2006 Formula BMW World Final explained


Race details


Date	24–26 November 2006
Official name	2nd DELL Formula BMW World Final
Location	Cheste, Valencia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005km (02.489miles)
Distance	Heat Races 12 laps, 48.06km (29.86miles) Main Race 18 laps, 72.09km (44.79miles)
Main Race
Pole
Driver		Josef Kaufmann Racing
Podium
First		Josef Kaufmann Racing
Second		Eifelland Racing
Third		EuroInternational

The 2006 Formula BMW World Final was the second Formula BMW World Final race and held for the first time at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste near Valencia on 24–26 November 2006. The race was won by Josef Kaufmann Racing's driver Christian Vietoris, who finished ahead Mika Mäki and Stefano Coletti.^[1]

Drivers and teams

2006 Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Main series
AIM Autosport	2	Philip Major	Formula BMW USA
AIM Autosport	3	Daniel Morad	Formula BMW USA
AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	4	Niall Quinn	Formula BMW ADAC
AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	41	Tobias Hegewald	Formula BMW ADAC
ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	5	Nick de Bruijn	Formula BMW ADAC
ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	6	Christian Engelhart	Formula BMW ADAC
Team Autotecnica	7	Matt Lee	Formula BMW USA
Eifelland Racing	8	Jens Klingmann	Formula BMW ADAC
	9	Mika Mäki
	10	Martin Ragginger
EuroInternational	11	Stefano Coletti	Formula BMW USA
EuroInternational	12	Robert Wickens	Formula BMW USA
Filsell Motorsport	14	Matt Howson	Formula BMW UK
Filsell Motorsport	15	Daniel Murray	Formula BMW UK
Fortec Motorsport	16	Henry Arundel	Formula BMW UK
	17	Niall Breen
	18	Jack Clarke
	19	Euan Hankey
	20	Daniel McKenzie
	21	Daniel Ricciardo
Gelles Racing	22	Ross Curnow	Formula BMW USA
	24	Adrien Herberts
	25	Maxime Pelletier
	26	Ryan Phinny
	27	Sebastián Saavedra
GU-Racing Motorsport Team	28	Andrei Harnagea	Formula BMW ADAC
	29	Jens Höing
	30	Max Wissel
Jensen MotorSport	31	Frankie Muniz	Formula BMW USA
Josef Kaufmann Racing	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Formula BMW ADAC
	33	Josef Král
	34	Christian Vietoris
Team Loctite	35	Tom Dunstan	Formula BMW UK
Team Loctite	36	Oliver Turvey	Formula BMW UK
Matson Motorsport	37	Fabio Leimer	Formula BMW ADAC
Motaworld Racing	39	Matt Hamilton	Formula BMW UK
Motaworld Racing	40	Jonathan Legris	Formula BMW UK

Qualifying

Group 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Group
1	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:38.556	SP
2	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:38.991	SP
3	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	1:39.416	SP
4	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	1:39.744	SP
5	36	Oliver Turvey	Team Loctite	1:39.767	B
6	19	Euan Hankey	Fortec Motorsport	1:39.789	D
7	41	Tobias Hegewald	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	1:40.036	B
8	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:40.254	D
9	4	Niall Quinn	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	1:40.297	B
10	37	Fabio Leimer	Matson Motorsport	1:40.330	D
11	16	Henry Arundel	Fortec Motorsport	1:40.385	B
12	7	Matt Lee	Team Autotecnica	1:40.549	D
13	20	Daniel McKenzie	Fortec Motorsport	1:40.880	B
14	25	Maxime Pelletier	Gelles Racing	1:40.904	D
15	31	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	1:41.328	B
16	2	Philip Major	AIM Autosport	1:41.403	D
17	27	Sebastián Saavedra	Gelles Racing	1:41.500	B
18	35	Tom Dunstan	Team Loctite	1:42.153	D

Group 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Group
1	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	1:39.061	SP
2	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	1:39.121	SP
3	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	1:39.136	SP
4	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	1:39.202	SP
5	8	Jens Klingmann	Eifelland Racing	1:39.287	A
6	15	Daniel Murray	Filsell Motorsport	1:39.342	C
7	21	Daniel Ricciardo	Fortec Motorsport	1:39.450	A
8	6	Christian Engelhart	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	1:39.573	C
9	40	Jonathan Legris	Motaworld Racing	1:39.907	A
10	26	Ryan Phinny	Gelles Racing	1:39.993	C
11	39	Matt Hamilton	Motaworld Racing	1:40.089	A
12	30	Max Wissel	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	1:40.126	C
13	29	Jens Höing	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	1:40.246	A
14	17	Niall Breen	Fortec Motorsport	1:40.268	C
15	18	Jack Clarke	Fortec Motorsport	1:40.314	A
16	22	Ross Curnow	Gelles Racing	1:40.343	C
17	24	Adrien Herberts	Gelles Racing	1:40.813	A
18	28	Andrei Harnagea	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	1:47.849	C
19	14	Matt Howson	Filsell Motorsport	Withdrawn

Super Pole Competition

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Group
1	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	1:39.695	A
2	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:40.059	B
3	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	1:40.471	A
4	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	1:40.790	C
5	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:41.062	D
6	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	1:41.106	C
7	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	1:41.533	B
8	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	1:42.180	D

Heats

Heat 1 (A vs B)

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	20:05.177	0
2	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	12	+4.1	2
3	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	12	+7.2	3
4	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	12	+7.9	4
5	8	Jens Klingmann	Eifelland Racing	12	+8.2	5
6	40	Jonathan Legris	Motaworld Racing	12	+10.5	6
7	36	Oliver Turvey	Team Loctite	12	+10.6	7
8	21	Daniel Ricciardo	Fortec Motorsport	12	+10.9	8
9	41	Tobias Hegewald	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	12	+14.8	9
10	4	Niall Quinn	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	12	+20.1	10
11	16	Henry Arundel	Fortec Motorsport	12	+20.3	11
12	39	Matt Hamilton	Motaworld Racing	12	+21.9	12
13	27	Sebastián Saavedra	Gelles Racing	12	+24.8	13
14	29	Jens Höing	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+26.3	14
15	20	Daniel McKenzie	Fortec Motorsport	12	+27.4	15
16	31	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	12	+30.5	16
17	24	Adrien Herberts	Gelles Racing	12	+30.8	17
EX	18	Jack Clarke	Fortec Motorsport	12	+27.1	23

Heat 2 (C vs D)

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	20:07.295	0
2	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	12	+3.3	2
3	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	12	+3.7	3
4	15	Daniel Murray	Filsell Motorsport	12	+8.6	4
5	19	Euan Hankey	Fortec Motorsport	12	+9.1	5
6	6	Christian Engelhart	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	12	+10.0	6
7	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	+11.2	7
8	26	Ryan Phinny	Gelles Racing	12	+15.8	8
9	7	Matt Lee	Team Autotecnica	12	+16.8	9
10	17	Niall Breen	Fortec Motorsport	12	+20.1	10
11	22	Ross Curnow	Gelles Racing	12	+22.6	11
12	30	Max Wissel	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+23.5	12
13	25	Maxime Pelletier	Gelles Racing	12	+25.3	13
14	2	Philip Major	AIM Autosport	12	+32.9	14
15	28	Andrei Harnagea	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+1:21.2	15
Ret	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	0	+12 laps	16
EX	37	Fabio Leimer	Matson Motorsport	12	+14.2	21
EX	35	Tom Dunstan	Team Loctite	12	+32.4	21

Heat 3 (A vs C)

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	12	20:12.031	0
2	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	12	+7.9	2
3	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	12	+7.9	3
4	8	Jens Klingmann	Eifelland Racing	12	+8.5	4
5	21	Daniel Ricciardo	Fortec Motorsport	12	+11.9	5
6	40	Jonathan Legris	Motaworld Racing	12	+13.3	6
7	39	Matt Hamilton	Motaworld Racing	12	+17.0	7
8	15	Daniel Murray	Filsell Motorsport	12	+22.6	8
9	26	Ryan Phinny	Gelles Racing	12	+22.9	9
10	29	Jens Höing	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+25.9	10
11	24	Adrien Herberts	Gelles Racing	12	+38.6	11
12	6	Christian Engelhart	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	12	+42.7	12
13	17	Niall Breen	Fortec Motorsport	12	+44.0	13
14	22	Ross Curnow	Gelles Racing	12	+44.8	14
15	28	Andrei Harnagea	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+1:31.0	15
Ret	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	6	+6 laps	16
Ret	30	Max Wissel	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	6	+6 laps	17
Ret	18	Jack Clarke	Fortec Motorsport	0	+12 laps	18

Heat 4 (B vs D)

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	20:09.251	0
2	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	+3.3	2
3	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	12	+5.7	3
4	19	Euan Hankey	Fortec Motorsport	12	+7.1	4
5	36	Oliver Turvey	Team Loctite	12	+7.6	5
6	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	12	+16.9	6
7	4	Niall Quinn	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	12	+17.6	7
8	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	+18.1	8
9	7	Matt Lee	Team Autotecnica	12	+18.3	9
10	41	Tobias Hegewald	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	12	+19.6	10
11	20	Daniel McKenzie	Fortec Motorsport	12	+19.8	11
12	37	Fabio Leimer	Matson Motorsport	12	+20.1	12
13	27	Sebastián Saavedra	Gelles Racing	12	+22.2	13
14	25	Maxime Pelletier	Gelles Racing	12	+22.4	14
15	31	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	12	+29.9	15
16	35	Tom Dunstan	Team Loctite	12	+34.3	16
17	16	Henry Arundel	Fortec Motorsport	12	+40.7	17
EX	2	Philip Major	AIM Autosport	12	+30.3	22

Heat 5 (A vs D)

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	19:58.140	0
2	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	12	+2.1	2
3	19	Euan Hankey	Fortec Motorsport	12	+3.7	3
4	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	12	+9.9	4
5	40	Jonathan Legris	Motaworld Racing	12	+11.0	5
6	21	Daniel Ricciardo	Fortec Motorsport	12	+11.9	6
7	39	Matt Hamilton	Motaworld Racing	12	+14.0	7
8	37	Fabio Leimer	Matson Motorsport	12	+14.6	8
9	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	+17.2	9
10	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	12	+20.2	10
11	7	Matt Lee	Team Autotecnica	12	+21.1	11
12	29	Jens Höing	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+24.3	12
13	8	Jens Klingmann	Eifelland Racing	12	+24.5	13
14	25	Maxime Pelletier	Gelles Racing	12	+24.5	14
15	2	Philip Major	AIM Autosport	12	+29.7	15
16	24	Adrien Herberts	Gelles Racing	12	+34.2	16
17	35	Tom Dunstan	Team Loctite	11	+1 lap	17
EX	18	Jack Clarke	Fortec Motorsport	12	+48.7	21

Heat 6 (B vs C)

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	19:56.727	0
2	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	12	+6.1	2
3	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	12	+6.9	3
4	36	Oliver Turvey	Team Loctite	12	+7.5	4
5	4	Niall Quinn	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	12	+10.5	5
6	41	Tobias Hegewald	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	12	+11.4	6
7	6	Christian Engelhart	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	12	+11.9	7
8	16	Henry Arundel	Fortec Motorsport	12	+13.4	8
9	17	Niall Breen	Fortec Motorsport	12	+13.7	9
10	22	Ross Curnow	Gelles Racing	12	+18.3	10
11	27	Sebastián Saavedra	Gelles Racing	12	+20.9	11
12	20	Daniel McKenzie	Fortec Motorsport	12	+21.9	12
13	15	Daniel Murray	Filsell Motorsport	12	+26.0	13
14	31	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	12	+41.7	14
15	28	Andrei Harnagea	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	12	+1:20.4	15
16	26	Ryan Phinny	Gelles Racing	10	+2 laps	16
Ret	30	Max Wissel	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	6	+6 laps	17
DNS	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	Did not start	Did not start	18

Summary

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	0
2	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	2
3	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	5
4	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	7
5	19	Euan Hankey	Fortec Motorsport	12
6	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	13
7	36	Oliver Turvey	Team Loctite	16
8	40	Jonathan Legris	Motaworld Racing	17
9	21	Daniel Ricciardo	Fortec Motorsport	19
10	8	Jens Klingmann	Eifelland Racing	22
11	4	Niall Quinn	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	22
12	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	23
13	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	23
14	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Josef Kaufmann Racing	24
15	15	Daniel Murray	Filsell Motorsport	25
16	6	Christian Engelhart	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	25
17	41	Tobias Hegewald	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	25
18	39	Matt Hamilton	Motaworld Racing	26
19	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	28
20	7	Matt Lee	Team Autotecnica	29
21	17	Niall Breen	Fortec Motorsport	32
22	26	Ryan Phinny	Gelles Racing	33
23	22	Ross Curnow	Gelles Racing	35
24	16	Henry Arundel	Fortec Motorsport	36
25	29	Jens Höing	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	36
26	27	Sebastián Saavedra	Gelles Racing	37
27	20	Daniel McKenzie	Fortec Motorsport	38
28	37	Fabio Leimer	Matson Motorsport	41
29	25	Maxime Pelletier	Gelles Racing	41
30	24	Adrien Herberts	Gelles Racing	44
31	31	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	45
32	28	Andrei Harnagea	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	45
33	30	Max Wissel	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	46
34	2	Philip Major	AIM Autosport	51
35	35	Tom Dunstan	Team Loctite	54
36	18	Jack Clarke	Fortec Motorsport	62

Final Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	34	Christian Vietoris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	30:07.362	1
2	9	Mika Mäki	Eifelland Racing	18	+4.6	3
3	11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	18	+13.2	4
4	3	Daniel Morad	AIM Autosport	18	+13.9	6
5	21	Daniel Ricciardo	Fortec Motorsport	18	+14.7	9
6	36	Oliver Turvey	Team Loctite	18	+17.8	7
7	8	Jens Klingmann	Eifelland Racing	18	+19.5	10
8	12	Robert Wickens	EuroInternational	18	+20.1	12
9	10	Martin Ragginger	Eifelland Racing	18	+21.9	19
10	19	Euan Hankey	Fortec Motorsport	18	+24.2	5
11	5	Nick de Bruijn	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	18	+27.7	13
12	4	Niall Quinn	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	18	+30.0	11
13	7	Matt Lee	Team Autotecnica	18	+31.2	20
14	40	Jonathan Legris	Motaworld Racing	18	+33.5	8
15	39	Matt Hamilton	Motaworld Racing	18	+35.5	18
16	16	Henry Arundel	Fortec Motorsport	18	+36.9	24
17	22	Ross Curnow	Gelles Racing	18	+40.8	23
18	29	Jens Höing	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	18	+41.6	25
19	37	Fabio Leimer	Matson Motorsport	18	+42.1	28
20	20	Daniel McKenzie	Fortec Motorsport	18	+42.2	27
21	30	Max Wissel	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	18	+43.0	33
22	6	Christian Engelhart	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	18	+43.1	16
23	26	Ryan Phinny	Gelles Racing	18	+47.9	22
24	25	Maxime Pelletier	Gelles Racing	18	+48.8	29
25	18	Jack Clarke	Fortec Motorsport	18	+55.2	36
26	35	Tom Dunstan	Team Loctite	18	+56.3	35
27	2	Philip Major	AIM Autosport	18	+57.9	34
28	17	Niall Breen	Fortec Motorsport	18	+1:00.4	21
29	31	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	18	+1:02.8	31
30	28	Andrei Harnagea	GU-Racing Motorsport Team	15	+3 laps	32
Ret	32	Daniel Campos-Hull	Josef Kaufmann Racing	10	+8 laps	14
Ret	27	Sebastián Saavedra	Gelles Racing	5	+13 laps	26
Ret	41	Tobias Hegewald	AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH	3	+15 laps	17
Ret	24	Adrien Herberts	Gelles Racing	3	+15 laps	30
Ret	15	Daniel Murray	Filsell Motorsport	0	+18 laps	15
EX	33	Josef Král	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	+0.7	2

Notes and References

Web site: 27 November 2006. World Final race report. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921130942/https://au.motorsport.com/fbmw/news/world-final-race-report-2006-11-27/1372652/. 21 September 2021. Motorsport.com.
Web site: 27 October 2006. World Final entry list announced. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921134938/https://au.motorsport.com/fbmw/news/world-final-entry-list-announced/1365884/. 21 September 2021. Motorsport.com.