2006 World Touring Car Championship

The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship. Drivers changes Changed Teams • Gabriele Tarquini: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport • James Thompson: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → SEAT Sport Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2005 • Yvan Muller: British Touring Car Championship → SEAT Sport • Marcel Costa: No full-time drive → BMW Team Italy-Spain • Gianni Morbidelli: FIA GT Championship → N-Technology • Salvatore Tavano: Italian Superturismo Championship → N-Technology • Maurizio Ceresoli: Italian Formula Three Championship → GR Asia • Pierre-Yves Corthals: No full-time drive → Jas Motorsport • Ryan Sharp: Formula Renault 3.5 Series → Jas Motorsport • Luca Rangoni: No full-time drive → Proteam Motorsport • Emmet O'Brien: European Alfa Romeo 147 Challenge → Wiechers-Sport • Diego Romanini: FIA GT Championship → Wiechers-Sport Leaving WTCC • Fabrizio Giovanardi: Alfa Romeo Racing Team → British Touring Car Championship • Antonio García: BMW Team Italy-Spain → No full-time drive • Thomas Klenke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → No full-time drive • Michael Funke: Ford Hotfiel Sport → ADAC GT Masters • Roberto Colciago: Jas Motorsport → Italian Superturismo Championship • Adriano de Micheli: Jas Motorsport → No full-time drive • Giuseppe Cirò: Proteam Motorsport → Ferrari Challenge • Marc Hennerici: Wiechers-Sport → Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring ==Calendar==

Each event comprised two races of 50 kilometres distance. The starting grid for the first race was determined by the results of the qualifying session and the grid for the second race by the provisional results of the first race, with the top eight positions reversed. ==Results and standings==

Races ==Championship standings==

Drivers' Championship Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Manufacturers' Championship Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight positions in each race. However, only the two best placed cars per manufacturer were eligible to score points and all other cars from that manufacturer were considered invisible as far as point scoring was concerned. Yokohama Independents' Trophy Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents. ; Dead-heat • 10p: 14th Edman (4th x 2), 15th A. Chi Hong (4th x 1) • 5p: 17th L. Molo (4th x 1), 18th O. Hidalgo (5th x 1) • 2p: 21st M. De Villota (7th x 1), 22nd P. Geipel (7th x 1), 23rd D. Roda (7th x 1), 24th S. Valli (8th x 2) Yokohama Teams' Trophy Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents. ==Notes==