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2006 Chinese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round16 of 18
Race numbers

The 2006 Chinese Grand Prix was the:

  • 766th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Chinese Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Shanghai
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari561hr 37m 32.747s10
2-1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault56+3.121s8
3-1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault56+44.197s6
4 (GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda56+1m 12.056s5
5+2(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes56+1m 17.137s4
6-3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda56+1m 19.131s3
7+1(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW56+1m 31.979s2
8+6(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth56+1m 43.588s1
9+3(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari56+1m 43.796s 
10+3(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth55+1 lap 
11+4(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth55+1 lap 
12-2(NLD) Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari55+1 lap 
13-4(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW55+1 lap 
DQ (JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda55+1 lap 
14-3(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth55+1 lap 
15+7(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota53+3 laps (25.000s) 
16+3(JPN) Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda52+4 laps 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota49DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari44DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota38DNF 
R (PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota37DNF 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes18DNF 

Notes

  • Christijan Albers received a 25-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.
  • Takuma Sato was disqualified post-race for ignoring blue flags during the race.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
2 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault
3 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda
4 (GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda
5 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
6 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
7 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
8 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
9 (POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
10 (NLD) Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari
11 (USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth
12 (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari
13 (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth
14 (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth
15 (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth
16 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota
17 (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
18 (PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota
19 (JPN) Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda
20-10(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
21-10(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
22 (NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota

Notes

  • Both Felipe Massa and Takuma Sato received 10-place grid penalties for engine changes.
  • Christijan Albers started from the back of the grid after having his lap times deleted from qualifying for failing to go to the weighbridge when called.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:44.360 
2(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:44.9920.632
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:45.5031.143
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda1:45.5031.143
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:45.7541.394
6(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:45.7751.415
7(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes1:45.8771.517
8(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:46.0531.693
9(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:46.6322.272
10(NLD) Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari1:48.0213.661
Q2
11(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:45.851 
12(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:45.968 
13(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:45.970 
14(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:46.172 
15(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:46.413 
16(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:47.419 
Q1
17(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:48.894 
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:49.098 
DQ(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota1:49.542 
19(PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota1:49.903 
20(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:50.326 
21(JPN) Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda1:55.560 

Notes

  • Christijan Albers had his lap times deleted from qualifying for failing to go to the weighbridge when called.

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Michael AmmermullerRed Bull-Ferrari
(GBR) Anthony DavidsonHonda
(CHE) Neel JaniToro Rosso-Cosworth
(FRA) Franck MontagnySuper Aguri-Honda
(FRA) Alexandre PrematMidland-Toyota
(DEU) Sebastian VettelBMW Sauber-BMW
(AUT) Alexander WurzWilliams-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher116
2(ESP) Fernando Alonso116
3(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella63
4(BRA) Felipe Massa62
5(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen57
6(GBR) Jenson Button45
7(BRA) Rubens Barrichello28
8(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya26
9(DEU) Nick Heidfeld22
10(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa18
11(DEU) Ralf Schumacher18
12(GBR) David Coulthard14
13(ITA) Jarno Trulli12
14(AUS) Mark Webber7
15(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve7
16(POL) Robert Kubica6
17(DEU) Nico Rosberg4
18(AUT) Christian Klien2
19(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault179
2Ferrari178
3McLaren-Mercedes101
4Honda73
5BMW Sauber-BMW35
6Toyota30
7Red Bull-Ferrari16
8Williams-Cosworth11
9Toro Rosso-Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
91st and last for Michael Schumacher
191st for Ferrari
Podiums
154th for Michael Schumacher (last podium until 2012; last for Ferrari)
35th for Fernando Alonso
17th for Giancarlo Fisichella
579th for Ferrari
85th & 86th for Renault
Poles
15th for Fernando Alonso
50th for Renault (5th constructor to take 50 pole positions; last until 2009)
1-2 start
22nd and last for Renault
Fastest laps
7th for Fernando Alonso
26th for Renault
Front row starts
18th for Fernando Alonso
10th for Giancarlo Fisichella (52nd driver to achieve ten front row starts, 4th Italian driver; last until 2009; last for Renault)
Points finishes
25th for Mark Webber