2006 British Grand Prix

April 2017 April 2017 F1 United Kingdom British 2006 Monaco Grand Prix 2006 Canadian Grand Prix 11 June 2006 Silverstone_Circuit_2004_to_2009.png Silverstone Circuit in 2006 8 18 2006 Formula 1 Foster's British Grand Prixhttp://www.formula1.com/race/circuitdetail/758.html British Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061020075743/http://www.formula1.com/race/circuitdetail/758.html 2 January 2021 20 October 2006 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England Permanent Road Facility 3.194 5.141 60 191.603 308.355 Sunny, 27°Chttps://www.pitpass.com/src/seasons/2006/gp/britain/report/result.php 2006 British Grand Prix Pitpass.com 23 July 2025 Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:20.253 Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:21.599 21 Fernando Alonso Spain Renault Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari Kimi Räikkönen Finland McLaren-Mercedes GBR The 2006 British Grand Prix (officially the 2006 Formula 1 Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 June 2006 at the Silverstone Circuit. The 60-lap race was the eighth round of the 2006 Formula One season. Background The event was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire for the 41st time in the circuit's history. The Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship and the 52nd running of the British Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Ticket sales were rather slow, because the race was scheduled far earlier than normal and local Jenson Button had had a rather poor 2005 season. Also, the weekend clashed with England's first World Cup match. This race featured the first ever pit stop to involve a woman. During a Midland F1 pit stop for Tiago Monteiro, ITV-F1's then pit lane reporter Louise Goodman was the left rear tyre changer. Championship standings before the race Renault's Fernando Alonso was leading the Drivers' Championship with 64 points, ahead of Ferrari's Michael Schumacher with 43 and both Renault teammate Giancarlo Fisichella and McLaren driver with 27. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault topped the standings with 91 points, ahead of Ferrari (63) and McLaren (50). Practice Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: two on Friday, both lasting 90 minutes, and one on Saturday for 60 minutes.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 28 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060408104015/http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/548514743__2006_F1_SPORTING_REGULATIONS.pdf 8 April 2006 The first session was led by Williams's third driver Alexander Wurz, the second by BMW Sauber's third driver Robert Kubica and the third, arguably the most representative session, by Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari.https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2006/races/797/great-britain/practice/1 2006 FORMULA 1™ FOSTER'S BRITISH GRAND PRIX - PRACTICE 1 formula1.com 23 July 2025 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. Constructor Nat Driver Williams-Cosworth Austria Alexander Wurz Honda UK Anthony Davidson Red Bull-Ferrari Netherlands Robert Doornbos BMW Sauber Poland Robert Kubica MF1-Toyota Switzerland Giorgio Mondini Toro Rosso-Cosworth Switzerland Neel Jani Super Aguri-Honda Japan Sakon Yamamoto Qualifying 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. Fernando Alonso became the first Spanish driver and the youngest driver ever (24 years and 317 days) to get a hat trick (pole position, winning and fastest lap in the same race). He fell one lap short of clinching a Grand Chelem (complementing the hat trick by leading every lap). He would finally achieve this at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix. Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 1 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:21.0181:20.271 1:20.253 1 2 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.648 1:20.497 1:20.397 2 3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:22.096 1:20.659 1:20.574 3 4 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.647 1:20.846 1:20.764 4 5 2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:22.411 1:20.594 1:20.919 5 6 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.965 1:20.929 1:20.943 6 7 7 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.886 1:21.043 1:21.073 7 8 4 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.169 1:20.816 1:21.107 8 9 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.670 1:20.629 1:21.329 9 10 17 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1:21.637 1:20.672 1:21.599 10 11 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.424 1:21.442 11 12 10 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:23.083 1:21.567 12 13 20 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:22.685 1:21.699 13 14 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.773 1:21.990 14 15 21 United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:22.541 1:22.076 15 16 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:22.860 1:22.207 16 17 9 Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:23.129 17 18 19 Netherlands Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:23.210 18 19 12 UK Jenson Button Honda 1:23.247 19 20 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:26.158 211 1 21 23 France Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:26.316 20 22 8 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota No time2 2 22 Source: Notes 1 1 – Takuma Sato was handed a 10 place grid penalty following a chassis and engine change after the Saturday morning practice session. 2 2 – Jarno Trulli did not get any time in the first part of Q1 as a due to an engine failure. Race The race was held on 11 June 2006 and was run for 60 laps.https://www.statsf1.com/en/2006/grande-bretagne.aspx Britain 2006 • STATS F1 statsf1.com 23 July 2025 Race report thumb|right|Fernando Alonso took pole position, fastest lap, and race victory, leading every lap of the race except one. thumb|Michael Schumacher finished second, just under 14 seconds behind Fernando Alonso The start brought no changes in the order at the front, but further back, Scott Speed pushed Ralf Schumacher's Toyota right in the path of Mark Webber. Schumacher and Webber retired on the spot, while Speed crawled to the pits and drove straight into the garage at the end of the lap. The safety car was deployed for three laps. At the restart, Michael Schumacher challenged Kimi Räikkönen for second, but the Finn held on. Alonso gradually built a gap of three seconds to Raikkonen, and on lap 18, Schumacher was the first to pit. The championship leader looked to have the win secured, especially when his lead had grown to 13 seconds after the first round of stops. Schumacher managed to leapfrog Räikkönen at the second round of stops, but never managed to get closer to his rival in the Renault. Räikkönen slowly fell into the clutches of Giancarlo Fisichella but held on to his podium finish. Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve finished sixth and eighth, respectively, and scored the final World Championship points of their careers. Race classification Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 60 1:25:51.927 1 10 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 60 +13.951 3 8 3 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 60 +18.672 2 6 4 2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Michelin 60 +19.976 5 5 5 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 60 +31.559 4 4 6 4 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 60 +1:04.769 8 3 7 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber Michelin 60 +1:14.594 9 2 8 17 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber Michelin 60 +1:18.299 10 1 9 10 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth Bridgestone 60 +1:19.008 12 10 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda Michelin 59 +1 lap 6 11 8 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 59 +1 lap 22 12 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari Michelin 59 +1 lap 11 13 20 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth Michelin 59 +1 lap 13 14 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari Michelin 59 +1 lap 14 15 19 Netherlands Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota Bridgestone 59 +1 lap 18 16 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota Bridgestone 58 +2 laps 16 17 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda Bridgestone 57 +3 laps 21 18 23 France Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda Bridgestone 57 +3 laps 20 Ret Retired 12 UK Jenson Button Honda Michelin 8 Oil leak 19 Ret Retired 21 United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth Michelin 1 Collision damage 15 Ret Retired 7 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota Bridgestone 0 Collision 7 Ret Retired 9 Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth Bridgestone 0 Collision 17 Source:Formula One Yearbook 2006–2007 Domenjoz Luc February 2007 Chronosports S.A. 978-2-84707-110-8 135 etal Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Fernando Alonso 74 10px 2 GER Michael Schumacher 51 10px 1 3 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 33 10px 1 4 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella 32 10px 5 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 26Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2006/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 2006 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 FRA Renault 106 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 75 10px 3 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 59 10px 4 JPN Honda 29 10px 5 GER BMW Sauber 17Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2006 Silverstone GP2 Series round References External links Detailed British Grand Prix results (archived) Race reports Formula1.com (archived) GPUpdate.net Motorsport.com ManipeF1.com (archived) British Grand Prix 2006 2006 Monaco Grand Prix 2006 Canadian Grand Prix 2005 British Grand Prix 2007 British Grand Prix 52 04 43 N 1 01 01 W source:kolossus-nowiki title British Grand Prix Category:British Grand Prix Grand Prix British Grand Prix