2006 British Formula 3 International Series Explained

The 2006 British Formula 3 International Series was the 56th British Formula 3 International Series 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 3 International Series. 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
T-Sport	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	7	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
Alan Docking Racing	Dallara F306	Mugen-Honda	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	nowrap	Alexander Khateeb	2-5
Promatecme	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	33	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
Fluid Motorsport	37	Mugen-Honda	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
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	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	National Class Winner
1	Oulton Park	17 April	Bruno Senna	Stephen Jelley	Bruno Senna	nowrap	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	nowrap	Rodolfo González
2	Oulton Park	17 April	Mike Conway	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
3	Donington Park	21 May	Mike Conway	Stephen Jelley	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
4	Donington Park	21 May	Mike Conway	Bruno Senna	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
5	Pau Circuit	5 June	Romain Grosjean	Mike Conway¹	Romain Grosjean	Signature-Plus	Rodolfo González
6	Pau Circuit	5 June	nowrap	Guillaume Moreau	Mike Conway¹	Romain Grosjean	Signature-Plus	Juho Annala
7	Mondello Park	25 June	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
8	Mondello Park	25 June	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport	Rodolfo González
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	16 July	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
10	Oliver Jarvis	16 July	Oliver Jarvis	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Juho Annala
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 July	Maro Engel	James Jakes	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport	Rodolfo González
12	29 July	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	Carlin Motorsport	Rodolfo González
13	Silverstone Circuit	13 August	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Martin Kudzak
14	Silverstone Circuit	13 August	Mike Conway	Christian Bakkerud	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
15	Brands Hatch	27 August	Mike Conway	Maro Engel	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
16	Brands Hatch	27 August	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport	nowrap	Cristiano Morgado
17	Mugello	nowrap	16 September	Oliver Jarvis	nowrap	Christian Bakkerud	nowrap	Christian Bakkerud	Carlin Motorsport	Rodolfo González
18	Mugello	nowrap	17 September	Oliver Jarvis	Bruno Senna	Bruno Senna	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Cristiano Morgado
19	Silverstone	24 September	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Cristiano Morgado
20	Silverstone	24 September	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Juho Annala
21	Thruxton	1 October	Danny Watts	Christian Bakkerud	Danny Watts	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	Rodolfo González
22	Thruxton	1 October	Maro Engel	Alberto Valerio	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport	Cristiano Morgado

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
	align=left nowrap	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
National Class
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

References

GT1 (1993–99)

GT2 (1993–99)

External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship