2006 F3000 International Masters Explained

The 2006 F3000 International Masters season was the second International Formula Master series season. The season consisted of sixteen races at seven rounds, beginning on 1 April at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finishing on 22 October at the Autódromo do Estoril. 11 teams and 30 drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Lola chassis and Zytek engines.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	No.	Driver	Rounds
	B99/50	2	Davide di Benedetto	All
	B99/50	3	Giovanni Tedeschi	All
	B99/50	23	Marcello Puglisi	5-7
	B99/50	40		1
ADM Motorsport	B99/50	5	Daniil Move	1-4
			Dominik Schraml	7
	B99/50	6	Fausto Ippoliti	1
			Alessandro Pier Guidi	2
			Tor Graves	3-7
	B99/50	7	Luca Persiani	All
Alan Racing	B99/50	8	Marco Mocci	1-5
	B99/50	9	Michele Merendino	1
			Marcello Puglisi	3
Charouz Racing System	B02/50	10	Jaroslav Janiš	1-3
			Filip Salaquarda	4
			Vitaly Petrov	5
			Tomáš Kostka	6
			Luiz Razia	7
	B02/50	11	Jan Charouz	All
Corbetta Competizioni	B99/50	12	Timo Lienemann	1
	B99/50	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	3
	B99/50	28	Ignazio Belluardo	3-4
Scuderia Bigazzi	B99/50	14	Gian Maria Gabbiani	1
			Kristian Ghedina	2-7
	B99/50	15	Massimo Torre	All
Scuderia Giudici	B99/50	16	Gianni Giudici	1
			Michele Merendino	2
	B99/50	27	Emilio de Villota Jr.	1-2
	B99/50	28	Ignazio Belluardo	1-2
Fortuna	B99/50	27	Emilio de Villota Jr.	5, 7
	B99/50	28	Ignazio Belluardo	5-6
	B99/50	40	Matteo Bobbi	2
ADM Junior Team	B99/50	20	Alessandro Pier Guidi	4
Scuderia Famà	B99/50	20	Giovanni Faraonio	6-7
	B99/50	21	Michele Meredino	3-7
	B99/50	22	Jean de Pourtales	3, 5-7
			Glauco Solieri	4
	B99/50	25	nowrap	Giandomenico Sposito	7
Pro Motorsport by Fortuna	B99/50	40	Emilio de Villota Jr.	3-4

Race calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 April	Massimiliano Busnelli	Jaroslav Janiš	Jaroslav Janiš	Charouz Racing System
	R2			2 April		Timo Lienemann	Jaroslav Janiš	Charouz Racing System
2	R1	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 April	Jaroslav Janiš	Jaroslav Janiš	Jaroslav Janiš	Charouz Racing System
	R2			30 April		Jaroslav Janiš	Ignazio Belluardo	Scuderia Giudici
3	R1	West Kingsdown, United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	20 May	Jaroslav Janiš	Emilio de Villota Jr.	Jaroslav Janiš
	R2	21 May			Jaroslav Janiš	Luca Persiani	ADM Motorsport
4	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	3 June		Filip Salaquarda	Massimo Torre	Scuderia Bigazzi
	R2		4 June		Luca Persiani	Ignazio Belluardo	Corbetta Competizioni
5	R1	Brno, Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	2 September	Vitaly Petrov			Pro Motorsport
	R2			3 September		Vitaly Petrov	Jan Charouz	Charouz Racing System
6	R1	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Park		Tomáš Kostka	Massimo Torre	Tomáš Kostka	Charouz Racing System
	R2					Tomáš Kostka	Jan Charouz	Charouz Racing System
7	R1	Estoril, Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril	21 October	Giovanni Tedeschi	Giovanni Tedeschi	Luiz Razia	Charouz Racing System
	R2					Luiz Razia	Luiz Razia	Charouz Racing System
	R3			22 October	Luca Persiani	Luiz Razia	Luiz Razia	Charouz Racing System
	R4					Race cancelled due to rain

Championship Standings

Drivers

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Driver MNZ MAG BRH OSC BRN IST EST Points 1 Jan Charouz 2 3 7 9 3 2 5 4 2 1 7 1 Ret Ret 3 C 75 2 Davide di Benedetto 3 4 10 8 4 8 11 5 1 3 Ret 5 5 2 2 C 62 3 Jaroslav Janiš 1 1 1 2 1 3 54 4 Luca Persiani Ret 5 9 5 5 1 8 12 4 2 Ret 2 6 5 8 C 52 5 Ignazio Belluardo 4 2 8 1 Ret 4 7 1 6 6 Ret Ret 47 6 Giovanni Tedeschi Ret Ret 5 4 8 5 9 Ret 7 Ret 3 3 2 9 Ret C 36 7 Massimo Torre 8 8 Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 8 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 3 Ret C 32 8 Luiz Razia 1 1 1 C 30 9 Marco Mocci Ret DNS 6 3 DNS 6 6 3 8 4 27 10 Marcello Puglisi 6 Ret 3 5 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret C 21 11 Emilio de Villota Jr. Ret Ret 11 10 2 9 10 6 5 9 10 10 5 C 19 12 Filip Salaquarda 2 2 16 13 Tor Graves 7 Ret 14 Ret 10 13 Ret 4 4 Ret 6 C 15 14 Alessandro Pier Guidi 3 7 4 Ret 13 15 Jean de Pourtales Ret 7 9 8 5 Ret 9 4 Ret C 12 16 Tomáš Kostka 1 8 11 17 Daniil Move Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 11 11 18 Michele Meredino 7 Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 Ret 9 12 11 4 Ret 7 8 Ret C 10 19 Matteo Bobbi 2 Ret 8 20 Dominik Schraml Ret 6 4 C 8 21 Fausto Ippoliti 5 7 6 22 Timo Lienemann 6 6 6 23 Kristian Ghedina 13 Ret 10 Ret 12 7 11 10 Ret 6 Ret Ret DNS C 5 24 Giovanni Faraonio 6 Ret 7 C 5 25 Giandomenico Sposito 8 7 3 26 Gian Maria Gabbiani 9 9 9 10 0 27 Glauco Solieri 13 10 0 28 Massimiliano Busnelli Ret 10 0 29 Vitaly Petrov Ret 12 0 Gianni Giudici Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ MAG BRH OSC BRN IST EST Points

Trofeo Momo

Pos Driver MNZ MAG BRH OSC BRN IST EST Points 1 Jan Charouz 2 3 7 9 3 2 5 4 2 1 7 1 Ret Ret 3 C 75 2 Ignazio Belluardo 4 2 8 1 Ret 4 7 1 6 6 Ret Ret 47 3 Giovanni Tedeschi Ret Ret 5 4 8 5 9 Ret 7 Ret 3 3 2 9 Ret C 36 4 Massimo Torre 8 8 Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 8 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 3 Ret C 32 5 Daniil Move Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 11 11 Pos Driver MNZ MAG BRH OSC BRN IST EST Points

Teams

Pos Driver MNZ MAG BRH OSC BRN IST EST Points 1 Charouz Racing System 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 Ret 12 1 8 1 1 1 C 186 2 3 7 9 3 2 5 4 2 1 7 1 Ret Ret 3 C 2 Pro Motorsport 3 4 10 8 4 8 11 5 1 3 Ret 5 5 2 2 C 116 Ret Ret 5 4 8 5 9 Ret 7 Ret 3 3 2 9 Ret C Ret 10 3 5 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret C 3 ADM Motorsport Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 11 Ret 6 4 C 100 5 7 3 7 7 Ret 14 Ret 10 13 Ret 4 4 Ret 6 C Ret 5 9 5 5 1 8 12 4 2 Ret 2 6 5 8 C 4 Scuderia Bigazzi 9 9 13 Ret 10 Ret 12 7 11 10 Ret 6 Ret Ret DNS C 37 8 8 Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 8 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 3 Ret C 5 Alan Racing Ret DNS 6 3 DNS 6 6 3 8 4 32 7 Ret 6 Ret 6 Scuderia Famà 6 Ret 8 7 7 C 28 Ret 11 Ret 9 12 11 4 Ret 7 8 Ret C Ret 7 13 10 9 8 5 Ret 9 4 Ret C 7 Scuderia Giudici Ret DNS 12 Ret 24 Ret Ret 11 10 4 2 8 1 8 Corbetta Competizioni 6 6 9 10 23 Ret 4 7 1 9 Pro Motorsport by Fortuna 2 9 10 6 5 9 10 10 5 C 19 10 Fortuna 2 Ret 6 6 Ret Ret 14 11 ADM Junior Team 4 Ret 5 Pos Driver MNZ MAG BRH OSC BRN IST EST Points

External links

• Speedsport Magazine