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2006 also saw the introduction of a new Japanese team, Super Aguri F1, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, who entered at the last moment. Super Aguri notified the FIA on 1 November 2005 (ahead of the governing body's 15 November deadline) of their intention to enter, but the FIA's initial entry list stated they had not approved Aguri's ...
Renault, a French automobile manufacturer, has been associated with Formula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1977. [1] In 1977, the company entered Formula One as a constructor, introducing the turbo engine to Formula One with its EF1 engine. In 1983, Renault began supplying engines to other teams. [2]
The team was licensed as the first Russian Formula One team, [1] although it continued to be based in the United Kingdom, at Jordan's Silverstone factory. Towards the end of the 2006 season, the team was sold to Spyker Cars N.V. ; the team raced in its last three Grands Prix under the official name Spyker MF1 Racing . [ 2 ]
The team retained the Renault name for the 2011 season, [43] but starting in the 2012 season, Genii's primary sponsor, Lotus Cars, [44] [45] signed a deal to rename the team to Lotus F1. The team had no corporate connection to the old Team Lotus. To honor its hometown, the team's chassis designations all contained an "E" for "Enstone". [44] [46]
The Red Bull RB2 is the car with which the Red Bull Racing team competed in the 2006 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Mark Smith, Rob Taylor and Ben Agathangelou and the engines were supplied by Ferrari. It was driven by David Coulthard and Christian Klien, who had both driven for the team in its debut year, 2005.
The Honda RA106 (originally known as the BAR 008) [2] was the car with which the Honda team competed in the 2006 Formula One season. It was driven by Rubens Barrichello, who joined from Ferrari, and Jenson Button, who had spent three seasons with the team as British American Racing.
2006 Formula One World Championship: Constructors: Renault: GP2 Series: Lewis Hamilton: 2006 GP2 Series: Teams: ART Grand Prix: IndyCar Series: Sam Hornish Jr. 2006 IndyCar Series: Rookies: Marco Andretti: Champ Car World Series: Sébastien Bourdais: 2006 Champ Car season: Nations: France: Rookies: Will Power: A1 Grand Prix: A1 Team France ...
The Renault R26 is a Formula One racing car, used by the Renault F1 team in the 2006 Formula One season.The chassis was designed by Bob Bell, James Allison, Tim Densham and Dino Toso with Pat Symonds overseeing the design and production of the car as executive director of Engineering and Rob White leading the engine design.