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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[]

Constructor Chassis Tyre No. Driver Rounds Test/Reserve Drivers
Team Engine
Renault R26 M 1 Spain Fernando Alonso All Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Argentina José María López
Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr.
France Jonathan Cochet
France Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault RS26 2.4 V8 2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella All
McLaren-Mercedes MP4-21 M 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen All Spain Pedro de la Rosa
United Kingdom Gary Paffett
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Mika Häkkinen
United Kingdom Team McLaren Mercedes Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8 4 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 1–10
4 Spain Pedro de la Rosa 11–18
Ferrari 248 F1 B 5 Germany Michael Schumacher All Italy Luca Badoer
Spain Marc Gené
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Italy Valentino Rossi
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 6 Brazil Felipe Massa All
Toyota TF106
TF106B
B 7 Germany Ralf Schumacher All Brazil Ricardo Zonta
France Olivier Panis
Spain Andy Soucek
France Franck Montagny
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Japan Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8 8 Italy Jarno Trulli All
Williams-Cosworth FW28 B 9 Australia Mark Webber All India Narain Karthikeyan
Brazil João Paulo de Oliviera
Brazil Luciano Burti
United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8 10 Germany Nico Rosberg All
35 Austria Alexander Wurz None[1]
Honda RA106 M 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello All United Kingdom James Rossiter
United States Marco Andretti
Ireland Adam Carroll
Switzerland Giorgio Mondini
Japan Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 12 United Kingdom Jenson Button All
36 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson None[1]
Red Bull-Ferrari RB2 M 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard All none
United Kingdom Red Bull Racing Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 15 Austria Christian Klien 1–15
15
37
Netherlands Robert Doornbos 16–18
None[1][2]
37 Germany Michael Ammermüller None[1][3]
BMW Sauber F1.06 M 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld All Germany Marco Holzer
Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW P86 2.4 V8 17 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 1–12
17
38
Poland Robert Kubica 13–18
None[1][4]
38 Germany Sebastian Vettel None[1][5]
Midland-Toyota M16 B 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro All Russia Roman Rusinov
Italy Fabrizio del Monte
Spain Adrián Vallés
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Italy Thomas Biagi
Russia Midland F1 Racing (1–15)
Netherlands Spyker MF1 Racing (16–18)
Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8 19 Netherlands Christijan Albers All
39 Germany Markus Winkelhock None[1][6]
39 Switzerland Giorgio Mondini None[1][7]
39 Germany Adrian Sutil None[1][8]
39 France Alexandre Prémat None[1][9]
39 Venezuela Ernesto Viso None[1][10]
Toro Rosso-Cosworth STR1 M 20 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi All France Sebastien Bourdais
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Cosworth TJ2006 3.0 V10 21 United States Scott Speed All
40 Switzerland Neel Jani None[1]
Super Aguri-Honda SA05/SA06 B 22 Japan Takuma Sato All Japan Yuji Ide
Japan Super Aguri F1 Team Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 23 Japan Yuji Ide 1–4
23
41
France Franck Montagny 5–11
None[1][11]
23
41
Japan Sakon Yamamoto 12–18
None[1][12]

Notes:

  1. 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.
  2. Doornbos was third driver in rounds 1–15.
  3. Ammermüller was third driver in rounds 16–18.
  4. Kubica was third driver in rounds 1–12.
  5. Vettel was third driver in rounds 14–18.
  6. Winkelhock was third driver in rounds 1, 3 and 12–13.
  7. Mondini was third driver in rounds 2, 4, 6–10 and 14–15.
  8. Sutil was third driver in rounds 5, 11 and 17.
  9. Prémat was third driver in round 16.
  10. Viso was third driver in round 18.
  11. Montagny was third driver in rounds 14–18.
  12. 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
Grid Result
1 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix Report
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
2 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Germany [[Nico Rosberg]]
Williams-Cosworth
United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
Honda
3 Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1:32.406 on Lap 42
2 Malaysia Australian Grand Prix Report
Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
1 Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
Honda
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Nico Rosberg]]
Williams-Cosworth
3 United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
Honda
1:34.803 on Lap 45
3 Australia Malaysian Grand Prix Report
United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
Honda
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
2 Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
3 Germany [[Ralf Schumacher]]
Toyota
1:26.045 on Lap 57
4 San Marino San Marino Grand Prix Report
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
Honda
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Brazil [[Rubens Barrichello]]
Honda
3 Colombia [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1:24.569 on Lap 23
5 Europe European Grand Prix Report
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
3 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
1:32.099 on Lap 39
6 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Report
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
2 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
3 Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
1:16.648 on Lap 42
7 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix Report
Spain [[Fernando Alonso*]]
Renault
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Australia [[Mark Webber]]
Williams-Cosworth
2 Colombia [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
3 United Kingdom [[David Coulthard]]
Red Bull-Ferrari
1:15.143 on Lap 74
8 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Report
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
2 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
3 Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1:21.599 on Lap 21
9 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Report
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
2 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
3 Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1:15.841 on Lap 22
10 United States United States Grand Prix Report
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
2 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
3 Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
1:12.719 on Lap 56
11 France French Grand Prix Report
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
3 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
1:17.111 on Lap 46
12 Germany German Grand Prix Report
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
2 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
3 Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1:16.357 on Lap 17
13 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Report
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1 United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
Honda
Fastest Lap
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
2 Spain [[Pedro de la Rosa]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Brazil [[Rubens Barrichello]]
Honda
3 Germany [[Nick Heidfeld]]
BMW Sauber
1:23.516 on Lap 65
14 Turkey Turkish Grand Prix Report
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
1 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
3 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
1:28.005 on Lap 55
15 Italy Italian Grand Prix Report
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
2 Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
Germany [[Nick Heidfeld]]
BMW Sauber
3 Poland [[Robert Kubica]]
BMW Sauber
1:22.559 on Lap 13
16 China Chinese Grand Prix Report
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
1 Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Brazil [[Rubens Barrichello]]
Honda
3 Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
1:37.586 on Lap 49
17 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Report
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
1 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Fastest Lap
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
2 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Ralf Schumacher]]
Toyota
3 Italy [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]
Renault
1:32.676 on Lap 14
18 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Report
Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
1 Brazil [[Felipe Massa]]
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
Finland [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
McLaren-Mercedes
2 Spain [[Fernando Alonso]]
Renault
Germany [[Michael Schumacher]]
Ferrari
Italy [[Jarno Trulli]]
Toyota
3 United Kingdom [[Jenson Button]]
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
1 Bahrain 2006 Pre-Season Testing Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit 3-5 March 2006 Report

Standings[]

Drivers[]

Pos. Driver
Flag of Bahrain Flag of Malaysia Flag of Australia Flag of San Marino Flag of Europe Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Great Britain Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Turkey Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil Pts
1st Spain Fernando Alonso 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 5th Ret 2nd Ret 2nd 1st 2nd 134
2nd Germany Michael Schumacher 2nd 6th Ret 1st 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 8th 3rd 1st 1st Ret 4th 121
3rd Brazil Felipe Massa 9th 5th Ret 4th 3rd 4th 9th 5th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 7th 1st 9th Ret 2nd 1st 80
4th Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Ret 1st 5th 8th 6th 3rd 6th 4th 4th 3rd 6th 6th Ret 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 72
5th Finland Kimi Räikkönen 3rd Ret 2nd 5th 4th 5th Ret 3rd 3rd Ret 5th 3rd Ret Ret 2nd Ret 5th 5th 65
6th United Kingdom Jenson Button 4th 3rd 10th 7th Ret 6th 11th Ret 9th Ret Ret 4th 1st 4th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 56
7th Brazil Rubens Barrichello 15th 10th 7th 10th 5th 7th 4th 10th Ret 6th Ret Ret 4th 8th 6th 6th 12th 7th 30
8th Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 5th 4th Ret 3rd Ret Ret 2nd 6th Ret Ret 26
9th Germany Nick Heidfeld 12th Ret 4th 13th 10th 8th 7th 7th 7th Ret 8th Ret 3rd 14th 8th 7th 8th 17th 23
10th Germany Ralf Schumacher 14th 8th 3rd 9th Ret Ret 8th Ret Ret Ret 4th 9th 6th 7th 15th Ret 7th Ret 20
11th Spain Pedro de la Rosa 7th Ret 2nd 5th Ret 5th 11th 8th 19
12th Italy Jarno Trulli 16th 9th Ret Ret 9th 10th 17th 11th 6th 4th Ret 7th 12th 9th 7th Ret 6th Ret 15
13th United Kingdom David Coulthard 10th Ret 8th Ret Ret 14th 3rd 12th 8th 7th 9th 11th 5th 15th 12th 9th Ret Ret 14
14th Australia Mark Webber 6th Ret Ret 6th Ret 9th Ret Ret 12th Ret Ret Ret Ret 10th 10th 8th Ret Ret 7
15th Canada Jacques Villeneuve Ret 7th 6th 12th 8th 12th 14th 8th Ret Ret 11th Ret 7
16th Poland Robert Kubica DSQ 12th 3rd 13th 9th 9th 6
17th Germany Nico Rosberg 7th Ret Ret 11th 7th 11th Ret 9th Ret 9th 14th Ret Ret Ret Ret 11th 10th Ret 4
18th Austria Christian Klien 8th Ret Ret Ret Ret 13th Ret 14th 11th Ret 12th 8th Ret 11th 11th 2
19th Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 11th 11th Ret 14th Ret 15th 10th 13th 13th 8th 13th 10th Ret Ret 14th 10th 14th 13th 1
20th United States Scott Speed 13th Ret 9th 15th 11th Ret 13th Ret 10th Ret 10th 12th 11th 13th 13th 14th 18th 11th 0
21st Portugal Tiago Monteiro 17th 13th Ret 16th 12th 16th 15th 16th 14th Ret Ret DSQ 9th Ret Ret Ret 16th 15th 0
22nd Netherlands Christijan Albers Ret 12th 11th Ret 13th Ret 12th 15th Ret Ret 15th DSQ 10th Ret 17th 15th Ret 14th 0
23rd Japan Takuma Sato 18th 14th 12th Ret Ret 17th Ret 17th 15th Ret Ret Ret 13th NC 16th DSQ 15th 10th 0
24th Netherlands Robert Doornbos 12th 13th 12th 0
25th Japan Yuji Ide Ret Ret 13th Ret 0
26th Japan Sakon Yamamoto Ret Ret Ret Ret 16th 17th 16th 0
27th France Franck Montagny Ret Ret 16th 18th Ret Ret 16th 0

Constructors[]

Statistics[]

Drivers[]

Constructors[]

See also[]

F2 Wiki Logo See the related event on the F2 Wiki
2006 GP2 Series

Notes[]

V T E 2006 Formula One Season
Teams Renault • McLaren • Ferrari • Toyota • Williams • Honda • Red Bull • BMW Sauber • Midland • Toro Rosso • Super Aguri
Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • Toyota
Drivers Alonso • 2 Fisichella • 3 Räikkönen • 4 Montoya • 4 De la Rosa • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Massa • 7 R. Schumacher • 8 Trulli • 9 Webber • 10 Rosberg • 11 Barrichello • 12 Button • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Doornbos • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Villeneuve • 17 Kubica • 18 Monteiro • 19 Albers • 20 Liuzzi • 21 Speed • 22 Sato • 23 Ide • 23 Montagny • 23 Yamamoto
Other Drivers Badoer • Davidson • Hamilton • Kovalainen • Piquet • Sutil • Vettel • Wurz
Cars Renault R26 • Ferrari 248 F1 • McLaren MP4-21 • Honda RA106 • BMW Sauber F1.06 • Toyota TF106 • Red Bull RB2 • Williams FW28 • Toro Rosso STR1 • Midland M16 • Super Aguri SA05 • Super Aguri SA06
Tyres Bridgestone • Michelin
Races Bahrain • Malaysia • Australia • San Marino • Europe • Spain • Monaco • Britain • Canada • United States • France • Germany • Hungary • Turkey • Italy • China • Japan • Brazil
See also 2005 Formula One Season • 2007 Formula One Season • Category
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