2006 Italian Grand Prix

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2006 Italian Grand Prix
Race 15 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Monza track map.svg
The Monza circuit after modified in 2000
Race details
Date10 September 2006
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2006
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.6 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 307.029 km (190.8 miles)
Weather Warm and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 27 °C (81 °F) [1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1.21.484
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:22.559 on lap 13
Podium
First Ferrari
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third BMW Sauber
Lap leaders
  • 2006 Italian Grand Prix

The 2006 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2006) [2] was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 2006 at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It was the fifteenth race of the 2006 Formula One season, and was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car.

Contents

Immediately following the race, Schumacher announced that he would retire from motor racing at the end of the 2006 season. Robert Kubica achieved his first career podium finish, in only his third Grand Prix. It was also only the second Grand Prix meeting appearance of Kubica's Friday driver successor, Sebastian Vettel. Vettel had impressed at the Turkish Grand Prix by setting the fastest time in one session, but he set the fastest time in both Friday practice sessions at this Grand Prix. [3] [4] The race was also the first race to see the introduction of a new High Speed Barrier developed by the FIA Institute and the FIA. The system, which was installed at the end of the run-off areas at the circuit's second chicane and Parabolica corners, was designed for use at corners with high speed approaches and limited run-off areas. [5] Also this was the last race of the Red Bull driver Christian Klien, until his return to a race seat at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix.

After the race, in the press conference, Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula One. [6] On the same day, it was announced that Ferrari would replace Schumacher with Kimi Räikkönen. The race was his 90th victory. Four years later however in 2010, Schumacher returned to F1 with Mercedes.

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 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz
Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel
MF1-Toyota Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giorgio Mondini
Toro Rosso-Cosworth Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny

Race report

At the start Kimi Räikkönen got away in the lead with Michael Schumacher and Nick Heidfeld tussling over 2nd. By lap 2 Fernando Alonso was up to 6th past Heidfeld as Schumacher and Räikkönen begin to pull clear of the rest. On lap 10 Nico Rosberg lost power in his Williams and was the first retirement, his 4th consecutive retirement. On lap 15 Räikkönen pitted from the lead and two laps later Schumacher came in and jumped him, Robert Kubica took the lead stopping much later, on lap 23, which allowed Schumacher into the lead for the first time in the race. On lap 44 there was drama when Alonso pulled over with a smoky Renault after an engine failure, this caused a problem for Massa who locked up behind him and went off before pitting to change tyres. Michael Schumacher cruised to victory ahead of Räikkönen, with Kubica claiming his first podium in 3rd place. [7]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
13 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.9941:21.3491:21.4841
25 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.7111:21.3531:21.4862
316 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.7641:21.4251:21.6533
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.0281:21.2251:21.7044
512 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Honda 1:22.5121:21.5721:22.0115
617 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.4371:21.2701:22.2586
74 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.4221:21.8781:22.2807
811 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.6401:21.6881:22.7878
92 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:22.4861:21.7221:23.1759
101 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.7471:21.5261:25.68810 1
118 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.0931:21.92411
1210 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:22.5811:22.20312
137 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.6221:22.28013
1414 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.6181:22.58914
1521 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:22.9431:23.16515
1615 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.898No time16
1720 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:23.04317
1819 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:23.11618
199 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:23.34119
2018 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:23.92020
2122 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:24.28921
2223 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:26.00122
Source: [8]
Notes

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 531:14:51.975210
23 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 53+8.04618
317 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53+26.41466
42 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 53+32.04595
512 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Honda 53+32.68554
611 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Honda 53+42.40983
78 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 53+44.662112
816 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53+45.30931
96 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 53+45.9954
109 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 53+72.60219
1115 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 52+1 lap16
1214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 52+1 lap14
1321 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 52+1 lap15
1420 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 52+1 lap17
157 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 52+1 lap13
1622 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 51+2 laps21
1719 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 51+2 laps18
Ret18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 44Brakes20
Ret1 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 43Engine10
Ret4 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 20Engine7
Ret23 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 18Hydraulics22
Ret10 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 9Driveshaft12
Source: [10]

Championship standings after the race

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