2006 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2006 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2006)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 25 June 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The 70-lap race was the ninth round of the 2006 Formula One season.

2006 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 25 June 2006
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2006
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 mi)
Weather Sunny and warm with temperatures reaching up to 28 °C (82 °F); wind speeds up to 4.1 kilometres per hour (2.5 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:14.942
Fastest lap
Driver Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:15.841 on lap 22
Podium
First
Renault
Second
Ferrari
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Jenson Button out-qualified his Honda teammate Rubens Barrichello and took the eighth place on the grid.
Nico Rosberg qualified in sixth place but retired on the first lap of the race.
Fernando Alonso during his pole position lap.
Michael Schumacher qualified his Ferrari 248 F1 in fifth position.
The two Midland drivers, Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro, collided on the first lap of the race.
Giancarlo Fisichella finished in fourth after qualifying second because of a drive-through penalty during the race.
The Toyota drivers, Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher, during the race. Ralf eventually retired on lap 58.
Barrichello and Klien battling during the race.

Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

ConstructorNatDriver
Williams-Cosworth Alexander Wurz
Honda Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber Robert Kubica
MF1-Toyota Giorgio Mondini
Toro Rosso-Cosworth Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda Sakon Yamamoto

Race

Polesitter Fernando Alonso took his sixth win of the season and increased his championship lead over Michael Schumacher, who finished second after passing Kimi Räikkönen with two laps remaining when the Finn ran wide. Räikkönen subsequently finished in third position, completing the podium for the McLaren team. Alonso had now taken six wins and three second places from the first nine races.

There were problems at the start of the race when the two Midland cars collided at the tight hairpin on Lap 1, before Juan Pablo Montoya and Nico Rosberg collided on Lap 2 (which necessitated bringing out the safety car). Rosberg retired, whilst Montoya continued until he collided with a wall later in the race. Schumacher was stuck behind Jarno Trulli for a large proportion of the race before finally managing to overtake him, although Alonso had gained a considerable lead over him by this point.

With just a handful of laps left the safety car was out for a second time when home-town hero Jacques Villeneuve crashed into the wall due to brake failure. Räikkönen, who was second in the snake of cars behind the safety car, was unable to take advantage of the closed gap to Alonso due backmarkers in front of him. He eventually lost the position to Schumacher.

Classification

Qualifying
Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 1 Fernando AlonsoRenault 1:15.350 1:14.726 1:14.942 1
2 2 Giancarlo FisichellaRenault 1:15.917 1:15.295 1:15.178 2
3 3 Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes 1:15.376 1:15.273 1:15.386 3
4 8 Jarno TrulliToyota 1:16.455 1:15.506 1:15.968 4
5 5 Michael SchumacherFerrari 1:15.716 1:15.139 1:15.986 5
6 10 Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth 1:16.404 1:15.269 1:16.012 6
7 4 Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes 1:16.251 1:15.253 1:16.228 7
8 12 Jenson ButtonHonda 1:16.594 1:15.814 1:16.608 8
9 11 Rubens BarrichelloHonda 1:16.735 1:15.601 1:16.912 9
10 6 Felipe MassaFerrari 1:16.259 1:15.555 1:17.209 10
11 17 Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber 1:16.493 1:15.832 11
12 15 Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari 1:16.585 1:15.833 12
13 16 Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber 1:15.906 1:15.885 13
14 7 Ralf SchumacherToyota 1:16.702 1:15.888 14
15 20 Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth 1:16.581 1:16.116 15
16 14 David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari 1:16.514 1:16.301 221
17 9 Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth 1:16.985 16
18 21 Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth 1:17.016 17
19 18 Tiago MonteiroMF1-Toyota 1:17.121 18
20 19 Christijan AlbersMF1-Toyota 1:17.140 19
21 22 Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda 1:19.088 20
22 23 Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda 1:19.152 21
Source:[3]
Notes
  • ^1 – David Coulthard was demoted to the back of the grid because of an engine change after qualifying.

Race
Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 1 Fernando AlonsoRenault 70 1:34:37.308 1 10
2 5 Michael SchumacherFerrari 70 +2.111 5 8
3 3 Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes 70 +8.813 3 6
4 2 Giancarlo FisichellaRenault 70 +15.679 2 5
5 6 Felipe MassaFerrari 70 +25.172 10 4
6 8 Jarno TrulliToyota 69 +1 lap 4 3
7 16 Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber 69 +1 lap 13 2
8 14 David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 22 1
9 12 Jenson ButtonHonda 69 +1 lap 8
10 21 Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth 69 +1 lap 17
11 15 Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 12
12 9 Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth 69 +1 lap 16
13 20 Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth 68 +2 laps 15
14 18 Tiago MonteiroMF1-Toyota 66 +4 laps 18
15 22 Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda 64 Accident 20
Ret 17 Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber 58 Accident 11
Ret 7 Ralf SchumacherToyota 58 Withdrew 14
Ret 4 Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes 13 Accident 7
Ret 11 Rubens BarrichelloHonda 11 Engine 9
Ret 23 Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda 2 Engine 21
Ret 10 Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth 1 Collision 6
Ret 19 Christijan AlbersMF1-Toyota 0 Collision 19
Source:[4]

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "Weather information for the "2006 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. "Canada". Formula1.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. Domenjoz, Luc; et al. Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 138. ISBN 2-84707-110-5.
  4. Domenjoz, Luc; et al. Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 141. ISBN 2-84707-110-5.
  5. "Canada 2006 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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