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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 |
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ART Grand Prix | 1 | Alexandre Prémat | All |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | All | |
Arden International | 3 | Michael Ammermüller | All |
4 | Nicolas Lapierre | 1-5, 8-11 | |
Neel Jani | 6-7 | ||
Super Nova Racing | 5 | José María López | All |
6 | Fairuz Fauzy | All | |
iSport International | 7 | Ernesto Viso | All |
8 | Tristan Gommendy | 1-5 | |
Timo Glock | 6-11 | ||
Racing Engineering | 9 | Adam Carroll | All |
10 | Javier Villa | All | |
Piquet Sports | 11 | Nelson Angelo Piquet | All |
12 | Alexandre Negrão | All | |
DAMS | 14 | Ferdinando Monfardini | All |
15 | Franck Perera | All | |
Petrol Ofisi FMS International | 16 | Luca Filippi | 1-3 |
Giorgio Pantano | 4-11 | ||
17 | Jason Tahincioglu | All | |
BCN Competicion | 18 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | All |
19 | Timo Glock | 1-5 | |
Luca Filippi | 6-11 | ||
DPR Direxiv | 20 | Olivier Pla | 1-5, 7 |
Mike Conway | 6 | ||
Vitaly Petrov | 8-11 | ||
21 | Clivio Piccione | All | |
Durango | 22 | Lucas Di Grassi | All |
23 | Sergio Hernández | All | |
Campos Racing | 24 | Adrián Vallés | All |
25 | Félix Porteiro | All | |
Trident Racing | 26 | Gianmaria Bruni | All |
27 | Andreas Zuber | All |
Race calendar
Full Series Results
Drivers
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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
2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 | List of drivers |