The British Grand Prix 2006 was the 8th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on June 11th.

Fernando Alonso won the race from the pole, followed by Michael Schumacher, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
1:25:51.927
Finished
2
1
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+13.951
Finished
3
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
+18.672
Finished
4
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+19.976
Finished
5
1
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+31.559
Finished
6
2
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
McLaren
+1:04.769
Finished
7
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1:14.594
Finished
8
2
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BMW Sauber
+1:18.299
Finished
9
3
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1:19.008
Finished
10
4
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
11
11
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1 Lap
12
1
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1 Lap
13
-
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
14
-
KLI
Christian Klien
Red Bull
+1 Lap
15
3
ALB
Christijan Albers
MF1
+1 Lap
16
-
TMO
Tiago Monteiro
MF1
+2 Laps
17
3
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
+3 Laps
18
3
FMO
Franck Montagny
Super Aguri
+3 Laps
19
-
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
Oil leak
20
5
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
Accident
21
14
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
Accident
22
5
WEB
Mark Webber
Williams
Accident
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 4 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, Jenson Button, who had an oil leak on lap 8, and Scott Speed, Ralf Schumacher, and Mark Webber, all of whom had to retire due to an accident.

Oil leak

  • Jenson Button
    Lap 8

Accident

  • Scott Speed
    Lap 1
  • Ralf Schumacher
    Lap 0
  • Mark Webber
    Lap 0

Qualifying

#1
ALO
#2
RAI
#3
MSC
#4
MAS
#5
FIS
#6
BAR
#7
SCH
#8
MON
#9
HEI
#10
VIL
#11
COU
#12
ROS
#13
LIU
#14
KLI
#15
SPE
#16
TMO
#17
WEB
#18
ALB
#19
BUT
#20
SAT
#21
FMO
#22
TRU

Fernando Alonso dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.144 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:20.253. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Kimi Räikkönen.

The second line fo the grid was dominated by Ferrari, with Michael Schumacher in third position, and Felipe Massa in fourth.

Q1

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.018
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:21.637
  • Felipe Massa
    1:21.647
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:21.648
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.670
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:22.096
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:22.169
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:22.411
  • David Coulthard
    1:22.424
  • Scott Speed
    1:22.541
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:22.685
  • Christian Klien
    1:22.773
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:22.860
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:22.886
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:22.965
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:23.083
  • Mark Webber
    1:23.129
  • Christijan Albers
    1:23.210
  • Jenson Button
    1:23.247
  • Takuma Sato
    1:26.158
  • Franck Montagny
    1:26.316

Q2

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:20.271
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:20.497
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:20.594
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:20.629
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:20.659
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:20.672
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:20.816
  • Felipe Massa
    1:20.846
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:20.929
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:21.043
  • David Coulthard
    1:21.442
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:21.567
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:21.699
  • Christian Klien
    1:21.990
  • Scott Speed
    1:22.076
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:22.207

Q3

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:20.253
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:20.397
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:20.574
  • Felipe Massa
    1:20.764
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:20.919
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:20.943
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:21.073
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:21.107
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.329
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:21.599

Track evolution

Q1
-1.161
seconds faster
Q2
0.2
seconds slower
Q3

As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.

The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. It therefore comes as no surprise that 4 out of the 10 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.