2006 Japanese Grand Prix

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Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg **2006 Japanese Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 17 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season.
Date	October 8, 2006
Location	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.608 mi / 5.807 km
Distance	53 laps, 191.224 mi / 307.573 km
Weather	Fine
Pole
Driver	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Time	1:29.830
Fastest Lap
Driver	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time	1:32.676 (on lap 14 of 53)
Podium
First	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Third	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault

The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix was the seventeenth race of the 2006 Formula One season. It was held between 6–8 October at Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka.

1 Friday Drivers
2 Qualifying results
3 Race results
- 3.1 Notes
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Friday Drivers

Team	Nat	Driver
Williams-Cosworth	Image:Flag of Austria.svg	Alexander Wurz
Honda	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	Anthony Davidson
RBR-Ferrari	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Michael Ammermuller
Sauber-BMW	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Sebastian Vettel
MF1-Toyota	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Adrian Sutil
STR-Cosworth	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg	Neel Jani
Aguri-Honda	Image:Flag of France.svg	Franck Montagny

[edit] Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team/Engine	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:29.599	1:29.830	1:30.112
2	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:29.711	1:28.954	1:31.279
3	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:29.989	1:30.299	1:30.595
4	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:30.039	1:30.204	1:30.420
5	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:30.371	1:30.357	1:30.976
6	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:30.599	1:30.306	1:31.696
7	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	Jenson Button	Honda	1:30.992	1:30.268	1:30.847
8	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:31.478	1:30.598	1:31.972
9	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber BMW	1:31.513	1:30.470	1:31.811
10	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	Nico Rosberg	Williams Cosworth	1:31.856	1:30.321	1:30.585
11	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes		1:30.827	1:32.080
12	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg	Robert Kubica	Sauber BMW		1:31.094	1:31.204
13	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren Mercedes		1:31.254	1:31.581
14	Image:Flag of Australia.svg	Mark Webber	Williams Cosworth		1:31.276	1:31.647
15	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR Cosworth		1:31.943	1:31.741
16	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	Christijan Albers	MF1 Toyota		1:33.750	1:32.221
17	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	David Coulthard	RBR Ferrari			1:32.252
18	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	Robert Doornbos	RBR Ferrari			1:32.402
19	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	Scott Speed	STR Cosworth			1:32.867
20	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg	Takuma Sato	Aguri Honda			1:33.666
21	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg	Tiago Monteiro	MF1 Toyota			1:33.709
22	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg	Sakon Yamamoto	Aguri Honda			—

[edit] Race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lap	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso	Renault	53	1'23:52.413	5	10
2	6	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	+16.151 secs	1	8
3	2	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	53	+23.953 secs	6	6
4	12	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button	Honda	53	+34.101 secs	7	5
5	3	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+43.596 secs	11	4
6	8	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+46.717 secs	4	3
7	7	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	53	+48.869 secs	3	2
8	16	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-BMW	53	+76.095 secs	9	1
9	17	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Robert Kubica	Sauber-BMW	53	+76.932 secs	12
10	10	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	52	+1 lap	10
11	4	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Pedro De La Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	13
12	11	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello	Honda	52	+1 lap	8
13	15	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos	Red Bull-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	18
14	20	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR-Cosworth	52	+1 lap	15
15	22	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	52	+1 lap	20
16	18	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro	Spyker MF1-Toyota	51	+2 laps	21
17	23	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda	50	+3 laps	22
18	21	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed	STR-Cosworth	48	Power steering	19
Ret	9	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	39	Accident	14
Ret	5	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	36	Engine	2
Ret	14	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	35	Gearbox	17
Ret	19	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	20	Driveshaft	16

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso 1:32.676 (14)
Lap Leaders: Felipe Massa (1–2); Michael Schumacher (3–36); Fernando Alonso (37–53)
Third place Giancarlo Fisichella dedicated his third place to his best friend, Tonino Visciani, who died on 5 October, 2006 after a heart attack.<ref>"Fisi dedicates third to dead pal" ITV Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2006</ref>
Schumacher's engine failure was his first in over five years, and essentially ended any chance of his winning an eighth championship.

[edit] External links

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