Seasons/18 races

2006 season

Title decided in round 18

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World ChampionFernando Alonso134 points · 7 wins
Constructors' championRenault206 points

Races18
Different winners5
Pole-sitters6
Not classified31%122 of 396 starts

Points: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight.

The title was decided in round 18: Brazilian Grand Prix on 22 Oct 2006.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Fernando Alonso	10	18	28	36	44	54	64	74	84	88	96	100	100	108	108	116	126	134
Michael Schumacher	8	11	11	21	31	39	43	51	59	69	79	89	90	96	106	116	116	121
Felipe Massa	0	4	4	9	15	20	20	24	28	36	42	50	52	62	62	62	70	80
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	10	14	15	18	24	27	32	37	43	46	49	49	52	57	63	69	72
Kimi Räikkönen	6	6	14	18	23	27	27	33	39	39	43	49	49	49	57	57	61	65
Jenson Button	5	11	11	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	21	31	36	40	45	50	56
Rubens Barrichello	0	0	2	2	6	8	13	13	13	16	16	16	21	22	25	28	28	30
Juan Pablo Montoya	4	9	9	15	15	15	23	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Nick Heidfeld	0	0	5	5	5	6	8	10	12	12	13	13	19	19	20	22	23	23
Ralf Schumacher	0	1	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	13	13	16	18	18	18	20	20
Pedro de la Rosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	14	14	18	18	19
Jarno Trulli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	15	15
David Coulthard	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	7	8	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14
Mark Webber	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Jacques Villeneuve	0	2	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Robert Kubica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6
Nico Rosberg	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Christian Klien	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Vitantonio Liuzzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Scott Speed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiago Monteiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christijan Albers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuma Sato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Doornbos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuji Ide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sakon Yamamoto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franck Montagny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The constructors' championship, round by round

Renault206
Ferrari201
McLaren110
Honda86
BMW Sauber36
Toyota35
Red Bull16
Williams11
3 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Renault	10	28	42	51	62	78	91	106	121	131	142	149	149	160	165	179	195	206
Ferrari	8	15	15	30	46	59	63	75	87	105	121	139	142	158	168	178	186	201
McLaren	10	15	23	33	38	42	50	59	65	65	71	77	85	89	97	101	105	110
Honda	5	11	13	15	19	24	29	29	29	32	32	37	52	58	65	73	78	86
BMW Sauber	0	2	10	10	11	12	14	17	19	19	20	20	26	26	33	35	36	36
Toyota	0	1	7	7	7	7	8	8	11	16	21	23	26	28	30	30	35	35
Red Bull	1	1	2	2	2	2	8	8	9	11	11	12	16	16	16	16	16	16
Williams	5	5	5	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Toro Rosso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Midland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Super Aguri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	134
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	7	121
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2	80
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1	72
5	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren		65
6	Jenson Button	Honda	1	56
7	Rubens Barrichello	Honda		30
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren		26
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber		23
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota		20
11	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren		19
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota		15
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull		14
14	Mark Webber	Williams		7
15	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber		7
16	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber		6
17	Nico Rosberg	Williams		4
18	Christian Klien	Red Bull		2
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso		1
20	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso		0
21	Tiago Monteiro	Midland		0
22	Christijan Albers	Midland		0
23	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri		0
24	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull		0
25	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri		0
26	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri		0
27	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri		0

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Renault	206
2	Ferrari	201
3	McLaren	110
4	Honda	86
5	BMW Sauber	36
6	Toyota	35
7	Red Bull	16
8	Williams	11
9	Toro Rosso	1
10	Midland	0
11	Super Aguri	0

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2006
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	1	2^F	1	2^F	2^P	1^P	1^P	1^P^F	1^P	5	2	5	Ret	2	Ret	2^P^F	1^F	2	134
MSC (Michael Schumacher)	2^P	6	Ret	1^P	1^F	2	5^F	2	2	1^P^F	1^P^F	1^F	8	3^F	1	1	Ret	4^F	121
MAS (Felipe Massa)	9	5	Ret	4	3	4^F	9	5	5	2	3	2	7^F	1^P	9	Ret	2^P	1^P	80
FIS (Giancarlo Fisichella)	Ret	1^P	5	8	6	3	6	4	4	3	6	6	Ret	6	4	3	3	6	72
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	3	Ret	2^F	5	4	5	Ret	3	3^F	Ret	5	3^P	Ret^P	Ret	2^P^F	Ret	5	5	65
BUT (Jenson Button)	4	3	10^P	7	Ret	6	11	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	4	1	4	5	4	4	3	56
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	15	10	7	10	5	7	4	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	8	6	6	12	7	30
MOY (Juan Pablo Montoya)	5	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	Ret									26
HEI (Nick Heidfeld)	12	Ret	4	13	10	8	7	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	3	14	8	7	8	17	23
RSC (Ralf Schumacher)	14	8	3	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	9	6	7	15	Ret	7	Ret	20
DLR (Pedro de la Rosa)											7	Ret	2	5	Ret	5	11	8	19
TRU (Jarno Trulli)	16	9	Ret	Ret	9	10	17	11	6	4	Ret	7	12	9	7	Ret	6	Ret	15
COU (David Coulthard)	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	14	3	12	8	7	9	11	5	15	12	9	Ret	Ret	14
WEB (Mark Webber)	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	8	Ret	Ret	7
VIL (Jacques Villeneuve)	Ret	7	6	12	8	12	14	8	Ret	Ret	11	Ret							7
KUB (Robert Kubica)													Ret	12	3	13	9	9	6
ROS (Nico Rosberg)	7^F	Ret	Ret	11	7	11	Ret	9	Ret	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	10	Ret	4
KLI (Christian Klien)	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	11	Ret	12	8	Ret	11	11				2
LIU (Vitantonio Liuzzi)	11	11	Ret	14	Ret	15	10	13	13	8	13	10	Ret	Ret	14	10	14	13	1
SPE (Scott Speed)	13	Ret	9	15	11	Ret	13	Ret	10	Ret	10	12	11	13	13	14	18	11	0
MON (Tiago Monteiro)	17	13	Ret	16	12	16	15	16	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	15	0
ALB (Christijan Albers)	Ret	12	11	Ret	13	Ret	12	15	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	10	Ret	17	15	Ret	14	0
SAT (Takuma Sato)	18	14	12	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	17	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	16	Ret	15	10	0
DOO (Robert Doornbos)																12	13	12	0
IDE (Yuji Ide)	Ret	Ret	13	Ret															0
YAM (Sakon Yamamoto)												Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	17	16	0
MON (Franck Montagny)					Ret	Ret	16	18	Ret	Ret	16								0

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Bahrain	Bahrain	12 Mar 2006	Michael Schumacher	Fernando Alonso
2	Malaysia	Sepang	19 Mar 2006	Giancarlo Fisichella	Giancarlo Fisichella
3	Australia	Albert Park	2 Apr 2006	Jenson Button	Fernando Alonso
4	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	23 Apr 2006	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
5	Europe	Nürburgring	7 May 2006	Fernando Alonso	Michael Schumacher
6	Spain	Catalunya	14 May 2006	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
7	Monaco	Monaco	28 May 2006	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
8	Great Britain	Silverstone	11 Jun 2006	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
9	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	25 Jun 2006	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
10	United States	Indianapolis	2 Jul 2006	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
11	France	Magny-Cours	16 Jul 2006	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
12	Germany	Hockenheimring	30 Jul 2006	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher
13	Hungary	Hungaroring	6 Aug 2006	Kimi Räikkönen	Jenson Button
14	Turkey	İstanbul Park	27 Aug 2006	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa
15	Italy	Monza	10 Sept 2006	Kimi Räikkönen	Michael Schumacher
16	China	Shanghai	1 Oct 2006	Fernando Alonso	Michael Schumacher
17	Japan	Suzuka	8 Oct 2006	Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso
18	BrazilTitle decided	José Carlos Pace	22 Oct 2006	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1 Team	F1.06	BMW P86 2.4 V8	Michelin	Jacques Villeneuve, Nick Heidfeld
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	248 F1	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Felipe Massa, Michael Schumacher
Honda	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team	RA106	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8	Michelin	Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello
McLaren	Team McLaren Mercedes	MP4-21	Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8	Michelin	Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Räikkönen, Pedro de la Rosa
Midland	MF1 Racing	M16	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Christijan Albers, Tiago Monteiro
Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	RB2	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Michelin	Christian Klien, David Coulthard
Renault	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	R26	Renault RS26 2.4 V8	Michelin	Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella
Super Aguri	Super Aguri F1 Team	SA05, SA06	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Takuma Sato, Yuji Ide
Toro Rosso	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	Cosworth TJ2006 3.0 V10	Michelin	Scott Speed, Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF106, TF106B	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Jarno Trulli, Ralf Schumacher
Williams	Williams F1 Team	FW28	Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	107	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	96	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	56	80	P3
4	Kimi Räikkönen	44	65	P5
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	35	72	P4
6	Jenson Button	33	56	P6
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	15	26	P8
8	Pedro de la Rosa	10	19	P11
9	Rubens Barrichello	8	30	P7
10	Ralf Schumacher	7	20	P10
11	Nick Heidfeld	7	23	P9
12	David Coulthard	6	14	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	102	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	90	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	54	80	P3
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	41	72	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	41	65	P5
6	Jenson Button	34	56	P6
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	16	26	P8
8	Rubens Barrichello	11	30	P7
9	Pedro de la Rosa	10	19	P11
10	Ralf Schumacher	8	20	P10
11	Nick Heidfeld	7	23	P9
12	David Coulthard	6	14	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	109	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	97	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	56	80	P3
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	42	72	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	41	65	P5
6	Jenson Button	35	56	P6
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	16	26	P8
8	Rubens Barrichello	11	30	P7
9	Pedro de la Rosa	10	19	P11
10	Ralf Schumacher	8	20	P10
11	Nick Heidfeld	7	23	P9
12	David Coulthard	6	14	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	116	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	104	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	58	80	P3
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	43	72	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	41	65	P5
6	Jenson Button	36	56	P6
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	16	26	P8
8	Rubens Barrichello	11	30	P7
9	Pedro de la Rosa	10	19	P11
10	Ralf Schumacher	8	20	P10
11	Nick Heidfeld	7	23	P9
12	David Coulthard	6	14	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	321	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	296	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	200	80	P3
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	183	72	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	158	65	P5
6	Jenson Button	142	56	P6
7	Rubens Barrichello	83	30	P7
8	Nick Heidfeld	68	23	P9
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	63	26	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	59	20	P10
11	Pedro de la Rosa	48	19	P11
12	Jarno Trulli	47	15	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	326	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	303	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	202	80	P3
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	183	72	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	161	65	P5
6	Jenson Button	142	56	P6
7	Rubens Barrichello	83	30	P7
8	Nick Heidfeld	68	23	P9
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	63	26	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	59	20	P10
11	Pedro de la Rosa	48	19	P11
12	Jarno Trulli	47	15	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Fernando Alonso	321	134	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	296	121	P2
3	Felipe Massa	200	80	P3
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	183	72	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	158	65	P5
6	Jenson Button	142	56	P6
7	Rubens Barrichello	83	30	P7
8	Nick Heidfeld	68	23	P9
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	63	26	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	59	20	P10
11	Pedro de la Rosa	48	19	P11
12	Jarno Trulli	47	15	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.