The 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship came to an end at Macau with

two races full of drama in front of fully packed grandstands. Both Andy Priaulx

and BMW retained their world titles in the Drivers’ and Manufacturers’

Championships respectively.

On the infamous Guia track the German cars won both the 19 th and the 20 th

rounds of the season with Priaulx and Jörg Müller who managed to finish runner

up in the Drivers’ classification. However it was not an easy job for BMW, as Alfa

Romeo’s Augusto Farfus, SEAT Sport’s Yvan Muller, Fabrizio Giovanardi’s Honda

Accord and Independent champion Tom Coronel made life difficult for them.

A crash at the start of the second race thwarted Farfus’ hopes after a brilliant 5 th