British Touring Car Championship 2006

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The 49th season of the British Touring Car Championship began on April 8, 2006 at Brands Hatch and ended on October 15 at Silverstone. Ten race weekends were held on nine different tracks.

Results and ratings

calendar

	date	run	route	Pole position	1st place	place 2	place 3
1, 2, 3	8th-9th April	England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Tom Chilton	James Thompson	Tom Chilton	Matt Neal
					James Thompson	Colin Turkington	Matt Neal
					Jason Plato	Colin Turkington	Tom Chilton
4, 5, 6	22-23 April	Ireland	Mondello Park	Matt Neal	Matt Neal	Jason Plato	James Thompson
					Matt Neal	Jason Plato	Colin Turkington
					Mike Jordan	Colin Turkington	Matt Neal
7, 8, 9	13-14 May	England	Oulton Park	Jason Plato	Gordon Shedden	Mike Jordan	James Kaye
					Matt Neal	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gordon Shedden
					Jason Plato	James Thompson	Tom Chilton
10, 11, 12	3rd to 4th June	England	Thruxton	Gordon Shedden	Gordon Shedden	Matt Neal	Darren Turner
					Matt Neal	Gordon Shedden	Rob Collard
					Colin Turkington	Matt Neal	Jason Plato
13, 14, 15	15.-16. July	England	Croft	James Thompson	Jason Plato	James Thompson	Matt Neal
					Matt Neal	Jason Plato	Colin Turkington
					James Thompson	Colin Turkington	Jason Plato
16, 17, 18	29-30 July	England	Donington	Gordon Shedden	Gordon Shedden	Colin Turkington	Fabrizio Giovanardi
					Gordon Shedden	Gavin Smith	Mike Jordan
					Colin Turkington	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gordon Shedden
19, 20, 21	12-13 August	England	Snetterton	Jason Plato	Jason Plato	James Thompson	Fabrizio Giovanardi
					Jason Plato	James Thompson	Colin Turkington
					Matt Neal	James Thompson	Tom Chilton
22, 23, 24	2-3 September	Scotland	Knockhill	Jason Plato	Jason Plato	Matt Neal	Gareth Howell
					Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gavin Smith	Dave Pinkney
					Matt Neal	Gordon Shedden	Gareth Howell
25, 26, 27	23–24 September	England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Jason Plato	Jason Plato	Matt Neal	Colin Turkington
					Jason Plato	Matt Neal	Colin Turkington
					Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gordon Shedden	Jason Plato
28, 29, 30	14.-15. October	England	Silverstone	Gareth Howell	Gareth Howell	Colin Turkington	Tom Chilton
					Matt Neal	Gordon Shedden	Fabrizio Giovanardi
					Gareth Howell	Colin Turkington	Tom Chilton

Score

driver

Pl. driver Points 1. Matt Neal 289 2. Jason Plato 241 3. Colin Turkington 240 4th Gordon Shedden 204 5. Fabrizio Giovanardi 163 6th James Thompson 162 7th Tom Chilton 139 8th. Gavin Smith 123

Pl. driver Points 9. Robert Collard 97 10. Mike Jordan 91 11. Gareth Howell 80 12. James Kaye 61 13. Dave Pinkney 56 14th Darren Turner 41 15th Jason Hughes 27 16. Mark Proctor 18th

Pl. driver Points 17th Eoin Murray 8th Martyn Bell 8th 19th Paul O'Neill 7th Tom Ferrier 7th 21st Fiona Leggate 3 22nd Adam Jones 1

brand

Pl.	driver	Points
1.	Seat	572
2.	Vauxhall	528

Web links

Commons : British Touring Car Championship 2006  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 2006 season at btccpages.com (English)
• 2006 season ( Memento from May 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at btccaction.co.uk (English)