2006 Porsche Supercup

2006 Porsche Supercup

Drivers' Champion: Richard Westbrook
Teams' Champion: Racing Team Morellato - PZ Essen

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Parent series:
Formula One
Support series:
GP2 Series

Richard Westbrook (pictured in 2010) won his first Drivers' Championship title

The 2006 Porsche Michelin Supercup season was the 14th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2006 Formula One season. It travelled to nine circuits across Europe, to Bahrain and a double-header at Indianapolis, USA.

Rule changes for 2006

• HANS device became mandatory for all (part and full time) Porsche Michelin Supercup drivers from 2006 season onwards to reduce risk of driver's head and neck injuries for safety reasons.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Lechner Racing School Team	1	Alessandro Zampedri	All
	2	Cyrille Sauvage	1
		Patrick Huisman	2–11
	22	Nicolas Armindo	1
Kadach Racing Team	3	David Saelens	1–10
	4	Fabrice Walfisch	1–5, 9–10
		David Ashburn	6
		Simon Sobrero	7
PZ Koblenz – Team SPS	5	Uwe Alzen	All
	6	Jörg Stephan	1–3
		Marc Benz	4–11
Konrad Motorsport	7	Tim Bergmeister	1
		Hannes Neuhauser	2–11
	8	Michael Schrey	1–4, 6–11
		Michel Neugarten	5
	74	Jay Policastro	9
Orbit Racing			7
Mühlner Motorsport	9	David Dermont	1–6
		Jean-Francois Hemroulle	11
	10	Geoffroy Horion	1–6
		Jörg Hardt	11
Jetstream Motorsport PZ Essen	11	Philip Beyrer	All
	12	Simon Frederiks	1–6, 8–11
		Oliver Freymuth	7
MRS-PC Service Team PZM	14	Georg Braun	1
		Alexandre Funari Negrão	4–5
		Jimmy Jacobsson	6
		Will Langhorne	7–11
		Menno Kuus	2
	15		10
		Duncan Huisman	1–3
		Roeland Voerman	4–5, 8–9
		Kelvin Burt	6–7
		Ralf Kalaschek	11
Morellato Racing Team PZ Essen	16	Olivier Maximin	1–6, 8
		Richard Williams	7
		Cacá Bueno	9–10
		Jeroen Bleekemolen	11
	17	Richard Westbrook	All
Morellato Stars Team	18	Luciano Burti	1
		Jimmy Ghione	2
		Colin McRae	3, 5
		Terry Heath	7
		Pim van Riet	8
		Phil Quaife	11
		Dick Postel	4
	19		8
		Jaber Al Khalifa	1, 7
		Edoardo Cicorini	2
		Kristian Ghedina	3–4
		Maher Algadri	5
		Richard Williams	11
Harders Plaza Racing	20	Robert van der Berg	All
	21	Chris Mattheus	1–5
		Luke Hines	6
		Ardi van der Hoek	7
		Arjan van der Zwaan	8–9, 11
		Klaus Abbelen	10
Priority Racing Team Lechner	23	Damien Faulkner	1
Team Bleekemolen	24	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	2–6, 8
		Thomas Pank	7
		Michael Bleekemolen	9-11
	25		2–3, 5, 7
		Oliver Freymuth	4, 6, 8–11
Mamerow Racing PZ Essen	26	Christian Mamerow	3
UPS Porsche Junior Team	28	Jan Seyffarth	1, 4–6, 9–11
	29	Lance David Arnold	1, 4–6, 9–11
Attempto Racing	34	Dietmar Haggenmüller	2
	43	Dominik Neumeyr	2
Tolimit Motorsport	39	Christian Menzel	All
	46	Richard Lietz	All
Farnbacher Racing – PZ Nürnberg	55	Dirk Werner	1–2
		Ian Baas	11
	66	Angelo Proietti	2, 11
	77	Patrick Huisman	1
IN2RACING	70	Michael Richards	6
	71	Richard Williams	6
IRWIN Redline Racing	72	Danny Watts	6
	73	Jason Young	6
Aasco Motorsport	75	Pat Flanagan	7
	76	Gary Becker	7
	77	Warren Chang	7
	78	Joe Kunz	7
Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	79	Ian Baas	7
	80	Ricardo Imery	7
Nourry Competition	81	Michel Nourry	8
Equipe Alméras Frères	82	Philippe Alméras	8
Porsche AG	88	Salman Al Khalifa	1
		Markus Winkelhock	3
		Bruno Senna	5
		Arturo Merzario	11
	89	Fahad Al Musalam	1
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Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R	Bahrain International Circuit	Bahrain	12 March	David Saelens	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	SPS Automotive	Report
2	R	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Italy	23 April	Richard Westbrook	Richard Lietz	Richard Westbrook	Racing Team Morelatto	Report
3	R	Nürburgring	Germany	7 May	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook	Racing Team Morelatto	Report
4	R	Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	14 May	Richard Lietz	Richard Lietz	David Saelens	Kadach Racing	Report
5	R	Circuit de Monaco	Monaco	27 May	Richard Lietz	Richard Lietz	Richard Lietz	Tolimit Motorsport	Report
6	R	Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	11 June	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	SPS Automotive	Report
7	R1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	United States	1 July	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook	Racing Team Morelatto	Report
	R2			2 July	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook	Racing Team Morelatto
8	R	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	France	16 July	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	SPS Automotive	Report
9	R	Hockenheimring	Germany	30 July	Richard Lietz	Richard Lietz	Richard Lietz	Tolimit Motorsport	Report
10	R	Hungaroring	Hungary	6 August	Patrick Huisman	Uwe Alzen	Patrick Huisman	Walter Lechner Racing	Report
11	R	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	10 September	Richard Lietz	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	SPS Automotive	Report
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Championship standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Ref
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Driver BHR IMO NÜR CAT MON SIL IND MAG HOC HUN MZA Points 1 Richard Westbrook 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 212 2 Uwe Alzen 1 Ret 7 4 4 1 9 9 1 2 5 1 166 3 Richard Lietz 8 11 2 22 1 3 Ret1 4 2 1 4 5 157 4 Patrick Huisman 5 7 5 7 6 5 Ret 3 3 9 1 3 144 5 David Saelens 3 4 3 1 2 6 10 Ret 5 13 Ret 120 6 Christian Menzel 7 2 6 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 7 6 2 6 114 7 Alessandro Zampedri 12 8 9 9 7 7 Ret 2 6 4 17 Ret1 100 8 Fabrice Walfisch 4 5 4 2 DNS Ret1 Ret 59 9 Michael Schrey Ret 14 17 16 16 7 5 Ret 11 9 11 59 10 Robert van den Berg 13 17 14 12 9 Ret 6 Ret 12 22† 12 19 58 11 Phillip Beyrer 26 13 16 Ret Ret 13 4 10 Ret 10 8 Ret 54 12 Hannes Neuhauser 10 13 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret1 8 11 22† 51 13 Michael Bleekemolen 16 20 11 5 12 20 15 17 48 14 Marc Benz 13 13 18 Ret1 8 8 7 Ret Ret 48 15 Geoffroy Horion 16 3 8 8 Ret 8 45 16 Olivier Maximin 14 12 18 10 18 10 10 33 17 Simon Frederiks 20 18 19 21 16 Ret 13 16 14 18 28 18 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 9 15 Ret 19 14 11 23 19 David Dermont 17 15 24† 15 14 DNS 13 20 Dirk Werner 6 6 10 21 Tim Bergmeister 11 7 22 Duncan Huisman Ret Ret 10 6 23 Cyrille Sauvage 18 1 24 Chris Mattheus 25 22 22 23 20 1 25 Jörg Stephan 22 Ret Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Kelvin Burt 23† 2 6 0 Ian Baas 3 7 12 0 Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 0 Lance David Arnold 10 6 8 9 5 7 9 0 Jan Seyffarth 9 5 12 12 12 Ret 7 0 Cacá Bueno 14 6 0 Richard Williams 15 8 Ret 10 0 Jörg Hardt 8 0 Philippe Almeras 9 0 Colin McRae 23† 10 0 Menno Kuus 19 10 0 Markus Winkelhock 11 0 Will Langhorne 11 14 15 15 16 15 0 Ardi van der Hoek Ret 11 0 Christian Mamerow 12 0 Ricardo Imery 12 13 0 Oliver Freymuth 18 19 13 Ret 17 17 13 Ret 0 Arturo Merzario 13 0 Alexandre Funari Negrão 14 17 0 Jay Policastro 14 15 19 0 Roeland Voerman 19 Ret 14 18 0 Jean-François Hemroulle 14 0 Damien Faulkner 15 0 Michel Neugarten 15 0 Joe Kunz 15 17 0 Pat Flanagan 16 Ret 0 Terry L. Heath 20 16 0 Pim van Riet 16 0 Phil Quaife 16 0 Kristian Ghedina 21 17 0 Luke Hines 17 0 Jaber Al-Khalifa 24 17 18 0 Gary Becker 18 19 0 Michel Nourry 18 0 Nicolas Armindo 19 0 Warren Chang 19 Ret 0 Dick Postel 20 19 0 Dominik Neumeyer 20 0 Michael Richards 20 0 Thomas E. Pank 21 20 0 Angelo Proietti 21 20 0 Arjan van der Zwan Ret 21 Ret 0 Salman Al-Khalifa 21 0 David Ashburn 21 0 Ralf Kalaschek 21 0 Danny Watts 22 0 Fahad Al Musalam 23 0 Dietmar Haggenmüller 23 0 Georg Braun 27† 0 Simon Sobrero Ret Ret 0 Luciano Burti Ret 0 Edoardo Cicorini Ret 0 Jimmy Ghione Ret 0 Bruno Senna Ret 0 Jimmy Jacobsson Ret 0 Jason Young Ret 0 Klaus Abbelen Ret 0 Maher Algadri DNQ 0 Pos Driver BHR IMO NÜR CAT MON SIL IND MAG HOC HUN MZA Points Sources:

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

1. ^ – Scored points despite not finishing the race or being classified.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	BHR	IMO	NÜR	CAT	MON	SIL	IND		MAG	HOC	HUN	MZA	Points
1	Racing Team Morellato - PZ Essen	2	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	4	3	3	2	280
		14	12	18	10	18	10	8	Ret	10	14	6	4
2	tolimit Motorsport	7	2	2	22	1	3	Ret1	4	2	1	2	5	259
		8	11	6	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	7	6	4	6
3	Lechner Racing School Team	12	7	5	7	6	5	Ret	2	3	4	1	3	224
		18	8	9	9	7	7	Ret	3	6	9	17	Ret
4	SPS automotive Performance	1	Ret	7	4	4	1	9	8	1	2	5	1	201
		22	Ret	Ret	13	13	18	Ret	9	8	7	Ret	Ret
5	Kadach Racing Team	3	4	3	1	2	6	10	Ret	5	13	Ret		176
		4	5	4	2	DNS	21	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret
6	Konrad Motorsport	11	10	13	11	15	11	7	5	Ret	8	9	11	104
		Ret	14	17	16	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	22†
7	MRS-PC Service Team PZM	27†	19	10	14	17	23†	2	6	14	15	10	15	74
		Ret	Ret		19	Ret	Ret	11	14	15	18	16	21
8	Jetstream Motorsport PZ Essen	20	13	16	21	16	13	4	10	13	10	8	18	70
		26	18	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	16	14	Ret
9	Team Bleekemolen		9	15	18	11	14	5	12	11	17	13	17	62
			16	20	Ret	19	19	21	20	17	20	15	Ret
10	Mühlner Motorsport	16	3	8	8	14	8						8	56
		17	15	24†	15	Ret	DNS						14
11	Harders Plaza Racing PZ Essen	13	17	14	12	9	17	6	11	12	21	12	19	56
		25	22	22	23	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	22†	Ret	Ret
12	Morellato Stars Team	24	Ret	21	17	10		17	16	16			10	36
		Ret	Ret	23†	20	DNQ		20	18	19			16
13	Farnbacher Racing	5	6										12	22
		6	21										20
Guest teams ineligible for championship points
	Farnbacher Loles Motorsports							3	7					0
								12	13
	UPS Porsche Junior Team	9			5	8	9				5	7	7	0
		10			6	12	12				12	Ret	9
	Equipe Alméras Frères									9				0
	Porsche AG	21		11		Ret							13	0
		23
	Mamerow Racing PZ Essen			12										0
	Orbit Racing							14	15					0
	Priority Racing Team Lechner	15												0
	IN2RACING						15							0
							20
	Aasco Motorsports							15	17					0
								16	19
	Nourry Competition									18				0
	Attempto Racing		20											0
			23
	IRWIN Redline Racing						22							0
							Ret
Pos	Team	BHR	IMO	NÜR	CAT	MON	SIL	IND		MAG	HOC	HUN	MZA	Points
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External links

• The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup website
• Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Online Magazine