2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy

The 2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the second season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.. The season began at Circuit Zolder on 29 April and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on 29 October, after seven rounds and fourteen races.^[1] Jaap van Lagen won the title, having battled Matthieu Lahaye for the entire campaign.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
TDS	2	Ludovic Badey		1–3
	21	Mathieu Cheruy	J	7
	41	Franck Mailleux	J	5
	44	Jean-Philippe Madonia		6
	46	Christophe Lefranc		6
Racing for Belgium	4	César Campaniço		All
	10	Miguel Freitas	J	All
	15	Wim Coelkelbergs		1, 3
	36	Jan Charouz	J	2
	39	Olivier Tielemans		4
	42	Ron Marchal		5-7
Team Lompech Sport	5	Frédéric Gabillon		1, 4, 6–7
	9	Sébastien Dhouailly	J	1
	33	Jean-Charles Miginiac		2–7
Thierry Boutsen Racing	6	Renaud Kuppens		All
	9	Sébastien Dhouailly	J	2–7
	34	Kurt Mollekens		1
Iris Racing	7	Pedro Petiz	J	All
Equipe Verschuur	8	Jeroen Reintjens		1–4
	14	Jaap van Lagen		All
	26	Bernhard ten Brinke		1–6
Sesterheim Racing	11	Andreas Mayerl		All
Hirschi Racing Team	12	Pierre Hirschi		1–4
Hirschi Racing Team	40	Jonathan Hirschi	J	5, 7
TP Compétition / Moteur Huger	17	Justin Keen		1
	37	Luca Filippi	J	2
	38	Mert Tahinci		2
	38	Charles Hall		5
	39	Luca di Cienzo		3, 5
	71	Jean-Yves Mallat		6
	72	Giuseppe Chiminelli		1
	72	Renaud Derlot		6
Blue Jumeirah Team	18	Rafael Unzurrunzaga		1–2, 4–7
Oregon Team	19	Luigi Ferrara	J	All
	20	Massimiliano Fantini		1–6
	20	Alessandro Balzan		7
Energy Racing	21	Mathieu Cheruy	J	1–6
Energy Racing	22	Pascal Ballay		All
Epsilon Euskadi	23	James Kirkpatrick	J	All
Epsilon Euskadi	24	Jean-Philippe Dayraut		All
Saturn Motorsport	25	Victor Fernandez		1–4, 7
Saturn Motorsport	27	Lluis Llobet		1–4, 7
Race Performance	28	Ralph Meichtry		All
Roma Team Baumgärtner	29	Steve Abold		1–6
Tech 1 Racing	31	Bernard Delhez		1, 3
	32	Matthieu Lahaye	J	All
	35	Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	J	2, 4-7
Delahaye	99	Anthony Beltoise		6

Icon	Class
J	Junior Class

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	29 April	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Equipe Verschuur
1	R2	Circuit Zolder	30 April	Jaap van Lagen	Luigi Ferrara	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Epsilon Euskadi
2	R1	Istanbul Park	17 June	Ludovic Badey	Jaap van Lagen	Ludovic Badey	TDS
2	R2	Istanbul Park	18 June	César Campaniço	César Campaniço	César Campaniço	Racing for Belgium
3	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	15 July	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Epsilon Euskadi
3	R2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	16 July	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Equipe Verschuur
4	R1	Nürburgring	5 August	Matthieu Lahaye	Jaap van Lagen	Matthieu Lahaye	Tech 1 Racing
4	R2	Nürburgring	6 August	Matthieu Lahaye	Jaap van Lagen	César Campaniço	Racing for Belgium
5	R1	Donington Park	9 September	Matthieu Lahaye	Jaap van Lagen	Matthieu Lahaye	Tech 1 Racing
5	R2	Donington Park	10 September	Matthieu Lahaye	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Matthieu Lahaye	Tech 1 Racing
6	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	30 September	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Matthieu Lahaye	Pedro Petiz	Iris Racing
6	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	1 October	Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Epsilon Euskadi
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	24 October	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Equipe Verschuur
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	25 October	Jaap van Lagen	Matthieu Lahaye	Jaap van Lagen	Equipe Verschuur

Standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	ZOL		IST		MIS		NÜR		DON		BUG		CAT		Points
1	Jaap van Lagen	1	8	5	8	4	1	2	4	3	2	4	4	1	1	149
2	Matthieu Lahaye	4	2	17	Ret	8	6	1	3	1	1	20	2	2	2	123
3	César Campaniço	Ret	5	2	1	Ret	2	4	1	6	9	9	5	3	3	107
4	Jean-Philippe Dayraut	2	1	Ret	21	1	4	6	12	4	11	2	1	Ret	8	98
5	Bruce Lorgeré-Roux			3	7			3	2	2	Ret	7	3	5	Ret	68
6	Ludovic Badey	3	3	1	2	2	Ret									60
7	Ralph Meichtry	Ret	15	6	5	13	3	15	6	12	4	3	9	8	6	56
8	Pedro Petiz	Ret	Ret	4	DSQ	EX	10	5	5	6	5	1	Ret	14	5	53
9	Renaud Kuppens	6	Ret	8	4	6	11	14	7	15	7	18	7	10	Ret	37
10	Luigi Ferrara	5	12	11	Ret	3	DSQ	EX	Ret	10	17	6	11	9	10	30
11	Bernhard ten Brinke	Ret	6	14	12	17	5	12	9	11	3	11	10			27
12	James Kirkpatrick	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	5	17	Ret	8	19	Ret	19	Ret	7	19	22
13	Frédéric Gabillon	11	Ret					DSQ	15			12	8	4	4	20
14	Jeroen Reintjens	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret	7	10							14
15	Miguel Freitas	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	9	9	13	13	8	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14
16	Sébastien Dhouailly	8	Ret	18	10	18	Ret	13	14	9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	12
17	Andreas Mayerl	14	Ret	13	11	9	14	11	18	14	10	5	13	12	13	11
18	Luca Filippi			15	3											10
19	Steve Abold	10	11	16	14	Ret	Ret	10	16	8	12	Ret	Ret			6
20	Luca di Cienzo					10	7			Ret	DNS					5
21	Mathieu Cheruy	12	Ret	19	15	7	Ret	16	19	Ret	14	16	Ret	11	14	5
22	Massimiliano Fantini	Ret	9	DNS	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	Ret	13	Ret	DNS			5
23	Justin Keen	11	7													4
24	Olivier Tielemans							8	17							3
25	Jan Charouz			10	9											3
26	Kurt Mollekens	9	Ret													2
27	Wim Coelkelbergs	15	10			16	13									1
28	Pierre Hirschi	16	14	12	13	11	Ret	17	Ret							0
29	Bernard Delhez	Ret	13			19	12									0
30	Jean-Charles Miginiac			23	16	12	15	18	20	17	Ret	17	15	18	16	0
31	Pascal Ballay	17	Ret	24	17	15	Ret	19	23	18	Ret	21	14	16	17	0
32	Lluis Llobet	Ret	Ret	21	18	14	16	20	21					17	Ret	0
32	Rafael Unzurrunzaga	19	17	DNQ	DNQ			22	Ret	Ret	16	22	18	21	20	0
33	Victor Fernandez	18	16	22	19	20	Ret	21	22					20	18	0
34	Mert Tahinci			20	20											0
	Giuseppe Chiminelli	Ret	Ret													0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Franck Mailleux									5	3
	Renaud Derlot											13	6
	Jonathan Hirschi									DSQ	EX			6	11
	Alessandro Balzan													19	7
	Jean-Yves Mallat											8	12
	Ron Marchal									16	15	14	17	15	12
	Jean-Philippe Madonia											15	16	Ret	15
	Charles Hall									Ret	Ret
	Christophe Lefranc											Ret	DNS
	Anthony Beltoise											DSQ	Ret
Pos	Driver	ZOL		IST		MIS		NÜR		DON		BUG		CAT		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

^ "ROUND 7: BARCELONA EUROCUP MEGANE TROPHY Results Booklet" (PDF). World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ "Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2006 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

External links edit

[1] "ROUND 7: BARCELONA EUROCUP MEGANE TROPHY Results Booklet" (PDF). World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[2] "Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2006 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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