Japanese Grand Prix 2006

Suzuka
8 October 2006
53 laps
307.6 km
5.807 km a lap

Pole positionFelipe MassaFerrari · 1:29.599
Fastest lapFernando Alonso1:32.676 · lap 14
Winner started fromP5on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Fernando Alonsofastest lap	1	Renault	5	53	1:23:53.413	10
2	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	1	53	+16.151	8
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	Renault	6	53	+23.953	6
4	Jenson Button	12	Honda	7	53	+34.101	5
5	Kimi Räikkönen	3	McLaren · Mercedes	11	53	+43.596	4
6	Jarno Trulli	8	Toyota	4	53	+46.717	3
7	Ralf Schumacher	7	Toyota	3	53	+48.869	2
8	Nick Heidfeld	16	BMW Sauber · BMW	9	53	+1:16.095	1
9	Robert Kubica	17	BMW Sauber · BMW	12	53	+1:16.932
10	Nico Rosberg	10	Williams · Cosworth	10	52	+1 lap
11	Pedro de la Rosa	4	McLaren · Mercedes	13	52	+1 lap
12	Rubens Barrichello	11	Honda	8	52	+1 lap
13	Robert Doornbos	15	Red Bull · Ferrari	18	52	+1 lap
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	20	Toro Rosso · Cosworth	15	52	+1 lap
15	Takuma Sato	22	Super Aguri · Honda	20	52	+1 lap
16	Tiago Monteiro	18	Midland · Toyota	21	51	+2 laps
17	Sakon Yamamoto	23	Super Aguri · Honda	22	50	+3 laps
18	Scott Speed	21	Toro Rosso · Cosworth	19	48	Power steering
DNF	Mark Webber	9	Williams · Cosworth	14	39	Accident
DNF	Michael Schumacher	5	Ferrari	2	36	Engine
DNF	David Coulthard	14	Red Bull · Ferrari	17	35	Gearbox
DNF	Christijan Albers	19	Midland · Toyota	16	20	Driveshaft

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: Michael Schumacher 34, Fernando Alonso 17, Felipe Massa 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Fernando Alonso	5	3	2	1	1	17
Felipe Massa	1	2	3	2	2	2
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	4	6	4	3
Jenson Button	7	6	7	5	4
Kimi Räikkönen	11	8	8	3	5
Jarno Trulli	4	9	4	6	6
Ralf Schumacher	3	5	5	7	7
Nick Heidfeld	9	7	9	8	8
Robert Kubica	12	10	10	9	9
Nico Rosberg	10	11	11	11	10
Pedro de la Rosa	13	13	13	10	11
Rubens Barrichello	8	20	18	12	12
Robert Doornbos	18	16	15	13	13
Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	18	17	14	14
Takuma Sato	20	21	19	15	15
Tiago Monteiro	21	19	20	17	16
Sakon Yamamoto	22	22	21	18	17
Scott Speed	19	14	16	16	18
Mark Webber	14	12	12	–	out
Michael Schumacher	2	1	1	–	out	34
David Coulthard	17	15	14	–	out
Christijan Albers	16	17	–	–	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 80 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Fernando Alonso	+5.4	+4.3	0.0	0.0
Felipe Massa	+4.2	+10.1	+10.1	+16.2
Giancarlo Fisichella	+8.5	+19.0	+23.8	+24.0
Jenson Button	+15.6	+25.9	+30.0	+34.1
Kimi Räikkönen	+25.6	+31.9	+17.4	+43.6
Jarno Trulli	+27.0	+14.8	+38.1	+46.7
Ralf Schumacher	+10.4	+16.7	+38.8	+48.9
Nick Heidfeld	+23.9	+43.5	+60.8	+76.1
Robert Kubica	+32.6	+44.3	+62.9	+76.9
Nico Rosberg	+34.4	+57.4	+79.4	+103.8
Pedro de la Rosa	+44.6	+69.2	+70.4	+108.5
Rubens Barrichello	+69.6	+99.6	+98.8	+134.0
Robert Doornbos	+62.5	+95.9	+127.0	+156.2
Vitantonio Liuzzi	+65.1	+98.3	+137.1	+170.4
Takuma Sato	+76.8	+116.8	+151.4	+181.7
Tiago Monteiro	+69.1	+118.8	+165.1	+199.1
Sakon Yamamoto	+83.2	+142.5	+233.9	+312.0
Scott Speed	+61.0	+97.0	+154.2	+193.5
Mark Webber	+42.4	+66.4	–	out
Michael Schumacher	0.0	0.0	–	out
David Coulthard	+61.8	+93.9	–	out
Christijan Albers	+63.8	–	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:30.112	1:29.830	1:29.599
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.279	1:28.954	1:29.711
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:30.595	1:30.299	1:29.989
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:30.420	1:30.204	1:30.039
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:30.976	1:30.357	1:30.371
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:31.696	1:30.306	1:30.599
7	Jenson Button	Honda	1:30.847	1:30.268	1:30.992
8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:31.972	1:30.598	1:31.478
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.811	1:30.470	1:31.513
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:30.585	1:30.321	1:31.856
11	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:32.080	1:30.827
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.204	1:31.094
13	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	1:31.581	1:31.254
14	Mark Webber	Williams	1:31.647	1:31.276
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:31.741	1:31.943
16	Christijan Albers	Midland	1:32.221	1:33.750
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:32.252
18	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull	1:32.402
19	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	1:32.867
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:33.666
21	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	1:33.709
22	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Kimi Räikkönen	2	22, 41	19.897 s
Robert Doornbos	2	21, 35	20.754 s
Pedro de la Rosa	2	20, 40	21.161 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	13, 30	21.262 s
Jarno Trulli	2	12, 29	21.454 s
David Coulthard	2	18, 34	21.636 s
Nick Heidfeld	2	18, 36	21.679 s
Jenson Button	2	16, 37	21.763 s
Scott Speed	2	23, 35	21.787 s
Fernando Alonso	2	15, 35	21.824 s
Michael Schumacher	2	18, 36	21.984 s
Mark Webber	2	20, 38	21.990 s
Takuma Sato	2	23, 38	22.060 s
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	20, 34	22.124 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	14, 33	22.266 s
Robert Kubica	2	20, 37	22.389 s
Felipe Massa	2	13, 35	22.459 s
Nico Rosberg	2	15, 34	22.918 s
Tiago Monteiro	2	25, 39	23.524 s
Rubens Barrichello	3	2, 22, 41	21.478 s
Sakon Yamamoto	3	20, 33, 34	22.236 s

Every stop, lap by lap (44)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
2	Rubens Barrichello	1	24.846 s
12	Jarno Trulli	1	21.454 s
13	Ralf Schumacher	1	21.262 s
13	Felipe Massa	1	23.037 s
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	22.266 s
15	Fernando Alonso	1	22.909 s
15	Nico Rosberg	1	22.918 s
16	Jenson Button	1	23.742 s
18	David Coulthard	1	21.636 s
18	Nick Heidfeld	1	22.107 s
18	Michael Schumacher	1	23.656 s
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	22.124 s
20	Sakon Yamamoto	1	22.236 s
20	Robert Kubica	1	22.389 s
20	Mark Webber	1	22.788 s
20	Pedro de la Rosa	1	24.302 s
21	Robert Doornbos	1	20.754 s
22	Rubens Barrichello	2	22.917 s
22	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.143 s
23	Scott Speed	1	21.787 s
23	Takuma Sato	1	22.203 s
25	Tiago Monteiro	1	25.497 s
29	Jarno Trulli	2	23.607 s
30	Ralf Schumacher	2	23.255 s
33	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	23.008 s
33	Sakon Yamamoto	2	32.641 s
34	Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	22.125 s
34	David Coulthard	2	23.028 s
34	Sakon Yamamoto	3	23.513 s
34	Nico Rosberg	2	24.090 s
35	Fernando Alonso	2	21.824 s
35	Felipe Massa	2	22.459 s
35	Robert Doornbos	2	22.775 s
35	Scott Speed	2	23.101 s
36	Nick Heidfeld	2	21.679 s
36	Michael Schumacher	2	21.984 s
37	Jenson Button	2	21.763 s
37	Robert Kubica	2	23.299 s
38	Mark Webber	2	21.990 s
38	Takuma Sato	2	22.060 s
39	Tiago Monteiro	2	23.524 s
40	Pedro de la Rosa	2	21.161 s
41	Kimi Räikkönen	2	19.897 s
41	Rubens Barrichello	3	21.478 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Fernando Alonso	14	1:32.676
2	Michael Schumacher	32	1:32.792	+0.116
3	Felipe Massa	37	1:33.296	+0.620
4	Kimi Räikkönen	24	1:33.344	+0.668
5	Jenson Button	35	1:33.451	+0.775
6	Robert Kubica	39	1:33.509	+0.833
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	1:33.564	+0.888
8	Ralf Schumacher	2	1:33.607	+0.931
9	Jarno Trulli	2	1:33.866	+1.190
10	Rubens Barrichello	40	1:34.071	+1.395

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Fernando Alonso	126	▲1
2	Michael Schumacher	116	▼1
3	Felipe Massa	70	▲1
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	69	▼1
5	Kimi Räikkönen	61
6	Jenson Button	50
7	Rubens Barrichello	28
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	26
9	Nick Heidfeld	23
10	Ralf Schumacher	20	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Renault	195
2	Ferrari	186
3	McLaren	105
4	Honda	78
5	BMW Sauber	36
6	Toyota	35
7	Red Bull	16
8	Williams	11
9	Toro Rosso	1
10	Midland	0