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 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
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 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:15.841 on lap 22
Podium
First
Renault
Second
Ferrari
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
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.

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 Austria Alexander Wurz
Honda United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari Netherlands Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber Poland Robert Kubica
MF1-Toyota Switzerland Giorgio Mondini
Toro Rosso-Cosworth Switzerland Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda Japan 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 1Spain Fernando AlonsoRenault 1:15.350 1:14.726 1:14.942 1
2 2Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault 1:15.917 1:15.295 1:15.178 2
3 3Finland Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes 1:15.376 1:15.273 1:15.386 3
4 8Italy Jarno TrulliToyota 1:16.455 1:15.506 1:15.968 4
5 5Germany Michael SchumacherFerrari 1:15.716 1:15.139 1:15.986 5
6 10Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth 1:16.404 1:15.269 1:16.012 6
7 4Colombia Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes 1:16.251 1:15.253 1:16.228 7
8 12United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda 1:16.594 1:15.814 1:16.608 8
9 11Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda 1:16.735 1:15.601 1:16.912 9
10 6Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari 1:16.259 1:15.555 1:17.209 10
11 17Canada Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber 1:16.493 1:15.832 11
12 15Austria Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari 1:16.585 1:15.833 12
13 16Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber 1:15.906 1:15.885 13
14 7Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota 1:16.702 1:15.888 14
15 20Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth 1:16.581 1:16.116 15
16 14United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari 1:16.514 1:16.301 221
17 9Australia Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth 1:16.985 16
18 21United States Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth 1:17.016 17
19 18Portugal Tiago MonteiroMF1-Toyota 1:17.121 18
20 19Netherlands Christijan AlbersMF1-Toyota 1:17.140 19
21 22Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda 1:19.088 20
22 23France Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda 1:19.152 21
Source:[3]
Notes
  • ^1 – David Coulthard received a 10 place grid penalty because of an engine change after qualifying.

Race
Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 1Spain Fernando AlonsoRenault 70 1:34:37.308 1 10
2 5Germany Michael SchumacherFerrari 70 +2.111 5 8
3 3Finland Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes 70 +8.813 3 6
4 2Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault 70 +15.679 2 5
5 6Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari 70 +25.172 10 4
6 8Italy Jarno TrulliToyota 69 +1 lap 4 3
7 16Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber 69 +1 lap 13 2
8 14United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 22 1
9 12United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda 69 +1 lap 8
10 21United States Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth 69 +1 lap 17
11 15Austria Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 12
12 9Australia Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth 69 +1 lap 16
13 20Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth 68 +2 laps 15
14 18Portugal Tiago MonteiroMF1-Toyota 66 +4 laps 18
15 22Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda 64 Accident 20
Ret 17Canada Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber 58 Accident 11
Ret 7Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota 58 Withdrew 14
Ret 4Colombia Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes 13 Accident 7
Ret 11Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda 11 Engine 9
Ret 23France Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda 2 Engine 21
Ret 10Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth 1 Collision 6
Ret 19Netherlands 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. 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.
  4. Domenjoz, Luc; et al. (February 2007). Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-84707-110-8.
  5. "Canada 2006 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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