2006 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 2006 Campionato Italiano Superturismo Season was the second season of the Italian Superturismo Championship since its recreation in 2005 (at the same time as the ETCC, the promoted Italian championship, was turned into the WTCC). It had several well-known contenders, such as Alessandro Zanardi, Emanuele Naspetti and retired ski-racer Kristian Ghedina. Overall a total of seven race weekends of two races each were held at six different circuits. The championship was won by Roberto Colcigao driving for SEAT.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	4	Alessandro Zanardi	1-4
Československý Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	44	Jiří Janák	1
Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	46	Jens Edman	1
DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	51	Alessandro Balzan	1-6
DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	52	Elio Marchetti	1-4, 7
Scuderia La Torre	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	53	Riccardo Romagnoli	All
GDL Racing	BMW 320i	54	Emanuele Naspetti	All
Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	55	Stefano Valli	1-3, 7
		56	Simone Iacone	1-4
		56	Mirko Venturi	5
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	57	Davide Roda	All
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	58	Roberto Colciago	All
Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	59	Kristian Ghedina	4-7
Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	61	Cristian Ricciarini	4-5, 7
Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	62	Roberto Tamagnini	7
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	63	Gianni Calabrese	5
Pro Motorsport	BMW 320i	65	Roberto Conte	7
DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	66	Andrea Pagliai	7
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	69	Massimiliano Pedalà	7
Team Cantarelli	BMW 320i	71	Cesare Cremonesi	7

Race calendar and results[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Monza	2 April	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
1	R2	Monza	2 April		Alessandro Balzan	Alessandro Balzan	DB Motorsport
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 April	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
2	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 April		Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
3	R1	Imola	7 May	Alessandro Zanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
3	R2	Imola	7 May		Elio Marchetti	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
4	R1	Mugello	23 July	Alessandro Zanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
4	R2	Mugello	23 July		Alessandro Zanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain
5	R1	Magione	17 September	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
5	R2	Magione	17 September		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing
6	R1	Vallelunga	1 October	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
6	R2	Vallelunga	1 October		Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
7	R1	Vallelunga	15 October	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Seat Sport Italia
7	R2	Vallelunga	15 October		Roberto Colciago	Emanuele Naspetti	GDL Racing

Championship standings[edit]

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

12 results from 14 are valid for the championship

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Pos	Driver	Car	MON		MCO		IMO		MUG		MAG		VAL		VAL		Pts
1	Roberto Colciago	Seat	Ret	DNS	2	1	2	2	4	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	98
2	Emanuele Naspetti	BMW	8	DNS	3	Ret	1	1	3	8	1	1	2	4	2	1	85
3	Alessandro Balzan	Alfa Romeo	2	1	Ret	2	3	3	6	9	2	Ret	3	2			63
4	Riccardo Romagnoli	Alfa Romeo	4	3	6	3	4	7	7	4	Ret	3	5	Ret	6	5	51
5	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW	1	7	1	Ret	Ret	5	1	1							46
6	Simone Iacone	BMW	3	2	5	DNS	Ret	6	2	3							35
7	Kristian Ghedina	BMW							8	5	6	5	4	3	5	4	32
8	Davide Roda	Seat	6	6	7	4	5	Ret	9	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6	25
9	Elio Marchetti	Alfa Romeo	Ret	DNS	4	Ret	6	4	10	6					10	9	16
10	Cristian Ricciarini	BMW							5	Ret	Ret	4			4	Ret	14
11	Massimiliano Pedalà	Seat													3	3	12
12	Stefano Valli	BMW	7	4	Ret	DNS	7	Ret									11
13	Jiří Janák	Alfa Romeo	5	5													8
14	Gianni Calabrese	Seat									5	6					7
15	Mirko Venturi	BMW									3	Ret					6
16	Andrea Pagliai	Alfa Romeo													7	7	4
	Roberto Tamagnini	BMW													9	10	0
	Roberto Conte	BMW													11	11	0
	Cesare Cremonesi	BMW													Ret	Ret	0
	Jens Edman	Peugeot	Ret	DNS													0
Pos	Driver	Car	MON		MCO		IMO		MUG		MAG		VAL		VAL		Pts

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

Constructors' Championship[edit]

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	BMW	188
2	SEAT	139
3	Alfa Romeo	129