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The German Grand Prix 2006 was the 12th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany, on July 30th.

Michael Schumacher won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Felipe Massa, and Kimi Räikkönen, who originally had the pole position, completing the podium.

Final results

1
1
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:27:51.693
Finished
2
1
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+0.7
Finished
3
2
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
+13.2
Finished
4
-
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+18.8
Finished
5
2
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+23.7
Finished
6
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+24.8
Finished
7
13
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+26.5
Finished
8
4
KLI
Christian Klien
Red Bull
+48.1
Finished
9
1
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+60.3
Finished
10
6
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
11
1
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1 Lap
12
7
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
13
2
WEB
Mark Webber
Williams
Water leak
14
3
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
Gearbox
15
2
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BMW Sauber
Accident
16
10
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
Engine
17
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
Brakes
18
9
DLR
Pedro de la Rosa
McLaren
Fuel pump
19
3
YAM
Sakon Yamamoto
Super Aguri
Driveshaft
20
6
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
Accident
21
-
ALB
Christijan Albers
MF1
Disqualified
22
4
TMO
Tiago Monteiro
MF1
Disqualified
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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

The reace did not end without incidents... 10 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Mark Webber, who suffered a water leak on lap 59, Takuma Sato, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 38, Jacques Villeneuve, and Nico Rosberg, both had to retire due to an accident, Rubens Barrichello, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 18, Nick Heidfeld, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 9, Pedro de la Rosa, who had a fuel pump failure on lap 2, and Sakon Yamamoto, who suffered a driveshaft problem on lap 1.

Water leak

  • Mark Webber
    Lap 59

Gearbox

  • Takuma Sato
    Lap 38

Accident

  • Jacques Villeneuve
    Lap 30
  • Nico Rosberg
    Lap 0

Engine

  • Rubens Barrichello
    Lap 18

Brakes

  • Nick Heidfeld
    Lap 9

Fuel pump

  • Pedro de la Rosa
    Lap 2

Driveshaft

  • Sakon Yamamoto
    Lap 1

There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify 2 drivers.

Disqualified

  • Christijan Albers
    Lap 66
  • Tiago Monteiro
    Lap 66

Qualifying

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

Kimi Räikkönen managed to get the pole position by 0.135 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:14.070. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Michael Schumacher.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:14.412
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:14.904
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:15.214
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:15.430
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:15.518
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:15.655
  • Mark Webber
    1:15.719
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:15.757
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:15.789
  • Christian Klien
    1:15.816
  • David Coulthard
    1:15.836
  • Jenson Button
    1:15.869
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:15.916
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:16.183
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:16.234
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:16.281
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:16.399
  • Christijan Albers
    1:17.093
  • Takuma Sato
    1:17.185
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:17.836
  • Sakon Yamamoto
    1:20.444

Q2

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:13.778
  • Felipe Massa
    1:14.094
  • Jenson Button
    1:14.378
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:14.410
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:14.540
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:14.652
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:14.743
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:14.746
  • David Coulthard
    1:14.826
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:15.021
  • Mark Webber
    1:15.094
  • Christian Klien
    1:15.141
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:15.150
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:15.329
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:15.380
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:15.397

Q3

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:14.070
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:14.205
  • Felipe Massa
    1:14.569
  • Jenson Button
    1:14.862
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:14.894
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:14.934
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:15.282
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:15.923
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:15.936
  • David Coulthard
    1:16.326

Track evolution

Q1
-0.866
seconds faster
Q2
0.581
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. That being said, the changing conditions of the track made it difficult to find these limits, and only 1 driver was able to improve his Q2 times.