2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy

2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Company type	Touring car racing championship season
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	2006
Area served	Europe

The 2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season represented the second installment of this Renault-backed touring car championship, a single-make division integrated within the World Series by Renault. The competition consisted of seven events, featuring a total of fourteen races, commencing at Circuit Zolder on 29 April and concluding at Circuit de Catalunya on 29 October. After a closely contested duel throughout the year, Jaap van Lagen emerged as the overall champion, edging out Matthieu Lahaye.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall TDS	2	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Ludovic Badey		1–3
	21	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Mathieu Cheruy	Template:Motorsport class	7
	41	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Mailleux	Template:Motorsport class	5
	44	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Madonia		6
	46	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Christophe Lefranc		6
Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Racing for Belgium	4	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall César Campaniço		All
	10	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall Miguel Freitas	Template:Motorsport class	All
	15	Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Wim Coelkelbergs		1, 3
	36	Template:Country data CZE Template:Namespace detect showall Jan Charouz	Template:Motorsport class	2
	39	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Tielemans		4
	42	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Ron Marchal		5-7

rowspan=3 | Thierry Boutsen Racing 6 Renaud Kuppens All 9 Sébastien Dhouailly 2–7 34 Kurt Mollekens 1 Iris Racing 7 Pedro Petiz All Equipe Verschuur 8 Jeroen Reintjens 1–4 14 Jaap van Lagen All 26 Bernhard ten Brinke 1–6 Sesterheim Racing 11 Andreas Mayerl All Hirschi Racing Team 12 Pierre Hirschi 1–4 40 Jonathan Hirschi 5,7 }}

Team !No. !Drivers !Class !Rounds

Blue Jumeirah Team | 18 | Rafael Unzurrunzaga | rowspan=3 | Oregon Team | 19 | Luigi Ferrara | rowspan=2 | 20 | Massimiliano Fantini | Alessandro Balzan | rowspan=2 | Energy Racing | 21 | Mathieu Cheruy | 22 | Pascal Ballay | rowspan=2 | EPIC Racing | 23 | James Kirkpatrick | 24 | Jean-Philippe Dayraut | rowspan=2| Saturn Motorsport| 25| Victor Fernandez| 27| Lluis Llobet| Race Performance| 28| Ralph Meichtry| Roma Team Baumgärtner| 29| Steve Abold| rowspan=3| Tech 1 Racing| 31| Bernard Delhez| 32| Matthieu Lahaye| 35| Bruce Lorgeré-Roux| }

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Race calendar and outcomes

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Victorious Team
1	R1	Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Circuit Zolder	29 April	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Equipe Verschuur
1	R2		30 April	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Luigi Ferrara	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Epsilon Euskadi
2	R1	Template:Country data TUR Template:Namespace detect showall Istanbul Park	17 June	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Ludovic Badey	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Ludovic Badey	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall TDS
2	R2		18 June	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall César Campaniço	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall César Campaniço	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall César Campaniço	Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Racing for Belgium
3	R1	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	15 July	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Epsilon Euskadi
3	R2		16 July	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Equipe Verschuur
4	R1	Germany Nürburgring	5 August	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Tech 1 Racing
4	R2	Germany Nürburgring	6 August	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall César Campaniço	Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Racing for Belgium

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
5	R1	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Donington Park	9 September	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Tech 1 Racing
5	R2		10 September	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Tech 1 Racing
6	R1	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall (Bugatti Circuit)	30 September	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall Pedro Petiz	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Iris Racing
6	R2		1 October	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall EPIC Racing
7	R1	Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall (Circuit de Catalunya)	24 October	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Equipe Verschuur
7	R2		25 October	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Equipe Verschuur

Drivers' Championship

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Rank	Competitor	ZOL Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall		IST Template:Country data TUR Template:Namespace detect showall		MIS Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall		NÜR Germany		DON Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall		BUG Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall		CAT Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall		Total Points
1	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Jaap van Lagen	1	8	5	8	4	1	2	4	3	2	4	4	1	1	149
2	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Matthieu Lahaye	4	2	17	'Ret'	8	6	1	3	1	1	'20'	2	2	123

Bold – Pole Position
Italicized – Fastest Lap

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