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

2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 August 2006
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • Japan flag lazyload Honda
Pole position
  • Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitHungaroring, 70 laps
Round13 of 18
Race numbers

The 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix was the

  • 763rd World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Hungaroring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda701hr 52m 20.941s10
2+2Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes70+30.837s8
3+7Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW70+43.822s6
4-1Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda70+45.205s5
5+7United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari69+1 lap4
6 Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherToyota69+1 lap3
DQ Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW69+1 lap 
7-5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari69+1 lap2
8+3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari67DNF1
9+7Portugal flag lazyload Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota67+3 laps 
10+12Netherlands flag lazyload Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota67+3 laps 
11+9USA flag lazyload Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth66+4 laps 
12-4Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota65DNF 
13+6Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda65+5 laps 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault51DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes25DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth25DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth19DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaRenault18DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari6DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda0DNF 

Notes

  • Robert Kubica was disqualified post-race after his car was found to be underweight due to heavily worn tyres.
  • Michael Schumacher ended lap 67 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jarno Trulli ended lap 65 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Fernando Alonso ended lap 51 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Jenson Button and Christijan Albers received 10-place grid penalties for engine changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.599 
2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:19.8860.287
3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:20.0850.486
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonHonda1:20.0920.493
5Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.1170.518
6Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:20.2660.667
7Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherToyota1:20.7591.160
8Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:20.9241.325
9Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:21.1321.533
10Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:22.0492.450
Q2
11Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:20.623 
12Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:20.875 
13United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:20.890 
14Austria flag lazyload Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari1:21.207 
15Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:21.364 
16Portugal flag lazyload Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota1:23.767 
Q1
17Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:22.068 
18Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:22.084 
19Japan flag lazyload Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:22.967 
20USA flag lazyload Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:23.005 
21Netherlands flag lazyload Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota1:23.146 
22Japan flag lazyload Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda1:24.016 

Notes

  • Fernando Alonso received a two-second time penalty to be added on to his lap times in each qualifying session for a deliberate brake test in practice.
  • Michael Schumacher received a two-second time penalty to be added on to his lap times in each qualifying session for overtaking under red flags conditions in practice.

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Anthony DavidsonJapan flag lazyload Honda
Netherlands flag lazyload Robert DoornbosUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Red Bull-Ferrari
Switzerland flag Neel JaniItaly flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Cosworth
Germany flag lazyload Markus WinkelhockRussia flag lazyload Midland-Toyota
Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso100
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher90
3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa52
4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella49
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen49
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button31
7Colombia flag lazyload Juan Pablo Montoya26
8Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello21
9Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld19
10Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher16
11United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard14
12Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la Rosa10
13Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli10
14Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve7
15Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber6
16Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg4
17Austria flag lazyload Christian Klien2
18Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio Liuzzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1France flag lazyload Renault149
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari142
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes85
4Japan flag lazyload Honda52
5Japan flag lazyload Toyota26
6Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW26
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Red Bull-Ferrari16
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth10
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Robert Kubica (first Polish driver to start a race)
Wins
1st for Jenson Button (96th different winner, 18th British driver; last win until 2009; first British since 2003; only win for Honda)
3rd and last for Honda (first since 1967)
Podiums
14th for Jenson Button, 5th for Nick Heidfeld, 1st and only for Pedro de la Rosa (190th different podium finisher, 3rd Spanish driver)
393rd for McLaren, 7th for Honda
7th for Sauber/BMW Sauber (first since 2003)
Poles
10th for Kimi Raikkonen (28th driver to take ten pole positions, 2nd Finnish driver)
124th for McLaren
Fastest laps
2nd for Felipe Massa
191st for Ferrari
Front row starts
17th for Kimi Raikkonen, 4th for Felipe Massa

See also

  • Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Hungaroring circuit
  • 2006 World Championship season

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