Bahrain 2006: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.310	1:32.025	1:31.431
2	Massa	Ferrari	1:33.579	1:32.014	1:31.478	+0.047
3	Button	Honda	1:32.603	1:32.025	1:31.549	+0.118
4	Alonso	Renault	1:32.433	1:31.215	1:31.702	+0.271
5	Montoya	McLaren	1:33.233	1:31.487	1:32.164	+0.733
6	Barrichello	Honda	1:33.922	1:32.322	1:32.579	+1.148
7	Webber	Williams	1:33.454	1:32.309	1:33.006	+1.575
8	Klien	Red Bull	1:34.308	1:32.106	1:33.112	+1.681
9	Fisichella	Renault	1:32.934	1:31.831	1:33.496	+2.065
10	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:33.374	1:31.958	1:33.926	+2.495
11	Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:33.882	1:32.456		+1.241
12	Rosberg	Williams	1:32.945	1:32.620		+1.405
13	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:33.678	1:32.850		+1.635
14	Trulli	Toyota	1:33.987	1:33.066		+1.851
15	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:34.439	1:33.416		+2.201
16	Speed	Toro Rosso	1:33.995	1:34.606		+3.391
17	Schumacher	Toyota	1:34.702			+2.269
18	Albers	Midland	1:35.724			+3.291
19	Monteiro	Midland	1:35.900			+3.467
20	Sato	Super Aguri	1:37.411			+4.978
21	Ide	Super Aguri	1:40.270			+7.837
22	Räikkönen	McLaren

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	4	57	1:29:46.205	2	Renault	Michelin
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	57	+1.246	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	22	57	+19.360	1	Mercedes	Michelin
4	Jenson Button	Honda	3	57	+19.992	2	Honda	Michelin
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	5	57	+37.048	2	Mercedes	Michelin
6	Mark Webber	Williams	7	57	+41.932	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
7	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Williams	12	57	+1:03.043	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
8	Christian Klien	Red Bull	8	57	+1:06.771	2	Ferrari	Michelin
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	57	+1:09.907	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull	13	57	+1:15.541	1	Ferrari	Michelin
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	15	57	+1:25.997	2	Cosworth	Michelin
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	10	56	+1 lap	2	BMW	Michelin
13	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	16	56	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
14	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	56	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Bridgestone
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	6	56	+1 lap	2	Honda	Michelin
16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	14	56	+1 lap	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
17	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	PL	55	+2 laps	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
18	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	20	53	+4 laps	6	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	21	35	Engine	3	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	11	29	Engine	1	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	9	21	Hydraulics	1	Renault	Michelin
DNF	Christijan Albers	Midland	18	0	Driveshaft	0	Toyota	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Räikkönen22→3+19
Rosberg12→7+5
Liuzzi15→11+4
Alonso4→1+3
Coulthard13→10+3
Speed16→13+3
Schumacher17→14+3
MonteiroPL→17+2
Sato20→18+2
Webber7→6+1
Montoya5→50
Klien8→80
Schumacher1→2-1
Button3→4-1
Heidfeld10→12-2
Trulli14→16-2
Massa2→9-7
Barrichello6→15-9

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Sato15.302R18
2Ide15.797R7
3Montoya25.369R44
4Button25.424R40
5Schumacher25.497R41
6Trulli25.637R39
7Schumacher25.781R26
8Rosberg25.849R27
9Schumacher25.853R12
10Trulli25.885R22

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Alonso1920182 stops
Schumacher1521212 stops
Räikkönen30271 stop
Button1822172 stops
Montoya2321132 stops
Webber2316182 stops
Rosberg12616143 stops
Klien2219162 stops
Massa824252 stops
Coulthard30271 stop

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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