2006 SEAT Cupra Championship

The 2006 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the fourth season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 9 April at Brands Hatch, and ended on 15 October at Silverstone, after eighteen rounds held in England and Scotland. The championship was dominated by the previous season's runner-up Mat Jackson, who won eleven of the eighteen rounds. He would use the £100,000 prize for winning the championship to purchase the ex-Andy Priaulx World Touring Car Championship-winning BMW 320si for the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season. Alan Blencowe was second with 225 points, with Jonathan Adam in third with 218 points, Fulvio Mussi in fourth with 169 points and Ben Winrow in fifth with 166 points.

Teams and drivers

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All entries ran the Mk1 SEAT León.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Edenbridge Racing 1 United Kingdom Tom Ferrier 1-3
30 United Kingdom Carl Breeze 1-7
CMS Motorsport 8-9
17 United Kingdom Ben Winrow All
44 United Kingdom Andy Neate 9
14 Italy Antonio Musso 4-7
88 United Kingdom Henry Taylor 1-2
Triple R 2 United Kingdom Alan Blencowe All
6 United Kingdom Richard Dawson All
7 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard All
Total Control Racing 3 United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi All
4 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam All
5 United Kingdom Neil Waterworth All
27 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Fildes All
Jacksons M/Sport 8 United Kingdom Mat Jackson All
Doble Motorcycles 11 United Kingdom Mike Doble 1-5, 8-9
Churchill Motorsport 14 United Kingdom Adrian Churchill 1-2, 6-7, 9
32 United Kingdom Ian Churchill 1-2, 6-7, 9
Johnson's Motorsport 16 United Kingdom Matt Johnson 1-4
21 United Kingdom Robert Ross 1-4
GVR 41 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan 6, 8-9
WAAPRacing.com 69 United Kingdom Tim Bevan 1-6, 8-9
NJL Racing 99 United Kingdom Nick Leason 1-2

Calendar

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Round Track Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team
1 Brands Hatch 9 April United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Alan Blencowe
United Kingdom Ben Winrow
United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
2 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Fildes United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
3 Oulton Park 14 May United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Neil Waterworth United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
4 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
5 Thruxton 4 June United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
6 United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi Total Control Racing
7 Croft 16 July United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
8 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow CMS Motorsport
9 Donington Park 30 July United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
10 United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
11 Snetterton 13 August United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
12 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Mat Jackson United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
13 Knockhill 3 September United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
14 United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport
15 Brands Hatch 24 September United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Alan Blencowe Triple R
16 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Carl Breeze CMS Motorsport
17 Silverstone 15 October United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Carl Breeze CMS Motorsport
18 United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Mat Jackson Jacksons M/Sport

Championship Standings

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 FL
Race 1 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 0 1
Race 2 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver BRH OUL THR CRO DON SNE KNO BRH SIL Pts
1 United Kingdom Mat Jackson 1 1 1 11 1 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 Ret 1 277
2 United Kingdom Alan Blencowe 6 5 2 4 3 4 5 13 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 8 233
3 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 7 15 3 1 2 2 6 3 5 7 3 4 1 4 2 2 9 2 226
4 United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi 3 4 4 Ret Ret 1 2 11 6 5 4 Ret 5 9 3 5 2 4 173
5 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 2 8 10 3 6 3 3 1 3 3 5 13 Ret 6 7 Ret 4 7 168
6 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Fildes 8 2 5 2 Ret 6 9 6 Ret 11 5 3 4 3 6 Ret 5 6 149
7 United Kingdom Carl Breeze 5 7 8 12 Ret 5 4 4 4 4 6 11 12 11 5 1 1 13 141
8 United Kingdom Neil Waterworth 10 11 6 Ret Ret 11 Ret 9 Ret DNS Ret 6 11 5 8 6 6 3 76
9 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard 11 13 12 8 7 Ret 11 10 8 6 7 8 7 7 10 7 8 10 69
10 United Kingdom Matt Johnson 9 3 9 5 9 4 7 Ret 60
11 United Kingdom Robert Ross 13 12 7 6 8 5 8 5 44
12 United Kingdom Richard Dawson 16 16 13 9 9 12 10 7 9 9 11 12 8 13 11 9 12 11 40
13 United Kingdom Ian Churchill 12 9 Ret Ret 10 10 6 10 DNS 5 32
14 United Kingdom Lewis Carter Ret 8 7 10 8 9 9 12 26
15 United Kingdom Mike Doble 14 14 11 7 10 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 10 13 12 21
16 United Kingdom Adrian Churchill Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 7 10 8 11 9 20
17 United Kingdom Tim Bevan 15 17 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 12 10 8 Ret 13 12 Ret 7 14 17
18 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan 9 Ret 13 8 10 DNS 10
19 United Kingdom Tom Ferrier 9 10 Ret Ret 8 Ret 10
20 United Kingdom Henry Taylor Ret 6 Ret Ret 9
- United Kingdom Nick Leason Ret Ret Ret Ret
- United Kingdom Andy Neate Ret DNS
Pos Driver BRH OUL THR CRO DON SNE KNO BRH SIL 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)
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