2006 European Superstock 600 Championship Explained

The 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship was the second season of the European Superstock 600 Championship. The season was contested over ten races, beginning at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on 22 April and ending at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 8 October. Xavier Simeon clinched the title after beating closest rival Niccolò Canepa.

Race Calendar and Results

2006 Calendar^[1]
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team
1	22 April	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Xavier Simeon	Xavier Simeon	Xavier Simeon	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
2	6 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Niccolò Canepa	Xavier Simeon	Xavier Simeon	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
3	28 May	Europe	Silverstone Circuit	Niccolò Canepa	Xavier Simeon	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati Xerox Junior
4	24 June	San Marino	Misano Adriatico	Niccolò Canepa	Davide Giugliano	Davide Giugliano	Lightspeed Kawasaki Supported
5	22 July	Czech Republic	Brno Circuit	Xavier Simeon	Niccolò Canepa	Xavier Simeon	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
6	6 August	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Niccolò Canepa	Niccolò Canepa	Xavier Simeon	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
7	3 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Niccolò Canepa	Niccolò Canepa	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati Xerox Junior
8	10 September	Germany	Lausitzring	Niccolò Canepa	Niccolò Canepa	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati Xerox Junior
9	1 October	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Xavier Simeon	Xavier Simeon	Davide Giugliano	Lightspeed Kawasaki Supported
10	8 October	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Xavier Simeon	Davide Giugliano	Xavier Simeon	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra

Entry List

Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Ducati Xerox Junior Ducati Ducati 749R 59 Niccolò Canepa 1–8 89 Domenico Colucci All Intermoto Czech Klaffi Honda Honda CBR600RR 20 Jan Prudik 1–5 25 Patrik Vostárek 5 25 Patrik Vostárek 6–10 Junior Team Italia Honda 7 Renato Costantini All 8 Andrea Antonelli All MS Racing 77 Barry Burrell All Peko Racing Team 56 Daniel Sutter All Stiggy Motorsports 34 Alexander Lundh All Vazy Racing Team 199 Gregg Black 1–9 Berry Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 71 Ricky Parker 9 Conti Racing Team Italia 15 Kevin Galdes 9 Gold Fren Team Erinac 69 Ondřej Ježek All Lightspeed Kawasaki Supported 10 Davide Giugliano All MNR 61 Matthew Norman 6 Pajic-Kawasaki RT 35 Ronald Ter Braake 3, 7 42 Sam Van Rens 7 PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse J. 12 Davide Caldart 2–10 33 Alessandro Colatosti 1–7 45 Daniele Rossi 9–10 Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600R 19 Xavier Simeon All Amici Racing Team 43 Nigel Walraven 7 Backlund Racing 29 Filip Backlund 5 Celani Suzuki Italia 38 Marco Bussolotti 4 Colosio Racing 36 Jarno Colosio 9 DBG Racing 24 Daniele Beretta All Mist Suzuki 16 Christopher Northover All 18 Matt Bond All Nonsolomoto - Biassono 36 Jarno Colosio 2 Remar Racing Holland 96 Marcel Van Nieuwenhuizen 1–4 RG Team 32 Robert Gianfardoni 4–6 Some Racing 31 Lennart Van Houwelingen All SRC Racing Team 55 Vincent Lonbois All TKR Suzuki Switzerland 41 Gregory Junod All 44 Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 36 Jarno Colosio 10 44 Cristiano Erbacci 1, 3–9 ASPI Lussiana 52 Mathieu Lussiana 10 Beowulf Motorsport 46 Leon Hunt 7–10 Bevilacqua Corse 40 Michele Magnoni 9 Berclaz Racing Team 58 Gabriel Berclaz 2, 4–6, 9–10 Hodt As Racing 88 Mads Odin Hodt All Holiday Gym 28 Yannick Guerra 2–10 Inotherm Racing Team 84 Boštjan Pintar 1–5, 7–10 Lian Products Racing Team 99 Roy Ten Napel All Millet Racing Yamaha Jr Millet Racing Yamaha 2 21 Franck Millet All 30 Michaël Savary All 75 Dennis Sigloch 9–10 79 Luiz Carlos 1–6 Moto 1 11 Leonardo Pedoni 4 14 Mathieu Gines 1–2 74 Sylvain Barrier 5–10 Moto Performance 51 Julien Millet 10 MRC Racing 39 Raffaele Filice 4 Peko Racing Team 75 Dennis Sigloch 8 Probikes Motorsport 96 Marcel Van Nieuwenhuizen 7 Promoracing 23 Josep Pedro 1 27 Francesc Gamell 1 RG Team 32 Robert Gianfardoni 1–3 49 Davide Bastianelli 8–10 Sam Bishop Racing 60 Sam Bishop 6 SBP Racing Galvin 196 Jonathan Gallina 1 Steve Smith Racing 62 Steve Smith 6 Team Laglisse 22 Santiago Barragán 1 28 Yannick Guerra 1 Team Trasimeno Trasimeno Junior Team 26 Will Gruy All 37 Andrzej Chmielewski All 47 Eddi La Marra 1–5, 9–10 63 Patrizio Valsecchi 7–8 Up Racing 50 Jordan Pernoud 10 Walkowiak Racing 48 Marcin Walkowiak 10

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Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

valign=middle Pos valign=middle Rider valign=middle Bike VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG valign=middle Pts 1 Xavier Simeon Suzuki 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 221 2 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 2 Ret 3 1 2 2 1 1 151 3 Davide Giugliano Kawasaki 6 2 3 1 Ret 4 3 2 1 Ret 145 4 Domenico Colucci Ducati 11 6 4 7 7 Ret 7 4 9 3 91 5 Andrea Antonelli Honda 15 Ret 5 5 3 3 4 Ret Ret 2 88 6 Ondřej Ježek Kawasaki 10 10 9 11 4 6 12 6 Ret DNS 61 7 Michaël Savary Yamaha 7 7 11 18 10 11 9 24 16 8 49 8 Renato Costantini Honda 24 5 6 8 Ret 5 Ret 8 Ret WD 48 9 Andrzej Chmielewski Yamaha 12 14 20 15 5 17 8 9 8 9 48 10 Daniele Beretta Suzuki 13 11 13 6 6 9 Ret 16 6 22 48 11 Roy Ten Napel Yamaha 9 12 19 22 12 27 18 7 5 6 45 12 Franck Millet Yamaha Ret 8 8 16 11 10 19 12 18 5 42 13 Barry Burrell Honda Ret 16 7 12 9 14 14 15 15 4 39 14 Gregory Junod Suzuki 18 9 10 10 DNS 12 5 20 11 Ret 39 15 Daniel Sutter Honda 8 Ret Ret 13 8 8 13 10 25 15 37 16 Eddi La Marra Yamaha 16 4 17 4 Ret 20 WD 26 17 Matt Bond Suzuki 14 17 14 33 27 7 24 18 14 10 21 18 Alessandro Colatosti Kawasaki Ret 3 12 Ret Ret Ret 27 20 19 Santiago Barragán Yamaha 3 16 20 Sylvain Barrier Yamaha 17 Ret DNS 17 3 Ret 16 21 Mads Odin Hodt Yamaha Ret Ret 23 24 16 18 Ret 13 12 7 16 22 Josep Pedro Yamaha 4 13 23 Michele Magnoni Yamaha 4 13 24 Francesc Gamell Yamaha 5 11 25 Alexander Lundh Honda 25 Ret 22 20 DNS 19 Ret 5 19 21 11 26 Dennis Sigloch Yamaha 11 10 Ret 11 27 Lennart Van Houwelingen Suzuki Ret 13 24 26 13 28 11 23 17 Ret 11 28 Nigel Walraven Suzuki 6 10 29 Davide Bastianelli Yamaha Ret 7 19 9 30 Christopher Northover Suzuki Ret 22 15 28 19 13 Ret 21 22 11 9 31 Boštjan Pintar Yamaha Ret Ret 16 17 18 20 14 13 12 9 32 Raffaele Filice Yamaha 9 7 33 Gregg Black Honda 17 Ret 18 25 22 Ret 10 DNS WD 6 34 Cristiano Erbacci Yamaha 20 Ret 14 20 15 15 Ret WD 4 35 Vincent Lonbois Suzuki 26 24 27 31 DSQ 20 17 Ret 21 13 3 36 Filip Backlund Suzuki 14 2 37 Patrik Vostárek Honda WD Ret 26 26 23 14 2 38 Jarno Colosio Suzuki 15 WD 1 Yamaha WD 39 Will Gruy Yamaha 19 19 Ret 19 15 16 DNS Ret Ret Ret 1 Marcel Van Nieuwenhuizen Suzuki Ret 18 21 WD 0 Yamaha 16 Yannick Guerra Yamaha 21 Ret Ret 32 26 23 25 25 29 16 0 Daniele Rossi Kawasaki 24 17 0 Gabriel Berclaz Yamaha DNQ Ret 23 25 26 18 0 Patrizio Valsecchi Yamaha 23 19 0 Davide Caldart Kawasaki 20 Ret 29 Ret 26 DNQ 27 30 Ret 0 Jordan Pernoud Yamaha 20 0 Robert Gianfardoni Yamaha 23 21 28 0 Suzuki 27 25 21 Marco Bussolotti Suzuki 21 0 Jan Prudik Honda 22 23 25 30 21 0 Ronald Ter Braake Kawasaki Ret 21 0 Sam Bishop Yamaha 22 0 Leon Hunt Yamaha 22 22 27 WD 0 Luiz Carlos Yamaha DNS WD 26 23 DNS DNS 0 Matthew Norman Kawasaki 24 0 Sam Van Rens Kawasaki 28 0 Ricky Parker Kawasaki 28 0 Jonathan Gallina Yamaha Ret 0 Mathieu Gines Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Leonardo Pedoni Yamaha Ret 0 Steve Smith Yamaha Ret 0 Kevin Galdes Kawasaki Ret 0 Julien Millet Yamaha Ret 0 Mathieu Lussiana Yamaha Ret 0 Marcin Walkowiak Yamaha Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Source : ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2006 Provisional World Superbike Calendar. roadracingworld.com. September 2005 . 1 September 2005.
2. Web site: 2006 European Superstock 600 Standings. resources.worldsbk.com. 8 October 2006.