Australian Grand Prix 2006

Albert Park
Melbourne
2 April 2006
57 laps
302.3 km
5.303 km a lap

Pole positionJenson ButtonHonda · 1:25.229
Fastest lapKimi Räikkönen1:26.045 · lap 57
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	1	Renault	3	57	1:34:27.870	10
2	Kimi Räikkönenfastest lap	3	McLaren · Mercedes	4	57	+1.829	8
3	Ralf Schumacher	7	Toyota	6	57	+24.824	6
4	Nick Heidfeld	16	BMW Sauber · BMW	8	57	+31.032	5
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	Renault	–	57	+38.421	4
6	Jacques Villeneuve	17	BMW Sauber · BMW	19	57	+49.554	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	11	Honda	16	57	+51.904	2
8	David Coulthard	14	Red Bull · Ferrari	11	57	+53.983	1
9	Scott Speed	21	Toro Rosso · Cosworth	18	57	+1:18.817+25.000 penalty
10	Jenson Button	12	Honda	1	56	Engine
11	Christijan Albers	19	Midland · Toyota	17	56	+1 lap
12	Takuma Sato	22	Super Aguri · Honda	21	55	+2 laps
13	Yuji Ide	23	Super Aguri · Honda	22	54	+3 laps
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	4	McLaren · Mercedes	5	46	Electrical
DNF	Tiago Monteiro	18	Midland · Toyota	20	39	Hydraulics
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	20	Toro Rosso · Cosworth	12	37	Accident
DNF	Michael Schumacher	5	Ferrari	10	32	Accident
DNF	Mark Webber	9	Williams · Cosworth	7	22	Transmission
DNF	Christian Klien	15	Red Bull · Ferrari	13	4	Accident
DNF	Jarno Trulli	8	Toyota	9	0	Collision
DNF	Nico Rosberg	10	Williams · Cosworth	14	0	Collision damage
DNF	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	15	0	Collision

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Fernando Alonso 51, Jenson Button 3, Mark Webber 2, Kimi Räikkönen 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Finish	Laps led
Fernando Alonso	3	1	1	1	1	51
Kimi Räikkönen	4	2	2	2	2	1
Ralf Schumacher	6	6	8	3	3
Nick Heidfeld	8	7	4	5	4
Giancarlo Fisichella	–	11	10	7	5
Jacques Villeneuve	19	12	7	8	6
Rubens Barrichello	16	14	12	9	7
David Coulthard	11	15	14	11	8
Scott Speed	18	10	11	10	9
Jenson Button	1	3	5	6	10	3
Christijan Albers	17	16	15	12	11
Takuma Sato	21	13	16	13	12
Yuji Ide	22	18	17	14	13
Juan Pablo Montoya	5	4	3	4	out
Tiago Monteiro	20	17	13	–	out
Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	8	9	–	out
Michael Schumacher	10	9	6	–	out
Mark Webber	7	5	–	–	out	2
Christian Klien	13	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Last lap
Fernando Alonso	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kimi Räikkönen	+5.0	+17.0	+6.3	+1.8
Ralf Schumacher	+14.0	+41.7	+8.6	+24.8
Nick Heidfeld	+16.4	+25.3	+20.3	+31.0
Giancarlo Fisichella	+28.4	+46.5	+21.8	+38.4
Jacques Villeneuve	+33.7	+40.5	+26.8	+49.6
Rubens Barrichello	+39.6	+60.2	+27.6	+51.9
David Coulthard	+40.1	+78.6	+29.5	+54.0
Scott Speed	+24.9	+58.9	+28.8	+53.8
Jenson Button	+10.6	+31.7	+21.4	+36.3
Christijan Albers	+40.6	+97.7	+114.6	+161.3
Takuma Sato	+39.1	+103.2	+125.5	+255.3
Yuji Ide	+59.7	+228.7	+236.7	+334.9
Juan Pablo Montoya	+11.3	+23.9	+10.1	out
Tiago Monteiro	+45.7	+71.7	–	out
Vitantonio Liuzzi	+21.8	+42.7	–	out
Michael Schumacher	+23.3	+34.8	–	out
Mark Webber	+13.2	–	–	out
Christian Klien	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Jenson Button	Honda	1:28.081	1:26.337	1:25.229
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:27.765	1:26.196	1:25.635
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:28.569	1:25.729	1:25.778
4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:27.193	1:26.161	1:25.822
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	1:27.079	1:25.902	1:25.976
6	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:28.007	1:26.596	1:26.612
7	Mark Webber	Williams	1:27.669	1:26.075	1:26.937
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:27.796	1:26.014	1:27.579
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:28.460	1:26.714	1:29.239
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:27.748	1:26.327
11	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:28.228	1:26.718
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:28.408	1:27.023
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:28.999	1:27.219
14	Christian Klien	Red Bull	1:28.757	1:27.591
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:28.351	1:29.422
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:28.868
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:29.943
18	Christijan Albers	Midland	1:30.226
19	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	1:30.426
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	1:30.709
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:32.279
22	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	1:36.164

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Jacques Villeneuve	P9	P19	10 places – 10

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Michael Schumacher	1	25	21.260 s
Jacques Villeneuve	1	33	22.901 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	19, 34	19.612 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	30, 38	19.667 s
David Coulthard	2	29, 38	19.899 s
Nick Heidfeld	2	25, 34	20.160 s
Fernando Alonso	2	20, 34	20.934 s
Jenson Button	2	19, 34	21.287 s
Tiago Monteiro	2	8, 33	22.093 s
Christijan Albers	2	22, 33	22.226 s
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	23, 34	22.449 s
Scott Speed	2	24, 33	22.871 s
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	18, 34	22.924 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	21, 34	23.199 s
Ralf Schumacher	3	19, 23, 34	10.164 s
Takuma Sato	3	23, 33, 47	19.486 s
Yuji Ide	3	20, 23, 33	22.445 s

Every stop, lap by lap (35)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
8	Tiago Monteiro	1	22.093 s
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	1	22.924 s
19	Ralf Schumacher	1	20.878 s
19	Jenson Button	1	21.287 s
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	23.327 s
20	Fernando Alonso	1	23.013 s
20	Yuji Ide	1	23.592 s
21	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.199 s
22	Christijan Albers	1	22.226 s
23	Ralf Schumacher	2	10.164 s
23	Takuma Sato	1	22.059 s
23	Yuji Ide	2	22.445 s
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	22.449 s
24	Scott Speed	1	22.871 s
25	Nick Heidfeld	1	20.800 s
25	Michael Schumacher	1	21.260 s
29	David Coulthard	1	20.525 s
30	Rubens Barrichello	1	19.667 s
33	Jacques Villeneuve	1	22.901 s
33	Takuma Sato	2	22.983 s
33	Christijan Albers	2	30.698 s
33	Tiago Monteiro	2	37.932 s
33	Yuji Ide	3	40.486 s
33	Scott Speed	2	40.915 s
34	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	19.612 s
34	Nick Heidfeld	2	20.160 s
34	Ralf Schumacher	3	20.822 s
34	Fernando Alonso	2	20.934 s
34	Jenson Button	2	21.479 s
34	Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	22.848 s
34	Kimi Räikkönen	2	29.926 s
34	Juan Pablo Montoya	2	36.160 s
38	David Coulthard	2	19.899 s
38	Rubens Barrichello	2	20.396 s
47	Takuma Sato	3	19.486 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Kimi Räikkönen	57	1:26.045
2	Fernando Alonso	49	1:26.189	+0.144
3	Michael Schumacher	27	1:27.180	+1.135
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	45	1:27.464	+1.419
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	53	1:27.561	+1.516
6	Rubens Barrichello	32	1:27.690	+1.645
7	Nick Heidfeld	49	1:27.700	+1.655
8	Jenson Button	17	1:27.799	+1.754
9	Mark Webber	19	1:27.800	+1.755
10	Ralf Schumacher	45	1:27.810	+1.765

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Fernando Alonso	28
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	14	▲2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	14	▲3
4	Michael Schumacher	11	▼2
5	Jenson Button	11	▼2
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	9	▼1
7	Ralf Schumacher	7	▲4
8	Nick Heidfeld	5	▲9
9	Jacques Villeneuve	5	▲1
10	Felipe Massa	4	▼3

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Renault	42
2	McLaren	23	▲1
3	Ferrari	15	▼1
4	Honda	13
5	BMW Sauber	10	▲1
6	Toyota	7	▲1
7	Williams	5	▼2
8	Red Bull	2
9	Toro Rosso	0
10	Midland	0