2006 Australian Grand Prix | Race Result & Stats

753rd World Championship race, 22nd World Championship Australian Grand Prix, 11th World Championship race at Melbourne

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 2 April 2006
Winner:	Fernando Alonso Renault
Pole position:	Jenson Button Honda
Fastest lap:	Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit:	Melbourne, 57 laps
Round:	3 of 18

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	57	1hr 34m 27.870s	10
2	+2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+1.829s	8
3	+3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	57	+24.824s	6
4	+4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	57	+31.032s	5
5	PL	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	57	+38.421s	4
6	+13	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber-BMW	57	+49.554s	3
7	+9	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	57	+51.904s	2
8	+3	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	57	+53.983s	1
9	+9	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	57	+1m 18.817s ^(25.000s)
10	-9	Jenson Button	Honda	56	DNF
11	+6	Christijan Albers	Midland-Toyota	56	+1 lap
12	+9	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	55	+2 laps
13	+9	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda	54	+3 laps
R		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	46	DNF
R		Tiago Monteiro	Midland-Toyota	39	DNF
R		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	37	DNF
R		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	32	DNF
R		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	22	DNF
R		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	4	DNF
R		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	0	DNF
R		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	0	DNF
R		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	0	DNF

Scott Speed was given a 25-second time penalty due to lack of attention to yellow flags.

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Jenson Button	Honda	1:25.229
2
3		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:25.778
4		Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.822
5		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.976
6		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:26.612
7		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:26.937
8		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:27.579
9		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	–
10		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.718
11		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:27.023
12		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:27.219
13		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:27.591
14		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:29.422
15		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	–
16		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:29.943
17		Christijan Albers	Midland-Toyota	1:30.226
18		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:30.426
19	-10	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:29.239
20		Tiago Monteiro	Midland-Toyota	1:30.709
21		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:32.279
22		Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda	1:36.164
Started from the pit lane
		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:25.635

Jacques Villeneuve received a 10-place grid time penalty following an engine change before qualifying.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Jenson Button	Honda	1:25.229
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:25.635	0.406
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:25.778	0.549
4	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.822	0.593
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.976	0.747
6	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:26.612	1.383
7	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:26.937	1.708
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:27.579	2.350
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:29.239	4.010
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	–
Q2
11	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.718
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:27.023
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:27.219
14	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:27.591
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:29.422
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	–
Q1
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:29.943
18	Christijan Albers	Midland-Toyota	1:30.226
19	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:30.426
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland-Toyota	1:30.709
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:32.279
22	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda	1:36.164

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: Driver: 100th for Nick Heidfeld
Wins: Driver: 10th for Fernando Alonso; Constructor: 28th for Renault
Podiums: Driver: 32nd for Kimi Raikkonen, 27th and last for Ralf Schumacher, 26th for Fernando Alonso; Constructor: 387th for McLaren, 74th for Renault, 6th for Toyota
Poles: Driver: 3rd for Jenson Button; Constructor: 2nd and last for Honda
Fastest laps: Driver: 17th for Kimi Raikkonen; Constructor: 127th for McLaren
Front row starts: Driver: 9th for Jenson Button, 7th for Giancarlo Fisichella