The 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the sixteenth

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season. The season began at

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on 29 April and finished at the

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on 29 October, after fourteen rounds.

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who took a pair of double wins at

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and Barcelona clinched the championship title in the final round at Barcelona by eight points ahead of

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, who won two races during the season at Misano and

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. Van der Drift also finished as top rookie.

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finished in third for

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, after win at

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and another four podiums. Another driver who won on Bugatti Circuit was

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who finished two points behind van Dam for

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. Kasper Andersen completed the top five without scoring a win.

Laurent Groppi Laurent Groppi (born 19 January 1983 in Haute-Savoie, Thonon-les-Bains) is a French racing driver. He won the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf in 2003 and the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006. He also competed in Eurocup Formu ...

won two races of the opening round at Zolder, but contested just six races, as well as Donington winner

Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss professional racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship for Envision Racing. He competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One from 2009 to 2011. After leaving Formul ...

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won at

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and Misano, but due to disqualification in the second race at Misano he managed only seventh place in the series' standings.

Teams and drivers

Calendar

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows: * - only awarded to race one polesitters † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams

References

External links

Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship
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