2006 British Formula Three Championship

2006 British Formula Three season
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The 2006 British Formula Three season was the 56th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 17 April 2006 and ended on 1 October after twenty-two races.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2006 British Formula Three Championship. The National class is for year-old Formula Three cars. Teams in the Invitation class are not series regulars, and do not compete for championship points.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	1	Christian Bakkerud	All
			2	Oliver Jarvis	All
			11	Keiko Ihara	All
			12	Maro Engel	All
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	3	Yelmer Buurman	All
			4	Stuart Hall	1-5
			14	Charlie Hollings	1-4
Hitech Racing	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	5	Salvador Durán	1-10
			6	James Jakes	All
			15	James Walker	All
T-Sport	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	7	Dennis Retera	1-3
				Stuart Hall	7-11
Promatecme	Lola B05-30	Mugen-Honda	8	Alexander Khateeb	6-7
Alan Docking Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	9	Jonathan Kennard	All
			10	Karl Reindler	2-10
Cesário Formula UK	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	16	Alberto Valerio	All
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	21	Bruno Senna	All
			22	Stephen Jelley	All
			26	Mike Conway	All
National Class
T-Sport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	32	Rodolfo González	All
Promatecme	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	33	Alexander Khateeb	2-5
				Alex Waters	8-11
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	34	Ricardo Teixeira	1-2
Fluid Motorsport	Lola-Dome F105	Mugen-Honda	35	Martin Kudzak	1-3, 5-8
			37	Cristiano Morgado	All
Performance Racing Europe	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	38	Rodolfo Ávila	All
			39	Juho Annala	All
			40	Ricardo Teixeira	3-7
Invitation Entries
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	44	Leo Mansell	11
			50	Greg Mansell	11
Signature-Plus	Dallara F306	Mercedes	62	Charlie Kimball	3
			63	Romain Grosjean	3
			64	Guillaume Moreau	3
Bas Leinders Racing	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	65	Michael Herck	6
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	66	Mario Moraes	6-7
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	68	Danny Watts	11
Comtec F3	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	77	Basil Shaaban	6-8
Passoli Racing	Dallara F304	Opel Spiess	80	Mauro Massironi	9
Corbetta Competizioni	Dallara F304	Opel Spiess	82	Fabrizio Crestani	9
Team Loctite	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	84	Oliver Turvey	11

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Oulton Park	17 April	Bruno Senna	Stephen Jelley	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
2			Mike Conway	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
3	Donington Park	21 May	Mike Conway	Stephen Jelley	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
4			Mike Conway	Bruno Senna	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
5	Pau Circuit	5 June	Romain Grosjean	Mike Conway^1	Romain Grosjean	Signature-Plus
6			Guillaume Moreau	Mike Conway^1	Romain Grosjean	Signature-Plus
7	Mondello Park	25 June	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
8			Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	16 July	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
10			Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 July	Maro Engel	James Jakes	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport
12		29 July	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	Carlin Motorsport
13	Silverstone Circuit	13 August	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
14			Mike Conway	Christian Bakkerud	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
15	Brands Hatch	27 August	Mike Conway	Maro Engel	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
16			Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport
17	Mugello	16 September	Oliver Jarvis	Christian Bakkerud	Christian Bakkerud	Carlin Motorsport
18		17 September	Oliver Jarvis	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
19	Silverstone	24 September	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
20			Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
21	Thruxton	1 October	Danny Watts	Christian Bakkerud	Danny Watts	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
22			Maro Engel	Alberto Valerio	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport

• ¹ Fastest lap recorded by Romain Grosjean, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver OUL DON PAU MON SNE SPA SIL BRH MUG SIL THR Pts 1 Mike Conway 5 3 7 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 6 3 1 1 Ret 4 321 2 Oliver Jarvis 3 4 4 Ret 3 7 4 1 4 2 5 12 4 3 4 1 Ret 2 2 3 2 3 250 3 Bruno Senna 1 1 1 4 11 10 1 5 Ret DNS 3 3 2 8 7 5 10 1 4 2 4 6 229 4 Yelmer Buurman 6 9 5 3 7 4 6 7 5 6 1 6 3 Ret 3 4 4 Ret 5 4 Ret 1 186 5 Maro Engel 4 5 Ret 2 5 5 5 8 Ret 3 2 1 10 5 2 2 Ret 4 9 9 9 Ret 174 6 Christian Bakkerud 7 2 9 Ret Ret 12 11 4 Ret 7 7 Ret 12 2 10 9 1 6 3 7 5 2 129 7 Stephen Jelley 2 11 3 Ret Ret 9 3 12 7 4 11 8 7 13 5 8 2 9 6 16 3 5 126 8 James Jakes 8 Ret 12 9 8 13 10 6 2 5 8 14 8 10 6 7 5 5 8 5 12 8 96 9 James Walker Ret DNS 2 Ret 9 Ret 13 2 3 8 6 10 5 7 9 6 8 Ret 7 6 NC 11 92 10 Salvador Durán Ret 18 6 Ret Ret 8 Ret DNS 6 Ret 13 5 6 4 11 12 7 7 10 10 54 11 Alberto Valerio Ret 7 Ret Ret 13 11 8 16 9 Ret Ret 21 20 11 12 Ret 3 8 14 12 6 7 42 12 Jonathan Kennard 10 Ret 8 10 10 14 7 Ret Ret 9 9 4 11 6 20 11 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret 9 36 13 Stuart Hall 9 6 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 9 8 10 9 12 8 10 Ret 10 12 8 7 10 32 14 Karl Reindler 16 6 Ret Ret 9 10 10 11 10 7 Ret 9 16 13 11 12 13 Ret 18 15 Dennis Retera Ret 12 11 5 Ret 18 8 16 Charlie Hollings 12 10 14 8 Ret DNS 12 11 6 17 Keiko Ihara Ret 19 20 11 16 Ret 18 15 14 18 12 17 Ret 17 17 Ret 12 19 16 13 17 15 4 Alexander Khateeb Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Romain Grosjean 1 1 0 Danny Watts 1 DNS 0 Guillaume Moreau 6 2 0 Charlie Kimball 4 6 0 Greg Mansell 8 18 0 Michael Herck DNS 9 0 Leo Mansell 14 13 0 Pos Driver OUL DON PAU MON SNE SPA SIL BRH MUG SIL THR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

National Class

Pos Driver OUL DON PAU MON SNE SPA SIL BRH MUG SIL THR Pts 1 Rodolfo González 11 8 13 7 12 Ret 14 13 11 14 14 13 19 14 13 16 9 13 18 Ret 10 Ret 355 2 Cristiano Morgado 13 13 15 13 17 DNS 16 14 12 13 16 15 16 16 15 14 17 11 15 Ret 13 12 300 3 Juho Annala 14 16 Ret Ret 14 15 15 17 13 12 17 16 15 18 14 15 Ret 16 17 14 11 Ret 258 4 Rodolfo Ávila Ret 15 18 14 Ret 16 17 19 15 16 20 Ret 17 19 18 Ret 16 18 20 15 18 17 182 5 Martin Kudzak 16 14 19 12 Ret EX 16 17 19 18 14 20 DNS DNS 105 6 Alex Waters 19 17 13 17 19 Ret 16 14 78 7 Ricardo Teixeira 15 17 17 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 17 Ret 21 20 Ret 21 74 8 Alexander Khateeb Ret Ret Ret 17 20 18 18 15 42 Guest drivers ineligible for points Mario Moraes 15 11 13 15 0 Mauro Massironi 14 15 0 Fabrizio Crestani 15 14 0 Oliver Turvey 15 16 0 Basil Shaaban 18 19 18 Ret DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver OUL DON PAU MON SNE SPA SIL BRH MUG SIL THR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship