2006 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 2006 Campionato Italiano Superturismo Season was the second season of the Italian Superturismo Championship since its recreation in 2005 (at the same time as the ETCC, the promoted Italian championship, was turned into the WTCC). It had several well-known contenders, such as Alessandro Zanardi, Emanuele Naspetti and retired ski-racer Kristian Ghedina. Overall a total of seven race weekends of two races each were held at six different circuits. The championship was won by Roberto Colcigao driving for SEAT.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	4	Alessandro Zanardi	1-4
Československý Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	44	Jiří Janák	1
Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	46	Jens Edman	1
DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	51	Alessandro Balzan	1-6
			Andrea Pagliai	7
		52	Elio Marchetti	1-4, 7
Scuderia La Torre	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	53	Riccardo Romagnoli	All
GDL Racing	BMW 320i	54	Emanuele Naspetti	All
Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	55	Stefano Valli	1-3, 7
		56	Simone Iacone	1-4
			Mirko Venturi	5
			Roberto Tamagnini	7
		59	Kristian Ghedina	4-7
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	57	Davide Roda	All
		58	Roberto Colciago	All
	SEAT Toledo Cupra	63	Gianni Calabrese	5
			Massimiliano Pedalà	7
Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	61	Cristian Ricciarini	4-5, 7
Pro Motorsport	BMW 320i	?	Roberto Conte	7
Team Cantarelli	BMW 320i	?	Cesare Cremonesi	7

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	2 April	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
	R2				Alessandro Balzan	Alessandro Balzan	DB Motorsport
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 April	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
	R2				Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	7 May	Alessandro Zanardi	?	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
	R2				?	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
4	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	23 July	Alessandro Zanardi	?	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
	R2				?	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
5	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	17 September	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
6	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	1 October	Roberto Colciago	?	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
	R2				?	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
7	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	15 October	Roberto Colciago	?	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
	R2				?	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MON MCO IMO MUG MAG VAL VAL  Pts  1 Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 98 2 Emanuele Naspetti 8 DNS 3 Ret 1 1 3 8 1 1 2 4 2 1 85 3 Alessandro Balzan 2 1 Ret 2 3 3 6 9 2 Ret 3 2 63 4 Riccardo Romagnoli 4 3 6 3 4 7 7 4 Ret 3 5 Ret 6 5 51 5 Alessandro Zanardi 1 7 1 Ret Ret 5 1 1 46 6 Simone Iacone 3 2 5 DNS Ret 6 2 3 35 7 Kristian Ghedina 8 5 6 5 4 3 5 4 32 8 Davide Roda 6 6 7 4 5 Ret 9 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 25 9 Elio Marchetti Ret DNS 4 Ret 6 4 10 6 10 9 16 10 Cristian Ricciarini 5 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 14 11 Massimiliano Pedalà 3 3 12 12 Stefano Valli 7 4 Ret DNS 7 Ret 11 13 Jiří Janák 5 5 8 14 Gianni Calabrese 5 6 7 15 Mirko Venturi 3 Ret 6 16 Andrea Pagliai 7 7 4 Roberto Tamagnini 9 10 0 Roberto Conte 11 11 0 Cesare Cremonesi Ret Ret 0 Jens Edman Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MON MCO IMO MUG MAG VAL VAL  Pts

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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	BMW	177
2	SEAT	133
3	Alfa Romeo	119