Japan Le Mans Challenge 2006
The Japan Le Mans Challenge 2006 was the first season of this championship. It started on May 14th and ended on October 22nd.
championship
The championship started with Sugo's 1000-kilometer race, which suffered from a low number of participants, with just 12 vehicles registered. The last race of the championship was the most attended race of the season with 20 vehicles registered. There were three races, each with a distance of 1000 kilometers. In the LMP1 class Takahiko Shimazawa secured the championship, in the smaller prototype class Yuya Sakamoto , Yoshihisa Namekata & Tomonobu Fuji won . In the Gran Turismo classes Tatsuya Kataoka , Naoki Hattori & Eiichi Tajima won in the GT1 class and Koji Aoyama , Shinichi Takagi & Morio Nitta in the GT2 class.
Racing calendar
No. | date | Race name / place |
Winner LMP1 | Winner LMP2 | Winner GT1 | Winner GT2 |
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1 | May 14th |
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2 | 2nd July |
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3 | October 22nd |
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Drivers championship
In the drivers championship the best 5 drivers of each class were awarded the points in the order 5-4-3-2.5-2.
LMP1
position | driver | team | vehicle | Points |
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1 |
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Oscar SK93 | 12.5 |
2 |
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Oscar SK93 | 10 |
3 |
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Oscar SK93 | 7.5 |
4 = |
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Courage LC70 | 5 |
4 = |
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Courage LC70 | 5 |
4 = |
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Oscar SK93 | 5 |
6 = |
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Zytek 04S | 4th |
6 = |
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Zytek 04S | 4th |
7 = |
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Oscar SK93 | 3 |
7 = |
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Oscar SK93 | 3 |
7 = |
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Oscar SK93 | 3 |
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Oscar SK93 | 2.5 |
9 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 2 |
9 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 2 |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 2 |
LMP2
position | driver | team | vehicle | Points |
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1 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 15th |
1 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 15th |
1 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 15th |
2 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 8th |
2 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 8th |
2 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 8th |
3 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 5 |
3 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 5 |
3 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 5 |
4 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 4th |
4 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 4th |
4 = |
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Dallara GC21 | 4th |
4 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 4th |
4 = |
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Oscar SK5.2 | 4th |
GT1
position | driver | team | vehicle | Points |
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1 = |
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Ferrari 550 Maranello | 13 |
1 = |
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Ferrari 550 Maranello | 13 |
1 = |
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Ferrari 550 Maranello | 13 |
2 = |
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Mosler MT900 R | 12 |
2 = |
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Mosler MT900 R | 12 |
2 = |
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Mosler MT900 R | 12 |
3 = |
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Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | 5 |
3 = |
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Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | 5 |
3 = |
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Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | 5 |
GT2
position | driver | team | vehicle | Points |
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1 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 18th |
1 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 18th |
1 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 18th |
2 = |
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Porsche 964 | 10 |
2 = |
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Porsche 964 | 10 |
3 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 8th |
3 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 8th |
3 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 8th |
4 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 6th |
4 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 6th |
4 = |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 6th |
4 = |
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Mazda RX-7 | 6th |
5 = |
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Mazda RX-7 | 3 |
5 = |
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Mazda RX-7 | 3 |
Team championship
The allocation of points varied depending on the number of participants in the classes in the races. For classes up to 5 participants, the best 5 teams were awarded the points in the order 5-4-3-2.5-2. In classes with more than 5 participants, the best 8 teams were awarded the points in the order 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
LMP1
position | team | Points |
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1 |
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13 |
2 |
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5 |
3 |
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4th |
LMP2
position | team | Points |
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1 |
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15th |
2 |
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12 |
3 |
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5 |
GT1
position | team | Points |
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1 |
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13 |
2 |
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12 |
3 |
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GT2
position | team | Points |
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1 |
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18th |
2 |
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12 |
3 |
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10 |
4th |
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8th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2006 season. Wsrp.cz, accessed on February 24, 2019 (English).
- ↑ a b regulations of the Japan Le Mans Challenge ( Memento from August 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 2006 driver & team rating ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )