2006 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 McLaren Protege Lewis Hamilton of ART Grand Prix team, with Nelson Angelo Piquet of Piquet Sports team 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 positon 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

The confirmed driver line-up for 2006 is as follows:

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

Race calendar

The 2006 calendar is as follows, although is subject to change up until the start of the season.

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

Current point standings

Points in Feature Race 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
Points in Sprint Race 6-5-4-3-2-1
2 Bonus Points for Feature Race Pole Position
1 Bonus Point for Fastest Race Lap - Driver must complete 90% of the race laps and have started from their assigned grid position.

Full Series Results

Drivers

Pos	Driver	VAL FEA Spain --	VAL SPR Spain --	SAN FEA San Marino --	SAN SPR San Marino --	EUR FEA European Union --	EUR SPR European Union --	ESP FEA Spain --	ESP SPR Spain --	MCO FEA Monaco --	GBR FEA UK --	GBR SPR UK --	FRA FEA France --	FRA SPR France --	GER FEA Germany --	GER SPR Germany --	HUN FEA Hungary --	HUN SPR Hungary --	TUR FEA Turkey --	TUR SPR Turkey --	ITA FEA Italy --	ITA SPR Italy --	Points
1	UK -- Hamilton	2	6	DSQ	10	1*	1	2	4	1	1*	1*	19*	5	2	3	10	2	2	2*	3*	2*	114
2	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	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	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	Italy -- Pantano							9	7	Ret	5	4	6	1	4	5	3	13	Ret	Ret	1	1	44
6	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	Italy -- Bruni	6	5	1*	Ret	Ret	16*	Ret	17*	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	1	6	Ret	8	Ret	15	Ret	9	33
8	UK -- Carroll	14	Ret	Ret	12	3	5	10	12	Ret	3	2	20	14	6	8	7	Ret	6	3	Ret	Ret	33
9	France -- Lapierre	4*	3	3	7	5	2	Ret	Ret	Ret					20	7	Ret	Ret	14	6	6	4	32
10	Argentina -- Lopez	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	3	Ret	7	2*	8	Ret	9	11	Ret	Ret	30
11	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	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	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	Austria -- Zuber	Ret	13	Ret	8	14	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	14	14	9	7	1	Ret	Ret	12
15	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	Spain -- Valles	3	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	14	18*	16	Ret	9	Ret	15	13	18	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	14	Ret	11	9
17	France -- Perera	11	14	Ret	14	Ret	15	13	Ret	2	Ret	10	Ret	12	14	11	9	Ret	12	8	15	15	8
18	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
19	Italy -- Filippi	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	Ret				Ret	9	Ret	Ret	21	16	12	Ret	10	Ret	4	7	7
20	France -- Gommendy	Ret	11	Ret	17	13	12	5	5	Ret													6
21	Italy -- Monfardini	12	Ret	12	9	Ret	10	6	6	9	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	Ret	12	11	6	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	6
22	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	Spain -- Hernandez	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	Ret	13	8	10	EX	14	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	10	13	Ret	1
24	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	Switzerland -- Jani										Ret	Ret	11	7									0
26	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	France -- Pla	10	15	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	DSQ	20	Ret			16	9									0
28	UK -- Conway										11	11											0
29	Russia -- Petrov														15	15	15	10	16	18	Ret	12	0
30	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 Spain --	VAL SPR Spain --	SAN FEA San Marino --	SAN SPR San Marino --	EUR FEA European Union --	EUR SPR European Union --	ESP FEA Spain --	ESP SPR Spain --	MCO FEA Monaco --	GBR FEA UK --	GBR SPR UK --	FRA FEA France --	FRA SPR France --	GER FEA Germany --	GER SPR Germany --	HUN FEA Hungary --	HUN SPR Hungary --	TUR FEA Turkey --	TUR SPR Turkey --	ITA FEA Italy --	ITA SPR Italy --	Points

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

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