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2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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+13(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda701hr 52m 20.941s10
2+2(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes70+30.837s8
3+7(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW70+43.822s6
4-1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda70+45.205s5
5+7(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari69+1 lap4
6 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota69+1 lap3
DQ (POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW69+1 lap 
7-5(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari69+1 lap2
8+3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari67DNF1
9+7(PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota67+3 laps 
10+12(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota67+3 laps 
11+9(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth66+4 laps 
12-4(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota65DNF 
13+6(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda65+5 laps 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault51DNF 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes25DNF 
R (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth25DNF 
R (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth19DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault18DNF 
R (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari6DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1DNF 
R (JPN) 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 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
2 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
3 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda
4 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
5 (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth
6 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota
7 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault
8 (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
9 (POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
10 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
11 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
12 (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari
13   
14-10(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda
15 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
16 (PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota
17 (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth
18 (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth
19 (JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
20 (USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth
21 (JPN) Sakon YamamotoSuper Aguri-Honda
22-10(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota
Started from the pit lane
  (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.599 
2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:19.8860.287
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:20.0850.486
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda1:20.0920.493
5(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.1170.518
6(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-Cosworth1:20.2660.667
7(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:20.7591.160
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:20.9241.325
9(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:21.1321.533
10(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:22.0492.450
Q2
11(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:20.623 
12(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:20.875 
13(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Ferrari1:20.890 
14(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Ferrari1:21.207 
15(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:21.364 
16(PRT) Tiago MonteiroMidland-Toyota1:23.767 
Q1
17(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Cosworth1:22.068 
18(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Cosworth1:22.084 
19(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:22.967 
20(USA) Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Cosworth1:23.005 
21(NLD) Christijan AlbersMidland-Toyota1:23.146 
22(JPN) 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
(GBR) Anthony DavidsonHonda
(NLD) Robert DoornbosRed Bull-Ferrari
(CHE) Neel JaniToro Rosso-Cosworth
(DEU) Markus WinkelhockMidland-Toyota
(AUT) Alexander WurzWilliams-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso100
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher90
3(BRA) Felipe Massa52
4(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella49
5(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen49
6(GBR) Jenson Button31
7(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya26
8(BRA) Rubens Barrichello21
9(DEU) Nick Heidfeld19
10(DEU) Ralf Schumacher16
11(GBR) David Coulthard14
12(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa10
13(ITA) Jarno Trulli10
14(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve7
15(AUS) Mark Webber6
16(DEU) Nico Rosberg4
17(AUT) Christian Klien2
18(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault149
2Ferrari142
3McLaren-Mercedes85
4Honda52
5Toyota26
6BMW Sauber-BMW26
7Red Bull-Ferrari16
8Williams-Cosworth10
9Toro Rosso-Cosworth1

Stats & 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 winner 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
1st for BMW Sauber (53rd different podium finisher)
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