* 2006: JCB Dieselmax broke the FIA Diesel Land speed record from 1973, eventually setting the new record at over.

The track has also hosted some races, including the 2006 Paul Ricard 500km, a round of the FIA GT Championship.

In March 2006, less than a year after selling his team to Red Bull, Stoddart announced his intentions to return the Minardi name to Formula One after lodging an entry with the FIA for the championship season.

Active differentials used to play a large role in the World Rally Championship, but in the 2006 season the FIA has limited the use of active differentials only to those drivers who have not competed in the World Rally Championship in the last five years.

On June 10, 2006, MBNA changed its name to FIA Card Services, National Association ( FIA ), which is not an acronym.

On October 20, 2006, Bank of America, National Association ( USA ), a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, merged with and into FIA.

Since 2006, from San Marino starts the FIA Alternative Energies Cup event Ecorally San Marino-Città del Vaticano, organized by the Automobile Club San Marino.

Before 2006, both the WTCC and the FIA GT Championship were broadcast by Eurosport.

Between 1996 and 2006, the FIA made 6 significant changes to the qualifying procedure, each with the intention of making the battle for pole more interesting to an F1 viewer at home.

The 2006 Formula One season saw the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ) introduce the current engine formula, which mandated cars to be powered by 2. 4-litre naturally aspirated engines in the V8 engine configuration, with no more than four valves per cylinder.

The car, badged as a Honda following their takeover of BAR at the end of 2005, set an FIA ratified record of on a one way run on 21 July 2006 at Bonneville Salt Flats.

On this occasion the car did not fully meet FIA Formula One regulations, as it used a moveable aerodynamic rudder for stability control, breaching article 3. 15 of the 2006 Formula One technical regulations which states that any specific part of the car influencing its aerodynamic performance must be rigidly secured.

Some of these new engines were capable of achieving 20, 000 rpm during 2006, though for the 2007 season engine development was frozen and the FIA limited all engines to 19, 000 RPM to increase reliability and control increasing engine speeds.

Minnikhanov is a keen motor sports enthusiast and a regular competitor in the FIA European Championship for Rallycross Drivers, in 2007 driving a Citroën C4 T16 4x4 with 550 + bhp that was built and raced in 2006 by 14 time European Rallycross champion Kenneth Hansen of Sweden.

In 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 Minnikhanov won the truck category of the UAE Desert Challenge ( a Rally Raid competition ) in the United Arab Emirates with his Kamaz 4911 and in 2004 as well as 2005 he finished 3rd overall in the FIA European Championship for Autocross Drivers with a four-wheel driven Ford Puma.

From the March 2006 issue to the February 2007 of F1 Racing, Max Mosley, then president of the FIA, had a monthly column in the magazine.

SimBin Studios released GTR 2, ( itself a sequel to GTR-FIA GT Racing Game ) in September 2006, a sports car racing simulator developed with input from the actual racing teams which took part in the FIA GT 2003 / 2004 seasons ( FIA GT Championship ).

Built since 2006 by Ferrari Corse Clienti department in collaboration with Michelotto Automobili, the F430 GTC is a racing car designed to compete in international GT2 class competition, such as in the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and FIA GT Championship.

Originally based on the F430 Challenge, the F430 GT3 is a specialized racing car developed in 2006 by JMB Racing for the FIA GT3 European Championship and other national GT championships such as British GT and FFSA GT.

After the 2006 season this role increased in prominence with Speed's addition of a live camera on the pre-race grid, where Windsor wandered the grid to conduct pre-race interviews with drivers, race engineers, managers, team principals, FIA personnel and visiting celebrities.

His Prodrive company entered a bid to enter a Formula One team from 2008 and on 28 April 2006, Prodrive were officially granted entry when the FIA announced the list of entrants to the 2008 Formula One World Championship.

The Diamondbacks announced in early September 2006 that their uniforms, which remained largely unchanged since the team's first season, would be completely redesigned for the 2007 season.

In September 2006, Acadia University announced its partnership with the Wolfville Tritons Swim Club and the Acadia Masters Swim Club to form the Acadia Swim Club and return competitive swimming to the university after a 14 year hiatus.

After suggestions of selling Jaguar Cars, Land Rover or Volvo Cars, Ford appointed UBS AG to sell all or part of Aston Martin by auction and announced the fact in August 2006.

In late July 2006, the City of Alameda announced a deal with the Navy that would turn the land over to the city for $ 108M.

On February 8, 2006, Borland announced the divestiture of their IDE division, including Delphi, JBuilder, and InterBase.

On March 20, 2006, Borland announced its acquisition of Gauntlet Systems, a provider of technology that screens software under development for quality and security.

On November 14, 2006, Borland announced its decision to separate the Developer Tools Group into a wholly owned subsidiary focused on maximizing developer productivity.

In February 2006, the International Astronomical Union announced the naming of asteroid 79896 Billhaley to mark the 25th anniversary of Bill Haley's death.

However, in July 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor George Pataki, and Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced the final approval for the New York City Housing Trust Fund derived from $ 130 million in Battery Park City revenues.

On December 1, 2006, Selig announced that he would be retiring as commissioner of baseball upon the expiration of his contract in 2009.

This secession was announced on 9 July 2006, as the " Democratic Republic of Bakassi ".

Chad and Taiwan had relations from 1962 to 1972 and 1997 to 2006 when, for financial and security reasons, Chad announced its intention to recognize China.

However, he was made a cardinal at the 24 March 2006 consistory anyway, as was announced by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2006.

It was announced in April 2008 that Anderson, who had previously filled in for host Ned Sherrin from 2006 until his death from throat cancer in 2007, would be taking over as permanent host of Loose Ends.

In May 2006, Rohrabacher, through his press secretary, announced that he would return the $ 23, 000.

In 2005, Gerald Casale announced his " solo " project, Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers ( the Evildoers themselves including the other members of Devo ), and released the first EP, Army Girls Gone Wild in 2006.

The ETC announced 7 September 2006 a program to improve national coverage, and reduce the average distance to 5 kilometers.

Collier's has not been in print since 1998 ; the Encyclopedia Americana was last published in 2006 and Britannica announced the discontinuation of its print editions in 2012.

In October, 2006 RDS released version 3 of Euphoria and announced that henceforth Euphoria would be freely distributed under an open source licence.

With the Bombers looking towards a new era, it was announced on 27 September that Matthew Lloyd would replace James Hird as Essendon captain for the 2006 season, marking the end of Hird's reign since he took over the captaincy in 1998.

In 2005, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, announced the government's intention to resume the military parade past the GPO from Easter 2006, and to form a committee to plan centenary celebrations in 2016.

It was announced on 24 January 2006 that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao would visit Fiji that April to open the China-Pacific Islands Countries Economic Development & Cooperation Forum Ministerial Conference 2006 at Sofitel Fiji Resort in Nadi, a conference of economic and trade ministers from Pacific island countries.

In April 2006, Scottish & Newcastle plc announced that it had agreed to acquire the Foster ’ s brand in Europe ( including Turkey ), the Russian Federation and other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States from Foster ’ s Group Limited for approximately £ 309 million.