2006 Italian Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2006 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 42nd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 9 April at Adria and ended on 22 October at Misano after 16 races.^[1]

Mauro Massironi of Passoli Racing dominated the season with a win at Magione and another eight successive wins at Vallelunga, Mugello, Varano, and Pergusa and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 28 points clear of Corbetta Competizioni driver Davide Rigon, who won the opening race at Adria, a race at Magione and both of the season-ending races at Misano. Third place went to Lucidi Motors driver Alex Frassineti, who took one victory, and he finished ahead of Imola winner Michele Rugolo, who competed with Team Ghinzani.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Corbetta Competizioni	1	Fabrizio Crestani	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
	2	Federico Glorioso	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
	11	Davide Rigon	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	3	Giuseppe Terranova	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	4	Alex Frassineti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Europa Corse	6	Efisio Marchese	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Passoli Racing	7	Manuele Maria Gatto	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	7–8
Passoli Racing	8	Mauro Massironi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Scuderia N.T.	12	Jacopo Faccioni	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
En.Ro. Competition	14	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–2, 4–8
Team Ghinzani	22	Manuele Maria Gatto	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1–6
	24	Michele Rugolo	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	All
	26	Paolo Bossini	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	7–8
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Style Car Racing	51	Imeiro Brigliadori	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Style Car Racing	52	Gianpiero Negrotti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
System Team	53	Sergio Ghiotto	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–6
	84	Dino Lusuardi	Dallara F393	Fiat	1–7
	97	Rinaldo Nieri	Dallara F399	Spiess-Opel	5
Auto Elite	55	Giovanni Rambelli	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–6, 8
Auto Elite	56	Molin Pradel	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	2, 7
Lido Corse	81	Luciano Baldazzi		Volkswagen	1–2, 6
Lido Corse	94	Andrea Vazzacaro	Dallara F399	Spiess-Opel	3
Beelspeed	82	Bonifacio Gaetani	Dallara F399	Spiess-Opel	All
	83	Giovanni Gaetani	Dallara F399	Fiat	All
	93	Carlo Bendinelli	Dallara F392	Volkswagen	1–2, 4–8
Master Team	86	Flavio Mattara	Dallara F393	Fiat	2–6, 8
Cherubini Racing	89	Piergiorgio di Gianvito	Dallara F397	Fiat	2
	91	Luigi Folloni	Dallara F392	Volkswagen	2, 5, 7–8
	96	Salvatore Cardullo	Dallara F397	Fiat	3, 6
B&B Motorsport	92	Massimo Ballestri	Dallara F392	Volkswagen	2, 5, 7–8

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trofeo winner
1	R1	Adria International Raceway	9 April	Alex Frassineti	Davide Rigon	Davide Rigon	Corbetta Competizioni	Imeiro Brigliadori
1	R2	Adria International Raceway	9 April	Alex Frassineti	Mauro Massironi	Alex Frassineti	Lucidi Motors	Imeiro Brigliadori
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	7 May	Michele Rugolo	Fabrizio Crestani	Michele Rugolo	Team Ghinzani	Imeiro Brigliadori
2	R2	Alex Frassineti	7 May	Mauro Massironi	Michele Rugolo	Team Ghinzani	Sergio Ghiotto
3	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	11 June	Mauro Massironi	Davide Rigon	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Sergio Ghiotto
3	R2	Autodromo dell'Umbria	11 June	Mauro Massironi	Davide Rigon	Davide Rigon	Corbetta Competizioni	Imeiro Brigliadori
4	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	25 June	Fabrizio Crestani	Michele Rugolo	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Imeiro Brigliadori
4	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	25 June	Mauro Massironi	Alex Frassineti	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Imeiro Brigliadori
5	R1	Mugello Circuit	23 July	Davide Rigon	Davide Rigon	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Imeiro Brigliadori
5	R2	Mugello Circuit	23 July	Mauro Massironi	nowrap	Giuseppe Terranova	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	nowrap	Massimo Ballestri
6	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	3 September	nowrap	Mauro Massironi	nowrap	Mauro Massironi	nowrap	Mauro Massironi	nowrap	Passoli Racing	nowrap	Imeiro Brigliadori
6	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	Mauro Massironi	Mauro Massironi	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Imeiro Brigliadori
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	1 October	Mauro Massironi	Davide Rigon	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Imeiro Brigliadori
7	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	1 October	Mauro Massironi	Davide Rigon	Mauro Massironi	Passoli Racing	Imeiro Brigliadori
8	R1	Misano World Circuit	22 October	Davide Rigon	Fabrizio Crestani	Davide Rigon	Corbetta Competizioni	Imeiro Brigliadori
8	R2	Misano World Circuit	22 October	nowrap	Giuseppe Terranova	Alex Frassineti	Davide Rigon	nowrap	Corbetta Competizioni	Imeiro Brigliadori

Standings

Campionato Nazionale

Points are awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	ADR		IMO		MAG		VAL		MUG		VAR		PER		MIS		Pts
1	Mauro Massironi	3	3	2	2	1	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	4	139
2	Davide Rigon	1	2	5	5	16	1	4	4	*Ret*	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	111
3	Alex Frassineti	4	1	4	3	2	5	7	6	5	3	2	2	4	5	2	7	93
4	Michele Rugolo	2	7	1	1	4	2	3	3	3	4	16†	15†	5	14	Ret	3	78
5	Fabrizio Crestani	Ret	4	3	4	6	9	2	2	2	5	8	4	6	6	5	2	76
6	Efisio Marchese	5	6	6	8	Ret	3	6	7	9	8	4	Ret	3	3	3	5	51
7	Giuseppe Terranova	7	5	Ret	6	3	16	5	8	6	6	Ret	5	18†	4	4	DSQ	42
8	align=left nowrap	Manuele Maria Gatto	9	9	9	7	5	6	8	5	4	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	8	6	31
9	Federico Glorioso	6	Ret	8	10	7	4	12	11	7	11	6	Ret	8	7	10	9	22
10	Jacopo Faccioni	10	10	10	9	Ret	10	10	10	11	9	7	8	10	15	6	13	8
11	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	12	11	11	12			13	12	12	10	10	9	7	9	Ret	10	5
	Paolo Bossini													Ret	10	Ret	16	0
Pos	Driver	ADR		IMO		MAG		VAL		MUG		VAR		PER		MIS		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006. Speedsport Magazine. 26 July 2012.
Web site: Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006. Speedsport Magazine. 26 July 2012.