2006 Canadian Grand Prix

Information about 2006 Canadian Grand Prix

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Race details
2006 Grand Prix season

DateJune 25, 2006
Official nameXLIII Grand Prix du Canada
LocationCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
CourseStreet circuit
2.71 mi / 4.361 km
Distance70 laps, 189.7 mi / 305.27 km
WeatherSunny, warm
Pole
Driver25px|border Fernando AlonsoRenault
Time1:14.942
Fastest Lap
Driver25px|border Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes
Time1:15.841
Podium
First25px|border Fernando AlonsoRenault
Second25px|border Michael SchumacherFerrari
Third25px|border Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes
The 2006 Canadian Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2006 Formula One World Championship. It took place on the weekend of June 23rd–25th 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.

Fernando Alonso took yet another win and increased his championship lead over Michael Schumacher who finished second after passing Kimi Rakkionen with two laps remaining after the fin ran wide.

There was problems at the start when the two Midland cars collided at the tight hairpin on Lap 1 before Juan Pablo Montoya and Nico Rosberg collided on Lap 2 bringing out the safety car, Rosberg was out Montoya continued until he hit the wall later on.

Schumacher was trapped behind Trulli for a long time before he finally got past, but by then Alonso was long gone.

However with just a handful of laps left the safety car was back out again when home-town hero Jaques Villeneuve crashed into the wall while trying to lap a slow Ralf Schumacher who himself eventually retired.

Rakkionen who was 2nd in the snack of cars behind the safety car was unable to take advantage of closing up to Alonso as he had back-markers in front of him, he was to lose out to Michael Schumacher at the end.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team/Engine Part 3 Part 2 Part 1
1Fernando AlonsoRenault1:14.9421:14.7261:15.350
2Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:15.1781:15.2951:15.917
3Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.3861:15.2731:15.376
4Jarno TrulliToyota1:15.9681:15.5061:16.455
5Michael SchumacherFerrari1:15.9861:15.1391:15.716
6Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:16.0121:15.2691:16.404
7Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.2281:15.2531:16.251
8Jenson ButtonHonda1:16.6081:15.8141:16.594
9Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:16.9121:15.6011:16.735
10Felipe MassaFerrari1:17.2091:15.5551:16.259
11Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW1:15.8321:16.493
12Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari1:15.8331:16.585
13Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:15.8851:15.906
14Ralf SchumacherToyota1:15.8881:16.702
15Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:16.1161:16.581
16David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:16.3011:16.514
17Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:16.985
18Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:17.016
19Tiago MonteiroMF1-Toyota1:17.121
20Christijan AlbersMF1-Toyota1:17.140
21Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:19.088
22Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda1:19.152
  • David Coulthard was demoted to 22nd because of an engine change after qualifying.
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Jenson Button out-qualified his teammate Rubens Barrichello as he sealed eighth spot on the grid.
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Nico Rosberg navigating the tight hairpin before the long 200mph straight.
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Alonso on his way to taking pole position.

Race Results

Pos No Nat Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
11Fernando AlonsoRenault701'34:37.308110
25Michael SchumacherFerrari70+2.158
33Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes70+8.836
42Giancarlo FisichellaRenault70+15.625
56Felipe MassaFerrari70+25.1104
68Jarno TrulliToyota69+1 lap43
716Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW69+1 lap132
814David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari69+1 lap221
912Jenson ButtonHonda69+1 lap8
1021Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth69+1 lap17
1115Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari69+1 lap12
129Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth69+1 lap16
1320Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth68+2 laps15
1418Tiago MonteiroMF1-Toyota66+4 laps18
1522Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda64Accident20
Ret17Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW58Accident11
Ret7Ralf SchumacherToyota58Retired14
Ret4Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes13Accident7
Ret11Rubens BarrichelloHonda11Mechanical9
Ret23Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda2Engine21
Ret10Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1Accident6
Ret19Christijan AlbersMF1-Toyota0Accident19


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Michael Schumacher driving the Ferrari 248 F1 during qualifying.
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Jacques Villeneuve finished the qualifying session 11th, narrowly missing out on the Pole Position shootout.
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The two MF1 drivers, Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro, collided on the first lap of the race.

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Despite starting 2nd, Fisichella finishes 4th.
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The Toyota's follow each other before Ralf retires.
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