2006 Australian Grand Prix

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
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

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
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.

Notes

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

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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