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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
bold
Round
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
Rank
Number/Team
Car
Points
1
#36
Toyota Team TOM'S
Open Interface TOM'S SC430
75
2
#22
Nismo
Motul
Autech
Z
70
3
#100
Team Kunimitsu
Raybrig NSX
65
4
#23 Nismo
Xanavi Nismo Z
64
5
#35 Toyota Team KRAFT
Bandai Direzza SC430
61
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Teams