2006 San Marino Grand Prix

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2006 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Imola.svg
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Race details
Date23 April 2006
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2006
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.933 km (3.065 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 305.609 km (189.897 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:22.795
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault
Time 1:24.569 on lap 23
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Renault
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
  • 2006 San Marino Grand Prix

The 2006 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2006) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy on 23 April 2006. The 62-lap race was the fourth round of the 2006 Formula One season, and the 26th running of the San Marino Grand Prix. It was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, who had started from pole position. It was both his and Ferrari's first win of the season. Championship leader Fernando Alonso finished second for the Renault team, whilst Juan Pablo Montoya completed the podium with third position for McLaren.

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As a consequence of the race, Schumacher improved his position in the Drivers' Championship from fourth to second. Alonso lengthened his lead in the standings from 14 to 15 points. Kimi Räikkönen remained in third, 3 points behind Schumacher, whilst his teammate Montoya elevated himself ahead of Button into fifth place as a result of his podium finish. Alonso's Renault teammate, Giancarlo Fisichella, dropped to fourth place but still helped to extend the team's lead to 18 points over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari were then 3 points behind McLaren, on a total of 30 points, 15 more than fourth-placed Honda, and 20 more than fifth-placed BMW Sauber.

It was Schumacher's seventh victory at the San Marino Grand Prix, and his fifth win at Imola in six years. This was the last Formula One race to be held in Imola until the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. [1]

Report

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. Fabrizio del Monte was set to act as Midland's third driver for this race, but this fell through due to lack of sponsorship. [2]

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 Poland.svg Robert Kubica
MF1-Toyota Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giorgio Mondini
Toro Rosso-Cosworth Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda none

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher took pole position, and in doing so, broke Ayrton Senna's record of 65 poles.

Race

On the first lap, Alonso passed Barrichello at the Tamburello curve. Like the previous Grand Prix, the race started with an accident, this time in the Villeneuve curve. The Super Aguri team's driver Yuji Ide hit MF1's Christijan Albers, putting the Dutchman's car into a series of rolls that left it upside down. Albers was unhurt and Ide was able to continue after replacing his damaged front wing, although he later retired on lap 23. He was reprimanded by the stewards and warned over his future conduct. This incident also formed part of the evidence that led the FIA to withdraw Ide's superlicence later in the season. The Safety Car was deployed for two laps.

Michael Schumacher appeared to have a clear lead coming up to the first set of pit stops, although things started to go wrong after that. His car developed graining in its tyres, which slowed him down considerably. Alonso gained significantly on Schumacher, but could not pass him. The Imola circuit is renowned for being difficult to overtake on.

The race continued normally for some laps, until Toyota driver Jarno Trulli entered the pits to retire following a steering problem. Tonio Liuzzi had a problem and spun his Toro Rosso car in the Variante Alta, a corner which had recently been revised.

Honda driver Rubens Barrichello started the first round of pit stops, on lap 14. His stop lasted 15 seconds, which dropped him to 13th place. Michael Schumacher came into the pits on lap 20, temporarily giving Renault's Fernando Alonso the lead.

Lap 30 saw Honda's Jenson Button make his second stop. The refuelling nozzle got stuck and Button, thinking it had been removed, pulled away from the pits, tearing the nozzle from the refuelling rig. He was delayed in the pitlane while the Honda mechanics removed the nozzle from his car.

By the halfway point of the race, Ferrari began experiencing problems, specifically tyre degradation. Eight laps were enough for Alonso to bring down the 10 second difference between himself and Schumacher. The duel that took place during the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix was to be repeated, this time with Schumacher in the lead.

Lap 41 saw Alonso pit for a second time, ahead of Schumacher. Alonso's out lap was not good enough to put himself in front of Schumacher, so their positions remained the same. Alonso chased hard, but a mistake by running wide into a corner left Schumacher a clear path for the last few laps to win. Meanwhile, David Coulthard had a driveshaft problem and retired on lap 47.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
15 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:24.5981:22.5791:22.7951
212 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Honda 1:24.4801:23.7491:22.9882
311 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:24.7271:23.7601:23.2423
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.8841:23.5951:23.7024
51 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:23.5361:23.7431:23.7095
67 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:24.3701:23.5651:23.7726
74 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.9601:23.7601:24.0217
83 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.2591:23.1901:24.1588
98 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:24.4461:23.7271:24.1729
109 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:24.9921:23.7181:24.79510
112 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:24.4341:23.77111
1217 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1:25.0811:23.88712
1310 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:24.4951:23.96613
1414 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:24.8491:24.10114
1516 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:25.4101:24.12915
1620 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:24.8791:24.52016
1715 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:25.41017
1821 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:25.43718
1918 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:26.82019
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:27.08820
2122 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:27.60921
2223 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 1:29.28222
Source: [3] [4]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 621:31:06.486110
21 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 62+2.09658
34 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 62+15.86876
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 62+17.09645
53 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 62+17.52484
69 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 62+37.739103
712 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Honda 62+39.63522
82 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 62+40.200111
97 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 62+45.5116
1011 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Honda 62+1:17.8513
1110 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 62+1:19.67513
1217 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 62+1:22.37012
1316 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 61+1 Lap15
1420 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 61+1 Lap16
1521 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 61+1 Lap18
1618 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 60+2 Laps19
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 47Driveshaft14
Ret22 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 44Accident21
Ret15 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 40Hydraulics17
Ret23 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 23Suspension22
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 5Steering9
Ret19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 0Collision20
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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