2006 1000 km of Spa

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (2004–2006)

The 2006 1000km of Spa was the second automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring cars of the 2006 Le Mans Series season run by the ACO. It was run on May 14, 2006, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Marcel Fässler	2:19.538	—	1
2	LMP1	2	Zytek Engineering	Casper Elgaard	2:21.641	+2.103	2
3	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion	2:22.254	+2.716	3
4	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Thomas Erdos	2:22.435	+2.897	4
5	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon	2:22.674	+3.136	5
6	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge	2:23.289	+3.751	6
7	LMP2	24	Binnie Motorsports	Sam Hancock	2:23.707	+4.169	7
8	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Michael Vergers	2:23.951	+4.413	8
9	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Haruki Kurosawa	2:24.953	+5.415	9
10	LMP2	39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport		2:25.918	+6.380	10
11	GT1	61	Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena	Antonio García	2:26.813	+7.275	11
12	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli	2:27.541	+8.003	12
13	LMP2	37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Didier André	2:27.836	+8.298	13
14	LMP2	22	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short	2:28.176	+8.638	14
15	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures		2:28.738	+9.200	15
16	GT2	92	IMSA Performance Matmut	Christophe Bouchut	2:30.262	+10.724	16
17	LMP2	20	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan	2:30.998	+11.460	17
18	LMP2	28	Ranieri Randaccio	Fabio Macini	2:31.125	+11.587	18
19	GT1	62	Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena	Peter Hardman	2:31.245	+11.707	19
20	GT1	67	Convers MenX Team	Peter Kox	2:31.342	+11.804	20
21	LMP1	15	Kevin McGarrity	ProTran Competition	2:31.606	+12.068	21
22	LMP2	36	Paul Belmondo Racing		2:31.627	+12.089	22
23	LMP2	35	G-Force Racing	Stéphane Lemeret	2:32.078	+12.540	23
24	GT1	70	PSI Experience	Markus Palttala	2:32.112	+12.574	24
25	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Tim Bergmeister	2:33.668	+14.130	25
26	GT2	99	Virgo Motorsport	Tim Sugden	2:33.812	+14.274	26
27	GT2	97	GPC Sport	Fabrizio de Simone	2:34.365	+14.827	27
28	GT2	76	Autorlando Sport	Marc Lieb	2:34.596	+15.058	28
29	GT1	51	B-Racing RS Line Team		2:35.150	+15.612	29
30	GT2	82	Team LNT		2:35.494	+15.956	30
31	GT2	81	Team LNT		2:35.549	+16.011	31
32	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport		2:36.929	+17.391	32
33	GT2	78	Autorlando Sport		2:37.112	+17.574	33
34	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.		2:37.867	+18.329	34
35	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron b.v.		2:38.447	+18.909	35
36	GT2	73	Ice Pol Racing Team		2:39.242	+19.704	36
37	GT2	96	James Watt Automotive		2:39.776	+20.238	37
38	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing		2:39.912	+20.374	38
39	GT2	80	Farnbacher Racing		2:40.668	+21.130	39
40	GT2	75	Perspective Automobiles Thierry Perrier		2:42.268	+22.730	40
41	GT2	91	T2M Motorsport		2:43.496	+23.958	41
42	GT2	84	GPC Sport Team Icer Brakes		2:46.359	+26.821	42
43	GT2	95	Racesport Peninsula TVR		4:25.305		43
44	LMP1	6	Lister Storm Racing		No time		44
45	GT1	50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre		No time		45
WD	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif		Withdrew		WD
WD	GT1	71	PSI Experience		Withdrew		WD
WD	GT2	98	Noel del Bello Racing		Withdrew		WD
Sources:[1]

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid	M	134
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
2	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Harold Primat Marcel Fässler	Courage LC70	M	133
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
3	LMP1	2	Zytek Engineering	John Nielsen Casper Elgaard Philip Andersen	Zytek 06S	M	132
					Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8
4	LMP2	39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport ASM Team Racing for Portugal	Miguel Angel Castro Ángel Burgueño Miguel Amaral	Lola B05/40	D	132
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
5	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	MG-Lola EX264	M	131
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
6	LMP2	24	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Allen Timpany Sam Hancock	Lola B05/42	M	129
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
7	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Saleen S7-R	M	129
					Ford 7.0L V8
8	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Davide Valsecchi	Courage C65	M	128
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
9	GT1	61	Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena	Antonio Garcia Richard Lyons	Aston Martin DBR9	M	128
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10	GT1	70	PSI Experience	Pertti Kuismanen Markus Palttala Jos Menten	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	D	126
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8
11	GT1	62	Cirtek Motorsport Team Modena	Peter Hardman Christian Vann Jamie Campbell-Walter	Aston Martin DBR9	M	126
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
12	GT1	67	Convers MenX Team	Peter Kox Robert Pergl Alexey Vasilyev	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	126
					Ferrari F131 6.0L V12
13	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard Anthony Beltoise	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	M	126
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8
14	LMP2	36	Paul Belmondo Racing	Claude-Yves Gosselin Pierre Ragues Karim Ojjeh	Courage C65	P	123
					Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8
15	GT2	76	Autorlando Sport	Marc Lieb Joël Camathias	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	P	123
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	GT2	82	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Tom Kimber-Smith	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	122
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
17	GT2	99	Virgo Motorsport	Dan Eagling Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430GT	D	122
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
18	GT2	80	Farnbacher Racing	Lars Erik Nielsen Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	122
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GT2	92	IMSA Performance Matmut	Christophe Bouchut Raymond Narac	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	121
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20	GT2	75	Perspective Automobiles Thierry Perrier	Philippe Hesnault Nigel Smith João Barbosa	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	119
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Tony Burgess Philip Collin Tim Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	118
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22	GT2	73	Ice Pol Racing Team	Yves-Emmanuel Lambert Christian Lefort Romain Iannetta	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	114
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	GT2	95	Racesport Peninsula TVR	John Hartshorne Iain Dockerill	TVR Tuscan T400R	D	111
					TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
24	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	D	111
					Audi 3.8L V8
25	GT2	96	James Watt Automotive	Paul Daniels Jack Elsegood Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	96
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26 NC	LMP2	20	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau	Pilbeam MP93	M	79
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
27 NC	GT1	50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse	Aston Martin DBR9	M	58
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
28 NC	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon Alexander Frei	Courage LC70	Y	47
					Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8
29 NC	LMP2	37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Didier André Yann Clairay	Courage C65	P	28
					Ford (Mecachrome) 3.4L V8
30 DNF	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Dominik Farnbacher	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	86
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
31 DNF	GT2	91	T2M Motorsport	Miro Konopka Yutaka Yamagishi Tor Graves	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	80
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32 DNF	LMP2	28	Ranieri Randaccio SRL	Ranieri Randaccio Fabio Macini Gianni Collini	Lucchini LMP2/04	D	74
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
33 DNF	LMP2	22	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short Tim Greaves Gregor Fisken	Radical SR9	D	67
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
34 DNF	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Shinji Nakano Haruki Kurosawa	Courage LC70	Y	53
					Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8
35 DNF	GT2	81	Team LNT	Warren Hughes Robert Bell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	49
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
36 DNF	GT2	97	GPC Sport	Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Fabrizio de Simone	Ferrari F430GT	P	49
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
37 DNF	LMP1	6	Lister Storm Racing	Nicolas Kiesa Jens Møller	Lister Storm LMP	D	42
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
38 DNF	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jonny Kane Donny Crevels	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	D	26
					Audi 3.8L V8
39 DNF	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans Peter Owen	Lola B06/10	D	3
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT1	51	B-Racing RS Line Team	Benjamin Leuenberger Norbert Walchhofer Marino Franchitti	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	D	1
					Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12

Statistics

• Pole Position - #5 Swiss Spirit - 2:19.538
• Fastest Lap - #17 Pescarolo Sport - 2:06.687
• Average Speed - 115.112 km/h

External links

• "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2006-09-01.

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1. "2006 LMS - Spa Francorchamps - Qualifying Times". archive.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2025-12-03.