2006 Canadian Grand Prix

  2006 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season
Date	June 25, 2006
Official name	XLIII Grand Prix du Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
Course	Street circuit 4.361 km (2.71 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 305.27 km (189.7 mi)
Weather	Sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time	1:14.942
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:15.841 on lap 22
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

Jenson Button out-qualified his teammate Rubens Barrichello as he sealed eighth spot on the grid.

Nico Rosberg navigating the tight hairpin before the long 200mph straight.

Alonso on his way to taking pole position.

Michael Schumacher driving the Ferrari 248 F1 during qualifying.

The two MF1 drivers, Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro, collided on the first lap of the race.

Fisichella started 2nd but finished 4th after a drive-through penalty.

The Toyotas follow each other before Schumacher's retirement.

Barrichello and Klien fighting over position.

The 2006 Canadian Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2006 Formula One World Championship. It took place on the weekend of June 23–25th 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.

Fernando Alonso took yet another win and increased his championship lead over Michael Schumacher, who finished second after passing Kimi Räikkönen with two laps remaining after the Finn ran wide.

There was problems at the start when the two Midland cars collided at the tight hairpin on Lap 1, before Juan Pablo Montoya and Nico Rosberg collided on Lap 2 (which necessitated bringing out the safety car). Rosberg was out, while Montoya continued until he hit the wall later on.

Schumacher was trapped behind Trulli for a long time before he finally got past, but by then Alonso had gained a considerable lead over him.

However, with just a handful of laps left the safety car was back out again when home-town hero Jacques Villeneuve crashed into the wall while trying to lap a slow Ralf Schumacher who himself eventually retired.

Räikkönen, who was 2nd in the snake of cars behind the safety car, was unable to take advantage of closing up to Alonso due to the presence of back-markers in front of him. He lost to Michael Schumacher at the end.

Qualifying results

From :

Pos	Nat	Name	Constructor	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:14.942	1:14.726	1:15.350
2		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:15.178	1:15.295	1:15.917
3		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.386	1:15.273	1:15.376
4		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.968	1:15.506	1:16.455
5		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.986	1:15.139	1:15.716
6		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:16.012	1:15.269	1:16.404
7		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.228	1:15.253	1:16.251
8		Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.608	1:15.814	1:16.594
9		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.912	1:15.601	1:16.735
10		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:17.209	1:15.555	1:16.259
11		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber		1:15.832	1:16.493
12		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari		1:15.833	1:16.585
13		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber		1:15.885	1:15.906
14		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota		1:15.888	1:16.702
15		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth		1:16.116	1:16.581
16		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari		1:16.301	1:16.514
17		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth			1:16.985
18		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth			1:17.016
19		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota			1:17.121
20		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota			1:17.140
21		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda			1:19.088
22		Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda			1:19.152

• David Coulthard was demoted to 22nd because of an engine change after qualifying.

Race results

From :

Pos	No	Nat	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1		Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	1:34:37.308	1	10
2	5		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	+2.111	5	8
3	3		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+8.813	3	6
4	2		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	70	+15.679	2	5
5	6		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+25.172	10	4
6	8		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	69	+1 lap	4	3
7	16		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	69	+1 lap	13	2
8	14		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	69	+1 lap	22	1
9	12		Jenson Button	Honda	69	+1 lap	8
10	21		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	69	+1 lap	17
11	15		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	69	+1 lap	12
12	9		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	69	+1 lap	16
13	20		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	68	+2 laps	15
14	18		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	66	+4 laps	18
15	22		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	64	Accident	20
Ret	17		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	58	Accident	11
Ret	7		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	58	Withdrew	14
Ret	4		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	13	Accident	7
Ret	11		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	Engine	9
Ret	23		Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda	2	Engine	21
Ret	10		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1	Collision	6
Ret	19		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	0	Collision	19

Standings after the race

Note, only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	84
2	Michael Schumacher	59
3	Kimi Räikkönen	39
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	37
5	Felipe Massa	28

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Renault	121
2	Ferrari	87
3	McLaren-Mercedes	65
4	Honda	29
5	BMW Sauber	19

External links

• Detailed Canadian Grand Prix results

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