The Chinese Grand Prix 2006 was the 16th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, on October 1st.
Michael Schumacher won the race after starting in the 6th position, followed by Fernando Alonso, who originally had the pole position, and Giancarlo Fisichella completing the podium.
Final results
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 were some incidents during the race, with 7 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Ralf Schumacher, who suffered a loss in oil pressure on lap 49, Felipe Massa, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 44, Jarno Trulli, who had a pneumatic failure on lap 38, Tiago Monteiro, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 37, and Kimi Räikkönen, who had a throttle issue on lap 18.
Oil pressure
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Ralf SchumacherLap 49
Collision
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Felipe MassaLap 44
Pneumatics
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Jarno TrulliLap 38
Spun off
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Tiago MonteiroLap 37
Throttle
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Kimi RäikkönenLap 18
There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify Takuma Sato.
Disqualified
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Takuma SatoLap 55
Qualifying
Fernando Alonso dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.632 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:44.360. Giancarlo Fisichella was right behind him, helping Renault score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.
The second line fo the grid was dominated by Honda, with Rubens Barrichello in third position, and Jenson Button in fourth.
Track evolution
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 12 out of the 16 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
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. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.