2006 Le Mans Series


The 2006 Le Mans Series was the third season of ACO Le Mans Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 9 April and ended on 24 September after 5 rounds.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuitDate
- LMS Official TestPaul Ricard HTTT26 March,
27 March
1 1000 km of IstanbulIstanbul Racing Circuit9 April
2 1000 km of SpaCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps14 May
3 1000 km of NürburgringNürburgring16 July
4 1000 km of DoningtonDonington Park27 August
5 1000 km of JaramaCircuito Permanente Del Jarama24 September

† - The race in Istanbul was shortened from its original planned 1000 km to a limit of 4 hours due to a lack of fuel brought to the event by organizers.
‡ - This event was originally planned to be held at Monza, but had to be cancelled due to conflicts. Jarama was announced as its replacement.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.
RndCircuitLMP1 Winning TeamLMP2 Winning TeamGT1 Winning TeamGT2 Winning TeamResults
RndCircuitLMP1 Winning DriversLMP2 Winning DriversGT1 Winning DriversGT2 Winning DriversResults
1Istanbul #17 Pescarolo Sport #32 Barazi-Epsilon #50 Aston Martin Larbre #97 GPC SportResults
1Istanbul Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Michael Vergers
Juan Barazi
Jean-Philippe Belloc
Pedro Lamy
Gabriele Gardel
Vincent Vosse
Luca Drudi
Gabrio Rosa
Fabrizio de Simone
Results
2Spa #17 Pescarolo Sport #39 Chamberlain-Synergy #55 Team Oreca #76 Autorlando SportResults
2Spa Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Miguel Amaral
Miguel Angel del Castro
Angel Burgueño
Stéphane Ortelli
Soheil Ayari
Marc Lieb
Joël Camathias
Results
3Nürburgring #17 Pescarolo Sport #40 ASM Team #50 Aston Martin Larbre #83 GPC SportResults
3Nürburgring Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Éric Hélary
Miguel Amaral
Miguel Angel de Castro
Angel Burgueño
Pedro Lamy
Gabriele Gardel
Vincent Vosse
Stefano Zonca
Andrea Belicchi
Marco Cioci
Results
4Donington #17 Pescarolo Sport #25 RML #63 Team Modena #81 Team LNTResults
4Donington Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Didier André
Thomas Erdos
Mike Newton
Antonio García
Peter Hardman
Warren Hughes
Robert Bell
Results
5Jarama #17 Pescarolo Sport #40 ASM Team #55 Team Oreca #81 Team LNTResults
5Jarama Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Didier André
Miguel Amaral
Miguel Angel Castro
Angel Burgueño
Stéphane Ortelli
Soheil Ayari
Robert Bell
Warren Hughes
Results

Teams Championships

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.
The top 2 finishers in each teams championship earn automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans

LMP1 Standings

† - #9 Creation Autosportif broke the tie by having a best finish of 2nd compared to Chamberlain-Synergy's best of 3rd.

LMP2 Standings

† - ASM Team ended their involvement with Chamberlain-Synergy after round 2. ASM Team's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.

GT1 Standings

† - Team Modena ended their involvement with Cirtek after round 2. Team Modena's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.

GT2 Standings

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who do not drive for at least one hour do not receive points.
Points are awarded to a single driver and car combination. If a driver wins points driving a different car in a different event, those points are listed separately. Drivers listed multiple times in the points standings are marked with an asterisk.

LMP1 Standings

LMP2 Standings

GT1 Standings

GT2 Standings