2006 Super GT Series
The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fourteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era and the second season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fourth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. It was the first season for Lexus, as Toyota had decided to retire the Supra and elected to use the Lexus SC430 for their GT500 campaign. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006 after 9 races.
Direzza SC430.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
1 | Suzuka GT 300 km | Suzuka Circuit | March 19 |
2 | Okayama GT 300 km Race | Okayama International Circuit | April 9 |
3 | Fuji GT 500 km Race | Fuji International Speedway | May 4 |
4 | Japan GT Championship Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit | June 25 |
5 | SUGO GT 300 km Race | Sportsland Sugo | July 23 |
6 | International POKKA 1000km | Suzuka Circuit | August 20 |
7 | Motegi GT 300 km Race | Twin Ring Motegi | September 10 |
8 | Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km | Autopolis International Race Course | October 15 |
9 | Fuji GT 300 km Race | Fuji International Speedway | November 5 |
Season results
Overall winner in boldRound | Circuit | GT500 Winning Team | GT300 Winning Team |
Round | Circuit | GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers |
1 | Suzuka | #36 Open Interface TOM'S SC430 | #88 Aktio Murcie RG-1 |
1 | Suzuka | André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka | Marco Apicella Yasutaka Hinoi |
2 | Okayama | #18 Takata Dome NSX | #27 direxiv Advan 320R |
2 | Okayama | Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure | Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi |
3 | Mt. Fuji | #35 Bandai Direzza SC430 | #62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R |
3 | Mt. Fuji | Naoki Hattori Peter Dumbreck | Shinsuke Shibahara Hiroyuki Yagi |
4 | Kuala Lumpur | #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX | #7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7 |
4 | Kuala Lumpur | Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman | Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri |
5 | Sportsland SUGO | #1 Zent Cerumo SC430 | #46 Kiccho Houzan Direzza Z |
5 | Sportsland SUGO | Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi | Kota Sasaki Taku Banba |
6 | Suzuka Report | #12 Calsonic Impul Z | #52 Proμ Taiyo Oil Kumho Celica |
6 | Suzuka Report | Benoît Tréluyer Kazuki Hoshino Jérémie Dufour | Hironori Takeuchi Koki Saga Keita Sawa |
7 | Motegi | #100 Raybrig NSX | #11 Jim Center Ferrari Dunlop |
7 | Motegi | Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa | Tetsuya Tanaka Takayuki Aoki |
8 | Autopolis | #23 Xanavi NISMO Z | #2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden |
8 | Autopolis | Satoshi Motoyama Tsugio Matsuda | Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh |
9 | Mt. Fuji | #32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX | #101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S |
9 | Mt. Fuji | Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh | Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi |
Standings
GT500 Drivers
;Scoring system:Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Suzuka 1000 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Qualifying | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Fastest Lap | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Only the best five results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Teams
GT300 Class (Top 3)DriversTeams |