2006 World Touring Car Championship season

The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on April 2, 2006 and ended on November 19. The series was open to Super 2000, Diesel 2000 and Super Production Cars, with two titles awarded, the FIA World Touring  Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring  Car Champion for Manufacturers.

Drivers and teams
The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship

Calendar
Each event comprised two races of 50 kilometres distance. The starting grid for the first race was determined by the results of the qualifying session and the grid for the second race by the provisional results of the first race, with the top eight positions reversed.

Drivers Championship
Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight positions in each race.

Manufacturers Championship
Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight positions in each race. However only the two best placed cars per manufacturer were eligible to score points and all other cars from that manufacturer were considered invisible as far as point scoring was concerned.

Yokoyama Independents Trophy (for drivers)
Points were awarded on an 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.


 * Dead-heat
 * 10p: 14th Edman (4th x 2), 15th A. Chi Hong (4th x 1)
 * 5p: 17th L. Molo (4th x 1), 18th O. Hidalgo (5th x 1)
 * 2p: 21st M. De Villota (7th x 1), 22nd P. Geipel (7th x 1), 23rd D. Roda (7th x 1), 24th S. Valli (8th x 2)

Yokohama Teams Trophy
Points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.