2006 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 12 March 2006
Winner	Fernando Alonso Renault
Pole position	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap	Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth
Circuit	Sakhir, 57 laps
Round	1 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
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Previous race	2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	57	1hr 29m 46.205s	10
2	-1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	57	+1.246s	8
3	+19	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+19.360s	6
4	-1	(GBR) Jenson Button	Honda	57	+19.992s	5
5		(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+37.048s	4
6	+1	(AUS) Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	57	+41.932s	3
7	+5	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	57	+1m 03.043s	2
8		(AUT) Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	57	+1m 06.771s	1
9	-7	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+1m 09.907s
10	+3	(GBR) David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	57	+1m 15.541s
11	+4	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	57	+1m 25.997s
12	-2	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	56	+1 lap
13	+3	(USA) Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	56	+1 lap
14	+3	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	56	+1 lap
15	-9	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+1 lap
16	-2	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Toyota	56	+1 lap
17	PL	(PRT) Tiago Monteiro	Midland-Toyota	55	+2 laps
18	+2	(JPN) Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	53	+4 laps
R		(JPN) Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda	35	DNF
R		(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber-BMW	29	DNF
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	21	DNF
R		(NLD) Christijan Albers	Midland-Toyota	0	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.431
2	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.478	0.047
3	(GBR) Jenson Button	Honda	1:31.549	0.118
4	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.702	0.271
5	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.164	0.733
6	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:32.579	1.148
7	(AUS) Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:33.006	1.575
8	(AUT) Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:33.112	1.681
9	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:33.496	2.065
10	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:33.926	2.495
Q2
11	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:32.456
12	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:32.620
13	(GBR) David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:32.850
14	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:33.066
15	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:33.416
16	(USA) Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:34.606
Q1
17	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:34.702
18	(NLD) Christijan Albers	Midland-Toyota	1:35.724
19	(PRT) Tiago Monteiro	Midland-Toyota	1:35.900
20	(JPN) Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:37.411
21	(JPN) Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda	1:40.270
22	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)