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Home / Seasons / 2006 F1 World Championship Season / 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix

2006 Bahrain Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 March 2006
Winner
  • Fernando Alonso
  • Renault
Pole position
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Nico Rosberg
  • Williams-Cosworth
CircuitSakhir, 57 laps
Round1 of 18
Race numbers

The 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix was the:

  • 751st World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Sakhir
More 2006 season
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Free practice appearances
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault571hr 29m 46.205s10
2-1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari57+1.246s8
3+19(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes57+19.360s6
4-1(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda57+19.992s5
5 (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes57+37.048s4
6+1(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth57+41.932s3
7+5(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth57+1m 03.043s2
8 (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari57+1m 06.771s1
9-7(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari57+1m 09.907s 
10+3(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari57+1m 15.541s 
11+4(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth57+1m 25.997s 
12-2(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW56+1 lap 
13+3(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth56+1 lap 
14+3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota56+1 lap 
15-9(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda56+1 lap 
16-2(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota56+1 lap 
17PL(PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota55+2 laps 
18+2(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda53+4 laps 
R (JPN) Yuji IdeSuper Aguri-Honda35DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW29DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault21DNF 
R (NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota0DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:31.431 
2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:31.4780.047
3(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda1:31.5490.118
4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:31.7020.271
5(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.1640.733
6(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:32.5791.148
7(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:33.0061.575
8(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari1:33.1121.681
9(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:33.4962.065
10(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:33.9262.495
Q2
11(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBMW Sauber-BMW1:32.456 
12(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:32.620 
13(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:32.850 
14(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:33.066 
15(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:33.416 
16(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:34.606 
Q1
17(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:34.702 
18(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota1:35.724 
19(PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota1:35.900 
20(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:37.411 
21(JPN) Yuji IdeSuper Aguri-Honda1:40.270 
22(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes– 

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 Alonso10
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher8
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen6
4(GBR) Jenson Button5
5(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya4
6(AUS) Mark Webber3
7(DEU) Nico Rosberg2
8(AUT) Christian Klien1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault10
2McLaren-Mercedes10
3Ferrari8
4Honda5
5Williams-Cosworth5
6Red Bull-Ferrari1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Yuji Ide
Nico Rosberg
Scott Speed (first American driver to start a race since 1993)
BMW Sauber
Midland
Super Aguri
Toro Rosso
Wins
9th for Fernando Alonso
26th for Renault
Podiums
143rd for Michael Schumacher
31st for Kimi Raikkonen
24th for Fernando Alonso
563rd for Ferrari
386th for McLaren
71st for Renault
Poles
65th for Michael Schumacher EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ayrton Senna)
180th for Ferrari
1-2 start
61st for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Williams)
Fastest laps
1st for Nico Rosberg (107th different fastest lap setter, 7th German driver; last until 2009)
129th for Williams (last until 2009)
Front row starts
105th for Michael Schumacher
1st for Felipe Massa (135th different front row starter, 6th Brazilian driver)
Points finishes
175th for Michael Schumacher
1st for Nico Rosberg (301st different point scorer, 17th German driver)

See also

  • Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Sakhir circuit
  • 2006 World Championship season

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