France 2006: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.865	1:15.111	1:15.493
2	Massa	Ferrari	1:16.277	1:15.679	1:15.510	+0.017
3	Alonso	Renault	1:16.328	1:15.706	1:15.785	+0.292
4	Trulli	Toyota	1:15.550	1:15.776	1:16.036	+0.543
5	Schumacher	Toyota	1:15.949	1:15.625	1:16.091	+0.598
6	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:16.154	1:15.742	1:16.281	+0.788
7	Fisichella	Renault	1:16.825	1:15.901	1:16.345	+0.852
8	De la Rosa	McLaren	1:16.679	1:15.902	1:16.632	+1.139
9	Rosberg	Williams	1:16.534	1:15.926	1:18.272	+2.779
10	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:16.350	1:15.974	1:18.663	+3.170
11	Webber	Williams	1:16.531	1:16.129		+1.018
12	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.686	1:16.294		+1.183
13	Klien	Red Bull	1:16.921	1:16.433		+1.322
14	Barrichello	Honda	1:17.022	1:17.027		+1.916
15	Speed	Toro Rosso	1:17.117	1:17.063		+1.952
16	Albers	Midland	1:16.962	1:17.105		+1.994
17	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:17.164			+1.614
18	Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:17.304			+1.754
19	Button	Honda	1:17.495			+1.945
20	Monteiro	Midland	1:17.589			+2.039
21	Montagny	Super Aguri	1:18.637			+3.087
22	Sato	Super Aguri	1:18.845			+3.295

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	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	1	70	1:32:07.803	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	3	70	+10.131	2	Renault	Michelin
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	70	+22.546	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
4	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	5	70	+27.212	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
5	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	6	70	+33.006	3	Mercedes	Michelin
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	7	70	+45.265	2	Renault	Michelin
7	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	8	70	+49.407	3	Mercedes	Michelin
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	11	69	+1 lap	2	BMW	Michelin
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull	9	69	+1 lap	2	Ferrari	Michelin
10	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	14	69	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
11	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	16	69	+1 lap	2	BMW	Michelin
12	Christian Klien	Red Bull	12	69	+1 lap	2	Ferrari	Michelin
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	22	69	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
14	Nico Rosberg	Williams	19	68	+2 laps	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
15	Christijan Albers	Midland	15	68	+2 laps	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
16	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	20	67	+3 laps	3	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Jenson Button	Honda	17	61	Engine	2	Honda	Michelin
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	10	53	Wheel rim	4	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	4	39	Brakes	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	13	18	Engine	0	Honda	Michelin
DNF	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	11	Accident	0	Toyota	Bridgestone
DNF	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	21	0	Transmission	0	Honda	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Liuzzi22→13+9
Villeneuve16→11+5
Rosberg19→14+5
Speed14→10+4
Montagny20→16+4
Heidfeld11→8+3
Alonso3→2+1
Schumacher5→4+1
Räikkönen6→5+1
Fisichella7→6+1
De la Rosa8→7+1
Schumacher1→10
Coulthard9→90
Klien12→120
Albers15→150
Massa2→3-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher19.423R55
2Schumacher19.686R38
3Rosberg19.951R56
4Massa20.127R34
5Schumacher20.146R18
6De la Rosa20.196R35
7Massa20.204R53
8De la Rosa20.390R18
9Liuzzi20.399R52
10Räikkönen20.415R53

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher182017153 stops
Alonso1725282 stops
Massa161819173 stops
Schumacher2224242 stops
Räikkönen171521173 stops
Fisichella1827252 stops
De la Rosa181715203 stops
Heidfeld2521232 stops · +1 lap
Coulthard2923172 stops · +1 lap
Speed2822192 stops · +1 lap

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

15 races here since 1991Won from pole: 4 of 15

Win from furthest back (P5): Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999

Most wins here

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

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