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25px Italy  2006 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season
The Monza circuit after modified in 2000
The Monza circuit after modified in 2000
Date September 10, 2006
Official name LXXVII Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
5.793 km (3.6 mi)
Distance 53 laps, 307.029 km (190.8 mi)
Weather Warm, sunny
Pole position
Driver 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1.21.484
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:22.559 on lap 13
Podium
First 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Second 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Third 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber

The 2006 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 2006 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. It was the fifteenth round of the 2006 Formula One season, and was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car.

Immediately following the race, Michael Schumacher announced that he would retire from motor racing at the end of the 2006 season. Robert Kubica achieved his first career podium finish, in only his third Grand Prix. It was also only the second Grand Prix meeting appearance of Kubica's Friday driver successor, Sebastian Vettel. Vettel had impressed at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix by setting the fastest time in one session, but he set the fastest time in both Friday practice sessions at this Grand Prix.[1][2] The race was also the first race to see the introduction of a new High Speed Barrier developed by the FIA Institute and the FIA. The system, which was installed at the end of the run-off areas at the circuit’s second chicane and Parabolica corners, was designed for use at corners with high speed approaches and limited run-off areas.[3] Also this was the last race of the Red Bull driver Christian Klien, until his return to a race seat at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix.

After the race, in the press conference, Michael Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula One.[4] The race was his 90th victory. Three years later however in 2010, Schumacher returned to F1 with Mercedes.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

From:[5]

Pos Driver Constructor Part 3 Part 2 Part 1
1 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.484 1:21.349 1:21.994
2 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.486 1:21.353 1:21.711
3 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.653 1:21.425 1:21.764
4 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.704 1:21.225 1:22.028
5 25px United Kingdom Jenson Button Honda 1:22.011 1:21.572 1:22.512
6 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.258 1:21.270 1:22.437
7 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.280 1:21.878 1:22.422
8 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.787 1:21.688 1:22.640
9 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:23.175 1:21.722 1:22.486
10 25px Spain Fernando Alonso* Renault 1:25.688 1:21.526 1:21.747
11 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.924 1:22.093
12 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:22.203 1:22.581
13 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.280 1:22.622
14 25px United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.589 1:22.618
15 25px United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:23.165 1:22.943
16 25px Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.898
17 25px Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:23.043
18 25px Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:23.116
19 25px Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:23.341
20 25px The flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:23.920
21 25px Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:24.289
22 25px Japan Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:26.001

Notes

  • * Fernando Alonso originally qualified with a time of 1:21.829 in Q3, but had his three fastest Q3 times deleted, effectively demoting him from fifth to tenth, after Monza stewards controversially penalized him, judging he had impeding Ferrari's Felipe Massa during qualifying.[6]

Race[]

From:[7]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 53 1:14:51.975 2 10
2 3 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +8.046 1 8
3 17 25px Flag of Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 +26.414 6 6
4 2 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 53 +32.045 9 5
5 12 25px UK Jenson Button Honda 53 +32.685 5 4
6 11 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 53 +42.409 8 3
7 8 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +44.662 11 2
8 16 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 +45.309 3 1
9 6 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +45.995 4
10 9 25px Australia Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 53 +72.602 19
11 15 25px Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 52 +1 lap 16
12 14 25px UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 52 +1 lap 14
13 21 25px United States Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 52 +1 lap 15
14 20 25px Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 52 +1 lap 17
15 7 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 52 +1 lap 13
16 22 25px Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 51 +2 laps 21
17 19 25px Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 51 +2 laps 18
Ret 18 25px The flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 44 Brakes 20
Ret 1 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 43 Engine 10
Ret 4 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 20 Engine 7
Ret 23 25px Japan Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 18 Hydraulics 22
Ret 10 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 9 Driveshaft 12

Standings after the race[]

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

Drivers' Championship standings[8]
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 108
2 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 106
3 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 62
4 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 57
5 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 57
Constructors' Championship standings[8]
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Italy Ferrari 168
2 25px France Renault 165
3 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 97
4 25px Japan Honda 65
5 25px Germany BMW Sauber 33

References[]

  1. "FORMULA 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2006". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2006/765/6334/. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  2. "FORMULA 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2006". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2006/765/6335/. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  3. The High Speed Safety Barrier FIA.com. Retrieved 4 October 2006
  4. "Schumacher confirms his retirement". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2006/9/4930.html. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  5. http://www.grandprix.com/race/r765q1results.html
  6. "Alonso punished for blocking Massa". Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070127105344/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4923/765.html. Retrieved 2006-09-08. 
  7. http://www.grandprix.com/race/r765raceresults.html
  8. 8.0 8.1 Domenjoz, Luc et al.. Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007. Chronosports S.A.. p. 189. 


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