Formula 1 World Championship 2006

Formula 1 World Championship 2006

World Champion
Driver:	Fernando Alonso
Constructor:	Renault
Season dates
Number of races:	18th
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Defending champion Fernando Alonso won the 2006 season opener in Bahrain

The 2006 Formula 1 World Championship was the 57th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 18 races from March 12th to October 22nd. As in the previous year, Fernando Alonso was the driver world champion, while Renault defended the constructors' championship . It was the last season for the time being that Michael Schumacher took part as a driver. The seven-time world champion finished at the end of the season for the time being its active Formula 1 career, but returned in 2010 back into F1 back.

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Changes in 2006

Racetracks

For the first time since 1996 , the Australian Grand Prix was not the first race of the season, but took place as the third race in April. The reason was an overlap with the Commonwealth Games from March 15 to 26 in Melbourne . The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps was removed from the racing calendar in the 2006 season due to renovation work on the pit area, so that only 18 instead of 19 races took place.

Regulations

In order to make the qualification on Saturday more attractive for the spectators, three elimination runs were carried out. Initially, all drivers had 15 minutes to achieve a good lap time on any amount of fuel. The 16 best drivers were given another 15 minutes after the end of the first elimination round to qualify as one of 10 participants in the qualifying final round. In the final round, the starting positions 1 to 10 were finally determined in a period of initially 20, but since the Grand Prix of Great Britain 15 minutes. Before the final lap, until the start of the race on Sunday, there was the last opportunity to refuel the racing car, so that the fuel strategy not only had to include the tactics for the course of the race, but also for qualifying.

The tactic of the first phase of the final training session was to use as much gasoline as possible to make the car lighter. In the last seven to eight minutes, the fast lap times were usually achieved after changing tires (up to two times). The amount of fuel consumed could be replenished before the race. However, only the number of laps that were within the 110 percent of the fastest time counted. Since the European Grand Prix , however  , there has been a 120 percent limit for the in and out laps - i.e. for the laps out of the pit lane and back.

The tire changes that were still forbidden in the 2005 season were allowed again, with each driver being limited to 14 sets of tires: 7 sets for dry conditions, 4 sets for wet conditions and 3 sets for extreme weather. In addition, the specifications for the engines have been changed. 8 cylinders with 2.4 l displacement were now prescribed instead of the previous 10 cylinders with max. 3.0 l displacement. Even before Minardi was taken over by Red Bull, an exception was made for the team - in order to save costs, it was allowed to continue to use V10 engines, albeit with limited air volume and speed. This rule was retained after the team was sold to Scuderia Toro Rosso .

For the history of rule changes in Formula 1, see also: Formula 1 rules .

Teams

BMW ended the previous collaboration with Williams . BMW Sauber F1 started as the new BMW works team after taking over the Sauber team. Williams was now supplied with engines by Cosworth and no longer by BMW.

With Honda Racing F1 , Honda took part in Formula 1 with a works team for the first time since 1968. The team emerged from BAR .

After Jordan was taken over by the Midland Group of Russian millionaire Alexander Shnaider in the 2005 season , the team now competed as MF1 Racing .

Red Bull Racing was now supplied with engines by Ferrari rather than Cosworth. In addition, Toro Rosso entered as the "Red Bull Junior Team" after Minardi was taken over by Red Bull . Former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger took over 50% of the team's shares . With Dietrich Mateschitz , a team owner took part in Formula 1 for the first time, and he was significantly involved in two teams.

After all, with Super Aguri F1, an eleventh team took part for the first time since 2002.

Before the Italian Grand Prix , the Midland F1 team was taken over by Spyker . The team already competed in China under the new name Spyker MF1 Racing and with a new paint job.

driver

In the 2006 season, numerous changes were made to the composition of the teams with racing, test and reserve drivers. The racing drivers have made the following changes compared to the 2005 season:

The two racing drivers Robert Doornbos and Patrick Friesacher , who were employed by Minardi in 2005, and the former Jordan driver Narain Karthikeyan were no longer in the starting field. Doornbos was Red Bull's third driver in 2006 while Karthikeyan was a test driver for Williams.

New to Formula 1 were drivers Nico Rosberg and Scott Speed , who competed in the GP2 series last season . Rosberg replaced Nick Heidfeld at Williams . Speed ​​strengthened the new Toro Rosso team. As the new Formula 1 driver and the Japanese launched Yuji Ide with the team Super Aguri F1 , of the Formula Nippon changed. Ide was only allowed to drive four races because he was noticed by unsporting driving behavior and his license was withdrawn by the FIA . It was approved by the European Grand Prix to the GP of France by the French and former Renault -Testfahrer Franck Montagny replaced as a regular driver, in turn, from the GP of Germany by the Japanese Sakon Yamamoto was replaced.

Nick Heidfeld switched from Williams to the BMW Sauber team and replaced Felipe Massa there . Massa switched to Ferrari in place of Rubens Barrichello . Barrichello replaced Takuma Satō at Honda , while Sato joined the Super Aguri team this season. Christijan Albers also moved from Minardi to MF1 Racing and Vitantonio Liuzzi went from Red Bull to the “Red Bull Junior Team” Scuderia Toro Rosso.

As of the Hungarian GP , BMW Sauber Friday tester Robert Kubica took over the cockpit from Jacques Villeneuve . The new test driver for the free practice sessions on Friday at BMW Sauber was the young German Sebastian Vettel . On September 11, 2006 it was announced that the Austrian Christian Klien had been prematurely released from his contract with Red Bull Racing , which ran until the end of the season . His place was taken by the third man on the Robert Doornbos team.

Teams and drivers

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	run	No.	Third driver	Test driver
	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R26	Renault 2.4 V8	M.	01	Fernando Alonso	1-18		- 1	Jonathan Cochet Heikki Kovalainen José María López Nelson Piquet junior
					02	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-18
	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-21	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	M.	03	Kimi Raikkonen	1-18		- 1	Lewis Hamilton Gary Paffett Pedro de la Rosa
					04th	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-10
						Pedro de la Rosa	11-18
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari 248 F1	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.	05	Michael sSchumacher	1-18		- 1	Luca Badoer Marc Gené
					06th	Felipe Massa	1-18
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF106 Toyota TF106B	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.	07th	Ralf Schumacher	1-18		- 1	Olivier Panis Andy Souček Ricardo Zonta
					08th	Jarno Trulli	1-18
	Williams F1 team	Williams FW28	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.	09	Mark Webber	1-18	35	Alexander Wurz	Narain Karthikeyan
					10	Nico Rosberg	1-18
	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA106	Honda 2.4 V8	M.	11	Rubens Barrichello	1-18	36	Anthony Davidson	Marco Andretti Adam Carroll Danilo Dirani James Rossiter Alan van der Merwe
					12	Jenson Button	1-18
	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB2	Ferrari 2.4 V8	M.	14th	David Coulthard	1-18	37	Michael Ammermüller Robert Doornbos
					15th	Christian Klien	1-15
						Robert Doornbos	16-18
	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.06	BMW 2.4 V8	M.	16	Nick Heidfeld	1-18	38	Robert Kubica Sebastian Vettel	Marco Holzer
					17th	Jacques Villeneuve	1-12
						Robert Kubica	13-18
	MF1 Racing 2 Spyker MF1 Team	Midland M16	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.	18th	Tiago Monteiro	1-18	39	Giorgio Mondini Alexandre Prémat Adrian Sutil Ernesto Viso Markus Winkelhock	Fabrizio del Monte Roman Russinow Ronnie Quintarelli Adrián Vallés
					19th	Christijan Albers	1-18
	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR1	Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.	20th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1-18	40	Neel Jani
					21st	Scott Speed	1-18
	Super Aguri Formula 1	Super Aguri SA05 SA06	Honda 2.4 V8	B.	22nd	Takuma Satō	1-18	41	Franck Montagny Sakon Yamamoto	Yūji Ide
					23	Yūji Ide	1-4
						Franck Montagny	5-11
						Sakon Yamamoto	12-18

¹ The first four teams of the previous season were not allowed to use a third driver in the Friday practice sessions.

² The team started from the 15th race (Italian Grand Prix) under the name of the new majority owner Spyker.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	March 12th	Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	308.769	Michael sSchumacher	Nico Rosberg	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Renault
02	19th March	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	310.408	Giancarlo Fisichella	Fernando Alonso	Giancarlo Fisichella
03	2nd of April	Australia	Albert Park Circuit	307,574	Jenson Button	Kimi Raikkonen	Fernando Alonso
04th	April 23	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	305.609	Michael sSchumacher	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher
05	May 7th	Europe	Nürburgring	308,863	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
06th	May 14th	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	305.256	Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso
07th	28th of May	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	260.520	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher	Fernando Alonso
08th	June 11th	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308,355	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
09	25th June	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.270	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Raikkonen	Fernando Alonso
10	2nd July	United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	306,016	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
11	16th of July	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	308,586	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
12	30th July	Germany	Hockenheimring	306,485	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
13	6th of August	Hungary	Hungaroring	306.663	Kimi Raikkonen	Felipe Massa	Jenson Button
14th	August 27	Turkey	Istanbul Park Circuit	309,396	Felipe Massa	Michael sSchumacher	Felipe Massa
15th	September 10	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	306.720	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher		Ferrari
16	October 1	People's Republic of China	Shanghai International Circuit	305.256	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Renault
17th	8th October	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	307,573	Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
18th	October 22nd	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	305.909	Felipe Massa	Michael sSchumacher	Felipe Massa

Race reports

Bahrain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 29: 46.205
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1.246
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 19,360
4th	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 19.992
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 37.048
6th	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	+ 41.932
7th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	+1: 03.043
8th	Christian Klien	Red Bull Ferrari	+1: 06.771

The Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit took place on March 12, 2006 and covered a distance of 57 laps of 5.417 km each, for a total of 308.238 km.

The day before, Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari reached pole position with a time of 1: 31.431 in front of his teammate Felipe Massa . He drew level with the Brazilian Ayrton Senna , who also achieved 65 pole positions. The start of the race went smoothly except for a spin by Nick Heidfeld , who was kicked off by Nico Rosberg .

The refueling strategy was decisive for the course of the race. Kimi Räikkönen was able to achieve third place with his one-stop strategy despite being last on the grid. Schumacher and Alonso were both on the road with a two-stop strategy. At the last stop, Fernando Alonso narrowly secured first place ahead of Schumacher. Rosberg set the fastest race lap with 1: 32.408 minutes on his 42nd lap shortly before his second refueling stop.

Of the 22 rides that started, 18 reached the finish. Only Ide, Villeneuve, Fisichella and Albers were eliminated in the course of the race.

Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1: 30: 40.529
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 4.585
3	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 9.631
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 39.351
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 43.254
6th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 43.854
7th	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW clean	+1: 20.461
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+1: 21.288

The Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit took place on March 19, 2006 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.543 km, for a total of 310.408 km.

The race weekend began with significant engine problems: both Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa, as well as Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher, as well as Red Bull driver David Coulthard and Honda's Rubens Barrichello had to change the engine in their cars, what for each of them meant a deterioration in the starting position by ten places.

The fastest in qualifying was Giancarlo Fisichella in a Renault. In the race he was able to convert his pole position into a victory. The start went particularly well for Alonso, who improved from 7th on the grid to 3rd.

The first lap was unhappy for Raikkonen and Klien: the two collided, Raikkönen had to end the race immediately, Klien followed with a defect on lap 26. Another six drivers also dropped out: Rosberg, Coulthard, Webber, Ide, Speed ​​and Heidfeld. The fastest race lap was set by Alonso with a time of 1: 34.803 minutes.

Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 34: 27.870
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 1.829
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 24.824
4th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 31.032
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 38.421
6th	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW clean	+ 49.554
7th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 51.904
8th	David Coulthard	Red Bull Ferrari	+ 53.983

The Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne took place on April 2, 2006 and covered a distance of 58 laps of 5.303 km, for a total of 307.574 km.

The race only started after a new warm-up lap because Giancarlo Fisichella stopped at the start. Jenson Button initially defended his pole position, but lost the lead to Fernando Alonso during the first lap. The race was marked by numerous accidents (Felipe Massa, Michael Schumacher, Juan-Pablo Montoya and others) and the resulting safety car phases.

After each restart, Alonso was always able to pull himself away from his pursuers and achieved a safe victory ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. Ralf Schumacher drove to 3rd place despite a penalty (too fast in the pits).

Jenson Button, who could never keep up with Alonso and Raikkonen, suffered an engine failure in the last corner, but stopped his Honda shortly before the finish line. Button remained without World Championship points, but with this stance could save himself a downgrade by 10 places (because of the necessary engine change) at the next race in Imola. Originally in 8th place, Scott Speed ​​received a time penalty for overtaking David Coulthard under a yellow flag and was only ninth.

Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest race lap on the penultimate lap with 1: 26.045 minutes.

San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 31: 06.486
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 2.096
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 15.868
4th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 17,096
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 17.524
6th	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	+ 37.739
7th	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 39.635
8th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 40,200

The Grand Prix of San Marino at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola took place on April 23, 2006 and covered a distance of 62 laps of 4.933 km, for a total of 305.609 km.

Michael Schumacher took pole position in a Ferrari with a time of 1: 22.795 minutes. It was his 66th pole position ever and a new record (the old record holder was Ayrton Senna ). Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello in a Honda followed on the other places .

At the start, Michael Schumacher was able to keep his leading position in front of Button. Fernando Alonso was able to win a place starting from 5th place. Just a few corners later, the last-placed Yūji Ide collided in the Super Aguri with Christijan Albers , who was driving in front of him . The Dutchman overturned six times, but was able to get out of the wreck that had landed on his head unharmed. After the safety car phase that followed, Schumacher drove ahead and was able to build a comfortable lead up to his stop. On lap 30, when Jenson Button made his first stop, the lollipop man raised his sign too early, giving the driver the signal to drive off. Button grabbed half of his crew of mechanics and the fuel hose. There were no injuries in this incident.

After the first pit stops, Schumacher was back in front, ahead of his team-mate Felipe Massa and the reigning world champion Fernando Alonso. After Massa's second stop, who had meanwhile kept Alonso in check, Schumacher suddenly slowed 1.5 seconds per lap and had great problems keeping Alonso behind him until his second stop. Surprisingly, the Spaniard pitted first, Schumacher came a lap later and kept the lead. Both fought a fight until the end of the race, which Schumacher was able to win in the end. Schumacher took his 85th victory, Ferrari his 183.

David Coulthard , Takuma Satō , Christian Klien , Yūji Ide , Jarno Trulli and Christijan Albers did not reach the goal. Alonso drove the fastest race lap (1: 24.569 minutes).

Grand Prix of Europe

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 35: 58.765
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 3.751
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 4.447
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 4.879
5	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+1: 12.586
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+1: 14.116
7th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	+1: 14.565
8th	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW clean	+1: 29.364

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on May 7, 2006 and covered a distance of 60 laps of 5.148 km, for a total of 308.863 km.

Fernando Alonso achieved pole position in qualifying just ahead of Michael Schumacher. The race was determined by the duel between these two opponents. Alonso was able to defend his lead over Schumacher until the second pit stop. Alonso made this stop three laps ahead of Schumacher, who used the time to build a lead and win the race.

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap with 1: 32.099 minutes. Ralf Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, Takuma Satō, Franck Montagny , Jenson Button, Christian Klien and Mark Webber dropped out with technical problems. David Coulthard and Vitantonio Liuzzi could not finish the race due to an accident shortly after the start, which resulted in a lap-long safety car phase.

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 26: 21.759
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 18.502
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 23,951
4th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 29.859
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 56.875
6th	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 58.347
7th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 1 lap
8th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 1 lap

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona took place on May 14, 2006 and covered a distance of 66 laps of 4.627 km, for a total of 305.256 km.

The Renault dominated the qualification, Fernando Alonso took pole position in his home race, team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella took second place in front of the two Ferraris, with Michael Schumacher winning the internal duel against Felipe Massa.

Renault also dominated the race. Michael Schumacher was able to push Fisichella from second place at the first stop thanks to a favorable pit stop strategy. However, Alonso's victory was never in jeopardy.

Felipe Massa set the fastest race lap in a time of 1: 16.648 minutes. 17 of 22 drivers were able to finish the race, only Christijan Albers, Scott Speed, Ralf Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya and Franck Montagny retired due to technical defects.

Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 43: 43.116
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 14,567
3	David Coulthard	Red Bull Ferrari	+ 52.298
4th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 53.337
5	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 53.830
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+1: 02.072
7th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 1 lap
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 1 lap

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 28, 2006 and covered a distance of 78 laps of 3.340 km each, for a total of 260.520 km.

Michael Schumacher secured pole position in a Ferrari ahead of the reigning world champion Fernando Alonso in a Renault . However, Schumacher was downgraded to last place on the grid because he had stopped in the last lap of the qualifying session for no apparent reason and thus robbed his rivals of the chance for a final quick lap. Fernando Alonso was in pole position.

16 of 22 drivers reached the finish line, Nico Rosberg retired due to a technical defect. Kimi Räikkönen retired with engine failure on his McLaren-Mercedes after he was in a tough duel for the lead with Fernando Alonso.

Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of the race in 1: 15.143 minutes.

Great Britain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 25: 51.927
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 13,951
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 18.672
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 19.976
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 31,559
6th	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+1: 04.769
7th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+1: 11.594
8th	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW clean	+1: 18.299

The Great Britain Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit took place on June 11, 2006 and covered a distance of 60 laps of 5.141 km, for a total of 308.355 km.

Alonso drove a confident and safe victory starting from pole position. Alonso also achieved the fastest race lap in 1: 21.599 minutes.

In the middle of the race, Michael Schumacher overtook Kimi Räikkönen , who was in second place, during a pit stop and did not give up this place until the finish. At the end of the race, Raikkonen's third place was challenged by Giancarlo Fisichella , but not taken. McLaren-Mercedes could not confirm its good form from the Monaco Grand Prix here.

Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 34: 37.308
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 2.111
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 8.813
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 15.679
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 25.172
6th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 1 lap
7th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 1 lap
8th	David Coulthard	Red Bull Ferrari	+ 1 lap

The Canadian Grand Prix on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal took place on June 25, 2006 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.361 km, for a total of 305.270 km.

Fernando Alonso won the race starting from pole position. Kimi Räikkönen, in 2nd place after qualifying, made a driving error and was overtaken by Michael Schumacher on the penultimate lap.

Räikkönen drove the fastest race lap with 1: 15.841 minutes. With Villeneuve, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Barrichello, Montagny, Rosberg and Albers, 7 of the 22 drivers who started could not finish the race.

United States Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 34: 35.199
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 7.984
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 16,595
4th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 23.604
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 28,410
6th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 36.516
7th	David Coulthard	Red Bull Ferrari	+ 1 lap
8th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The US Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway took place on July 2, 2006 and covered a distance of 73 laps of 4.195 km for a total of 306.235 km.

Felipe Massa was able to take the lead with a good start. Already in the first lap there were a number of failures after a mass crash.

After his first pit stop, Michael Schumacher, who started from pole position, took the lead. After that, he drove his Ferrari unchallenged to victory. Michael Schumacher also drove the fastest race lap in 1: 12.719 minutes.

French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 32: 07.803
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 10.131
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 25,546
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 27.212
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 33.006
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 45.265
7th	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 49,407
8th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 1 lap

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours took place on July 16, 2006 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.411 km each, for a total of 308.586 km.

Michael Schumacher secured pole position ahead of Massa and Alonso. Schumacher dominated the race and was able to win this Grand Prix for the eighth time. He also set the fastest race lap with 1: 17.111 minutes.

Alonso was able to take second place as Massa had to make a third pit stop and Alonso was able to overtake him. As a result, Alonso only lost two points in the World Cup to Schumacher.

Grand Prix of Germany

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 27: 51.693
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 0.720
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 13.206
4th	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 18.898
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 23,707
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 24.814
7th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 26,544
8th	Christian Klien	Red Bull Ferrari	+ 48.131

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring took place on July 30, 2006 and covered a distance of 67 laps of 4.574 km, for a total of 306.458 km.

Kimi Raikkonen started from pole position, but had to go into the pits after a few laps because he started the race lightly fueled. After problems at the stop, he initially fell back to 8th place. Michael Schumacher took over the leadership. Ferrari surprised with extraordinary superiority and drove a sovereign and safe double victory. World champion Alonso brought his car to the finish line in fifth. Raikkonen finished third and crossed the finish line for the first time in his career at Hockenheim. The fastest race lap went to Michael Schumacher with a time of 1: 16.357 minutes in the 17th lap.

Hungarian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Jenson Button	Honda	1: 52: 20.941
2	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 30.837
3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 43.822
4th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 45.205
5	David Coulthard	Red Bull Ferrari	+ 1 lap
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 1 lap
7th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
8th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 3 rounds

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring near Budapest took place on August 6, 2006 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.381 km, for a total of 306.663 km.

Both Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher drove in qualifying with the handicap that two seconds were added to each of their qualifying times. Alonso received a penalty of one second each for a dangerous situation he was responsible for when meeting Doornbos and for overtaking under the yellow flag. Schumacher received his penalty for overtaking under the red flag. As a result, Schumacher was only able to qualify for starting position 11 and Alonso for starting position 15.

After the start, Kimi Raikkonen took the lead. Starting from 15th place, Alonso fought his way to the top on a mostly wet track and after a furious race to catch up. After his second pit stop, however, he got off the track due to two lost wheel bolts and had to give up. Kimi Raikkonen collided with Liuzzi while lapping.

In the last third of the race, Jenson Button, who also started far behind, was ahead of Michael Schumacher. While the following de la Rosa, Heidfeld and Barrichello caught up more and more, Schumacher tried to get to the finish with his wacky set of tires. However, he retired with a defective suspension three laps to go. Since he had already covered 75% of the race distance, he was classified in ninth place. After Kubica's disqualification (the Pole's car weighed two kilograms too light after the race), Schumacher even moved up to eighth place, which earned the German one World Championship point.

Jenson Button won his first Grand Prix after a faultless race in front of the equally strong Pedro de la Rosa . Nick Heidfeld secured the BMW-Sauber team a place on the podium for the first time with his 3rd place. The fastest race lap that Felipe Massa drove on lap 65 with a time of 1: 23.516 minutes went to a Ferrari driver in this race too .

Turkey Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 28: 51.082
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 5.575
3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 5.656
4th	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 12,334
5	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 45.908
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 46.594
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 59.337
8th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+1: 00.034

The Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park Circuit took place on August 27, 2006 and covered a distance of 58 laps of 5.338 km, for a total of 309.356 km.

Immediately after the start, Kimi Raikkonen and Tiago Monteiro dropped out due to an accident in which numerous other drivers were involved, who lost a few places but were able to continue.

Felipe Massa was able to convert his first pole position into his first Formula 1 victory. Michael Schumacher , who started from second place, was u. a. only third due to a driving error and thereby lost another two points in the championship standings to Fernando Alonso in second place .

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap in 1: 28.005 minutes.

After the race there was a political uproar, with Mehmet Ali Talat , President of the Republic of Northern Cyprus , who is only recognized by Turkey internationally, and presented the trophy to Felipe Massa. The Republic of Cyprus protested and the FIA ​​gave in: The organizer MSO was fined five million dollars. But in March 2007, the fine was cut in half, leaving only $ 2.5 million due.

Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 14: 51.975
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 8.046
3	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	+ 26,414
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 32.045
5	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 32.685
6th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 42,409
7th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 44.662
8th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+ 45,309

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale in Monza took place on September 10, 2006 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.793 km, for a total of 306.720 km.

The world champion Fernando Alonso, who had 12 points before the race, had to start from tenth position due to a disability of Felipe Massa in qualifying.

Initially still in second place, Michael Schumacher was able to overtake leading Kimi Räikkönen during the first pit stop phase.

Shortly before the end of the race, Alonso retired due to an engine failure and could not achieve any further championship points in this race. Michael Schumacher, however, won and was only 2 points behind Alonso. After the Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher announced that he would end his career at the end of the 2006 season. His successor in the Ferrari team was Kimi Räikkönen from Finland.

Robert Kubica achieved his first podium finish with third place in his third Formula 1 race. The fastest race lap was achieved by Kimi Räikkönen with 1: 22.559 minutes.

Chinese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 37: 32.747
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 3.121
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 44.197
4th	Jenson Button	Honda	+1: 12.056
5	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	+1: 17.137
6th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+1: 19.131
7th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+1: 31.979
8th	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	+1: 43.588

The Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit took place on October 1, 2006 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.451 km each, for a total of 305.256 km.

Fernando Alonso secured pole position in front of his team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella. Michael Schumacher, who drove the Bridgestone tires that were inferior on the wet track, only finished sixth.

In the race, however, Schumacher was able to overtake Jenson Button's and Rubens Barrichello's two Hondas on a drying track. He also benefited from the departure of Kimi Raikkonen. When Fernando Alonso, who had been leading the race until then, was slowing down due to falling tires, he was overtaken by Fisichella and Schumacher. Schumacher then also passed Fisichella in a spectacular maneuver, who was just leaving the pits and still got too little grip. When Alonso lost a lot of time on his second pit stop, Schumacher's victory seemed safe. But shortly before the end of the race it started to rain again and Alonso was able to reduce his gap from 13 seconds to just three seconds.

Fernando Alonso drove the fastest race lap with 1: 37.586 minutes on lap 50.

After the race, Alonso and Schumacher were tied on points in the drivers' world championship. However, since Schumacher had one more win on his account at this point, the Kerpener led the 2006 World Cup for the first time in almost two years. This was also the last time that Schumacher took the lead in the world championship and the last time that he won a race.

Japanese Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 23: 53.413
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+ 16,151
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 23,953
4th	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 34.101
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 43,596
6th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 46.717
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 48.869
8th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	+1: 16.095

The Japanese Grand Prix on the Suzuka International Racing Course took place on October 8, 2006 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.807 km each, for a total of 307.771 km.

Fernando Alonso won the race ahead of Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella and took the lead in the world championship again.

After Michael Schumacher had taken the lead from Massa on lap three, he led the race until lap 37 when he retired with an engine failure.

Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 31: 53.751
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 18.658
3	Jenson Button	Honda	+ 19.394
4th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 24.094
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 28.503
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 30.287
7th	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	+ 40.294
8th	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 52.068

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos / São Paulo took place on October 22nd, 2006 and covered 71 laps of 4.309 km, for a total of 305.939 km.

Felipe Massa was able to secure pole position ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Due to problems with the fuel pressure, Michael Schumacher was unable to drive a valuation lap in the third part of qualifying, so he finished tenth on the grid. Fernando Alonso started from fourth place.

Schumacher started the race with a race to catch up to fifth place when he fell back to last place due to a tire damage while overtaking Fisichella. By the end of the race, he managed to work his way up to fourth place through a few overtaking maneuvers.

Massa became the first Brazilian since Ayrton Senna to win the Brazilian Grand Prix in the 1993 season . Alonso secured himself and his team Renault the second consecutive world title with the never threatened second place in this race.

Qualifying duels

This table shows which drivers in each team achieved the better positions in qualifying.

driver : driver  Renault  Fernando Alonso 13: 5  Giancarlo Fisichella  McLaren-Mercedes  Kimi Raikkonen 7: 3  Juan Pablo Montoya 8-0  Pedro de la Rosa  Ferrari  Michael sSchumacher 14: 4  Felipe Massa  Toyota  Ralf Schumacher 11: 7  Jarno Trulli  Williams-Cosworth  Mark Webber 12: 6  Nico Rosberg  Honda  Rubens Barrichello 9: 9  Jenson Button

driver : driver  Red Bull Ferrari  David Coulthard 9: 6  Christian Klien 1: 2  Robert Doornbos  BMW clean  Nick Heidfeld 5: 7  Jacques Villeneuve 5: 1  Robert Kubica  Midland Toyota  Tiago Monteiro 6:12  Christijan Albers  Toro Rosso-Cosworth  Vitantonio Liuzzi 12: 6  Scott Speed  Great Aguri Honda  Takuma Satō 4-0  Yūji Ide 5: 2  Franck Montagny 6: 1  Sakon Yamamoto

World championship ratings

Driver ranking of the 2006 Formula 1 season

The world champion will be the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The eight first-placed drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																			Points
01	F. Alonso	Renault	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	5	DNF	2	DNF	2	1	2	134
02	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	2	6th	DNF	1	1	2	5	2	2	1	1	1	8th*	3	1	1	DNF	4th	121
03	F. Massa	Ferrari	9	5	DNF	4th	3	4th	9	5	5	2	3	2	7th	1	9	DNF	2	1	80
04th	G. Fisichella	Renault	DNF	1	5	8th	6th	3	6th	4th	4th	3	6th	6th	DNF	6th	4th	3	3	6th	72
05	K. Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	3	DNF	2	5	4th	5	DNF	3	3	DNF	5	3	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	5	5	65
06th	J. Button	Honda	4th	3	10 *	7th	DNF	6th	11	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	4th	1	4th	5	4th	4th	3	56
07th	R. Barrichello	Honda	15th	10	7th	10	5	7th	4th	10	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	4th	8th	6th	6th	12	7th	30th
08th	J. Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	5	4th	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	2	6th	DNF	DNF									26th
09	N. Heidfeld	BMW clean	12	DNF	4th	13	10	8th	7th	7th	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	3	14th	8th	7th	8th	17 *	23
10	R. Schumacher	Toyota	14th	8th	3	9	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	9	6th	7th	15th	DNF	7th	DNF	20th
11	P. de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes											7th	DNF	2	5	DNF	5	11	8th	19th
12	J. Trulli	Toyota	16	9	DNF	DNF	9	10	17 *	11	6th	4th	DNF	7th	12 *	9	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	15th
13	D. Coulthard	Red Bull Ferrari	10	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	14th	3	12	8th	7th	9	11	5	15 *	12	9	DNF	DNF	14th
14th	M. Webber	Williams-Cosworth	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	10	8th	DNF	DNF	7th
15th	J. Villeneuve	BMW clean	DNF	7th	6th	12	8th	12	14th	8th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF							7th
16	R. Kubica	BMW clean													DSQ	12	3	13	9	9	6th
17th	N. Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	7th	DNF	DNF	11	7th	11	DNF	9	DNF	9	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	10	DNF	4th
18th	C. Klien	Red Bull Ferrari	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	14th	11	DNF	12	8th	DNF	11	11				2
19th	V. Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	11	11	DNF	14th	DNF	15 *	10	13	13	8th	13	10	DNF	DNF	14th	10	14th	13	1
20th	S. Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	13	DNF	9	15th	11	DNF	13	DNF	10	DNF	10	12	11	13	13	14th	18th	11	0
21st	T. Monteiro	Midland Toyota	17th	13	DNF	16	12	16	15th	16	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	15th	0
22nd	C. Albers	Midland Toyota	DNF	12	11	DNF	13	DNF	12	15th	DNF	DNF	15th	DSQ	10	DNF	17th	15th	DNF	14th	0
23	T. Satō	Great Aguri Honda	18th	14th	12	DNF	DNF	17th	DNF	17th	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	NC	16	DSQ	15th	10	0
24	R. Doornbos	Red Bull Ferrari																12	13	12	0
25th	Y. Ide	Great Aguri Honda	DNF	DNF	13	DNF															0
26th	S. Yamamoto	Great Aguri Honda												DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	17th	16	0
27	F. Montagny	Great Aguri Honda					DNF	DNF	16	18th	DNF	DNF	16								0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Renault R26 from 2006

Item	constructor	No.																			Points
01	Renault	01	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	5	DNF	2	DNF	2	1	2	206
		02	DNF	1	5	8th	6th	3	6th	4th	4th	3	6th	6th	DNF	6th	4th	3	3	6th
02	Ferrari	05	2	6th	DNF	1	1	2	5	2	2	1	1	1	8th*	3	1	1	DNF	4th	201
		06th	9	5	DNF	4th	3	4th	9	5	5	2	3	2	7th	1	9	DNF	2	1
03	McLaren-Mercedes	03	3	DNF	2	5	4th	5	DNF	3	3	DNF	5	3	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	5	5	110
		04th	5	4th	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	2	6th	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	2	5	DNF	5	11	8th
04th	Honda	11	15th	10	7th	10	5	7th	4th	10	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	4th	8th	6th	6th	12	7th	86
		12	4th	3	10 *	7th	DNF	6th	11	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	4th	1	4th	5	4th	4th	3
05	BMW clean	16	12	DNF	4th	13	10	8th	7th	7th	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	3	14th	8th	7th	8th	17 *	36
		17th	DNF	7th	6th	12	8th	12	14th	8th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DSQ	12	3	13	9	9
06th	Toyota	07th	14th	8th	3	9	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	9	6th	7th	15th	DNF	7th	DNF	35
		08th	16	9	DNF	DNF	9	10	17 *	11	6th	4th	DNF	7th	12 *	9	7th	DNF	6th	DNF
07th	Red Bull Ferrari	14th	10	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	14th	3	12	8th	7th	9	11	5	15 *	12	9	DNF	DNF	16
		15th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	14th	11	DNF	12	8th	DNF	11	11	12	13	12
08th	Williams-Cosworth	09	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	10	8th	DNF	DNF	11
		10	7th	DNF	DNF	11	7th	11	DNF	9	DNF	9	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	10	DNF
09	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	20th	11	11	DNF	14th	DNF	15 *	10	13	13	8th	13	10	DNF	DNF	14th	10	14th	13	1
		21st	13	DNF	9	15th	11	DNF	13	DNF	10	DNF	10	12	11	13	13	14th	18th	11
10	Midland Toyota	18th	17th	13	DNF	16	12	16	15th	16	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	15th	0
		19th	DNF	12	11	DNF	13	DNF	12	15th	DNF	DNF	15th	DSQ	10	DNF	17th	15th	DNF	14th
11	Great Aguri Honda	22nd	18th	14th	12	DNF	DNF	17th	DNF	17th	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	NC	16	DSQ	15th	10	0
		23	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	18th	DNF	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	17th	16

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 2006  - collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: 2006 Formula 1 Season  - in the news

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 2006 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A hefty fine for organizers in Turkey. In: Motorsport-Total.com. Retrieved May 14, 2016 . 
2. ↑ At a glance: The highest fines in Formula 1. In: Motorsport-Total.com. Retrieved May 14, 2016 .