2006 Spanish Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2006 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the sixth Spanish Formula Three season. It began on 8 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia and ended on 12 November at Circuito del Jarama in Montmeló after sixteen races.^[1] Ricardo Risatti was crowned series champion.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Spanish-registered. All cars were powered by Toyota engines and Dunlop tyres. Main class powered by Dallara F305, while Copa Class by Dallara F300 chassis.^[3]

Team		Driver	Rounds
Class A
Racing Engineering	1	Marcos Martínez	1–7
	1	Javier Villa	8
	2	Nicolas Prost	All
	3	Miguel Molina	All
	4	Sérgio Jimenez	All
Campos Racing	5	Roldán Rodríguez	All
Campos Racing	6	Marco Barba	All
Llusiá Racing	7	Nico Verdonck	1
		Iago Rego	6–7
		Himar Acosta	8
GTA Motor Competición	8	Manel Cerqueda Jr.	All
9	nowrap	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.	1–6
10	Arturo Llobell	All
Elide Racing	11	Carlos Iaconelli	1–3
		Gustavo Yacamán	5–6
		Alejandro Núñez	7–8
	15	Nil Montserrat	All
Tec-Auto	13	Máximo Cortés	All
Tec-Auto	14	Ricardo Risatti	All
RSC Sport	16	Aleix Alcaraz	7
Copa F300
Racing Engineering	14	Javier Villa	2
Escuela Profiltek	17	Adrián Campos Jr.	All
	18	Germán Sánchez	All
	33	Carmen Jordá	6
ECA Racing	19	Juan Manuel Polar	All
	20	Ignacio Char	1–3
	20	Víctor García	7–8
Porfesa Competición	22	Roberto Merhi	6
Tec-Auto	24	Iago Rego	1–5
	24	Alby Ramírez	6
	25	Carlos Cosidó Jr.	All
Cetea Sport	26	Toni Rubiejo	All
Cetea Sport	29	Xavi Barrio	8
Logo Automoción	27	Germán López Balboa	All
RSC Sport	28	nowrap	José Luís López-Pampló	All
GTA Motor Competición	31	Manuel Gutiérrez	6–8
GTA Motor Competición	32	Siso Cunill	6–8

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	8 April	Ricardo Risatti	nowrap	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.	Marco Barba	Campos Racing	Adrian Campos Jr.
1	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	9 April		Roldán Rodríguez	Marcos Martínez	Racing Engineering	Germán Sánchez
2	R1		29 April	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	TEC-Auto	Javier Villa
2	R2		30 April		Ricardo Risatti	Máximo Cortés	TEC-Auto	Javier Villa
3	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	20 May	Máximo Cortés	Ricardo Risatti	Sérgio Jimenez	Racing Engineering	Germán Sánchez
3	R2	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	21 May		Máximo Cortés	Ricardo Risatti	TEC-Auto	nowrap	Juan Manuel Polar
4	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	24 June	Sérgio Jimenez	Ricardo Risatti	Máximo Cortés	TEC-Auto	Germán Sánchez
4	R2	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	25 June		Ricardo Risatti	Roldán Rodríguez	Campos Racing	Germán Sánchez
5	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	2 September				Campos Racing	Germán Sánchez
5	R2	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	3 September		Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	TEC-Auto	Adrian Campos Jr.
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	7 October	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	TEC-Auto	Germán Sánchez
6	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	8 October		Roldán Rodríguez	Roldán Rodríguez	Campos Racing	Germán Sánchez
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	21 October	Roldán Rodríguez	Ricardo Risatti	Roldán Rodríguez	Campos Racing	Juan Manuel Polar
7	R2	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	22 October		Máximo Cortés	Ricardo Risatti	TEC-Auto	Juan Manuel Polar
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	11 November	Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Nicolas Prost	Racing Engineering
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona			Sérgio Jimenez	Miguel Molina

Standings

Drivers' standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	VAL		MAG		JAR		EST		ALB		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Ricardo Risatti	Ret	6	1	3	2	1	18	5	5	1	1	9	5	1	7	4	118
2	Roldán Rodríguez	2	11	9	5	5	16	4	1	1	7	4	1	1	7	4	6	103
3	Máximo Cortés	9	8	5	1	15	5	1	4	7	5	2	2	2	3	13	Ret	93
4	Nicolas Prost	4	4	3	4	Ret	10	2	9	Ret	12	6	3	3	5	1	5	83
5	Sérgio Jimenez	7	5	4	6	1	2	16	10	10	3	3	4	Ret	DNS	14	3	74
6	Miguel Molina	19	10	11	DNS	13	3	3	3	4	2	8	5	Ret	10	3	1	69
7	Marco Barba	1	3	6	11	14	13	5	2	2	14	Ret	10	6	2	DNS	7	67
8	Arturo Llobell	8	13	8	Ret	Ret	11	9	17	3	4	19	8	7	4	5	2	47
9	Nil Montserrat	13	7	10	8	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	8	5	6	4	6	Ret	8	34
10	Marcos Martínez	6	1	12	7	Ret	8	14	19	Ret	9	7	7	Ret	Ret			29
11	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.	3	Ret	14	10	3	4	17	11	12	10	Ret	DNS					24
12	Carlos Iaconelli	5	2	Ret	9	4	DNS											23
13	Germán Sánchez	16	14	16	14	6	7	7	6	6	15	9	11	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	19
14	Manel Cerqueda Jr.	12	12	17	12	Ret	9	6	7	13	11	Ret	13	8	8	Ret	15	16
15	Juan Manuel Polar	14	Ret	13	13	9	6	Ret	15	Ret	17	10	Ret	9	9	8	13	11
16	Gustavo Yacamán									8	6	Ret	12					6
17	Adrian Campos Jr.	11	DSQ	15	16	DNS	15	Ret	12	9	13	DNS	16	10	11	9	10	5
18	Toni Rubiejo	15	15	Ret	17	7	12	13	13	11	16	11	14	12	14	DNS	12	3
19	Iago Rego	Ret	18	19	19	8	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	20	11	12			3
20	align=left nowrap	José Luís López-Pampló	18	Ret	17	Ret	11	Ret	10	16	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	11	16	2
21	Nico Verdonck	10	9															1
	Carlos Cosidó Jr.	Ret	17	Ret	15	10	14	12	14	Ret	19	12	Ret	15	Ret	16	19	0
	Germán López Balboa	17	19	18	20	12	17	15	18	DNS	Ret	13	15	Ret	17	17	14	0
	Ignacio Char	Ret	16	20	18	18	DNS											0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Javier Villa			2	2											2	18	0
	Himar Acosta															6	17	0
	Manuel Gutiérrez													Ret	DNS	Ret	9	0
	Siso Cunill											Ret	21	14	13	10	11	0
	Víctor García													17	16	12	Ret	0
	Aleix Alcaraz													16	15			0
	Alejandro Núñez											16	19	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	0
	Alby Ramírez											17	Ret					0
	Carmen Jordá											18	18					0
Pos	Driver	VAL		MAG		JAR		EST		ALB		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Copa de España de F3

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Germán Sánchez	108
2	Juan Manuel Polar	93
3	Adrián Campos Jr.	89
4	Toni Rubiejo	84
5	Caros Cosidó	32
6	align=left nowrap	José Luis López-Pampló	28
7	Germán López Balboa	22
8	Iago Rego	15
9	Siso Cunill	9
10	Ignacio Char	6

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Racing Engineering	155
2	TEC-Auto	146
3	Campos Racing	115
4	align=left nowrap	GTA Motor Competición	42
5	Elide Racing	22
6	Llusiá Racing	0
7	Escuela Profiltek	0
8	ECA Racing	0
9	Cetea Sport	0
10	RSC Sport	0
11	Logo Automoción	0
12	Cetea Sport	0

Trofeo Ibérico de Fórmula 3

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Roldán Rodríguez	65
2	Miguel Molina	59
3	Máximo Cortés	50
4	Marco Barba	42
5	Arturo Llobell	36
6	Nil Montserrat	25
7	align=left nowrap	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.	24
8	Manel Cerqueda Jr.	21
9	Germán Sánchez	18
10	Adrián Campos Jr.	15

External links

Official Site

Notes and References

Web site: Race Calendar: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 28 January 2013.
Web site: Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2006. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 28 January 2013.
Web site: Entrylist: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 28 January 2013.