# 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

The 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the second Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. It began on April 29 at Zolder, Belgium and finished in Barcelona, Spain on October 29 after 17 races.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 1 | Steven Kane | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 2 | Davide Valsecchi | All |
| Draco Multiracing USA | 3 | Pastor Maldonado | All |
| Draco Multiracing USA | 4 | Tomas Kostka | 1-6 |
| Draco Multiracing USA | 4 | Miloš Pavlović | 7-9 |
| KTR | 5 | Robbie Kerr | All |
| KTR | 6 | Sean McIntosh | All |
| Carlin Motorsport | 7 | Mikhail Aleshin | All |
| Carlin Motorsport | 8 | Colin Fleming | 1-3 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 8 | Sebastian Vettel | 4-5 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 8 | Adrian Zaugg | 6–7, 9 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 8 | Gavin Cronje | 8 |
| Pons Racing | 9 | Celso Míguez | 1-6 |
| Pons Racing | 9 | Tristan Gommendy | 8-9 |
| Pons Racing | 10 | James Rossiter | All |
| Cram Competition | 11 | Ben Hanley | All |
| Cram Competition | 12 | Miloš Pavlović | 1-4 |
| Cram Competition | 12 | Pasquale Di Sabatino | 5-9 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | Álvaro Barba | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 15 | Alessandro Bonetti | 1-6 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 15 | Marco Barba | 7-9 |
| Victory Engineering | 16 | Álvaro Parente | All |
| Victory Engineering | 18 | Hayanari Shimoda | 1-8 |
| Victory Engineering | 18 | Oliver Jarvis | 9 |
| GD Racing | 19 | Matteo Meneghello | 1-5 |
| GD Racing | 19 | Carlos Iaconelli | 7-9 |
| GD Racing | 20 | Patrick Pilet | 1-5 |
| GD Racing | 20 | Miguel Molina | 7-9 |
| Interwetten.com | 21 | Eric Salignon | 1-8 |
| Interwetten.com | 21 | Franck Perera | 9 |
| Interwetten.com | 22 | Andy Soucek | All |
| Eurointernational | 23 | Enrico Toccacelo | 1-4 |
| Eurointernational | 23 | Miloš Pavlović | 5-6 |
| Eurointernational | 23 | Richard Keen | 7 |
| Eurointernational | 23 | Mehdi Bennani | 8 |
| Eurointernational | 23 | Alberto Valério | 9 |
| Eurointernational | 24 | Pascal Kochem | 1 |
| Eurointernational | 24 | Mehdi Bennani | 2 |
| Eurointernational | 24 | Jason Tahincioglu | 3 |
| Eurointernational | 24 | Carlos Iaconelli | 4-5 |
| Eurointernational | 24 | Marcos Martínez | 6-8 |
| Eurointernational | 24 | Nil Montserrat | 9 |
| RC Motorsport | 25 | Borja García | All |
| RC Motorsport | 26 | Bruce Jouanny | All |
| Comtec Racing | 27 | Alx Danielsson | All |
| Comtec Racing | 28 | Edwin Jowsey | 1 |
| Comtec Racing | 28 | Jaap van Lagen | 2–3, 5 |
| Comtec Racing | 28 | Carlos Iaconelli | 6 |
| Comtec Racing | 28 | Celso Míguez | 7-9 |
| Prema Powerteam | 29 | Gregory Franchi | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 30 | Christian Montanari | All |
| Tech 1 Racing | 31 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 1-4 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 31 | Marco Bonanomi | 5-6 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 31 | Patrick Pilet | 7-9 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 32 | Ryo Fukuda | All |
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## Calendar and race winners

Eight rounds formed meetings of the 2006 World Series by Renault season, with an additional round supporting the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Zolder | 29 April | Christian Montanari | Pastor Maldonado | Eric Salignon | Interwetten.com |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Zolder | 30 April | Davide Valsecchi | Ben Hanley | Eric Salignon | Interwetten.com |
| 2 | 2 | Circuit de Monaco | 28 May | Christian Montanari | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Draco Multiracing USA |
| 3 | R1 | Istanbul Park | 17 June | Andy Soucek | Pastor Maldonado | Andy Soucek | Interwetten.com |
| 3 | R2 | Istanbul Park | 18 June | Pastor Maldonado | Enrico Toccacelo | Álvaro Parente | Victory Engineering |
| 4 | R1 | Circuito Internazionale di Misano | 15 July | Pastor Maldonado | Ben Hanley | Ben Hanley | Carlin Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Circuito Internazionale di Misano | 16 July | Sebastian Vettel | Christian Montanari | Sebastian Vettel | Carlin Motorsport |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 28 July | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Draco Multiracing USA |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 29 July | Pastor Maldonado | Miloš Pavlović | Borja García | RC Motorsport |
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring | 5 August | Mikhail Aleshin | Eric Salignon | Álvaro Parente | Victory Engineering |
| 6 | R2 | Nürburgring | 6 August | Pastor Maldonado | Ben Hanley | Christian Montanari | Prema Powerteam |
| 7 | R1 | Donington Park | 9 September | Adrian Zaugg | Pastor Maldonado | Alx Danielsson | Comtec Racing |
| 7 | 13 | Donington Park | 10 September | Alx Danielsson | Alx Danielsson | Alx Danielsson | Comtec Racing |
| 8 | R1 | Bugatti Circuit | 30 September | Alx Danielsson | Steven Kane | Alx Danielsson | Comtec Racing |
| 8 | R2 | Bugatti Circuit | 1 October | Tristan Gommendy | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Draco Multiracing USA |
| 9 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya | 28 October | Alx Danielsson | Alx Danielsson | Alx Danielsson | Comtec Racing |
| 9 | R2 | Circuit de Catalunya | 29 October | Sean McIntosh | Robbie Kerr | Álvaro Parente | Victory Engineering |
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Note:
* Pastor Maldonado originally won the first race at Misano, but was disqualified for a technical infringement. His team, Draco Multiracing USA, appealed the decision, but on January 24, 2007, the Italian National Court of Appeal for Motorsport upheld the original ruling.
* Borja García originally won the second race at Spa, but was disqualified for a technical infringement. However, on October 27, 2006, a court decided to revoke the disqualification and returned the win and points to both the driver and the team. His team, RC Motorsport, did however receive a financial penalty for the infringement.

## Points system

Points were awarded at the end of each race according to the following system:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In addition:
* One point was awarded for Pole position for each race
* One point was awarded for fastest lap for each race
The maximum number of points a driver could earn each weekend (except Monaco) was 34 and the maximum number for a team was 58.

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | MON 1 | IST 1 | IST 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | Points |
| 1 | Alx Danielsson | 4 | 10 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NC | 1 | 5 | 112 |
| 2 | Borja García | 3 | 2 | DNQ | 2 | Ret | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 23† | 9 | 107 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Ret | DSQ | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22† | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 10 | 2 | 102 |
| 4 | Andy Soucek | Ret | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 2 | NC | 99 |
| 5 | Álvaro Parente | DNS | DNQ | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 94 |
| 6 | Sean McIntosh | 25† | DNQ | 11 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 63 |
| 7 | Christian Montanari | 2 | 16 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 11 | Ret | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 58 |
| 8 | Ben Hanley | 10 | 17† | Ret | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 20† | 16 | 7 | 55 |
| 9 | Eric Salignon | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 23† | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | NC | 7 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 9 | | | 48 |
| 10 | Davide Valsecchi | DNS | 15 | DNQ | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 15 | Ret | 43 |
| 11 | Miloš Pavlović | 20 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 18† | 41 |
| 12 | Mikhail Aleshin | 13 | Ret | 15 | 23† | 2 | 7 | 16 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 19 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 41 |
| 13 | Adrian Zaugg | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | | | 6 | Ret | 33 |
| 14 | James Rossiter | 5 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 24 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 17 | 9 | Ret | 33 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | | | | | | 2 | 1 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 16 | Ryo Fukuda | 11 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 25 |
| 17 | Robbie Kerr | 7 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 22† | DSQ | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 21† | Ret | Ret | 20 |
| 18 | Colin Fleming | 6 | DNQ | 4 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 19 | Tristan Gommendy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2 | NC | Ret | 16 |
| 20 | Steven Kane | 22 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 20 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | Patrick Pilet | 21† | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 | 15 | 12 | 21† | 14 | | | 13 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19† | 14 |
| 22 | Franck Perera | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 23 | Hayanari Shimoda | 24† | 13 | 5 | 7 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 13 | | | 12 |
| 24 | Celso Míguez | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 18 | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 |
| 25 | Gregory Franchi | 15 | 12 | 3 | Ret | 19 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 23 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 10 |
| 26 | Álvaro Barba | Ret | 7 | Ret | 22 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 22 | 23 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 9 |
| 27 | Enrico Toccacelo | 9 | 8 | DNQ | 15 | 20 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 28 | Jaap van Lagen | | | Ret | Ret | 9 | | | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 29 | Bruce Jouanny | 17 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 7 |
| 30 | Tomáš Kostka | 14 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 20 | Ret | 20† | 9 | Ret | 17 | | | | | | | 5 |
| 31 | Marco Bonanomi | | | | | | | | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | 5 |
| 32 | Miguel Molina | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 33 | Carlos Iaconelli | | | | | | Ret | 21 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 16 | 26† | 12 | 21 | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Pascal Kochem | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Matteo Meneghello | 16 | DNQ | 18 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 19 | 19† | 12 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Oliver Jarvis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | Alessandro Bonetti | 18 | 18† | 19 | 16 | 14 | 19 | Ret | 19 | 20 | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Pasquale Di Sabatino | | | | | | | | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 24 | Ret | 0 |
| 40 | Jason Tahincioglu | | | | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Marco Barba | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 22 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 0 |
| 42 | Nil Montserrat | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 17 | 0 |
| 43 | Mehdi Bennani | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | | | 0 |
| 44 | Alberto Valerio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | Ret | 0 |
| 45 | Richard Keen | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Edwin Jowsey | 23 | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Gavin Cronje | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Marcos Martínez | | | | | | | | | | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | MON 1 | IST 1 | IST 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | Points |
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| 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
* Polesitter for feature race in bold
* Driver in italics has been awarded two points for fastest lap
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Notes:
* Miloš Pavlović set the fastest lap in the sprint race at Donington Park, but was not awarded the two bonus points because of a yellow flag infringement

### Teams

| Pos | Team | Points | Wins | F/laps |
| 1 | Interwetten.com | 160 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Draco Multiracing USA | 132 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Comtec Racing | 130 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Carlin Motorsport | 121 | 1 | |
| 5 | RC Motorsport | 116 | 1 | |
| 6 | Victory Engineering | 106 | 3 | |
| 7 | KTR | 83 | | 1 |
| 8 | Prema Powerteam | 68 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Cram Competition | 62 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Epsilon Euskadi | 58 | | 1 |
| 11 | Pons Racing | 50 | | |
| 12 | Tech 1 Racing | 40 | | |
| 13 | Eurointernational | 18 | | 2 |
| 14 | Jenzer Motorsport | 9 | | |
| 15 | GD Racing | 5 | | |
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