# 2006 Italian Grand Prix

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2006 Italian Grand Prix Race 15 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race → The Monza circuit after modified in 2000 Race details Date 10 September 2006 Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2006 Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy Course Permanent racing facility Course length 5.793 km (3.6 miles) Distance 53 laps, 307.029 km (190.8 miles) Weather Warm and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 27 °C (81 °F)[1] Pole position Driver Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Time 1.21.484 Fastest lap Driver Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Time 1:22.559 on lap 13 Podium First Michael Schumacher Ferrari Second Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Third Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Lap leaders

Motor car race

The **2006 Italian Grand Prix** (officially the **Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2006**)[2] was a [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) [motor race](/source/Auto_racing) held on 10 September 2006 at [Autodromo Nazionale di Monza](/source/Autodromo_Nazionale_di_Monza). It was the fifteenth race of the [2006 Formula One season](/source/2006_Formula_One_season), and was won by [Michael Schumacher](/source/Michael_Schumacher) driving a [Ferrari](/source/Scuderia_Ferrari) car.

Immediately following the race, Schumacher announced that he would retire from motor racing at the end of the 2006 season. [Robert Kubica](/source/Robert_Kubica) achieved his first career podium finish, in only his third Grand Prix. It was also only the second Grand Prix meeting appearance of Kubica's Friday driver successor, [Sebastian Vettel](/source/Sebastian_Vettel). Vettel had impressed at the [Turkish Grand Prix](/source/2006_Turkish_Grand_Prix) by setting the fastest time in one session, but he set the fastest time in both Friday practice sessions at this Grand Prix.[3][4] The race was also the first race to see the introduction of a new High Speed Barrier developed by the FIA Institute and the FIA. The system, which was installed at the end of the run-off areas at the circuit's second chicane and *Parabolica* corners, was designed for use at corners with high speed approaches and limited run-off areas.[5] Also this was the last race of the [Red Bull](/source/Red_Bull_Racing) driver [Christian Klien](/source/Christian_Klien), until his return to a race seat at the [2010 Singapore Grand Prix](/source/2010_Singapore_Grand_Prix).

After the race, in the press conference, Schumacher announced his retirement from [Formula One](/source/Formula_One).[6] On the same day, it was announced that Ferrari would replace Schumacher with [Kimi Räikkönen](/source/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen). The race was his 90th victory. Four years later however in [2010](/source/2010_Formula_One_World_Championship), Schumacher returned to F1 with [Mercedes](/source/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One).

## Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the [2005 Constructors' Championship](/source/2005_Formula_One_season) and [Super Aguri](/source/Super_Aguri_F1) 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 Sebastian Vettel MF1-Toyota Giorgio Mondini Toro Rosso-Cosworth Neel Jani Super Aguri-Honda Franck Montagny

## Race report

At the start Kimi Räikkönen got away in the lead with Michael Schumacher and Nick Heidfeld tussling over 2nd. By lap 2 Fernando Alonso was up to 6th past Heidfeld as Schumacher and Räikkönen begin to pull clear of the rest. On lap 10 Nico Rosberg lost power in his Williams and was the first retirement, his 4th consecutive retirement. On lap 15 Räikkönen pitted from the lead and two laps later Schumacher came in and jumped him, Robert Kubica took the lead stopping much later, on lap 23, which allowed Schumacher into the lead for the first time in the race. On lap 44 there was drama when Alonso pulled over with a smoky Renault after an engine failure, this caused a problem for Massa who locked up behind him and went off before pitting to change tyres. Michael Schumacher cruised to victory ahead of Räikkönen, with Kubica claiming his first podium in 3rd place.[7]

## Classification

### Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid 1 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.994 1:21.349 1:21.484 1 2 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.711 1:21.353 1:21.486 2 3 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.764 1:21.425 1:21.653 3 4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.028 1:21.225 1:21.704 4 5 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.512 1:21.572 1:22.011 5 6 17 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.437 1:21.270 1:22.258 6 7 4 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.422 1:21.878 1:22.280 7 8 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.640 1:21.688 1:22.787 8 9 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:22.486 1:21.722 1:23.175 9 10 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.747 1:21.526 1:25.688 102 11 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.093 1:21.924 11 12 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:22.581 1:22.203 12 13 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.622 1:22.280 13 14 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.618 1:22.589 14 15 21 Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:22.943 1:23.165 15 16 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:22.898 No time1 16 17 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:23.043 17 18 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:23.116 18 19 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:23.341 19 20 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:23.920 20 21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:24.289 21 22 23 Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:26.001 22 Source:[8]

**Notes**

- **[^1](#ref_1)** – [Christian Klien](/source/Christian_Klien) spun in the fifth corner and shut down his engine in Q1 and therefore did not set a time in Q2.

- **[^2](#ref_2)** – [Fernando Alonso](/source/Fernando_Alonso) originally qualified with a time of 1:21.829 in Q3, but had his three fastest Q3 times deleted, effectively demoting him from fifth to tenth, after Monza stewards controversially penalized him, judging he had impeded Ferrari's [Felipe Massa](/source/Felipe_Massa) during qualifying.[9]

### Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 53 1:14:51.975 2 10 2 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 53 +8.046 1 8 3 17 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber M 53 +26.414 6 6 4 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 53 +32.045 9 5 5 12 Jenson Button Honda M 53 +32.685 5 4 6 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda M 53 +42.409 8 3 7 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota B 53 +44.662 11 2 8 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber M 53 +45.309 3 1 9 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari B 53 +45.995 4 10 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth B 53 +72.602 19 11 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari M 52 +1 lap 16 12 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari M 52 +1 lap 14 13 21 Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth M 52 +1 lap 15 14 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth M 52 +1 lap 17 15 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota B 52 +1 lap 13 16 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda B 51 +2 laps PL3 17 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota B 51 +2 laps 18 Ret 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota B 44 Brakes 20 Ret 1 Fernando Alonso Renault M 43 Engine 10 Ret 4 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes M 20 Engine 7 Ret 23 Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda B 18 Hydraulics 22 Ret 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth B 9 Driveshaft 12 Source:[10]

**Notes**

- **[^3](#ref_3)** – [Takuma Sato](/source/Takuma_Sato) started the race from the pitlane after having replaced his car with the spare one due to a hydraulic problem that occurred during the formation lap.[11]

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso* 108 2 Michael Schumacher* 106 3 Felipe Massa 62 4 Giancarlo Fisichella 57 5 Kimi Räikkönen 57 Source:[12] Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 Ferrari* 168 1 2 Renault* 165 3 McLaren-Mercedes 97 4 Honda 65 1 5 BMW Sauber 33 Source:[12]

- **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.

## See also

- [2006 Monza GP2 Series round](/source/2006_Monza_GP2_Series_round)

## References

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