Race · Round 6 of 18 · 14 May 2006

2006 Spanish Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won for Renault from pole at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmelo, Spain
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Fernando Alonso
Fastest lap: Felipe Massa
Entries: 2217 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R26	1	66	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	248 F1	3	66	Finished	8
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R26	2	66	Finished	6
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	248 F1	4	66	Finished	5	fastest lap
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-21	9	66	Finished	4
6	Jenson Button	Honda	RA106	8	66	Finished	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA106	5	65	Finished	2
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.06	10	65	Finished	1
9	Mark Webber	Williams	FW28	11	65	Finished	0
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	7	65	Finished	0
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW28	13	65	Finished	0
12	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	F1.06	22	65	Finished	0
13	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	RB2	14	65	Finished	0
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB2	21	65	Finished	0
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	15	63	Hydraulics	0
16	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	M16	17	63	Finished	0
17	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	—	19	62	Finished	0
DNF	Christijan Albers	Midland	M16	18	48	Broken wing	0
DNF	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	16	47	Engine	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	6	31	Electrical	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	MP4-21	12	17	Spin	0
DNF	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	—	20	10	Driveshaft	0

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

F1DB layout catalunya-3 · 4.627 km · 14 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	1	1	66
Michael Schumacher	3	2	66
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	3	66
Felipe Massa	4	4	66
Kimi Raikkonen	9	5	66
Jenson Button	8	6	66
Rubens Barrichello	5	7	65
Nick Heidfeld	10	8	65
Mark Webber	11	9	65
Jarno Trulli	7	10	65
Nico Rosberg	13	11	65
Jacques Villeneuve	22	12	65
Christian Klien	14	13	65
David Coulthard	21	14	65
Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	15	63
Tiago Monteiro	17	16	63
Takuma Sato	19	17	62
Christijan Albers	18	DNF	48
Scott Speed	16	DNF	47
Ralf Schumacher	6	DNF	31
Juan Pablo Montoya	12	DNF	17
Franck Montagny	20	DNF	10

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:15.816	1:15.124	1:14.648	—	0 m	—
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:16.046	1:14.766	1:14.709	+0.061	4 m	+0.061
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:16.049	1:14.637	1:14.970	+0.322	20 m	+0.261
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:16.359	1:15.245	1:15.442	+0.794	49 m	+0.472
5	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:16.266	1:15.258	1:15.885	+1.237	77 m	+0.443
6	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:16.234	1:15.164	1:15.885	+1.237	77 m	+0.000
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:16.174	1:15.068	1:15.976	+1.328	82 m	+0.091
8	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:16.054	1:15.150	1:16.008	+1.360	84 m	+0.032
9	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:16.613	1:15.422	1:16.015	+1.367	85 m	+0.007
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:16.322	1:15.468	1:17.144	+2.496	155 m	+1.129
11	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:16.685	1:15.502	—	—	54 m	—
12	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:16.195	1:15.801	—	—	72 m	—
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:17.213	1:15.804	—	—	72 m	—
14	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:16.066	1:15.847	—	—	75 m	—
15	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:16.627	1:15.928	—	—	80 m	—
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:17.105	1:16.661	—	—	125 m	—
17	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:17.361	—	—	—	94 m	—
18	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:17.702	—	—	—	115 m	—
19	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:18.024	—	—	—	135 m	—
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:18.920	—	—	—	189 m	—
21	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:20.763	—	—	—	302 m	—
22	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	—	—	—	—	—	—

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	66	2	17, 40	23.7, 23.4
Michael Schumacher	2	66	2	23, 46	23.3, 22.6
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	66	2	18, 41	23.0, 23.3
Felipe Massa	4	66	2	19, 43	23.2, 23.4
Kimi Raikkonen	5	66	2	22, 46	23.3, 22.8
Jenson Button	6	66	2	25, 44	23.0, 22.8
Rubens Barrichello	7	65	2	24, 41	23.3, 24.0
Nick Heidfeld	8	65	2	29, 50	23.2, 21.4
Mark Webber	9	65	2	28, 47	23.8, 22.4
Jarno Trulli	10	65	2	27, 46	22.4, 22.2
Nico Rosberg	11	65	2	27, 49	23.5, 25.7
Jacques Villeneuve	12	65	1	40	24.6
Christian Klien	13	65	2	28, 50	23.6, 22.3
David Coulthard	14	65	2	27, 53	23.7, 21.2
Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	63	2	27, 49	23.4, 22.3
Tiago Monteiro	16	63	2	26, 45	22.4, 24.6
Takuma Sato	17	62	3	10, 31, 43	23.7, 23.6, 23.0
Christijan Albers	DNF	48	3	29, 37, 38	43.1, 29.3, 248.1
Scott Speed	DNF	47	1	26	24.4
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	31	1	16	26.2
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	17	0	None recorded	—
Franck Montagny	DNF	10	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 · Michael Schumacher	1 · 3	1 · 2	17 · 23	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Giancarlo Fisichella	1 · 2	1 · 3	17 · 18	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	3 · 2	18 · 23	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	2 · 4	23 · 19	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Felipe Massa	2 · 4	3 · 4	18 · 19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 9	4 · 5	19 · 22	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Rubens Barrichello	4 · 5	4 · 7	19 · 24	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 9	6 · 5	25 · 22	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nick Heidfeld	9 · 10	5 · 8	22 · 29	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jenson Button	5 · 8	7 · 6	24 · 25	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Jenson Button	7 · 8	10 · 6	27 · 25	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld	5 · 10	7 · 8	24 · 29	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Mark Webber	10 · 11	8 · 9	29 · 28	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Mark Webber	7 · 11	10 · 9	27 · 28	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Nico Rosberg	7 · 13	10 · 11	27 · 27	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Jacques Villeneuve	13 · 22	11 · 12	27 · 40	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Christian Klien	13 · 14	11 · 13	27 · 28	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Christian Klien · Jacques Villeneuve	14 · 22	13 · 12	28 · 40	Christian Klien	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Jacques Villeneuve	21 · 22	14 · 12	27 · 40	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Christian Klien · David Coulthard	14 · 21	13 · 14	28 · 27	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Christian Klien · Vitantonio Liuzzi	14 · 15	13 · 15	28 · 27	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · David Coulthard	15 · 21	15 · 14	27 · 27	Same lap	Swapped places
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Tiago Monteiro	15 · 17	15 · 16	27 · 26	Tiago Monteiro	Kept their order
Tiago Monteiro · Takuma Sato	17 · 19	16 · 17	26 · 10	Takuma Sato	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	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:15.796	—	0 m	—	4
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:16.099	+0.303	18 m	+0.303	4
3	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:16.125	+0.329	20 m	+0.026	21
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:16.628	+0.832	51 m	+0.503	21
5	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:16.961	+1.165	71 m	+0.333	24
6	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:17.424	+1.628	99 m	+0.463	20
7	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:19.720	+3.924	240 m	+2.296	20
8	Giorgio Mondini (never started a Grand Prix)	Midland	39	1:20.708	+4.912	300 m	+0.988	21
9	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:20.744	+4.948	302 m	+0.036	9
10	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	—	—	—	—	3
11	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	—	—	—	—	3
12	Mark Webber	Williams	9	—	—	—	—	1
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	—	—	—	—	1
14	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	—	—	—	—	1
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	—	—	—	—	1
16	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	—	—	—	—	1
17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	—	—	—	—	1
18	Jenson Button	Honda	12	—	—	—	—	1
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	—	—	—	—	1
20	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	—	—	—	—	1
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	—	—	—	—	1
22	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	—	—	—	—	2
23	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	—	—	—	—	1
24	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	—	—	—	—	1
25	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	—	—	—	—	1
26	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	—	—	—	—	2
27	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	—	—	—	—	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	1:16.533	—	0 m	—	38
2	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:16.824	+0.291	18 m	+0.291	29
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:16.860	+0.327	20 m	+0.036	16
4	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:17.075	+0.542	33 m	+0.215	30
5	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:17.086	+0.553	33 m	+0.011	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:17.100	+0.567	34 m	+0.014	21
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:17.291	+0.758	46 m	+0.191	17
8	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:17.414	+0.881	53 m	+0.123	12
9	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:17.417	+0.884	53 m	+0.003	16
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:17.506	+0.973	59 m	+0.089	25
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:17.610	+1.077	65 m	+0.104	30
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:17.622	+1.089	66 m	+0.012	18
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:17.844	+1.311	79 m	+0.222	34
14	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:17.908	+1.375	83 m	+0.064	14
15	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:17.933	+1.400	85 m	+0.025	4
16	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:18.007	+1.474	89 m	+0.074	13
17	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:18.223	+1.690	102 m	+0.216	19
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:18.261	+1.728	104 m	+0.038	5
19	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:18.283	+1.750	106 m	+0.022	18
20	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:18.410	+1.877	113 m	+0.127	6
21	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:18.774	+2.241	135 m	+0.364	32
22	Giorgio Mondini (never started a Grand Prix)	Midland	39	1:18.910	+2.377	144 m	+0.136	22
23	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:19.257	+2.724	165 m	+0.347	22
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:19.334	+2.801	169 m	+0.077	18
25	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:19.358	+2.825	171 m	+0.024	15
26	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:19.616	+3.083	186 m	+0.258	30
27	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:20.311	+3.778	228 m	+0.695	19
28	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:22.222	+5.689	344 m	+1.911	21

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:15.658	—	0 m	—	14
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:15.707	+0.049	3 m	+0.049	14
3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:16.057	+0.399	24 m	+0.350	13
4	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:16.277	+0.619	38 m	+0.220	12
5	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:16.352	+0.694	42 m	+0.075	16
6	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:16.399	+0.741	45 m	+0.047	16
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:16.410	+0.752	46 m	+0.011	15
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:16.595	+0.937	57 m	+0.185	10
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:16.660	+1.002	61 m	+0.065	9
10	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:16.705	+1.047	64 m	+0.045	9
11	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:16.999	+1.341	82 m	+0.294	18
12	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:17.004	+1.346	82 m	+0.005	13
13	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:17.199	+1.541	94 m	+0.195	19
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:17.240	+1.582	97 m	+0.041	19
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:17.645	+1.987	122 m	+0.405	14
16	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:17.743	+2.085	128 m	+0.098	14
17	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:17.924	+2.266	139 m	+0.181	16
18	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:18.411	+2.753	168 m	+0.487	18
19	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:18.747	+3.089	189 m	+0.336	22
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:18.857	+3.199	196 m	+0.110	20
21	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:19.587	+3.929	240 m	+0.730	19
22	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:20.031	+4.373	267 m	+0.444	24

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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The cars in this race

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McLaren MP4-21
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Midland M16
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Where this comes from

Round: 6 of 2006
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 14 May 2006
Layout raced: Revised final sector · 4.627 km · 14 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.