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 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

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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

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Race

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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

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Qualifying

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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
  • ^1David Coulthard received a 10 place grid penalty because of an engine change after qualifying.

Race

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ a b Domenjoz, Luc; et al. (February 2007). Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-84707-110-8.
  5. ^ a b "Canada 2006 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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