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2006 Spanish Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	F1
Country	Spain
Grand Prix	Spanish
Previous_round	2006 European Grand Prix
Next_round	2006 Monaco Grand Prix
Date	May 14
Year	2006
Image	Catalunya (2004-2006).svg
Caption	Circuit de Catalunya
Race_No	6
Season_No	18
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio Telefónica de España 2006
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course_mi	2.875
Course_km	4.627
Distance_laps	66
Distance_mi	189.75
Distance_km	305.256
Weather	Sunny, 28°C
Attendance	131,200
Pole_Driver	Fernando Alonso
Pole_Team	Renault
Pole_Time	1:14.648
Pole_Country	Spain
Fast_Driver	Felipe Massa
Fast_Team	Ferrari
Fast_Time	1:16.648
Fast_Lap	42
Fast_Country	Brazil
First_Driver	Fernando Alonso
First_Team	Renault
First_Country	Spain
Second_Driver	Michael Schumacher
Second_Team	Ferrari
Second_Country	Germany
Third_Driver	Giancarlo Fisichella
Third_Team	Renault
Third_Country	Italy
Lapchart

The 2006 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Telefónica de España 2006) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the sixth round of the 2006 Formula One season and the forty-eighth Spanish Grand Prix. The 66-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team, from a pole position start. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Alonso's teammate Giancarlo Fisichella third.

As a consequence of the race, Alonso stretched his lead to fifteen points in the Drivers' Championship over Schumacher. Alonso's team, Renault, also increased their lead, but did so in the Constructors' Championship standings. This put them nineteen points ahead of Ferrari.

Background

Championship standings before the race

Before the race, Renault driver Fernando Alonso led the Drivers' Championship with 44 points; Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was second on 31 points. Behind Alonso and Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, Kimi Räikkönen was third on 23 points in a McLaren, with Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa on 18 and 15 points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault were leading on 62 points and Ferrari were second on 46 points, with McLaren third on 42 points.

Entrants

The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as Constructors) were Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, BMW, MF1, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.

Practice

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: two on Friday, both lasting 90 minutes, and one on Saturday for 60 minutes. The first session was led by Ferrari's Felipe Massa, the second by Honda's third driver Anthony Davidson and the third by Massa's teammate Michael Schumacher.

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.

Constructor	Nat	Driver
Williams-Cosworth	Austria	Alexander Wurz
Honda	UK	Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari	Netherlands	Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber	Poland	Robert Kubica
MF1-Toyota	Switzerland	Giorgio Mondini
Toro Rosso-Cosworth	Switzerland	Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda		-

Qualifying

Saturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 15 minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of the qualifying session lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of the qualifying session ran for 20 minutes which determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions.

Championship leader Fernando Alonso clinched his second pole position of the season with a time of 1:14.648 and was joined on the front row by Renault teammate Giancarlo Fisichella. Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa put their Ferraris on the second row of the grid.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Spain Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:15.816	1:15.124	1:14.648	1
2	Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:16.046	1:14.766	1:14.709	2
5	Germany Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.049	1:14.637	1:14.970	3
6	Brazil Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.359	1:15.245	1:15.442	4
11	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.266	1:15.258	1:15.885	5
7	Germany Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:16.234	1:15.164	1:15.885	6
8	Italy Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:16.174	1:15.068	1:15.976	7
12	UK Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.054	1:15.150	1:16.008	8
3	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.613	1:15.422	1:16.015	9
16	Germany Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.322	1:15.468	1:17.144	10
9	Australia Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:16.685	1:15.502		11
4	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.195	1:15.801		12
10	Germany Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:17.213	1:15.804		13
17	Canada Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:16.066	1:15.847		22
15	Austria Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:16.627	1:15.928		14
20	Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:17.105	1:16.661		15
21	United States Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:17.361			16
18	Portugal Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	1:17.702			17
19	Netherlands Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	1:18.024			18
22	Japan Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:18.920			19
23	France Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda	1:20.763			20
14	UK David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	No time			21

;Notes

– Jacques Villeneuve started 22nd after taking a 10 spot penalty for an engine change. The engine was damaged during transport to Barcelona.

Race

The race was held on 14 May 2006 and was run for 66 laps.

Race report

The Renault cars of Alonso and Fisichella occupied the front row of the grid.

At the start, the first four remained in formation, although Felipe Massa was pressured by Kimi Räikkönen, who had jumped up from ninth to fifth. Fernando Alonso managed to break away while teammate Giancarlo Fisichella held up the chasers. The first round of pit stops was initiated by Alonso on lap 17. Fisichella followed him on lap 18 and Massa on lap 19.

Suddenly, Juan Pablo Montoya spun at high speed and beached his McLaren on a kerb. If the safety car was deployed, it would give Schumacher a big advantage, but Montoya's car was lifted away by a crane. Alonso lost time while passing one of the Midlands and Schumacher lost time when he made a rare mistake on his own. The German pitted on lap 23 and rejoined 10 seconds behind the race leader, but crucially just ahead of Fisichella.

The second round of pit stops did not lead to any changes in the leading pack and Alonso took his third win of the season, extending his championship lead to 15 points.

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Spain Fernando Alonso	Renault	66	1:26:21.759	1	10
5	Germany Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	66	+18.502	3	8
2	Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	66	+23.951	2	6
6	Brazil Felipe Massa	Ferrari	66	+29.853	4	5
3	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+56.875	9	4
12	UK Jenson Button	Honda	66	+58.347	8	3
11	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	Honda	65	+1 Lap	5	2
16	Germany Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	65	+1 Lap	10	1
9	Australia Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	65	+1 Lap	11
8	Italy Jarno Trulli	Toyota	65	+1 Lap	7
10	Germany Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	65	+1 Lap	13
17	Canada Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	65	+1 Lap	22
15	Austria Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	14
14	UK David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	21
20	Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	63	Hydraulics	15
18	Portugal Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	63	+3 Laps	17
22	Japan Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	62	+4 Laps	19
19	Netherlands Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	48	Broken wing	18
21	United States Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	47	Engine	16
7	Germany Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	31	Electronics	6
4	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	17	Spin	12
23	France Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda	10	Driveshaft	20

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points	Source:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	ESP Fernando Alonso	54
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	GER Michael Schumacher	39
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	FIN Kimi Räikkönen	27
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	ITA Giancarlo Fisichella	24
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	BRA Felipe Massa	20

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points	Source:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	FRA Renault	78
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	ITA Ferrari	59
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	GBR McLaren-Mercedes	42
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	JPN Honda	24
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	GER BMW Sauber	12

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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