2006 GP2 Series

The 2006 GP2 Series season began at Valencia, Spain on April 8, 2006.

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
ART Grand Prix	1	Alexandre Prémat	All
	2	Lewis Hamilton	All
Arden International	3	Michael Ammermüller	All
	4	Nicolas Lapierre	1-5
		Neel Jani	6
Super Nova International	5	José María López	All
	6	Fairuz Fauzy	All
iSport International	7	Ernesto Viso	All
	8	Tristan Gommendy	1-5
		Timo Glock	6
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	4-6
	17	Jason Tahinci	All
BCN Competicion	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	All
	19	Timo Glock	1-5
		Luca Filippi	6
DPR Direxiv	20	Olivier Pla	1-5
		Mike Conway	6
	21	Clivio Piccione	All
Durango	22	Lucas di Grassi	All
	23	Sergio Hernandez	All
Campos Racing	24	Adrian Valles	All
	25	Felix Porteiro	All
Trident Racing	26	Gianmaria Bruni	All
	27	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	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	April 8	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
2			April 9	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International
3	Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	April 22	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing
4			April 23	Ernesto Viso	iSport International
5	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	May 6	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
6			May 7	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
7	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	May 13	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
8			May 14	Ernesto Viso	iSport International
9	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 27	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
10	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	June 10	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
11			June 11	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
12	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	July 15
13			July 16
14	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 29
15			July 30
16	Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	August 5
17			August 6
18	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Racing Circuit	August 26
19			August 27
20	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 9
21			September 10

* Spa event in September 16-17 was cancelled along with F1 race, series organizers are looking to replace it with another event([1])

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 VAL SPR SAN FEA SAN SPR EUR FEA EUR SPR ESP FEA ESP SPR MCO FEA GBR FEA GBR SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR Points 1 Hamilton 2 6 DSQ 10 1* 1 2 4 1 1* 1* 67 2 Piquet 1 4* 5 2 Ret 19 4 2 Ret 4 5 46 3 Prémat 9 Ret 4 Ret 2 17 1 3 3 6 Ret 36 4 Viso 8 2 6 1* 6 11 8 1 Ret Ret 8 26 5 Ammermüller 7 1 2 Ret 10 6 3 8 7 Ret Ret 25 6 Lapierre 4* 3 3 7 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 25 7 Carroll 14 Ret Ret 12 3 5 10 12 Ret 3 2 21 8 Bruni 6 5 1* Ret Ret 16* Ret 17* Ret Ret 15 20 9 Glock 16 8 7 4 17 Ret 11 10 Ret 2 6 14 10 Lopez 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 13 11 Piccione Ret Ret Ret 16 11 8 16 Ret 4 7 3 11 12 Yoshimoto Ret 12 8 3 8 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 9 13 Perera 11 14 Ret 14 Ret 15 13 Ret 2 Ret 10 8 14 Valles 3 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 18* 16 Ret 9 Ret 7 15 Pantano 9 7 Ret 5 4 7 16 Gommendy Ret 11 Ret 17 13 12 5 5 Ret 6 17 Porteiro Ret Ret 10 6 16 Ret 17 Ret 6 8 DSQ 5 18 Zuber Ret 13 Ret 8 14 Ret Ret 11 5 Ret Ret 4 19 Monfardini 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 10 6 6 9 Ret DNS 4 20 Negrão 13 7 Ret 11 7 7 7 18 Ret Ret 12 4 21 Filippi Ret Ret 11 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 2 22 Hernandez Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 13 8 10 EXC 1 23 di Grassi 17 16 Ret Ret 18 13 12 9 11* Ret EXC 1 24 Fauzy 15 10 Ret 15 19 9 Ret 14 10 12 7 0 25 Villa 18 9 13 18 9 20 14 15 Ret 14 13 0 26 Pla 10 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret DSQ 20 Ret 0 27 Conway 11 11 0 28 Tahinci Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 15 19 Ret 13 16 0 Jani Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver VAL FEA VAL SPR SAN FEA SAN SPR EUR FEA EUR SPR ESP FEA ESP SPR MCO FEA GBR FEA GBR SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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)

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

External links

• The official GP2 Series website
• Changes For 2006