18 13 Template:Country data Brazil Negrão 13 7 Ret 11 7 7 7 18 Ret Ret 12 5 Ret 16 9 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 13 14 Template:Country data UAE Zuber Ret 13 Ret 8 14 Ret Ret 11 5 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 14 14 9 7 1 Ret Ret 12 15 Template:Country data Japan Yoshimoto Ret 12 8 3 8 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 9 Ret 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 8 5 12 16 Template:Country data France Perera 11 14 Ret 14 Ret 15 13 Ret 2 Ret 10 Ret 12 14 11 9 Ret 12 8 15 15 8 17 Template:Country data Brazil Di Grassi 17 16 Ret Ret 18 13 12 9 11* Ret EX 7 6 Ret Ret 13 Ret 5 9 10 14 8 18 Template:Country data Spain Vallés 3 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 18* 16 Ret 9 Ret 15 13 18 Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret 11 7 19 Template:Country flagicon2 Filippi Ret Ret 11 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 21 16 12 Ret 10 Ret 4 7 7 20 Template:Country data France Gommendy Ret 11 Ret 17 13 12 5 5 Ret 6 21 Template:Country flagicon2 Monfardini 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 10 6 6 9 Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret 12 11 6 Ret 12 Ret Ret 6 22 Template:Country data Spain Porteiro Ret Ret 10 6 16 Ret 17 Ret 6 8 DSQ 18 10 12 18 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 23 Template:Country data Spain Hernández Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 13 8 10 EX 14 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 10 13 Ret 1 24 Template:Country data Malaysia Fauzy 15 10 Ret 15 19 9 Ret 14 10 12 7 Ret 15 22 10 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 0 25 Template:Country data Switzerland Jani Ret Ret 11 7 0 26 Template:Country data Spain Villa 18 9 13 18 9 20 14 15 Ret 14 13 17 16 11 13 Ret 15 15 16 9 Ret 0 27 Template:Country data France Pla 10 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret DSQ 20 Ret 16 9 0 28 Template:Country data Russia Petrov 15 15 15 10 16 18 Ret 12 0 29 Conway 11 11 0 30 Template:Country data Turkey Tahinci Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 15 19 Ret 13 16 Ret 17 17 17 Ret 14 17 17 11 13 0 Pos Driver VAL FEA Template:Country data Spain VAL SPR Template:Country data Spain SAN FEA Template:Country data San Marino SAN SPR Template:Country data San Marino EUR FEA Template:Country data European Union EUR SPR Template:Country data European Union ESP FEA Template:Country data Spain ESP SPR Template:Country data Spain MCO FEA Template:Country data Monaco GBR FEA GBR SPR FRA FEA Template:Country data France FRA SPR Template:Country data France GER FEA Template:Country data Germany GER SPR Template:Country data Germany HUN FEA Template:Country data Hungary HUN SPR Template:Country data Hungary TUR FEA Template:Country data Turkey TUR SPR Template:Country data Turkey ITA FEA Template:Country flagicon2 ITA SPR Template:Country flagicon2 Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank Excluded (EX)

Polesitter for the feature race on bold. Driver with asterisk has been awarded point for fastest lap.

Notes

• Lewis Hamilton was disqualified during the first race at Imola for passing the safety car. Team McLaren's statement on this is that he was following the Campos Racing cars which led him past the car. [1] (archive [2])

• Olivier Pla was disqualified in Barcelona from 8th place for car being under weight limit

• Durango cars were excluded from second Silverstone race for illegal rear wing which caused di Grassi's accident in first race.

• Felix Porteiro was disqualified from 2nd place in Silverstone sprint race for illegal position of steering rack.

External links

• The official GP2 Series website
• Changes For 2006
• Alle uitslagen van de GP2 klasse