2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Explained

The 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the seventh season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. Dani Clos would win the championship driving for Jenzer Motorsport. Cram Competition won the teams championship.

Jaime Alguersuari would win the winter series for Cram Competition.

Drivers and Teams

2006 Entry List^[1]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
Prema Powerteam	1	nowrap	Edoardo Mortara	All
2	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	All
3	nowrap	Martin Plowman	All
BVM Minardi Team	4	nowrap	Daniel Zampieri	4-8
6	nowrap	Pietro Gandolfi	6-8
10	nowrap	Francesco Provenzano	1-6
36	nowrap	Pablo Sánchez López	All
37	nowrap	Federico Muggia	1-3
RP Motorsport	5	nowrap	Marco Mapelli	4-8
27	nowrap	Matteo Chinosi	All
29	nowrap	Danny Bleek	1-3
31	nowrap	Mikael Forsten	1-5, 7-8
nowrap	W&D Racing	7	nowrap	Paolo Meloni	1-6, 8
CO2 Motorsport	8	nowrap	Andrea Caldarelli	All
23	nowrap	Jonathan Thonon	All
81	nowrap	Antonino Pellegrino	6-7
90	nowrap	Michaël Rossi	8
Viola Formula Racing	9	nowrap	Valerio Prandi	All
12	nowrap	Riccardo Azzoli	8
Cram Competition	11	nowrap	Gregorio Baracchi	1-3, 7-8
15	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	All
16	nowrap	Edoardo Piscopo	All
17	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	All
50	nowrap	Andrea Pellizzato	All
IT Loox Racing Car	14	nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	All
24	nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	All
32	nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	All
	18	nowrap	Walter Grubmüller	1-6
19	nowrap	Marco Frezza	1-3
20	nowrap	Junior Strous	1-2
21	nowrap	Rahel Frey	1-3, 5-8
22	nowrap	Dani Clos	All
26	nowrap	Néstor Girolami	8
51	nowrap	Marco Frezza	4-6
52	nowrap	Lucas Benamo	3
Tomcat Racing	20	nowrap	Junior Strous	6
25	nowrap	Gianluca Colombo	8
74	nowrap	Tobias Tauber	1-4
88	nowrap	Pasquale Di Sabatino	1-6
95	nowrap	Augusto Scalbi	7-8
Durango	28	nowrap	Niccolò Valentini	1, 3-4, 6, 8
33	nowrap	Carlo Vudafieri	2-4, 6-8
Kiwi ESP	33	nowrap	Carlo Vudafieri	1
99	nowrap	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	1-2
nowrap	AP Motorsport	39	nowrap	Mihai Marinescu	All
Facondini Racing	44	nowrap	Oliver Campos-Hull	1-6
45	nowrap	Daniel Campos-Hull	1-5
Euronova Racing	46	nowrap	Filippo Ponti	All
56	nowrap	Alberto Costa	All
66	nowrap	Michele Caliendo	1-3, 5-8

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Mugello Circuit	nowrap	March 25	nowrap	Andrea Caldarelli	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Cram Competition
	R2	nowrap	March 26	nowrap		nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Cram Competition
2	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap	April 8	nowrap	Edoardo Piscopo	nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Cram Competition
	R2	nowrap	April 9	nowrap		nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	nowrap	IT Loox Racing Car
3	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	nowrap rowspan=2	May 21	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Cram Competition
	R2	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap
4	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	nowrap	June 3	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2	nowrap	June 4	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Edoardo Mortara	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Hockenheimring	nowrap	July 8	nowrap	Martin Plowman	nowrap	Edoardo Piscopo	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2	nowrap	July 9	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
6	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Misano World Circuit	nowrap rowspan=2	July 23	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
7	R1	nowrap	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	nowrap	September 17	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Cram Competition
8	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	October 7	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap
	R2	nowrap	October 8	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	nowrap	Dani Clos	nowrap

Championship standings

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:

!Position!1st!2nd!3rd!4th!5th!6th!7th!8th!9th!10th

Points

30

24

20

16

12

10

8

6

4

2

In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

Drivers

Pos^[2] ^[3]	Driver	MUG		VLL		IMO		SPA		HOC		MIS		VAR	MNZ		Points
		width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25		8	width=25	9	width=25	10	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14	width=25	15
1	align=left nowrap	Dani Clos	6	4	2	12	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	378
2	align=left nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	Ret	26	3	3	3	1	4	2	342
3	align=left nowrap	Edoardo Piscopo	3	2	3	5	2	2	24	2	25	4	2	2	4	2	3	256
4	align=left nowrap	Edoardo Mortara	2	3	4	20	Ret	6	3	7	5	14	9	7	7	16	5	144
5	align=left nowrap	Martin Plowman	7	8	19	13	6	5	Ret	21	2	15	7	4	11	5	7	108
6	align=left nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	9	7	5	Ret	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	8	11	6	10	3	4	106
7	align=left nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	30	Ret	Ret	1	26	11	4	Ret	8	10	4	9	6	8	11	92
8	align=left nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	15	18	Ret	2	4	4	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	5	8	5	Ret	14	86
9	align=left nowrap	Matteo Chinosi	8	9	8	6	7	9	7	19	3	5	13	13	Ret	Ret	15	80
10	align=left nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	19	14	10	21	5	13	6	3	20	11	18	5	12	Ret	10	56
11	align=left nowrap	Mihai Marinescu	11	12	12	Ret	9	28	Ret	Ret	4	2	15	11		Ret	9	50
12	align=left nowrap	Junior Strous	4	5	Ret	4							16	20				48
13	align=left nowrap	Marco Frezza	28	22	6	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	4	24	13	6	10				44
14	align=left nowrap	Andrea Caldarelli	Ret	Ret	9	10	Ret	14	22	6	Ret	Ret	17	19	3	13	12	38
15	align=left nowrap	Federico Muggia	5	6	11	Ret	8	29										34
16	align=left nowrap	Jonathan Thonon	29	16	15	11	21	31	10	5	10	9	29	17	8	Ret	16	26
17	align=left nowrap	Pablo Sánchez López	18	11	7	Ret	18	12	23	Ret	9	Ret	19	16	9	6	Ret	26
18	align=left nowrap	Rahel Frey	10	10	13	9	19	10			Ret	12	8	23	15	Ret	8	24
19	align=left nowrap	Filippo Ponti	14	26	27	8	15	15	9	9	7	Ret	14	Ret	Ret			22
20	align=left nowrap	Néstor Girolami														7	6	18
21	align=left nowrap	Walter Grubmüller	Ret	25	16	19	16	Ret	15	8	23	6	10	24				18
22	align=left nowrap	Oliver Campos-Hull	Ret	24	Ret	Ret	13	16	8	11	12	7	12	12				14
23	align=left nowrap	Daniel Campos-Hull	Ret	Ret			Ret	24	16	Ret	6	Ret						10
24	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	17	13	Ret	7	22	21	Ret	10	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	15	17	10
25	align=left nowrap	Alberto Costa	13	Ret	25	Ret	10	19	Ret	14	Ret	20	Ret	26	Ret	9	Ret	6
26	align=left nowrap	Augusto Scalbi													16	10	Ret	2
27	align=left nowrap	Daniel Zampieri							17	18	11	17	Ret	18	Ret	12	13	0
28	align=left nowrap	Andrea Pellizzato	16	15	DNS	Ret	11	20	25	16	15	19	25	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	0
29	align=left nowrap	Paolo Meloni	20	19	28	16	17	18	11	15	18	18	27	21		Ret	20	0
30	align=left nowrap	Cristian Corsini														11	18	0
31	align=left nowrap	Pasquale Di Sabatino	12	Ret	14	Ret	27	32	12	Ret	16	22	20	14				0
32	align=left nowrap	Valerio Prandi	21	23	18	Ret	12	23	Ret	12	17	Ret	Ret	22	17	Ret	21	0
33	align=left nowrap	Francesco Provenzano	22	17	DNS	14	14	Ret	14	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
34	align=left nowrap	Marco Mapelli							21	13	21	16	26	15	14	Ret	27	0
35	align=left nowrap	Tobias Tauber	23	20	17	15	20	22	18	17								0
36	align=left nowrap	Mikael Forsten	24	21	22	17	24	25	19	Ret	22	23			18	Ret	24	0
37	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Azzoli														17	19	0
38	align=left nowrap	Lucas Benamo					Ret	17										0
39	align=left nowrap	Michele Caliendo	26	Ret	23	18	Ret	Ret	19	21			23	27	21	21	23	0
40	align=left nowrap	Gianluca Colombo														18	Ret	0
41	align=left nowrap	Carlo Vudafieri	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	26	21	Ret			22	Ret	19	22	25	0
42	align=left nowrap	Gregorio Baracchi	25	Ret	26	Ret	Ret	Ret							20	19	Ret	0
43	align=left nowrap	Niccolò Valentini	Ret	Ret			25	27	20	20			24	28		20	22	0
44	align=left nowrap	Andrea Pellegrino											21	25	Ret			0
45	align=left nowrap	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ret	27	21	Ret												0
46	align=left nowrap	Danny Bleek	27	Ret	24	Ret	23	30										0
47	align=left nowrap	Pietro Gandolfi											28	29	Ret	23	26	0

Teams

Pos^[4]	Team	Points
1	Cram Competition	674
2	Jenzer Motorsport	518
3	Prema Powerteam	358
4	IT Loox Racing	188
5	RP Motorsport	78
6	CO2 Motorsport	64
7	BVM Minardi	56
8	AP Motorsport	48
9	Euronova Racing	30
10	Facondini Racing	26
11	Tomcat Racing	2

Winter Series

The winter series was made up of two meetings both at Vallelunga with two races each.

• Point system : 32, 28, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 for 15th. In each race 2 point for Fastest lap and 2 for Pole position.
• Races : 2 race by rounds length of 30 minutes each.

Pos	Driver	Team	VAL Nov 11–12		VAL Nov 18–19		Points
			1	2	3	4
1	align=left nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	1	1	1	1	142
2	align=left nowrap	Frankie Provenzano	align=left nowrap	BVM Minardi	2	2	3	4	102
3	align=left nowrap	Roberto Merhi	align=left nowrap	It Loox Racing	3	7	2	3	92
4	align=left nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	8	4	4	2	88
5	align=left nowrap	Michele Faccin	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport	5	12	6	5	64
6	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	align=left nowrap	It Loox Racing	10	3	9	7	62
7	align=left nowrap	Aleix Alcaraz	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	11	5	5	9	60
8	align=left nowrap	Sebastián Merchán	align=left nowrap	Facondini Racing	6	9	7	8	60
9	align=left nowrap	Nicola de Marco	align=left nowrap	Durango	9	8	8	10	50
10	align=left nowrap	Daniel Zampieri	align=left nowrap	BVM Minardi	4	21	10	6	50
11	align=left nowrap	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	align=left nowrap	Durango	12	6	16	12	30
12	align=left nowrap	Henry Taleb jr.	align=left nowrap	Facondini Racing	7	22	12	20	22
13	align=left nowrap	Simeon Ivanov	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport	19	10	13	11	22
14	align=left nowrap	Matei Mihaescu	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport	13	13	11	19	16
15	align=left nowrap	Federico Leo	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	14	11	Ret	13	14
16	align=left nowrap	Marco Visconti	align=left nowrap	Dynamic Engineering			14	14	4
17	align=left nowrap	Alessia Belometti	align=left nowrap	AP Motorsport	21	14	Ret	18	2
18	align=left nowrap	Jonathan Dhaese	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport	15	15			2
19	align=left nowrap	Alberto Bassi	align=left nowrap	Dynamic Engineering	17	17	15	21	1
20	align=left nowrap	Bianca Steiner	align=left nowrap	Steiner	Ret	23	Ret	15	1
21	align=left nowrap	Nicola Zonzini	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	16	20	17	16	0
22	align=left nowrap	Andrea Roda	align=left nowrap	Tomcat Racing	22	16	Ret	23	0
23	align=left nowrap	Natale Marzullo	align=left nowrap	It Loox Racing	20	18	19	17	0
24	align=left nowrap	Giovanni Nava	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	18	19	18	22	0

External links

• http://forix.autosport.com/cp.php?l=0&d=44&r=442006&c=0

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2006 season. Autosport. 26 March 2024.
2. http://www.formula3.cc/content/view/9766/354/ 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia – Driver Standings
3. http://www.nuvolari3000.com/ren2000/news.php?year=2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Ita, News
4. http://www.formula3.cc/content/view/12958/354/ 2006 FR 2.0 Italia – Teams Standings