The 2006 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 42nd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 9 April at Adria and ended on 22 October at Misano after 16 races.^[1]

Mauro Massironi of Passoli Racing dominated the season with a win at Magione and another eight successive wins at Vallelunga, Mugello, Varano, and Pergusa and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 28 points clear of Corbetta Competizioni driver Davide Rigon, who won the opening race at Adria, a race at Magione and both of the season-ending races at Misano. Third place went to Lucidi Motors driver Alex Frassineti, who took one victory, and he finished ahead of Imola winner Michele Rugolo, who competed with Team Ghinzani.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List[2] Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Campionato Nazionale Corbetta Competizioni 1 Fabrizio Crestani Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All 2 Federico Glorioso Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All 11 Davide Rigon Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All Lucidi Motors 3 Giuseppe Terranova Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All 4 Alex Frassineti Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All Europa Corse 6 Efisio Marchese Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All Passoli Racing 7 Manuele Maria Gatto Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 7–8 8 Mauro Massironi Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All Scuderia N.T. 12 Jacopo Faccioni Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All En.Ro. Competition 14 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–2, 4–8 Team Ghinzani 22 Manuele Maria Gatto Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 1–6 24 Michele Rugolo Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda All 26 Paolo Bossini Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 7–8 Trofeo Nazionale CSAI Style Car Racing 51 Imeiro Brigliadori Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All 52 Gianpiero Negrotti Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All System Team 53 Sergio Ghiotto Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–6 84 Dino Lusuardi Dallara F393 Fiat 1–7 97 Rinaldo Nieri Dallara F399 Spiess-Opel 5 Auto Elite 55 Giovanni Rambelli Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–6, 8 56 Molin Pradel Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 2, 7 Lido Corse 81 Luciano Baldazzi Ralt R34 Volkswagen 1–2, 6 94 Andrea Vazzacaro Dallara F399 Spiess-Opel 3 Beelspeed 82 Bonifacio Gaetani Dallara F399 Spiess-Opel All 83 Giovanni Gaetani Dallara F399 Fiat All 93 Carlo Bendinelli Dallara F392 Volkswagen 1–2, 4–8 Master Team 86 Flavio Mattara Dallara F393 Fiat 2–6, 8 Cherubini Racing 89 Piergiorgio di Gianvito Dallara F397 Fiat 2 91 Luigi Folloni Dallara F392 Volkswagen 2, 5, 7–8 96 Salvatore Cardullo Dallara F397 Fiat 3, 6 B&B Motorsport 92 Massimo Ballestri Dallara F392 Volkswagen 2, 5, 7–8 Calendar All rounds were held in Italy. Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Trofeo winner 1 R1 Adria International Raceway 9 April Alex Frassineti Davide Rigon Davide Rigon Corbetta Competizioni Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Alex Frassineti Mauro Massironi Alex Frassineti Lucidi Motors Imeiro Brigliadori 2 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 7 May Michele Rugolo Fabrizio Crestani Michele Rugolo Team Ghinzani Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Alex Frassineti Mauro Massironi Michele Rugolo Team Ghinzani Sergio Ghiotto 3 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria 11 June Mauro Massironi Davide Rigon Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Sergio Ghiotto R2 Mauro Massironi Davide Rigon Davide Rigon Corbetta Competizioni Imeiro Brigliadori 4 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 25 June Fabrizio Crestani Michele Rugolo Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Mauro Massironi Alex Frassineti Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori 5 R1 Mugello Circuit 23 July Davide Rigon Davide Rigon Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Mauro Massironi Giuseppe Terranova Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Massimo Ballestri 6 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti 3 September Mauro Massironi Mauro Massironi Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Mauro Massironi Mauro Massironi Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori 7 R1 Autodromo di Pergusa 1 October Mauro Massironi Davide Rigon Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Mauro Massironi Davide Rigon Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Imeiro Brigliadori 8 R1 Misano World Circuit 22 October Davide Rigon Fabrizio Crestani Davide Rigon Corbetta Competizioni Imeiro Brigliadori R2 Giuseppe Terranova Alex Frassineti Davide Rigon Corbetta Competizioni Imeiro Brigliadori Standings Campionato Nazionale Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Pos Driver ADR IMO MAG VAL MUG VAR PER MIS Pts 1 Mauro Massironi 3 3 2 2 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 139 2 Davide Rigon 1 2 5 5 16 1 4 4 Ret 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 111 3 Alex Frassineti 4 1 4 3 2 5 7 6 5 3 2 2 4 5 2 7 93 4 Michele Rugolo 2 7 1 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 16† 15† 5 14 Ret 3 78 5 Fabrizio Crestani Ret 4 3 4 6 9 2 2 2 5 8 4 6 6 5 2 76 6 Efisio Marchese 5 6 6 8 Ret 3 6 7 9 8 4 Ret 3 3 3 5 51 7 Giuseppe Terranova 7 5 Ret 6 3 16 5 8 6 6 Ret 5 18† 4 4 DSQ 42 8 Manuele Maria Gatto 9 9 9 7 5 6 8 5 4 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 6 31 9 Federico Glorioso 6 Ret 8 10 7 4 12 11 7 11 6 Ret 8 7 10 9 22 10 Jacopo Faccioni 10 10 10 9 Ret 10 10 10 11 9 7 8 10 15 6 13 8 11 Vladimir Arabadzhiev 12 11 11 12 13 12 12 10 10 9 7 9 Ret 10 5 Paolo Bossini Ret 10 Ret 16 0 Pos Driver ADR IMO MAG VAL MUG VAR PER MIS Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 References ↑ "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 July 2012. ↑ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 July 2012. External links Official website