2006 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2006 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Years in motorsport
2006 in sports

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
31 December-15 January 28th Dakar Rally [1]
28–29 January 44th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
19 February 48th Daytona 500 [3]
28 May 64th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
28 May 90th Indianapolis 500 [5]
27 May-9 June 88th Isle of Man TT [6]
17–18 June 74th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
17–18 June 34th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
29–30 July 58th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
30 July 29th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
6 August 16th Masters of Formula 3 [11]
8 October 49th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
19 November 53rd Macau Grand Prix [13]
16 December 19th Race of Champions [14]

Disestablished championships/events
Last race Championship Ref
13 August Grand Prix Masters [15]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
28 May Umberto Masetti 80 Italian Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1950, 1952). [16]
3 September "Flash Gordon" Mineo 61 American Drag racer [17]
12 October Eugène Martin 91 French Racing driver One of the first French Formula One drivers. [18]

See also

References
  1. "2006 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "2006 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "2006 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "2006 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 2006". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 2006". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "15. – 18. Juni 2006: 34. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. "Spa 24 Hours 2006 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "Suzuka 8 Hours 2006 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. "2006 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. "2006 Paris". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. Beer, Matt; Rencken, Dieter (29 November 2007). "Masters series officially wound up". Autosport. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  16. "Umberto Masetti". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. Dallasnews.com (retrieved 3 October 2018)
  18. "Eugène Martin". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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