2006 Canadian Grand Prix

2006 Canadian Grand Prix
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)
Pole position
Driver	Fernando Alonso;
Time	1:14.942
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen
Time	1:15.841 on lap 22
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso;
Second	Michael Schumacher;
Third	Kimi Räikkönen;
	Lap leaders ;

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.

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.

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.

Constructor	Nat	Driver
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, as home-town hero Jacques Villeneuve crashed into the wall due to brake failure. This was Villeneuve's last F1 start at the circuit named after his father. 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 Alonso	Renault	1:15.350	1:14.726	1:14.942	1
2	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:15.917	1:15.295	1:15.178	2
3	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.376	1:15.273	1:15.386	3
4	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:16.455	1:15.506	1:15.968	4
5	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.716	1:15.139	1:15.986	5
6	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:16.404	1:15.269	1:16.012	6
7	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.251	1:15.253	1:16.228	7
8	12	Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.594	1:15.814	1:16.608	8
9	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.735	1:15.601	1:16.912	9
10	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.259	1:15.555	1:17.209	10
11	17	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:16.493	1:15.832		11
12	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:16.585	1:15.833		12
13	16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:15.906	1:15.885		13
14	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:16.702	1:15.888		14
15	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:16.581	1:16.116		15
16	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:16.514	1:16.301		22¹
17	9	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:16.985			16
18	21	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:17.016			17
19	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	1:17.121			18
20	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	1:17.140			19
21	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:19.088			20
22	23	Franck Montagny	Super 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.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	1:34:37.308	1	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	+2.111	5	8
3	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+8.813	3	6
4	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	70	+15.679	2	5
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+25.172	10	4
6	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	69	+1 lap	4	3
7	16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	69	+1 lap	13	2
8	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	69	+1 lap	22	1
9	12	Jenson Button	Honda	69	+1 lap	8
10	21	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	69	+1 lap	17
11	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	69	+1 lap	12
12	9	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	69	+1 lap	16
13	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	68	+2 laps	15
14	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	66	+4 laps	18
15	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	64	Accident	20
Ret	17	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	58	Accident	11
Ret	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	58	Withdrew	14
Ret	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	13	Accident	7
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	Engine	9
Ret	23	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda	2	Engine	21
Ret	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1	Collision	6
Ret	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	0	Collision	19
Source:^[4]

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Fernando Alonso	84
	2	Michael Schumacher	59
	3	Kimi Räikkönen	39
	4	Giancarlo Fisichella	37
1	5	Felipe Massa	28
Source: ^[5]

Constructors' Championship standings^[4]

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Renault	121
	2	Ferrari	87
	3	McLaren-Mercedes	65
	4	Honda	29
	5	BMW Sauber	19
Source: ^[5]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

^ "Weather information for the "2006 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
^ "Canada". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Domenjoz, Luc; et al. (February 2007). Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 138. ISBN 978-2-84707-110-8.
^ ^a ^b Domenjoz, Luc; et al. (February 2007). Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-84707-110-8.
^ ^a ^b "Canada 2006 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

External links[]

Detailed Canadian Grand Prix results

Previous race: 2006 British Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 2006 season	Next race: 2006 United States Grand Prix
Previous race: 2005 Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian Grand Prix	Next race: 2007 Canadian Grand Prix

Coordinates: 39°47′42″N 86°14′05″W / 39.79500°N 86.23472°W / 39.79500; -86.23472

[1] "Weather information for the "2006 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.

[2] "Canada". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[3] Domenjoz, Luc; et al. (February 2007). Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 138. ISBN 978-2-84707-110-8.

[f1yearbook-4] Domenjoz, Luc; et al. (February 2007). Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-84707-110-8.

[champ-5] "Canada 2006 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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