The 2006 Formula One Season was the 57th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It began on March 12 in Australia and ended on October 22 in Brazil.
The title was won by Fernando Alonso of Renault, he second title in successive seasons, ahead of Ferrari's Michael Schumacher. This was the final season of Schumacher's "first career", as he retired after the season, announcing it after winning the Italian Grand Prix. He returned in 2010 with the Mercedes team.
Renault also won their second Constructors' title in succession.
This season saw the introdution of the 2.8L V8 engines as part of the new regulations that year
Teams and Drivers[]
Entry List[]
Notes:
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 In 2006, all the teams except the teams which finished in the first four places in the constructors' championship in 2005 were allowed to run an extra car during practice.
- ↑ Doornbos was third driver in rounds 1–15.
- ↑ Ammermüller was third driver in rounds 16–18.
- ↑ Kubica was third driver in rounds 1–12.
- ↑ Vettel was third driver in rounds 14–18.
- ↑ Winkelhock was third driver in rounds 1, 3 and 12–13.
- ↑ Mondini was third driver in rounds 2, 4, 6–10 and 14–15.
- ↑ Sutil was third driver in rounds 5, 11 and 17.
- ↑ Prémat was third driver in round 16.
- ↑ Viso was third driver in round 18.
- ↑ Montagny was third driver in rounds 14–18.
- ↑ Yamamoto was third driver in rounds 8–11.
Changes[]
Team Changes[]
Driver Changes[]
- Pre-Season
Rubens Barrichello: Ferrari - Honda
Felipe Massa: Sauber - Ferrari
Nick Heidfeld: Williams - BMW Sauber
Christijan Albers: Minardi - Midland
Takuma Sato: BAR - Super Aguri
Vitantonio Liuzzi: Red Bull - Scuderia Toro Rosso
Nico Rosberg: GP2 Series - Williams
Scott Speed: GP2 Series - Scuderia Toro Rosso
Yuji Ide: Formula Nippon - Super Aguri
- Mid-Season
For Round 5 (Europe)
Super Aguri: Yuji Ide - Franck Montagny
For Round 11 (France)
McLaren: Juan-Pablo Montoya - Pedro de la Rosa
For Round 12 (Germany)
Super Aguri: Franck Montagny - Sakon Yamamoto
For Round 13 (Hungary)
BMW Sauber: Jacques Villeneuve - Robert Kubica
For Round 16 (China)
Red Bull: Christian Klien - Robert Doornbos
Calendar[]
Schedule[]
Calendar Changes[]
Results, Standings and Statistics[]
Testing[]
Results[]
Round | Event | Report | |||
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Grid | Result |
1 | Report | ||||
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Ferrari |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Ferrari |
Williams-Cosworth | ||
Honda |
3 | McLaren-Mercedes |
1:32.406 on Lap 42 |
2 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Honda |
2 | Renault |
Renault | ||
Williams-Cosworth |
3 | Honda |
1:34.803 on Lap 45 |
3 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honda |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Renault |
2 | McLaren-Mercedes |
McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Renault |
3 | Toyota |
1:26.045 on Lap 57 |
4 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferrari |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Honda |
2 | Renault |
Renault | ||
Honda |
3 | McLaren-Mercedes |
1:24.569 on Lap 23 |
5 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Renault |
Ferrari | ||
Ferrari |
3 | Ferrari |
1:32.099 on Lap 39 |
6 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Renault |
2 | Ferrari |
Ferrari | ||
Ferrari |
3 | Renault |
1:16.648 on Lap 42 |
7 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Williams-Cosworth |
2 | McLaren-Mercedes |
Ferrari | ||
McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | Red Bull-Ferrari |
1:15.143 on Lap 74 |
8 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | Ferrari |
Renault | ||
Ferrari |
3 | McLaren-Mercedes |
1:21.599 on Lap 21 |
9 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Renault |
2 | Ferrari |
McLaren-Mercedes | ||
McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | McLaren-Mercedes |
1:15.841 on Lap 22 |
10 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferrari |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Ferrari |
Ferrari | ||
Renault |
3 | Renault |
1:12.719 on Lap 56 |
11 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferrari |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Renault |
Ferrari | ||
Renault |
3 | Ferrari |
1:17.111 on Lap 46 |
12 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Ferrari |
Ferrari | ||
Ferrari |
3 | McLaren-Mercedes |
1:16.357 on Lap 17 |
13 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | Honda |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | McLaren-Mercedes |
Ferrari | ||
Honda |
3 | BMW Sauber |
1:23.516 on Lap 65 |
14 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferrari |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Renault |
Ferrari | ||
Renault |
3 | Ferrari |
1:28.005 on Lap 55 |
15 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
McLaren-Mercedes |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | McLaren-Mercedes |
McLaren-Mercedes | ||
BMW Sauber |
3 | BMW Sauber |
1:22.559 on Lap 13 |
16 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renault |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
Renault |
2 | Renault |
Renault | ||
Honda |
3 | Renault |
1:37.586 on Lap 49 |
17 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferrari |
1 | Renault |
Fastest Lap | ||
Ferrari |
2 | Ferrari |
Renault | ||
Toyota |
3 | Renault |
1:32.676 on Lap 14 |
18 | Report | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferrari |
1 | Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | Renault |
Ferrari | ||
Toyota |
3 | Honda |
1:12.162 on Lap 70 |
* Monaco Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher set the fastest time in qualifying, but his qualifying times were deleted after he stopped his car at Rascasse, meaning the other drivers would have been unable to faster time than Schumacher. Although Schumacher claimed it was an error, but he was still penalised. He started from the pit lane.
Testing[]
Pre-season testing was originally planned to take place at Barcelona from February 24 to 26, but following calendar changes to avoid a clash with the 2006 Commonwealth Games, teams agreed to host pre-season testing at Bahrain from March 3 to 5, the weeks before the season-opening race.
No. | Test | Circuit | Date | Report |
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1 | 3-5 March 2006 | Report |
Standings[]
Drivers[]
Pos. | Driver | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pts | |||||||||||||||||||
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 5th | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 134 | |
2nd | 2nd | 6th | Ret | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | Ret | 4th | 121 | |
3rd | 9th | 5th | Ret | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 9th | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 80 | |
4th | Ret | 1st | 5th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | Ret | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 72 | |
5th | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 5th | Ret | 3rd | 3rd | Ret | 5th | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 5th | 5th | 65 | |
6th | 4th | 3rd | 10th | 7th | Ret | 6th | 11th | Ret | 9th | Ret | Ret | 4th | 1st | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 56 | |
7th | 15th | 10th | 7th | 10th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 10th | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | 4th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 12th | 7th | 30 | |
8th | 5th | 4th | Ret | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 2nd | 6th | Ret | Ret | 26 | |||||||||
9th | 12th | Ret | 4th | 13th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | Ret | 8th | Ret | 3rd | 14th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 17th | 23 | |
10th | 14th | 8th | 3rd | 9th | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 15th | Ret | 7th | Ret | 20 | |
11th | 7th | Ret | 2nd | 5th | Ret | 5th | 11th | 8th | 19 | |||||||||||
12th | 16th | 9th | Ret | Ret | 9th | 10th | 17th | 11th | 6th | 4th | Ret | 7th | 12th | 9th | 7th | Ret | 6th | Ret | 15 | |
13th | 10th | Ret | 8th | Ret | Ret | 14th | 3rd | 12th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 15th | 12th | 9th | Ret | Ret | 14 | |
14th | 6th | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | 9th | Ret | Ret | 12th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10th | 10th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 7 | |
15th | Ret | 7th | 6th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 14th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | 7 | |||||||
16th | DSQ | 12th | 3rd | 13th | 9th | 9th | 6 | |||||||||||||
17th | 7th | Ret | Ret | 11th | 7th | 11th | Ret | 9th | Ret | 9th | 14th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11th | 10th | Ret | 4 | |
18th | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13th | Ret | 14th | 11th | Ret | 12th | 8th | Ret | 11th | 11th | 2 | ||||
19th | 11th | 11th | Ret | 14th | Ret | 15th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 10th | Ret | Ret | 14th | 10th | 14th | 13th | 1 | |
20th | 13th | Ret | 9th | 15th | 11th | Ret | 13th | Ret | 10th | Ret | 10th | 12th | 11th | 13th | 13th | 14th | 18th | 11th | 0 | |
21st | 17th | 13th | Ret | 16th | 12th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 14th | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 9th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16th | 15th | 0 | |
22nd | Ret | 12th | 11th | Ret | 13th | Ret | 12th | 15th | Ret | Ret | 15th | DSQ | 10th | Ret | 17th | 15th | Ret | 14th | 0 | |
23rd | 18th | 14th | 12th | Ret | Ret | 17th | Ret | 17th | 15th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13th | NC | 16th | DSQ | 15th | 10th | 0 | |
24th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
25th | Ret | Ret | 13th | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
26th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16th | 17th | 16th | 0 | ||||||||||||
27th | Ret | Ret | 16th | 18th | Ret | Ret | 16th | 0 |
Constructors[]
Statistics[]
Drivers[]
Constructors[]
See also[]
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