Spain 2006: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Alonso	Renault	1:15.816	1:15.124	1:14.648
2	Fisichella	Renault	1:16.046	1:14.766	1:14.709	+0.061
3	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.049	1:14.637	1:14.970	+0.322
4	Massa	Ferrari	1:16.359	1:15.245	1:15.442	+0.794
5	Barrichello	Honda	1:16.266	1:15.258	1:15.885	+1.237
6	Schumacher	Toyota	1:16.234	1:15.164	1:15.885	+1.237
7	Trulli	Toyota	1:16.174	1:15.068	1:15.976	+1.328
8	Button	Honda	1:16.054	1:15.150	1:16.008	+1.360
9	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:16.613	1:15.422	1:16.015	+1.367
10	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.322	1:15.468	1:17.144	+2.496
11	Webber	Williams	1:16.685	1:15.502		+0.865
12	Montoya	McLaren	1:16.195	1:15.801		+1.164
13	Rosberg	Williams	1:17.213	1:15.804		+1.167
14	Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:16.066	1:15.847		+1.210
15	Klien	Red Bull	1:16.627	1:15.928		+1.291
16	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:17.105	1:16.661		+2.024
17	Speed	Toro Rosso	1:17.361			+1.545
18	Monteiro	Midland	1:17.702			+1.886
19	Albers	Midland	1:18.024			+2.208
20	Sato	Super Aguri	1:18.920			+3.104
21	Montagny	Super Aguri	1:20.763			+4.947
22	Coulthard	Red Bull

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	1	66	1:26:21.759	2	Renault	Michelin
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	66	+18.502	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	66	+23.951	2	Renault	Michelin
4	Felipe MassaFastest lap	Ferrari	4	66	+29.859	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
5	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	9	66	+56.875	2	Mercedes	Michelin
6	Jenson Button	Honda	8	66	+58.347	2	Honda	Michelin
7	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	5	65	+1 lap	2	Honda	Michelin
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	10	65	+1 lap	2	BMW	Michelin
9	Mark Webber	Williams	11	65	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	7	65	+1 lap	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	13	65	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
12	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	22	65	+1 lap	1	BMW	Michelin
13	Christian Klien	Red Bull	14	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari	Michelin
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull	21	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari	Michelin
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	15	63	Hydraulics	2	Cosworth	Michelin
16	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	17	63	+3 laps	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
17	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	19	62	+4 laps	3	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Christijan Albers	Midland	18	48	Broken wing	3	Toyota	Bridgestone
DNF	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	16	47	Engine	1	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	6	31	Electrical	1	Toyota	Bridgestone
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	12	17	Spin	0	Mercedes	Michelin
DNF	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	20	10	Driveshaft	0	Honda	Bridgestone

Starting grid vs qualifying

Villeneuve Qualified 14, started 22 · 10-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Villeneuve22→12+10
Coulthard21→14+7
Räikkönen9→5+4
Button8→6+2
Heidfeld10→8+2
Webber11→9+2
Rosberg13→11+2
Sato19→17+2
Schumacher3→2+1
Klien14→13+1
Monteiro17→16+1
Alonso1→10
Massa4→40
Liuzzi15→150
Fisichella2→3-1
Barrichello5→7-2
Trulli7→10-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Coulthard21.187R53
2Heidfeld21.449R50
3Trulli22.242R46
4Klien22.288R50
5Liuzzi22.318R49
6Webber22.398R47
7Trulli22.432R27
8Monteiro22.441R26
9Schumacher22.630R46
10Button22.770R44

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

Stints of the top 10

Alonso1723262 stops
Schumacher2323202 stops
Fisichella1823252 stops
Massa1924232 stops
Räikkönen2224202 stops
Button2519222 stops
Barrichello2417242 stops · +1 lap
Heidfeld2921152 stops · +1 lap
Webber2819182 stops · +1 lap
Trulli2719192 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

LiuzziHydraulics, classified P15Toro Rosso
AlbersBroken wingMidland
SpeedEngineToro Rosso
SchumacherElectricalToyota
MontoyaSpinMcLaren
MontagnyDriveshaftSuper Aguri

This race in history

15 races here since 1991Won from pole: 11 of 15

Win from furthest back (P3): Michael Schumacher 1996

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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