2006 British Grand Prix
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| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season. | ||
| Date | June 11, 2006 | |
| Location | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Course | Permanent Road Facility 3.194 mi / 5.141 km | |
| Distance | 60 laps, 191.603 mi / 308.355 km | |
| Weather | Fine | |
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| Time | 1:20.253 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| Time | 1:21.599 (on lap 21 of 60) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Image:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| Second | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| Third | Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes |
The Foster's British Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2006 Formula One World Championship. It took place on the weekend of June 9th–11th 2006 at the Silverstone Circuit.
Ticket sales were rather slow; the race was scheduled far earlier than normal, and local Jenson Button had a rather poor season the previous year. When the race sold out in 2005, Button had been coming off one of his best years. Also, the weekend clashed with England's first World Cup game.
Button had a very poor qualifying run and started the race 19th; after a blinding first few laps, Jenson's engine blew up on lap 9. Scotsman David Coulthard also had a poor race suffering from understeer.
Fernando Alonso became the first Spanish driver and the youngest driver (24 years, 10 months, 13 days) to get the Hat Trick (pole position, winning and fastest lap in same Grand Prix). He fell one lap short of clinching the Grand Chelem.
This race also featured the first ever pit stop to have involved a woman, during a Midland F1 pit stop for Tiago Monteiro, ITV-F1 Pit Reporter Louise Goodman was the left rear tyre changer.
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[edit] Qualifying results
[edit] Race
[edit] Notes
- Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso, 1:21.599 (Lap 21)
- Lap Leaders: Fernando Alonso, Lap 1–44, 46–60; Giancarlo Fisichella, Lap 45
[edit] External links
[edit] Race Reports
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