2006 Japanese Grand Prix

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Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Short description The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix)[1] 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.[2]

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 Template:Flagicon Alexander Wurz
Honda Template:Flagicon Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari Template:Flagicon Michael Ammermüller
BMW Sauber Template:Flagicon Sebastian Vettel
Spyker MF1-Toyota Template:Flagicon Adrian Sutil
Toro Rosso-Cosworth Template:Flagicon Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda Template:Flagicon 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.

As of 2023Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 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.[3]

Classification

Qualifying

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1 6 Template:Flagicon Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.112 1:29.830 1:29.599 1
2 5 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.279 1:28.954 1:29.711 2
3 7 Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:30.595 1:30.299 1:29.989 3
4 8 Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:30.420 1:30.204 1:30.039 4
5 1 Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso Renault 1:30.976 1:30.357 1:30.371 5
6 2 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:31.696 1:30.306 1:30.599 6
7 12 Template:Flagicon Jenson Button Honda 1:30.847 1:30.268 1:30.992 7
8 11 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:31.972 1:30.598 1:31.478 8
9 16 Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:31.811 1:30.470 1:31.513 9
10 10 Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:30.585 1:30.321 1:31.856 10
11 3 Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.080 1:30.827 11
12 17 Template:Flagicon Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:31.204 1:31.094 12
13 4 Template:Flagicon Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.581 1:31.254 13
14 9 Template:Flagicon Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:31.647 1:31.276 14
15 20 Template:Flagicon Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:31.741 1:31.943 15
16 19 Template:Flagicon Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:32.221 1:33.750 16
17 14 Template:Flagicon David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:32.252 17
18 15 Template:Flagicon Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari 1:32.402 18
19 21 Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:32.867 19
20 22 Template:Flagicon Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:33.666 20
21 18 Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 1:33.709 21
22 23 Template:Flagicon Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda No time 22
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Race

File:Schumacher car Suzuka 2006.jpg
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.
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1 1 Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso Renault 53 1:23:53.413 5 10
2 6 Template:Flagicon Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +16.151 1 8
3 2 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 53 +23.953 6 6
4 12 Template:Flagicon Jenson Button Honda 53 +34.101 7 5
5 3 Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +43.596 11 4
6 8 Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +46.717 4 3
7 7 Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher Toyota 53 +48.869 3 2
8 16 Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 +1:16.095 9 1
9 17 Template:Flagicon Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 +1:16.932 12
10 10 Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 52 +1 lap 10
11 4 Template:Flagicon Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 52 +1 lap 13
12 11 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Honda 52 +1 lap 8
13 15 Template:Flagicon Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari 52 +1 lap 18
14 20 Template:Flagicon Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 52 +1 lap 15
15 22 Template:Flagicon Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 52 +1 lap 20
16 18 Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro Spyker MF1-Toyota 51 +2 laps 21
17 23 Template:Flagicon Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 50 +3 laps 22
18 21 Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 48 Power steering 19
Ret 9 Template:Flagicon Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 39 Accident 14
Ret 5 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 36 Engine 2
Ret 14 Template:Flagicon David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 35 Gearbox 17
Ret 19 Template:Flagicon Christijan Albers Spyker MF1-Toyota 20 Driveshaft 16
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Championship standings after the race

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  • 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

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