The Hungarian Grand Prix 2006 was the 13th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary, on August 6th.
Jenson Button won the race with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 14th position of the grid, followed by Pedro de la Rosa, and Nick Heidfeld completing the podium.
Kimi Räikkönen started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, and had to retire on lap 25th.
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
The reace did not end without incidents... 13 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Michael Schumacher, who had problems with the stearing system on lap 67, Jarno Trulli, and Sakon Yamamoto, both suffered an engine malfunction, Fernando Alonso, who suffered a driveshaft problem on lap 51, Kimi Räikkönen, and Vitantonio Liuzzi, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Nico Rosberg, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 19, Giancarlo Fisichella, and Christian Klien, both lost control and spun off the track, and Mark Webber, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 1.
Track rod
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Michael SchumacherLap 67
Engine
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Jarno TrulliLap 65
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Sakon YamamotoLap 0
Driveshaft
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Fernando AlonsoLap 51
Collision
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Kimi RäikkönenLap 25
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Vitantonio LiuzziLap 25
Electrical
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Nico RosbergLap 19
Spun off
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 18
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Christian KlienLap 6
Accident
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Mark WebberLap 1
There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify Robert Kubica.
Disqualified
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Robert KubicaLap 69
Qualifying
Kimi Räikkönen managed to get the pole position by 0.287 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:19.599. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Felipe Massa.
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 15 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. 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.