2006 United States Grand Prix

February 2025 F1 United States United States 2006 Canadian Grand Prix 2006 French Grand Prix July 2 2006 Indianapolis Motor Speedway - road course.svg The Indianapolis circuit 10 18 2006 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana2006 United States Grand Prix https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2006_United_States_Grand_Prix/F/ Racing-Reference February 4, 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.606 4.195 73 190.238 306.016 Sunny, hot Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1:10.832 Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1:12.719 56 Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault USA The 2006 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2006 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix)http://www.formula1.com/race/circuitdetail/760.html United States Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061018095130/http://www.formula1.com/race/circuitdetail/760.html 29 December 2020 2006-10-18 was a Formula One motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on July 2, 2006. It was the tenth race of the 2006 Formula One season and the 40th United States Grand Prix. The 73-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from pole position. Teammate Felipe Massa finished second with Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella third. As a consequence of the race, Michael Schumacher scored his third win of the season, ending championship rival Fernando Alonso's run of four consecutive wins and reducing the 2005 World Drivers' Champion's lead in the points standings to 19 over the German. Schumacher's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa made it a Ferrari one-two by finishing in second place as the Maranello-based team also reduced Renault's constructors points advantage to 26. The race also marked the anniversary of the tyre controversy a year earlier, when 14 cars withdrew before the race began because of safety concerns about the supply of Michelin tyres provided to them – which had resulted in crashes during practice. This was also the last race for McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya, after he announced that he would be leaving to race in NASCAR in 2007. 2025, this is the last time a Colombian driver participated in a Formula One race. This was the last race until the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix that neither McLaren was classified. Background The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as Constructors) were Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, BMW Sauber, MF1, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri. Going into the race, Renault driver Fernando Alonso led the Drivers' Championship with 84 points, ahead of Michael Schumacher on 59 points and Kimi Räikkönen on 39 points. Giancarlo Fisichella was fourth with 37 points while Felipe Massa was fifth on 28 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault were leading with 121 points, Ferrari and McLaren were second and third with 87 and 65 points respectively, while Honda on 29 and BMW Sauber on 19 points contended for fourth place. Renault and Fernando Alonso had so far won the majority of the races, including victory in the preceding Canadian Grand Prix. Championship contenders Schumacher and Fisichella had each gained victories, and Räikkönen, Juan Pablo Montoya had each gained second-place finishes. Massa, Jenson Button, Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard had achieved third place podium finishes. Practice 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. Constructor Driver Williams-CosworthAustria Alexander Wurz HondaUK Anthony Davidson Red Bull-FerrariNetherlands Robert Doornbos BMW SauberPoland Robert Kubica MF1-ToyotaSwitzerland Giorgio Mondini Toro Rosso-CosworthSwitzerland Neel Jani Super Aguri-HondaJapan Sakon Yamamoto Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race – two on Friday, and one on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90 minutes; the third session, on Saturday morning, lasted for an hour.2006 Formula One Sporting Regulations http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/548514743__2006_F1_SPORTING_REGULATIONS.pdf Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 15 December 2005 12 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060408104015/http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/548514743__2006_F1_SPORTING_REGULATIONS.pdf 8 April 2006 Qualifying thumb|left|Scuderia Ferrari locked out the front row on the grid.Saturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 15 minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of the qualifying session lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of the qualifying session ran for 20 minutes which determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions. Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa earned Ferrari a front row lockout, ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella and Rubens Barrichello. Jarno Trulli's car was still being repaired when cars were sent to parc fermé; because of that, Trulli had to start from the pit lane. Nico Rosberg was penalised for ignoring a signal during the qualification session, requiring him to get his car weighed at the FIA garage. The FIA cancelled all his qualifying times, and he started from 21st position. Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi had the engine of his car changed, and had to start from 20th position on the grid. Qualifying classification thumb|Scott Speed qualified in 13th at his home race. Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 5Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:11.588 1:10.636 1:10.832 1 2 6Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:11.088 1:11.146 1:11.435 2 3 2Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:12.287 1:11.200 1:11.920 3 4 11Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:12.156 1:11.263 1:12.109 4 5 1Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.416 1:11.877 1:12.449 5 6 17Canada Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1:12.114 1:11.724 1:12.479 6 7 12GBR Jenson Button Honda 1:12.238 1:11.865 1:12.523 7 8 7Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:11.879 1:11.673 1:12.795 8 9 3Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.777 1:12.135 1:13.174 9 10 16Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:11.891 1:11.718 1:15.280 10 11 4Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.477 1:12.150 11 12 9Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:12.935 1:12.292 12 13 21United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:13.167 1:12.792 13 14 19Netherlands Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:12.711 1:12.854 14 15 18Portugal Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:12.627 1:12.864 15 16 15Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:12.773 1:12.925 16 17 14GBR David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:13.180 17 18 22Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:13.496 18 19 10Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:13.506211 1 20 8Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:13.787PL2 2 21 20Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:14.041203 3 22 23France Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:16.036 19 Source:Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007 Domenjoz Luc February 2007 Chronosports S.A. 978-2-84707-110-8 144 etal Notes 1 1 – Nico Rosberg was retroactively excluded from the results of qualifying for ignoring an instruction from the officials. 2 2 – Jarno Trulli was to start the race from the pitlane after changing his suspension outside of parc fermé conditions. 3 3 – Vitantonio Liuzzi received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change. Race thumb|Juan Pablo Montoya was involved in an incident at the first corner of the race. The race started with two big accidents at the first corner, which eliminated 7 cars. At Turn 1, Mark Webber collided with Christian Klien, who then spun around and was taken out by Franck Montagny. In Turn 2, Juan Pablo Montoya nudged his teammate Kimi Räikkönen into a spin. Montoya then clouted Jenson Button whose front right tyre got caught by BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld who was launched into a triple barrel roll; Montoya also clipped Scuderia Toro Rosso's Scott Speed in the incident. None of the drivers were injured. After that, the order stayed the same at the front, the only action being a battle at the back between David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg, and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Rosberg lost out and was the only finishing driver not to score in the race, with Liuzzi gaining Toro Rosso's first ever point. Montoya departed McLaren days after the race, announcing his move to NASCAR for the 2007 season for Chip Ganassi Racing.http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17099.html Montoya to NASCAR! GrandPrix.com 2006-07-09 2006-08-10 Michael Schumacher led home teammate Felipe Massa for a Ferrari one-two finish - the Maranello team's first of the season. This was Schumacher's fifth overall victory in the United States Grand Prix and his fourth consecutive win at this particular event. Giancarlo Fisichella came home a distant third in his Renault with his teammate and championship leader Fernando Alonso 5th behind the Toyota of Jarno Trulli.Schumacher wins fourth straight U.S. Grand Prix https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2006/07/03/schumacher-wins-fourth-straight-us-grand-prix/31488807007/ 2025-09-10 Gainesville Sun en-US2006-07-02 Schumacher win pegs back Alonso https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5139224.stm 2025-09-10 en-GBthumb|Fernando Alonso in front of race winner Michael Schumacher during the race Race classification Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 73 1:34:35.199 1 10 2 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 73 +7.984 2 8 3 2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Michelin 73 +16.595 3 6 4 8 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 73 +23.604PL4 4 5 5 1 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 73 +28.410 5 4 6 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda Michelin 73 +36.513 4 3 7 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari Michelin 72 +1 lap 17 2 8 20 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth Michelin 72 +1 lap 20 1 9 10 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth Bridgestone 72 +1 lap 21Ret Retired 7 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota Bridgestone 62 Wheel bearing 8Ret Retired 19 Netherlands Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota Bridgestone 37 Transmission 14Ret Retired 17 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber Michelin 23 Engine 6Ret Retired 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota Bridgestone 9 Collision damage 15Ret Retired 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda Bridgestone 6 Collision 18Ret Retired 12 UK Jenson Button Honda Michelin 3 Collision damage 7Ret Retired 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 0 Collision 9Ret Retired 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber Michelin 0 Collision 10Ret Retired 4 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 0 Collision 11Ret Retired 9 Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth Bridgestone 0 Collision 12Ret Retired 21 United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth Michelin 0 Collision 13Ret Retired 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari Michelin 0 Collision 16Ret Retired 23 France Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda Bridgestone 0 Collision 19 Source:Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007 Domenjoz Luc February 2007 Chronosports S.A. 978-2-84707-110-8 87 etal Notes 4 4 – Jarno Trulli started the race from the pitlane. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Fernando Alonso 88 10px 2 GER Michael Schumacher 69 10px 1 3 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella 43 10px 1 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 39 10px 5 BRA Felipe Massa 36Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2006/etats-unis/championnat.aspx United States 2006 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 FRA Renault 131 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 105 10px 3 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 65 10px 4 JPN Honda 32 10px 5 GER BMW Sauber 19Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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