2006 Japanese Grand Prix

F1 Japan Japanese 2006 Chinese Grand Prix 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix 8 October 2006 Suzuka circuit map--2005.svg The Suzuka circuit 17 18 2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan Permanent racing facility 3.608 5.807 53 191.117 307.573 Fine 361,000https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_japanesegp_mediakit_english.pdf Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 5 October 2022 5 October 2022 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:29.599 Brazil Fernando Alonso Renault 1:32.676 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Spain Felipe Massa Ferrari Brazil Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Italy JPN The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix)http://www.formula1.com/race/circuitdetail/768.html Japan Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061020073222/http://www.formula1.com/race/circuitdetail/768.html 26 December 2020 2006-10-20 was a Formula One race held on 8 October 2006 at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, Japan. It was the seventeenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Japanese Grand Prix. It was won by Fernando Alonso, his last win for the Renault team before he moved to McLaren the following season. It was the 20th Grand Prix to be held at Suzuka. It was the first Formula One race to be filmed and broadcast in high-definition television. However the Fuji Television broadcast was only available in Japan.ZAKZAK https://web.archive.org/web/20070523123203/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2006_08/g2006081708.html 2007-05-23 ja Report Practice and qualifying Friday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Team Nat Driver Williams-Cosworth Austria Alexander Wurz Honda UK Anthony Davidson Red Bull-Ferrari Germany Michael Ammermüller BMW Sauber Germany Sebastian Vettel Spyker MF1-Toyota Germany Adrian Sutil Toro Rosso-Cosworth Switzerland Neel Jani Super Aguri-Honda France Franck Montagny Race Felipe Massa started the race from pole, but Michael Schumacher passed him on lap 3 to take the lead. Meanwhile, Alonso was struggling to get past the Toyotas of Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. By lap 10 Alonso was 5.4 seconds off the leader. On lap 15 Alonso managed to pass Massa in the pitstops and chased Schumacher. He succeeded in closing the gap from 5.4 seconds on lap 10 to 4.2 seconds by lap 27 only for it to open up to 5.9 seconds by lap 34 after the two drivers encountered backmarkers. The race was crucial in the fight for the World Championship, as whoever finished ahead of the two would take the championship lead into the final race. On lap 37, after the two rivals had made their final pitstops, Schumacher's engine failed, his first engine failure since the 2000 French Grand Prix, giving the lead to Alonso, who went on to win the race. As a result, he needed only one point from the final race to secure the title. 2025, Alonso's win remains the last victory for a car running on Michelin tyres, as the manufacturer pulled out of Formula One at the end of the season. Third place finisher Giancarlo Fisichella dedicated to his best friend, Tonino Visciani, who had died on 5 October 2006 after a heart attack.http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37660 Fisi dedicates third to dead pal ITV Sport dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061016192854/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37660 16 October 2006 17 January 2016 Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.112 1:29.830 1:29.599 1 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.279 1:28.954 1:29.711 2 3 7 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:30.595 1:30.299 1:29.989 3 4 8 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:30.420 1:30.204 1:30.039 4 5 1 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:30.976 1:30.357 1:30.371 5 6 2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:31.696 1:30.306 1:30.599 6 7 12 United Kingdom Jenson Button Honda 1:30.847 1:30.268 1:30.992 7 8 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:31.972 1:30.598 1:31.478 8 9 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:31.811 1:30.470 1:31.513 9 10 10 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:30.585 1:30.321 1:31.856 10 11 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.080 1:30.827 11 12 17 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:31.204 1:31.094 12 13 4 Spain Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.581 1:31.254 13 14 9 Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:31.647 1:31.276 14 15 20 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:31.741 1:31.943 15 16 19 Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:32.221 1:33.750 16 17 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:32.252 17 18 15 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari 1:32.402 18 19 21 United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:32.867 19 20 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:33.666 20 21 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:33.709 21 22 23 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda No time1 1 22 Source:Formula One Yearbook 2006–2007 Domenjoz Luc February 2007 Chronosports S.A. 978-2-84707-110-8 200 etal Notes 1 1 – Sakon Yamamoto did not get time in Q1 due to technical problems. Race thumb|right|Michael Schumacher's Ferrari is returned to the pits after an engine failure cost him the race lead, and handed Fernando Alonso a ten-point advantage in the Drivers' Championship with one race remaining. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Tyre Lap Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 53 1:23:53.413 5 10 2 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 53 +16.151 1 8 3 2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Michelin 53 +23.953 6 6 4 12 UK Jenson Button Honda Michelin 53 +34.101 7 5 5 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 53 +43.596 11 4 6 8 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 53 +46.717 4 3 7 7 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota Bridgestone 53 +48.869 3 2 8 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber Michelin 53 +1:16.095 9 1 9 17 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Michelin 53 +1:16.932 12 10 10 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth Bridgestone 52 +1 lap 10 11 4 Spain Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 52 +1 lap 13 12 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda Michelin 52 +1 lap 8 13 15 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari Michelin 52 +1 lap 18 14 20 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth Michelin 52 +1 lap 15 15 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda Bridgestone 52 +1 lap 20 16 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota Bridgestone 51 +2 laps 21 17 23 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda Bridgestone 50 +3 laps 22 18 21 USA Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth Michelin 48 Power steering 19 Ret Retired 9 Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth Bridgestone 39 Accident 14 Ret Retired 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 36 Engine 2 Ret Retired 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari Michelin 35 Gearbox 17 Ret Retired 19 Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota Bridgestone 20 Driveshaft 16 Source:Formula One Yearbook 2006–2007 Domenjoz Luc February 2007 Chronosports S.A. 978-2-84707-110-8 205 etal Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 1 ESP Fernando Alonso* 126 10px 1 2 GER Michael Schumacher* 116 10px 1 3 BRA Felipe Massa 70 10px 1 4 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella 69 10px 5 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 61Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2006/japon/championnat.aspx Japan 2006 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 FRA Renault* 195 10px 2 ITA Ferrari* 186 10px 3 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 105 10px 4 JPN Honda 78 10px 5 GER BMW Sauber 36Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References External links Fernando Alonso wins 2006 Japanese Grand Prix Detailed Japanese Grand Prix results (archived) Japanese Grand Prix 2006 2006 Chinese Grand Prix 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix 2005 Japanese Grand Prix 2007 Japanese Grand Prix 34 50 35 N 136 32 26 E source:kolossus-nowiki title Japanese Grand Prix Category:Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix