2006 Australian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Melbourne, 57 laps |
Round | 3 of 18 |
Race numbers | The 2006 Australian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +2 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Renault | 57 | 1hr 34m 27.870s | 10 |
2 | +2 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +1.829s | 8 |
3 | +3 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 57 | +24.824s | 6 |
4 | +4 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 57 | +31.032s | 5 |
5 | PL | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 57 | +38.421s | 4 |
6 | +13 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve | BMW Sauber-BMW | 57 | +49.554s | 3 |
7 | +9 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 57 | +51.904s | 2 |
8 | +3 | (GBR) David Coulthard | Red Bull-Ferrari | 57 | +53.983s | 1 |
9 | +9 | (USA) Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 57 | +1m 18.817s (25.000s) | |
10 | -9 | (GBR) Jenson Button | Honda | 56 | DNF | |
11 | +6 | (NLD) Christijan Albers | Midland-Toyota | 56 | +1 lap | |
12 | +9 | (JPN) Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 55 | +2 laps | |
13 | +9 | (JPN) Yuji Ide | Super Aguri-Honda | 54 | +3 laps | |
R | (COL) Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes | 46 | DNF | ||
R | (PRT) Tiago Monteiro | Midland-Toyota | 39 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 37 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 32 | DNF | ||
R | (AUS) Mark Webber | Williams-Cosworth | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 4 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Williams-Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- Scott Speed received a 25-second time penalty due to lack of attention to yellow flags. He originally finished P8.
- Jenson Button ended lap 56 in P5 before retiring on the final lap.
- Mark Webber ended lap 22 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | (GBR) Jenson Button | Honda | |
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3 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Renault | |
4 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | McLaren-Mercedes | |
5 | (COL) Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes | |
6 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | |
7 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Williams-Cosworth | |
8 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
9 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Toyota | |
10 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |
11 | (GBR) David Coulthard | Red Bull-Ferrari | |
12 | (ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | |
13 | (AUT) Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | |
14 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Williams-Cosworth | |
15 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
16 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Honda | |
17 | (NLD) Christijan Albers | Midland-Toyota | |
18 | (USA) Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | |
19 | -10 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve | BMW Sauber-BMW |
20 | (PRT) Tiago Monteiro | Midland-Toyota | |
21 | (JPN) Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | |
22 | (JPN) Yuji Ide | Super Aguri-Honda | |
Started from the pit lane | |||
(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault |
Notes
- Jacques Villeneuve received a 10-place grid time penalty following an engine change before qualifying.
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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(GBR) Anthony Davidson | Honda |
(NLD) Robert Doornbos | Red Bull-Ferrari |
(CHE) Neel Jani | Toro Rosso-Cosworth |
(POL) Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW |
(DEU) Markus Winkelhock | Midland-Toyota |
(AUT) Alexander Wurz | Williams-Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 28 |
2 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | 14 |
3 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | 14 |
4 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | 11 |
5 | (GBR) Jenson Button | 11 |
6 | (COL) Juan Pablo Montoya | 9 |
7 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | 7 |
8 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | 5 |
9 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve | 5 |
10 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | 4 |
11 | (AUS) Mark Webber | 3 |
12 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | 2 |
13 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | 2 |
14 | (GBR) David Coulthard | 1 |
15 | (AUT) Christian Klien | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Milestone race start
- 100th for Nick Heidfeld (54th driver to start 100 races, 5th German driver)
- Wins
- 10th for Fernando Alonso (26th driver to win ten races, 1st Spanish driver)
- 28th for Renault
- Podiums
- 32nd for Kimi Raikkonen
- 27th and last for Ralf Schumacher
- 26th for Fernando Alonso
- 387th for McLaren
- 74th for Renault
- 6th for Toyota
- Poles
- 3rd for Jenson Button (last until 2009; only pole for Honda)
- 2nd and last for Honda (first since 1968)
- Fastest laps
- 17th for Kimi Raikkonen
- 127th for McLaren
- Front row starts
- 9th for Jenson Button
- 7th for Giancarlo Fisichella