2006 Super GT season

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The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 13th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 2nd season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006 after 9 races.

2006 Bandai Direzza SC430.

Schedule

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Suzuka GT 300 km	Suzuka Circuit	March 19
2	Okayama GT 300 km Race	Okayama International Circuit	April 9
3	Fuji GT 500 km Race	Fuji International Speedway	May 4
4	Japan GT Championship Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	June 25
5	SUGO GT 300 km Race	Sportsland_Sugo	July 23
6	International POKKA 1000km	Suzuka Circuit	August 20
7	Motegi GT 300 km Race	Twin Ring Motegi	September 10
8	Super GT in Kyushu GT 300 km	Autopolis International Race Course	October 15
9	Fuji GT 300 km Race	Fuji International Speedway	November 5

Season results

Overall winner in bold

Round	Circuit	GT500 Winning Team	GT300 Winning Team
		GT500 Winning Drivers	GT300 Winning Drivers
1	Suzuka	#36 Open Interface TOM'S SC430	#88 Aktio Murcie RG-1
		André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka	Marco Apicella Yasutaka Hinoi
2	Okayama	#18 Takata Dome NSX	#27 direxiv Advan 320R
		Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi
3	Mt. Fuji	#35 Bandai Direzza SC430	#62 Willcom Advan Vemac 408R
		Naoki Hattori Peter Dumbreck	Shinsuke Shibahara Hiroyuki Yagi
4	Kuala Lumpur	#8 Honda Racing ARTA NSX	#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7
		Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri
5	Sportsland SUGO	#38 Zent Cerumo SC430	#46 Kiccho Houzan Direzza Z
		Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Kota Sasaki Taku Banba
6	Suzuka	#12 Calsonic Impul Z	#52 Proμ Taiyo Oil Kumho Celica
		Benoit Treluyer Kazuki Hoshino Jérémie Dufour	Hironori Takeuchi Koki Saga Keita Sawa
7	Motegi	#100 Raybrig NSX	#11 Jim Center Ferrari Dunlop (360)
		Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa	Tetsuya Tanaka Takayuki Aoki
8	Autopolis	#23 Xanavi NISMO Z	#2 Privée KENZO Asset Shiden
		Satoshi Motoyama Tsugio Matsuda	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh
9	Mt. Fuji	#32 Epson Nakajima Racing NSX	#101 Toy Story Racing apr MR-S
		Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh	Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi

Point Ranking

GT500 Class (Top 5)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka	#36 Open Interface TOM'S SC430	80	1
2	Sébastien Philippe Shinya Hosokawa	#100 Raybrig NSX	76	1
3	Ryo Michigami Takashi Kogure	#18 Takata Dome NSX	76	1
4	Michael Krumm	#22 Motul Autech Z	75	0
5	Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	#1 Zent Cerumo SC	71	1

Teams

GT300 Class (Top 3)

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Tetsuya Yamano Hiroyuki Iiri	#7 Amemiya AsparaDrink RX-7	86	1
2	Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh	#2 Privée Zurich APPLE Shiden	86	1
3	Shogo Mitsuyama Nobuteru Taniguchi	#61 enable Advan Vemac 320R	75	0

Teams

External links

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