The 2006 Le Mans Series was the third season of ACO Le Mans Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 9 April and ended on 24 September after 5 rounds.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - |  LMS Official Test | Paul Ricard HTTT | 26 March, 27 March | |
| 1 |  1000 km of Istanbul† | Istanbul Racing Circuit | 9 April | |
| 2 |  1000 km of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 14 May | |
| 3 |  1000 km of Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 16 July | |
| 4 |  1000 km of Donington | Donington Park | 27 August | |
| 5 |  1000 km of Jarama‡ | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 24 September | |
| Sources:[1] [2] | ||||
† - The race in Istanbul was shortened from its original planned 1000 km to a limit of 4 hours due to a lack of fuel brought to the event by organizers.[3]
‡ - This event was originally planned to be held at Monza, but had to be cancelled due to conflicts. Jarama was announced as its replacement.[4]
Overall winner in bold.
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.
The top 2 finishers in each teams championship earn automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |
| 2=† |
| Creation Autosportif | Creation CA06/H | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 2= |
| Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | Lola B06/10 | AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| 4 |
|  Swiss Spirit | Courage LC70 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | Ret | 2 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 19 | |
| 5 |
| Zytek Engineering | Zytek 06S | Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 6= |
| Lister Storm Racing | Lister Storm LMP | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 | |||
| 6= |
| Creation Autosportif | Creation CA06/H | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 8 |
| Courage Compétition | Courage LC70 | Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8 | NC | 7 | 4 | Ret | 7 | ||
| 9 |
|  Racing for Holland | Dome S101Hb | Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 | Ret | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 10 |
| Courage Compétition | Courage LC70 | Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8 | Ret | Ret | NC | NC | 5 | 4 | |
| 11 |
| ProTran Competition | ProTran RS06/H | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 8 | Ret | 1 | ||||
| NC |
|  Lavaggi Sport | Lavaggi LS1 | Ford (PME) 6.0L V8 | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| Barazi-Epsilon | Courage C65 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | |
| 2 |
| RML | MG-Lola EX264 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 26 | |
| 3 |
| Pir Competition | Pilbeam MP93 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 2 | NC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| 4= |
|  Binnie Motorsports | Lola B05/42 | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 20 | ||
| 4= |
|  ASM Team Racing for Portugal† | Lola B05/40 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 20 | |||
| 6= |
| Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8 | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | |
| 6= |
| Kruse Motorsport | Courage C65 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| 8 |
| Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport† | Lola B05/40 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 9 |
| G-Force Racing | Courage C65 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 10 |
| Rollcentre Racing | Radical SR9 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 6 | |
| 11 |
| Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8 | 4 | NC | NC | 5 | |||
| 12 |
| Team Bruichladdich Radical | Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||
| NC |
| Ranieri Randaccio | Lucchini LMP2/04 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | Ret | Ret | NC | 0 |
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 1 | NC | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| 2 |
|  Convers MenX Team | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 | |
| 3= |
| Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 25 | |
| 3= |
| Team Oreca | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 25 | ||
| 5= |
| PSI Experience | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 5= |
| Team Modena† | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 7 |
| Cirtek Motorsport† | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 4 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 8 |
| Cirtek Motorsport | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| NC |
| B-Racing RS Line Team | Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12 | Ret | 0 |
† - Team Modena ended their involvement with Cirtek after round 2. Team Modena's entry is considered new and thus the two team scores are not combined.
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 34 | |
| 2 |
| Team LNT | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 21 | |
| 3 |
| Team LNT | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| 4 |
| Virgo Motorsport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| 5 |
| IMSA Performance Matmut | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| 6 |
| GPC Sport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 1 | Ret | 8 | 3 | DSQ | 17 | |
| 7 |
| Spyker Squadron | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8L V8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 12 | |
| 8= |
| GPC Sport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 1 | Ret | 10 | ||||
| 8= |
| Spyker Squadron | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8L V8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |
| 10= |
| Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 8 | |
| 10= |
| Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 8 | ||
| 10= |
| Thierry Perrier | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 8 | |
| 13 |
| Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | NC | 4 | Ret | 5 | |||
| 14 |
| Seikel Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 15= |
| Ice Pol Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 1 | ||
| 15= |
| James Watt Automotive | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 1 | ||
| NC |
| Racesport Peninsula TVR | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 0 | ||
| NC |
| GPC Sport Team Icer Brakes | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | Ret | 0 | |||||
| NC |
|  T2M Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who do not drive for at least one hour do not receive points.
Points are awarded to a single driver and car combination. If a driver wins points driving a different car in a different event, those points are listed separately. Drivers listed multiple times in the points standings are marked with an asterisk.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Michael Vergers | Barazi-Epsilon | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | |
| 1= |  Juan Barazi | Barazi-Epsilon | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | |
| 3= | Mike Newton | RML | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 26 | |
| 3= |  Thomas Erdos | RML | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 26 | |
| 5= | Marc Rostan | Pierre Bruneau | 2 | NC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| 5= | Pierre Bruneau | Pierre Bruneau | 2 | NC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| 7= | Miguel Ángel de Castro* | ASM Team Racing for Portugal | 1 | Ret | 1 | 20 | |||
| 7= | Ángel Burgueño* | ASM Team Racing for Portugal | 1 | Ret | 1 | 20 | |||
| 7= | Miguel Amaral | ASM Team Racing for Portugal | 1 | Ret | 1 | 20 | |||
| 7= | Sam Hancock | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 20 | ||
| 7= | Allen Timpany | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 20 | ||
| 12 | Davide Valsecchi | Barazi-Epsilon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 13 | William Binnie | Binnie Motorsports | (3) | 2 | 3 | Ret | 14 | ||
| 14 | Jean-Philippe Belloc | Barazi-Epsilon | 1 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 15= | Jens Petersen* | Kruse Motorsport | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 15= | Jan-Dirk Leuders* | Kruse Motorsport | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 15= |  Karim Ojjeh | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 15= | Pierre Ragues | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 19= | Miguel Ángel de Castro* | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | 10 | 10 | |||||
| 19= | Ángel Burgueño* | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | 10 | 10 | |||||
| 21= |  Norbert Siedler | Kruse Motorsport | 8 | 8 | |||||
| 21= | Claude-Yves Gosselin | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 23= | Ed Morris | G-Force Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 23= | Jean-François Leroch | G-Force Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 23= | João Barbosa | Rollcentre Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 23= | Martin Short | Rollcentre Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 27= | Paul Belmondo | Paul Belmondo Racing | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 27= | Didier André | Paul Belmondo Racing | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 27= | Yann Clairay | Paul Belmondo Racing | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 30= | Tim Greaves | Team Bruichladdich Radical | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 30= | Stuart Moseley | Team Bruichladdich Radical | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 30= |  Tony Burgess | Kruse Motorsport | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 33= | Jens Petersen* | G-Force Racing | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 33= | Jan-Dirk Leuders* | G-Force Racing | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 33= | Christophe Brück | G-Force Racing | 1 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| 1= | Gabriele Gardel | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| 1= | Vincent Vosse | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| 4= | Peter Kox | Convers MenX Team | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 | |
| 4= | Alexey Vasilyev | Convers MenX Team | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 | |
| 4= |  Robert Pergl | Convers MenX Team | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 | |
| 7= |  Stéphane Ortelli | Team Oreca | 1 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 25 | ||
| 7= | Soheil Ayari | Team Oreca | 1 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 25 | ||
| 7= | Jérôme Policand | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 25 | |
| 7= | Patrice Goueslard | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 25 | |
| 7= | Peter Hardman | Cirtek Motorsport | 5 | 4 | Ret | 25 | |||
| Team Modena | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 7= | Antonio García | Cirtek Motorsport | 5 | 4 | Ret | 25 | |||
| Team Modena | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 13= | Luc Alphand | Luc Alphand Aventures | 2 | 2 | Ret | 16 | |||
| 13= |  Pertti Kuismanen | PSI Experience | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 13= | Jos Menten | PSI Experience | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 13= | Markus Palttala | PSI Experience | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 17 | Christian Vann | Cirtek Motorsport | 5 | 4 | Ret | 9 | |||
| 18 | Richard Lyons | Cirtek Motorsport | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 19= | Anthony Beltoise | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3 | (6) | 6 | ||||
| 19= |  David Brabham | Team Modena | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 20= | Nathan Kinch | Cirtek Motorsport | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 20= | Jamie Campbell-Walter | Cirtek Motorsport | 4 | 5 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Joël Camathias | Autorlando Sport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 34 | |
| 1= | Marc Lieb | Autorlando Sport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 34 | |
| 3= | Lawrence Tomlinson | Team LNT | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 21 | |
| 3= | Richard Dean | Team LNT | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 21 | |
| 5= | Warren Hughes | Team LNT | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| 5= | Robert Bell | Team LNT | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| 7= | Dan Eagling | Virgo Motorsport | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| 7= | Tim Sugden | Virgo Motorsport | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| 9= | Christophe Bouchut | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| 9= | Raymond Narac | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| 11 | Luca Drudi | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | 8 | 3 | DSQ | 17 | |
| 12 | Jonny Kane | Spyker Squadron | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 12 | |
| 13= | Fabrizio de Simone | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | DSQ | 10 | |||
| 13= | Stefano Zonca | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | 10 | ||||
| 13= | Andrea Belicchi | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | 10 | ||||
| 13= | Marco Cioci | GPC Sport | 1 | Ret | 10 | ||||
| 13= | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Spyker Squadron | 5 | 10 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |
| 13= | Mike Hezemans | Spyker Squadron | 5 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 10 | ||
| 13= | Marco Seefried | Farnbacher Racing | NC | 4 | NC | 4 | Ret | 10 | |
| 20= | Tom Kimber-Smith | Team LNT | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 20= | Gunnar Kristensen | Autorlando Sport | 11 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 8 | ||
| 20= | Allan Simonsen | Autorlando Sport | 11 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 8 | ||
| 20= | Pierre Ehret | Farnbacher Racing | 6 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 8 | |
| 20= | Dominik Farnbacher | Farnbacher Racing | 6 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 20= | Nigel Smith | Thierry Perrier | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 8 | |
| 20= | Philippe Hesnault | Thierry Perrier | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 8 | |
| 27= | Gabrio Rosa | GPC Sport | (1) | Ret | 8 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 27= | Marc Hynes | Team LNT | 7 | Ret | 4 | 7 | |||
| 29= | Andrea Montermini | GPC Sport | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 29= | Peter Dumbreck | Spyker Squadron | Ret | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 31= | Sébastian Dumez | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 31= | Lars-Erik Nielsen | Farnbacher Racing | NC | 4 | NC | 5 | |||
| 31= | Anthony Beltoise | Thierry Perrier | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 34 | João Barbosa | Thierry Perrier | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 35= | Donny Crevels | Spyker Squadron | 7 | Ret | 2 | ||||
| 35= | Tony Burgess | Seikel Motorsport | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 35= | Philip Collin | Seikel Motorsport | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 38= | Ian Khan | Virgo Motorsport | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 38= | Yves Lambert | Ice Pol Racing Team | 10 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 1 | ||
| 38= | Christian Lefort | Ice Pol Racing Team | 10 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 1 | ||
| 38= | Romain Iannetta | Ice Pol Racing Team | 10 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 38= | Wolfgang Kaufmann | James Watt Automotive | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 38= | Peter Cook | James Watt Automotive | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 38= | Paul Daniels | James Watt Automotive | 11 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 1 |
