2006 Formula One Season

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Fernando Alonso, the 2006 Drivers' World Champion

Season Information

Number of races

18

Tyre suppliers

B, M

Points system

8 places
10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Drivers' World Championship

Champion

Fernando Alonso
134 points

Runner-Up

Michael Schumacher
121 points

3rd

Felipe Massa
80 points

Constructors' World Championship

Champion

Renault
206 points

Runner-Up

Ferrari
201 points

3rd

McLaren-Mercedes
110 points

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		No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers

Renault	R26	M	1	Fernando Alonso	All	Heikki Kovalainen José María López Nelson Piquet, Jr. Jonathan Cochet
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault RS26 2.4 V8		2	Giancarlo Fisichella	All

McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-21	M	3	Kimi Räikkönen	All	Pedro de la Rosa Gary Paffett Lewis Hamilton Mika Häkkinen
Team McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8		4	Juan Pablo Montoya	1–10
			4	Pedro de la Rosa	11–18

Ferrari	248 F1	B	5	Michael Schumacher	All	Luca Badoer Marc Gené Andrea Bertolini Valentino Rossi
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8		6	Felipe Massa	All	Luca Badoer Marc Gené Andrea Bertolini Valentino Rossi

Toyota	TF106 TF106B	B	7	Ralf Schumacher	All	Ricardo Zonta Olivier Panis Andy Soucek Franck Montagny Kamui Kobayashi
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8		8	Jarno Trulli	All

Williams-Cosworth	FW28	B	9	Mark Webber	All	Narain Karthikeyan João Paulo de Oliviera Luciano Burti
Williams F1 Team	Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8		10	Nico Rosberg	All
			35	Alexander Wurz	None^[1]

Honda	RA106	M	11	Rubens Barrichello	All	James Rossiter Marco Andretti Adam Carroll Giorgio Mondini
Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8		12	Jenson Button	All
			36	Anthony Davidson	None^[1]

Red Bull-Ferrari	RB2	M	14	David Coulthard	All	none
Red Bull Racing	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8		15	Christian Klien	1–15
			15 37	Robert Doornbos	16–18 None^[1]^[2]
			37	Michael Ammermüller	None^[1]^[3]

BMW Sauber	F1.06	M	16	Nick Heidfeld	All	Marco Holzer
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW P86 2.4 V8		17	Jacques Villeneuve	1–12
			17 38	Robert Kubica	13–18 None^[1]^[4]
			38	Sebastian Vettel	None^[1]^[5]

Midland-Toyota	M16	B	18	Tiago Monteiro	All	Roman Rusinov Fabrizio del Monte Adrián Vallés Ronnie Quintarelli Thomas Biagi
Midland F1 Racing (1–15) Spyker MF1 Racing (16–18)	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8		19	Christijan Albers	All
			39	Markus Winkelhock	None^[1]^[6]
			39	Giorgio Mondini	None^[1]^[7]
			39	Adrian Sutil	None^[1]^[8]
			39	Alexandre Prémat	None^[1]^[9]
			39	Ernesto Viso	None^[1]^[10]

Toro Rosso-Cosworth	STR1	M	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All	Sebastien Bourdais
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Cosworth TJ2006 3.0 V10		21	Scott Speed	All
			40	Neel Jani	None^[1]

Super Aguri-Honda	SA05/SA06	B	22	Takuma Sato	All	Yuji Ide
Super Aguri F1 Team	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8		23	Yuji Ide	1–4
			23 41	Franck Montagny	5–11 None^[1]^[11]
			23 41	Sakon Yamamoto	12–18 None^[1]^[12]

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
Round	Grid		Result		Report

Bahrain Grand Prix			Report
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	2	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	[[Nico Rosberg]] Williams-Cosworth
[[Jenson Button]] Honda	3	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.406 on Lap 42

Australian Grand Prix			Report
[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	1	[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Jenson Button]] Honda	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault
[[Nico Rosberg]] Williams-Cosworth	3	[[Jenson Button]] Honda	1:34.803 on Lap 45

Malaysian Grand Prix			Report
[[Jenson Button]] Honda	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	2	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	3	[[Ralf Schumacher]] Toyota	1:26.045 on Lap 57

San Marino Grand Prix			Report
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Jenson Button]] Honda	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault
[[Rubens Barrichello]] Honda	3	[[Juan Pablo Montoya]] McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.569 on Lap 23

European Grand Prix			Report
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	3	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	1:32.099 on Lap 39

Spanish Grand Prix			Report
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	2	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	3	[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	1:16.648 on Lap 42

Monaco Grand Prix			Report
[[Fernando Alonso*]] Renault	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Mark Webber]] Williams-Cosworth	2	[[Juan Pablo Montoya]] McLaren-Mercedes	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	3	[[David Coulthard]] Red Bull-Ferrari	1:15.143 on Lap 74

British Grand Prix			Report
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	2	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	3	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.599 on Lap 21

Canadian Grand Prix			Report
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	2	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	3	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.841 on Lap 22

United States Grand Prix			Report
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	2	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	3	[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	1:12.719 on Lap 56

French Grand Prix			Report
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	3	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	1:17.111 on Lap 46

German Grand Prix			Report
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	2	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	3	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.357 on Lap 17

Hungarian Grand Prix			Report
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1	[[Jenson Button]] Honda	Fastest Lap
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	2	[[Pedro de la Rosa]] McLaren-Mercedes	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari
[[Rubens Barrichello]] Honda	3	[[Nick Heidfeld]] BMW Sauber	1:23.516 on Lap 65

Turkish Grand Prix			Report
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	1	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	3	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	1:28.005 on Lap 55

Italian Grand Prix			Report
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	2	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes
[[Nick Heidfeld]] BMW Sauber	3	[[Robert Kubica]] BMW Sauber	1:22.559 on Lap 13

Chinese Grand Prix			Report
[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	1	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault
[[Rubens Barrichello]] Honda	3	[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	1:37.586 on Lap 49

Japanese Grand Prix			Report
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	1	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	Fastest Lap
[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari	2	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault
[[Ralf Schumacher]] Toyota	3	[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] Renault	1:32.676 on Lap 14

Brazilian Grand Prix			Report
[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	1	[[Felipe Massa]] Ferrari	Fastest Lap
[[Kimi Räikkönen]] McLaren-Mercedes	2	[[Fernando Alonso]] Renault	[[Michael Schumacher]] Ferrari
[[Jarno Trulli]] Toyota	3	[[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	2006 Pre-Season Testing	Bahrain International Circuit	3-5 March 2006	Report

Standings[]

Drivers[]

Pos.	Driver
Pos.	Driver																			Pts
1st	Fernando Alonso	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	5th	2nd	5th	Ret	2nd	Ret	2nd	1st	2nd	134
2nd	Michael Schumacher	2nd	6th	Ret	1st	1st	2nd	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	8th	3rd	1st	1st	Ret	4th	121
3rd	Felipe Massa	9th	5th	Ret	4th	3rd	4th	9th	5th	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	7th	1st	9th	Ret	2nd	1st	80
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ret	1st	5th	8th	6th	3rd	6th	4th	4th	3rd	6th	6th	Ret	6th	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	72
5th	Kimi Räikkönen	3rd	Ret	2nd	5th	4th	5th	Ret	3rd	3rd	Ret	5th	3rd	Ret	Ret	2nd	Ret	5th	5th	65
6th	Jenson Button	4th	3rd	10th	7th	Ret	6th	11th	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	4th	1st	4th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	56
7th	Rubens Barrichello	15th	10th	7th	10th	5th	7th	4th	10th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	4th	8th	6th	6th	12th	7th	30
8th	Juan Pablo Montoya	5th	4th	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	2nd	6th	Ret	Ret									26
9th	Nick Heidfeld	12th	Ret	4th	13th	10th	8th	7th	7th	7th	Ret	8th	Ret	3rd	14th	8th	7th	8th	17th	23
10th	Ralf Schumacher	14th	8th	3rd	9th	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	9th	6th	7th	15th	Ret	7th	Ret	20
11th	Pedro de la Rosa											7th	Ret	2nd	5th	Ret	5th	11th	8th	19
12th	Jarno Trulli	16th	9th	Ret	Ret	9th	10th	17th	11th	6th	4th	Ret	7th	12th	9th	7th	Ret	6th	Ret	15
13th	David Coulthard	10th	Ret	8th	Ret	Ret	14th	3rd	12th	8th	7th	9th	11th	5th	15th	12th	9th	Ret	Ret	14
14th	Mark Webber	6th	Ret	Ret	6th	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	10th	8th	Ret	Ret	7
15th	Jacques Villeneuve	Ret	7th	6th	12th	8th	12th	14th	8th	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret							7
16th	Robert Kubica													DSQ	12th	3rd	13th	9th	9th	6
17th	Nico Rosberg	7th	Ret	Ret	11th	7th	11th	Ret	9th	Ret	9th	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	10th	Ret	4
18th	Christian Klien	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	Ret	14th	11th	Ret	12th	8th	Ret	11th	11th				2
19th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	11th	11th	Ret	14th	Ret	15th	10th	13th	13th	8th	13th	10th	Ret	Ret	14th	10th	14th	13th	1
20th	Scott Speed	13th	Ret	9th	15th	11th	Ret	13th	Ret	10th	Ret	10th	12th	11th	13th	13th	14th	18th	11th	0
21st	Tiago Monteiro	17th	13th	Ret	16th	12th	16th	15th	16th	14th	Ret	Ret	DSQ	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	16th	15th	0
22nd	Christijan Albers	Ret	12th	11th	Ret	13th	Ret	12th	15th	Ret	Ret	15th	DSQ	10th	Ret	17th	15th	Ret	14th	0
23rd	Takuma Sato	18th	14th	12th	Ret	Ret	17th	Ret	17th	15th	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	NC	16th	DSQ	15th	10th	0
24th	Robert Doornbos																12th	13th	12th	0
25th	Yuji Ide	Ret	Ret	13th	Ret															0
26th	Sakon Yamamoto												Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16th	17th	16th	0
27th	Franck Montagny					Ret	Ret	16th	18th	Ret	Ret	16th								0

Constructors[]

Statistics[]

Drivers[]

Constructors[]

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	1 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

V T E	Formula One Seasons
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[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.

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2006 Formula One Season

Contents

Teams and Drivers[]

Entry List[]

Changes[]

Team Changes[]

Driver Changes[]

Calendar[]

Schedule[]

Calendar Changes[]

Results, Standings and Statistics[]

Testing[]

Results[]

Testing[]

Standings[]

Drivers[]

Constructors[]

Statistics[]

Drivers[]

Constructors[]

See also[]

Notes[]

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