Race · Round 3 of 18 · 2 April 2006

2006 Australian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won for Renault from 3rd on the grid at Albert Park. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 16 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Jenson Button
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2213 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R26	3	57	Finished	10
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-21	4	57	Finished	8	fastest lap
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	6	57	Finished	6
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.06	8	57	Finished	5
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R26	PL	57	Finished	4
6	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	F1.06	19	57	Finished	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA106	16	57	Finished	2
8	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB2	11	57	Finished	1
9	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	18	57	Finished	0
10	Jenson Button	Honda	RA106	1	56	Engine	0
11	Christijan Albers	Midland	M16	17	56	Finished	0
12	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	—	21	55	Finished	0
13	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	—	22	54	Finished	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	MP4-21	5	46	Electrical	0
DNF	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	M16	20	39	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	12	37	Accident	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	248 F1	10	32	Accident	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	FW28	7	22	Transmission	0
DNF	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	RB2	13	4	Accident	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	9	0	Collision	0
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW28	14	0	Collision damage	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	248 F1	15	0	Collision	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout melbourne-1 · 5.303 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Fernando Alonso	3	1	57
Kimi Raikkonen	4	2	57
Ralf Schumacher	6	3	57
Nick Heidfeld	8	4	57
Giancarlo Fisichella	PL	5	57
Jacques Villeneuve	19	6	57
Rubens Barrichello	16	7	57
David Coulthard	11	8	57
Scott Speed	18	9	57
Jenson Button	1	10	56
Christijan Albers	17	11	56
Takuma Sato	21	12	55
Yuji Ide	22	13	54
Juan Pablo Montoya	5	DNF	46
Tiago Monteiro	20	DNF	39
Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	DNF	37
Michael Schumacher	10	DNF	32
Mark Webber	7	DNF	22
Christian Klien	13	DNF	4
Jarno Trulli	9	DNF	0
Nico Rosberg	14	DNF	0
Felipe Massa	15	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:28.081	1:26.337	1:25.229	—	0 m	—
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:27.765	1:26.196	1:25.635	+0.406	25 m	+0.406
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:28.569	1:25.729	1:25.778	+0.549	34 m	+0.143
4	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:27.193	1:26.161	1:25.822	+0.593	37 m	+0.044
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:27.079	1:25.902	1:25.976	+0.747	46 m	+0.154
6	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:28.007	1:26.596	1:26.612	+1.383	86 m	+0.636
7	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:27.669	1:26.075	1:26.937	+1.708	106 m	+0.325
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:27.796	1:26.014	1:27.579	+2.350	146 m	+0.642
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:28.460	1:26.714	1:29.239	+4.010	250 m	+1.660
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:27.748	1:26.327	—	—	37 m	—
11	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:28.228	1:26.718	—	—	61 m	—
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:28.408	1:27.023	—	—	80 m	—
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:28.999	1:27.219	—	—	92 m	—
14	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:28.757	1:27.591	—	—	115 m	—
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:28.351	1:29.422	—	—	228 m	—
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:28.868	—	—	—	109 m	—
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:29.943	—	—	—	174 m	—
18	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:30.226	—	—	—	192 m	—
19	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:30.426	—	—	—	204 m	—
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:30.709	—	—	—	221 m	—
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:32.279	—	—	—	317 m	—
22	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:36.164	—	—	—	553 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Fernando Alonso	1	57	2	20, 34	23.0, 20.9
Kimi Raikkonen	2	57	2	21, 34	23.2, 29.9
Ralf Schumacher	3	57	3	19, 23, 34	20.9, 10.2, 20.8
Nick Heidfeld	4	57	2	25, 34	20.8, 20.2
Giancarlo Fisichella	5	57	2	19, 34	23.3, 19.6
Jacques Villeneuve	6	57	1	33	22.9
Rubens Barrichello	7	57	2	30, 38	19.7, 20.4
David Coulthard	8	57	2	29, 38	20.5, 19.9
Scott Speed	9	57	2	24, 33	22.9, 40.9
Jenson Button	10	56	2	19, 34	21.3, 21.5
Christijan Albers	11	56	2	22, 33	22.2, 30.7
Takuma Sato	12	55	3	23, 33, 47	22.1, 23.0, 19.5
Yuji Ide	13	54	3	20, 23, 33	23.6, 22.4, 40.5
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	46	2	18, 34	22.9, 36.2
Tiago Monteiro	DNF	39	2	8, 33	22.1, 37.9
Vitantonio Liuzzi	DNF	37	2	23, 34	22.4, 22.8
Michael Schumacher	DNF	32	1	25	21.3
Mark Webber	DNF	22	0	None recorded	—
Christian Klien	DNF	4	0	None recorded	—
Jarno Trulli	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Nico Rosberg	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Felipe Massa	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Fernando Alonso · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	1 · 2	20 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Ralf Schumacher	4 · 6	2 · 3	21 · 19	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Nick Heidfeld	6 · 8	3 · 4	19 · 25	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jacques Villeneuve	16 · 19	7 · 6	30 · 33	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Scott Speed · Jacques Villeneuve	18 · 19	9 · 6	24 · 33	Scott Speed	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Rubens Barrichello	11 · 16	8 · 7	29 · 30	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Christijan Albers	16 · 17	7 · 11	30 · 22	Christijan Albers	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Scott Speed	11 · 18	8 · 9	29 · 24	Scott Speed	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Scott Speed	1 · 18	10 · 9	19 · 24	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Christijan Albers · Scott Speed	17 · 18	11 · 9	22 · 24	Christijan Albers	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Christijan Albers	1 · 17	10 · 11	19 · 22	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Christijan Albers · Takuma Sato	17 · 21	11 · 12	22 · 23	Christijan Albers	Kept their order
Takuma Sato · Yuji Ide	21 · 22	12 · 13	23 · 20	Yuji Ide	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:28.259	—	0 m	—	26
2	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:28.559	+0.300	18 m	+0.300	19
3	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:28.595	+0.336	20 m	+0.036	16
4	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:28.713	+0.454	27 m	+0.118	5
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:29.025	+0.766	46 m	+0.312	7
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:29.041	+0.782	47 m	+0.016	5
7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:29.411	+1.152	69 m	+0.370	5
8	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:29.461	+1.202	72 m	+0.050	19
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:29.576	+1.317	79 m	+0.115	13
10	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:29.601	+1.342	81 m	+0.025	7
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:29.676	+1.417	85 m	+0.075	9
12	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:31.017	+2.758	166 m	+1.341	8
13	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:31.039	+2.780	167 m	+0.022	9
14	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:31.812	+3.553	213 m	+0.773	10
15	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:34.036	+5.777	347 m	+2.224	9
16	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:36.684	+8.425	506 m	+2.648	19
17	Markus Winkelhock	Midland	39	1:36.859	+8.600	517 m	+0.175	17
18	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:40.818	+12.559	755 m	+3.959	4
19	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	—	—	—	—	2
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	—	—	—	—	2
21	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	—	—	—	—	2
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	—	—	—	—	1
23	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	—	—	—	—	1
24	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	—	—	—	—	1
25	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:26.822	—	0 m	—	28
2	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:26.832	+0.010	1 m	+0.010	27
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:27.200	+0.378	23 m	+0.368	25
4	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:27.213	+0.391	24 m	+0.013	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:27.443	+0.621	38 m	+0.230	14
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:27.658	+0.836	51 m	+0.215	16
7	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:27.773	+0.951	58 m	+0.115	16
8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:28.075	+1.253	77 m	+0.302	20
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:28.200	+1.378	84 m	+0.125	15
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:28.227	+1.405	86 m	+0.027	17
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:28.280	+1.458	89 m	+0.053	11
12	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:28.440	+1.618	99 m	+0.160	22
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:28.531	+1.709	104 m	+0.091	18
14	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:28.860	+2.038	124 m	+0.329	10
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:29.053	+2.231	136 m	+0.193	5
16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:29.138	+2.316	141 m	+0.085	20
17	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:29.196	+2.374	145 m	+0.058	18
18	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:29.379	+2.557	156 m	+0.183	16
19	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:29.713	+2.891	177 m	+0.334	21
20	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:29.876	+3.054	187 m	+0.163	32
21	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:29.879	+3.057	187 m	+0.003	9
22	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:29.933	+3.111	190 m	+0.054	11
23	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:30.686	+3.864	236 m	+0.753	26
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:30.734	+3.912	239 m	+0.048	14
25	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:30.830	+4.008	245 m	+0.096	18
26	Markus Winkelhock	Midland	39	1:31.260	+4.438	271 m	+0.430	25
27	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:32.556	+5.734	350 m	+1.296	27
28	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:34.224	+7.402	452 m	+1.668	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:35.335	—	0 m	—	10
2	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:36.281	+0.946	53 m	+0.946	16
3	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:36.373	+1.038	58 m	+0.092	10
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:36.414	+1.079	60 m	+0.041	13
5	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:36.445	+1.110	62 m	+0.031	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:36.506	+1.171	65 m	+0.061	11
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:37.332	+1.997	111 m	+0.826	10
8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:37.481	+2.146	119 m	+0.149	15
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:37.492	+2.157	120 m	+0.011	10
10	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:37.852	+2.517	140 m	+0.360	11
11	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:37.947	+2.612	145 m	+0.095	12
12	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:38.036	+2.701	150 m	+0.089	7
13	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:38.505	+3.170	176 m	+0.469	11
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:38.683	+3.348	186 m	+0.178	15
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:39.401	+4.066	226 m	+0.718	11
16	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:39.515	+4.180	233 m	+0.114	7
17	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:39.654	+4.319	240 m	+0.139	11
18	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:40.261	+4.926	274 m	+0.607	18
19	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:41.448	+6.113	340 m	+1.187	5
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:44.350	+9.015	501 m	+2.902	3
21	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:48.284	+12.949	720 m	+3.934	3
22	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	—	—	—	—	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Photographs from this race

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At the 2006 Australian Grand Prix — Brabham BT19 2006 Australia · Mike Powell from United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

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The cars in this race

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McLaren MP4-21
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Toro Rosso STR1
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Midland M16
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Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2006
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Apr 2006
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.