Renault R26
 Fernando Alonso in the Renault R26 at the Brazilian Grand Prix |
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| Constructor: |
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| Designer: | Bob Bell | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Renault R25 | ||||||||
| Successor: | Renault R27 | ||||||||
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| Engine: | Renault RS26 2.4 V8 | ||||||||
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| Driver: |
 Fernando Alonso Giancarlo Fisichella
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| First start: | 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | 206 | ||||||||
| Podiums: | 19th | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | 520 over 2,484.686 km | ||||||||
The R26 is the 17th Formula 1 - racing cars from Renault and came in all 18 races of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2006 are used. The gearbox and RS26 V8 engine are Renault's own designs.
Technology and development
According to the changes in the regulations for the 2006 season, the new bolide was powered for the first time by the new eight-cylinder engines with a maximum displacement of 2.4 liters and not by the ten-cylinder engines with 3.0 liters displacement from previous years.
Vehicle data
- Length: 4.80 m
- Width: 1.80 m
- Height: 0.95 m
- Center distance: 3.10 m
- Power: 775 PS / 578 kW
- Displacement: 2.4 liters
- Number of gears: 7-speed semi-automatic
- Weight: 605 kg
Pilots
Renault stuck to the driver duo Fernando Alonso from Spain and Giancarlo Fisichella from Italy for the 2006 season .
Season course
In the first half of the season, the team achieved seven Grand Prix victories and six pole positions and was thus able to develop a lead in the drivers 'and constructors' championships. The second half of the season was mainly dominated by Ferrari .
As in the previous year, Fernando Alonso was world driver champion (134 points), Renault (206 points) successfully defended the constructors' title.
Results
| driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | Points | rank |
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F. Alonso
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | DNF | 2 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
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G. Fisichella
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2 | DNF | 1 | 5 | 8th | 6th | 3 | 6th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 6th | 6th | DNF | 6th | 4th | 3 | 3 | 6th | ||
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| 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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
- Technical details (English, with pictures)
Racing car of the Formula 1 World Championship 2006
