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

2006 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 October 2006
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round18 of 18
Race numbers

The 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 768th World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 24th World Championship race at Interlagos
  • 2006 Drivers’ title decider
  • 2006 Constructors’ title decider
More 2006 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Next race2007 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari711hr 31m 53.751s10
2+2Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault71+18.658s8
3+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda71+19.394s6
4+6Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari71+24.094s5
5-3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes71+28.503s4
6 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaRenault71+30.287s3
7-2Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda71+40.294s2
8+4Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes71+52.068s1
9 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW71+1m 07.642s 
10+9Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda70+1 lap 
11+5USA flag lazyload Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth70+1 lap 
12+10Netherlands flag lazyload Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari70+1 lap 
13+2Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth70+1 lap 
14+3Netherlands flag lazyload Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota70+1 lap 
15+6Portugal flag lazyload Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota69+2 laps 
16+4Japan flag lazyload Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda69+2 laps 
17-9Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW63DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari14DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota10DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherToyota9DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Nick Heidfeld ended lap 63 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
2 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
3 Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota
4 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault
5 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda
6 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaRenault
7 Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherToyota
8 Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
9 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
10 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
11 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth
12 Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
13 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth
14 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda
15 Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth
16 USA flag lazyload Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth
17 Netherlands flag lazyload Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota
18 United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari
19 Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
20 Japan flag lazyload Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda
21 Portugal flag lazyload Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota
22-10Netherlands flag lazyload Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari

Notes

  • Robert Doornbos received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:10.680 
2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:11.2990.619
3Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:11.3280.648
4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:11.5670.887
5Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:11.6190.939
6Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:11.6290.949
7Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherToyota1:11.6951.015
8Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:11.8821.202
9Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:12.1311.451
10Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari– 
Q2
11Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:11.650 
12Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes1:11.658 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:11.679 
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda1:11.742 
15Netherlands flag lazyload Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari1:12.591 
16Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:12.861 
Q1
17USA flag lazyload Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:12.855 
18Netherlands flag lazyload Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota1:13.138 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:13.249 
20Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:13.269 
21Japan flag lazyload Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda1:13.357 
22Portugal flag lazyload Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Germany flag lazyload Michael AmmermullerUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Red Bull-Ferrari
United Kingdom flag lazyload Anthony DavidsonJapan flag lazyload Honda
Switzerland flag Neel JaniItaly flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Cosworth
France flag lazyload Franck MontagnyJapan flag lazyload Super Aguri-Honda
Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelGermany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW
Venezuela flag lazyload Ernesto VisoRussia flag lazyload Midland-Toyota
Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso134
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher121
3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa80
4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella72
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen65
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button56
7Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello30
8Colombia flag lazyload Juan Pablo Montoya26
9Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld23
10Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher20
11Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la Rosa19
12Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli15
13United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard14
14Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber7
15Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve7
16Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica6
17Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg4
18Austria flag lazyload Christian Klien2
19Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio Liuzzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1France flag lazyload Renault206
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari201
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes110
4Japan flag lazyload Honda86
5Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW36
6Japan flag lazyload Toyota35
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Red Bull-Ferrari16
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth11
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Robert Doornbos, Tiago Monteiro
Midland
World Champion
2nd and last title for Fernando Alonso (14th driver to win two championships, 1st Spanish driver)
2nd title for Renault (7th constructor to win two championships)
Wins
2nd for Felipe Massa
192nd for Ferrari
Podiums
37th for Fernando Alonso, 15th for Jenson Button (last podium until 2009; last for Honda), 7th for Felipe Massa
581st for Ferrari, 89th for Renault, 8th for Honda
Poles
3rd for Felipe Massa
186th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
76th for Michael Schumacher (last until 2012; last for Ferrari)
193rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
19th for Kimi Raikkonen (last for McLaren), 7th for Felipe Massa
Points finishes
25th for Felipe Massa
Pole & win
2nd for Felipe Massa

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2006 World Championship season

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