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2006 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 57 laps
Round3 of 18
Race numbers

The 2006 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 753rd World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault571hr 34m 27.870s10
2+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes57+1.829s8
3+3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota57+24.824s6
4+4(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW57+31.032s5
5PL(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault57+38.421s4
6+13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW57+49.554s3
7+9(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda57+51.904s2
8+3(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari57+53.983s1
9+9(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth57+1m 18.817s (25.000s) 
10-9(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda56DNF 
11+6(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota56+1 lap 
12+9(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda55+2 laps 
13+9(JPN) Yuji IdeSuper Aguri-Honda54+3 laps 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes46DNF 
R (PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota39DNF 
R (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth37DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari32DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth22DNF 
R (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari4DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota0DNF 
R (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth0DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari0DNF 

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

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda
2   
3 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
4 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
5 (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes
6 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota
7 (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth
8 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
9 (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
10 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
11 (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari
12 (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth
13 (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari
14 (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth
15 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
16 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda
17 (NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota
18 (USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth
19-10(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW
20 (PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota
21 (JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
22 (JPN) Yuji IdeSuper Aguri-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda1:25.229 
2(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:25.6350.406
3(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:25.7780.549
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.8220.593
5(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.9760.747
6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:26.6121.383
7(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:26.9371.708
8(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:27.5792.350
9(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW1:29.2394.010
10(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota– 
Q2
11(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:26.718 
12(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:27.023 
13(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:27.219 
14(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari1:27.591 
15(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:29.422 
16(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari– 
Q1
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:29.943 
18(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota1:30.226 
19(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:30.426 
20(PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota1:30.709 
21(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:32.279 
22(JPN) Yuji IdeSuper Aguri-Honda1:36.164 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Anthony DavidsonHonda
(NLD) Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari
(CHE) Neel JaniToro Rosso-Cosworth
(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
(DEU) Markus WinkelhockMidland-Toyota
(AUT) Alexander WurzWilliams-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso28
2(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella14
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen14
4(DEU) Michael Schumacher11
5(GBR) Jenson Button11
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya9
7(DEU) Ralf Schumacher7
8(DEU) Nick Heidfeld5
9(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve5
10(BRA) Felipe Massa4
11(AUS) Mark Webber3
12(BRA) Rubens Barrichello2
13(DEU) Nico Rosberg2
14(GBR) David Coulthard1
15(AUT) Christian Klien1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault42
2McLaren-Mercedes23
3Ferrari15
4Honda13
5BMW Sauber-BMW10
6Toyota7
7Williams-Cosworth5
8Red Bull-Ferrari2

Stats & 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