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. It was the ninth race 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	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time	1:14.942
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:15.841 on lap 22
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	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.

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

Background

Race

The start of the race was expected to see some formation flying from the two Renaults, only for Fisichella to slightly creep forward before the lights went out. That hence allowed Räikkönen to immediately charge past him as the Italian hit the brakes as the lights went out, and would result in a drive-through penalty later in the race.

The first lap was marked by Midland cars colliding in a tight hairpin, Albers dropped out of the race and Monteiro had to go to the pits to repair the damage. In the second lap, Montoya, who was much faster than Rosberg, attacked the German at every corner trying to pass. However, this struggle ended in a crash at the start of lap 2, which led to Rosberg retiring and Montoya still trying to stay in the race for some time after the pit stop, but eventually retired on lap 14. Schumacher was stuck behind 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.

Starting from the first lap, in the first segment of the distance, Räikkönen actively attacked Alonso in front, and nevertheless outlasted him on the track, going to a pit stop a lap later. Thanks to this, Raikkonen could win the race, but during a pit stop there were problems with the rear right wheel, and the Finn returned to the track, losing 5 seconds to Alonso. Indeed, the second round of stops would prove even more disastrous for Räikkönen, as he not only spun on his in-lap, but had an anti-stall when trying to leave his pitbox.

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. Finally, after the appearance of the safety car on lap 60, Michael Schumacher in third was able to close on Räikkonen and overtake him on lap 69 due to the latter's error.

Alonso took his sixth win of the season and extended his championship lead over Michael Schumacher, who finished second. Räikkönen finished in third place and completed the McLaren team on the podium. Alonso now had six wins and three second places from the first nine races.

Michelin scored their 100th win as a tyre supplier.

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 received a 10 place grid penalty 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 Pos. Constructor Points 1 Renault 121 2 Ferrari 87 3 McLaren-Mercedes 65 4 Honda 29 5 BMW Sauber 19 Source:[5][4]

• 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.

External links

• Detailed Canadian Grand Prix results

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