| 2006 Super GT season | |
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The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 13th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 2nd season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006 after 9 races.
2006 Bandai Direzza SC430.
Drivers and teams[]
GT500[]
| Team | Make | Car | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 1 |  Toranosuke Takagi
|
B | All |
| Yuji Tachikawa
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All | |||||
 Ronnie Quintarelli
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6 | |||||
| Yellow Hat Hasemi Motorsport | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 3 |  João Paulo de Oliveira
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B | All |
| Naoki Yokomizo
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All | |||||
 Darren Manning
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6 | |||||
| Mobil 1 Toyota Team LeMans | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 6 | Akira Iida
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B | All |
| Tatsuya Kataoka
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All | |||||
 Björn Wirdheim
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6 | |||||
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda | Honda NSX | 8 |  Ralph Firman
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B | All |
| Daisuke Ito
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All | |||||
| Toshihiro Kaneishi
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6 | |||||
| Calsonic Team Impul | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 12 | Kazuki Hoshino
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B | All |
 Benoît Tréluyer
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All | |||||
| Jérémie Dufour
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6 | |||||
| Dome Racing Team | Honda | Honda NSX | 18 | Ryo Michigami
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B | All |
| Takashi Kogure
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All | |||||
| Katsutomo Kaneishi
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6 | |||||
| Nismo | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 22 |  Michael Krumm
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B | All |
| Sakon Yamamoto
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1–3 | |||||
| Richard Lyons
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4–9 | |||||
| Fabio Carbone
|
6 | |||||
| 23 | Tsugio Matsuda
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All | ||||
| Satoshi Motoyama
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All | |||||
| Yuji Ide
|
6 | |||||
| Woodone Kondo Racing | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | 24 | Masataka Yanagida
|
Y | All |
| Érik Comas
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1–4, 6 | |||||
| Seiji Ara
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5–9 | |||||
| Toyota Team Tsuchiya | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 25 | Takeshi Tsuchiya
|
Y | All |
| Manabu Orido
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All | |||||
| Hideki Noda
|
6 | |||||
| Epson Nakajima Racing | Honda | Honda NSX | 32 | Loïc Duval
|
D | All |
| Hideki Mutoh
|
All | |||||
| Bandai Toyota Team Kraft | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 35 | Naoki Hattori
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D | All |
| Peter Dumbreck
|
All | |||||
| Eiichi Tajima
|
6 | |||||
| Open Interface Toyota Team TOM'S | Lexus | Lexus SC430 | 36 | Juichi Wakisaka
|
B | All |
| André Lotterer
|
All | |||||
| Adrian Sutil
|
6 | |||||
| triple a Toyota Team SARD | Toyota | Toyota Supra | 66 |  André Couto
|
B | All |
| Katsuyuki Hiranaka
|
All | |||||
| Soheil Ayari
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6 | |||||
| Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Honda | Honda NSX | 100 | Shinya Hosokawa
|
B | All |
| Sébastien Philippe
|
All |
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
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Sportsland Sugo | July 23 |
| 6 | International POKKA 1000km
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Suzuka Circuit | August 20 |
| 7 | Motegi GT 300 km Race
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GT500 Winning Drivers | GT300 Winning Drivers | ||
| 1 | Suzuka | #36 Open Interface TOM'S SC430
|
#88 Aktio Murcie RG-1
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| André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka
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Marco Apicella Yasutaka Hinoi
| ||
| 2 | Okayama | #18 Takata Dome NSX
|
#27 direxiv Advan 320R
|
| Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure
|
Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi
| ||
| 3 | Mt. Fuji | #35 Bandai Direzza SC430
|
#62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
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| Naoki Hattori Peter Dumbreck
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Shinsuke Shibahara Hiroyuki Yagi
| ||
| 4 | Kuala Lumpur | #8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX
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#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7
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| Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman
|
Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri
| ||
| 5 | Sportsland SUGO | #38 Zent Cerumo SC430
|
#46 Kiccho Houzan Direzza Z
|
| Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi
|
Kota SasakiTaku Banba
| ||
| 6 | Suzuka Report |
#12 Calsonic Impul Z
|
#52 Proμ Taiyo Oil Kumho Celica
|
| Benoît Tréluyer Kazuki Hoshino Jérémie Dufour
|
Hironori Takeuchi Koki Saga Keita Sawa
| ||
| 7 | Motegi | #100 Raybrig NSX
|
#11 Jim Center Ferrari Dunlop (360)
|
| Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa
|
Tetsuya Tanaka Takayuki Aoki
| ||
| 8 | Autopolis | #23 Xanavi NISMO Z
|
#2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
|
| Satoshi Motoyama Tsugio Matsuda
|
Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh
| ||
| 9 | Mt. Fuji | #32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX
|
#101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
|
| 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.
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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[]
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri
|
#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7 | 86 | 1 |
| 2 | Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh
|
#2 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden | 86 | 1 |
| 3 | Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi
|
#61 enable Advan Vemac 320R | 75 | 0 |
Teams[]
| Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #7 RE Amemiya Racing | Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 | 78 |
| 2 | #27 Direxiv Motorsport | direxiv Advan 320R | 67 |
| 3 | #2 Verno Tokai Dream 28 | Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden | 63 |
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