2006 European Grand Prix

The 2006 European Grand Prix (formally the 2006 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe)[1] was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany on 7 May 2006. The 60-lap race was the fifth round of the 2006 Formula One season. It was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher who took his second victory of the season. Polesitter Fernando Alonso finished in second position for the Renault team, whilst the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa achieved his first podium finish of the season with third place.

2006 European Grand Prix
Race 5 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Nürburgring
Race details
Date 7 May 2006
Official name 2006 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe
Location Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.148 km (3.2 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 308.88 km (192 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:29.816
Fastest lap
Driver Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:32.099 on lap 39
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Renault
Third
Ferrari

Franck Montagny made his Formula One début, becoming the first French F1 driver since Olivier Panis at the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix.

Report

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.

Franck Montagny was originally scheduled to act as the third driver for Super Aguri,[2] but was promoted to a race seat[3] after team driver Yuji Ide had his FIA Super License revoked[4] for erratic driving in prior races that season. Ide was set to act as Super Aguri's third driver for this race, according to the team, until the revocation came down.[3] The license revocation meant Ide could not participate in Formula One.

ConstructorNatDriver
Williams-Cosworth Alexander Wurz
Honda Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber Robert Kubica
MF1-Toyota Adrian Sutil
Toro Rosso-Cosworth Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda none

Qualifying

The qualifying session was affected by a red flag situation appearing on the timing monitors with 3½ minutes left. Unfortunately, this was due to a software glitch in the timing system, and the session was quickly restarted. Christian Klien felt that he lost out through it, having abandoned a lap thinking it would not count. Initially Jacques Villeneuve was outside the top 16, however the time for his lap (which he continued on during the red flag) was later recalled and placed him 7th in the session.

Classification

Qualifying
Nick Heidfeld on the Friday before the race.
Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.138 1:30.336 1:29.816 1
2 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.235 1:30.013 1:30.028 2
3 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:31.921 1:30.732 1:30.407 3
4 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:31.671 1:30.469 1:30.754 4
5 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.263 1:30.203 1:30.933 5
6 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:31.420 1:30.755 1:30.940 6
7 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:31.809 1:30.733 1:31.419 7
8 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.774 1:30.671 1:31.880 8
9 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:31.712 1:30.892 1:33.405 191
10 17 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1:31.545 1:30.865 1:36.998 92
11 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:31.470 1:30.944 10
12 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:32.053 1:31.194 221
13 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:31.574 1:31.197 11
14 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:31.742 1:31.227 12
15 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:31.457 1:31.422 13
16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:32.651 1:31.728 14
17 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:32.901 15
18 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:32.936 16
19 21 Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:32.992 17
20 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:33.658 18
21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:35.239 20
22 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:46.505 21
Source:[5]
Notes
  • ^1 – Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg both had their engines changed, and were both dropped ten places on the grid on Sunday. They started the race in 19th and 22nd places respectively.
  • ^2 – Jacques Villeneuve originally qualified 8th, but his fastest three laps from the third qualifying session were deleted due to blocking the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella.

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 60 1:35:58.765 2 10
2 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 60 +3.751 1 8
3 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 60 +4.447 3 6
4 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 60 +4.879 5 5
5 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 60 +1:12.586 4 4
6 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 60 +1:14.116 11 3
7 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 60 +1:14.565 22 2
8 17 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 60 +1:29.364 9 1
9 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 59 +1 Lap 7
10 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 59 +1 Lap 13
11 21 Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 59 +1 Lap 17
12 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 59 +1 Lap 18
13 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 59 +1 Lap 16
Ret 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 52 Engine 10
Ret 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 52 Engine 8
Ret 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 45 Hydraulics 20
Ret 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 29 Hydraulics 21
Ret 12 Jenson Button Honda 28 Engine 6
Ret 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 28 Transmission 15
Ret 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 12 Hydraulics 19
Ret 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 2 Collision damage 12
Ret 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 0 Collision damage 14
Source:[6]

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

See also

References
  1. "Europe". Formula1.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "Montagny joins Super Aguri as third driver for European GP". pitpass.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Ide replaced by Montagny for Super Aguri". pitpass.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. "Ide's Superlicence revoked". pitpass.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. Domenjoz, Luc; et al. Formula One Yearbook 2006–2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 110. ISBN 2-84707-110-5.
  6. Domenjoz, Luc; et al. Formula One Yearbook 2006–2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 113. ISBN 2-84707-110-5.
  7. "Europe 2006 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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