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2006 German Grand Prix

2006 German Grand Prix
Race 12 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
The Hockenheimring
Race details
Date	30 July 2006
Official name	Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2006
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 miles)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles)
Weather	Sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:14.070
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:16.357 on lap 17
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2006 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2006)^[1] was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 30 July 2006. The 67-lap race was the twelfth round of the 2006 Formula One season and was won by Michael Schumacher. The Grand Prix weekend got off to a controversial start when the mass damper system fitted by Renault was deemed legal by the FIA appointed stewards, despite the FIA banning the use of these devices. The FIA appealed against the steward's decision, Renault withdrew the system after Friday practice to avoid further sanctions.

Kimi Räikkönen took pole position, it proved artificial as McLaren had inadvertently not put enough fuel as intended in his car before qualifying. In the race, Räikkönen's early pitstop left him unable to challenge at the front, and the way was left clear for Ferrari to score a dominant one-two. Perhaps due to the damper issue, Renault were not competitive; it was the first time in 2006 that neither of their cars finished the race on the podium.

Sakon Yamamoto made his Formula One début at the Grand Prix, starting from pit lane after changing chassis after the qualifying session. He was not the only one to suffer changes after qualifying, as Jarno Trulli and Christijan Albers both had to change engines, incurring ten-place penalties. A nightmare weekend for Albers was summed up with his disqualification, along with team-mate Tiago Monteiro, as the Midlands were disqualified after the race for having illegally flexing rear wings.^[2] The race also saw the last appearance by 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve, who blamed the split on the "lack of assurances about his short-term future with BMW Sauber".^[3][4][5] Robert Kubica was promoted internally at BMW to drive at the Hungaroring because Villeneuve was still recovering from the after-effects of his crash in Germany, and went on to race in all the remaining Grands Prix.

The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Constructor	Nat	Driver
Williams-Cosworth		Alexander Wurz
Honda		Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari		Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber		Robert Kubica
MF1-Toyota		Markus Winkelhock
Toro Rosso-Cosworth		Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda		-

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.214	1:14.410	1:14.070	1
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:14.904	1:13.778	1:14.205	2
3	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:14.412	1:14.094	1:14.569	3
4	12	Jenson Button	Honda	1:15.869	1:14.378	1:14.862	4
5	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:15.916	1:14.540	1:14.894	5
6	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:15.757	1:14.652	1:14.934	6
7	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:15.518	1:14.746	1:15.282	7
8	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:15.789	1:14.743	1:15.923	8
9	4	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.655	1:15.021	1:15.936	9
10	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:15.836	1:14.826	1:16.326	10
11	9	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:15.719	1:15.094		11
12	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:15.816	1:15.141		12
13	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.430	1:15.150		201
14	17	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:16.281	1:15.329		13
15	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:16.183	1:15.380		14
16	16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.234	1:15.397		15
17	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	1:16.399			16
18	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	1:17.093			212
19	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:17.185			17
20	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	1:17.836			18
21	23	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda	1:20.444			PL3
22	21	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	No time			19
Source:[6]

Notes

• ^1 – Jarno Trulli qualified 13th but dropped ten places on the starting grid due to an engine change to his Toyota.
• ^2 – Christijan Albers qualified 18th but dropped ten places on the starting grid due to an engine change to his MF1.
• ^3 – Sakon Yamamoto started the race from the pit lane after changing the chassis of his Super Aguri after qualifying.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	B	67	1:27:51.693	2	10
2	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	B	67	+0.720	3	8
3	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	M	67	+13.206	1	6
4	12	Jenson Button	Honda	M	67	+18.898	4	5
5	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	M	67	+23.707	7	4
6	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	M	67	+24.814	5	3
7	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	B	67	+26.544	20	2
8	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	M	67	+48.131	12	1
9	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	B	67	+1:00.351	8
10	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	M	66	+1 lap	16
11	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	M	66	+1 lap	10
12	21	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	M	66	+1 lap	19
Ret	9	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	B	59	Water Leak	11
Ret	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	B	38	Gearbox	17
Ret	17	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	M	30	Accident	13
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	M	18	Engine	6
Ret	16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	M	9	Brakes	15
Ret	4	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	M	2	Fuel Pump	9
Ret	23	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda	B	1	Driveshaft	PL
Ret	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	B	0	Accident	14
DSQ	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	B	66	Illegal rear wing1	21
DSQ	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	B	65	Illegal rear wing1	18
Source:[7][8]

Notes

• ^1 – Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro were disqualified for having illegally flexing rear wings.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso* 100 2 Michael Schumacher* 89 2 3 Felipe Massa* 50 1 4 Giancarlo Fisichella* 49 1 5 Kimi Räikkönen* 49 Source: [9]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Renault* 149 2 Ferrari* 139 3 McLaren-Mercedes* 77 4 Honda 37 5 Toyota 23 Source: [9]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

• 2006 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

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