The Italian Grand Prix 2006 was the 15th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, on September 10th.

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

Final results

1
1
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:14:51.975
Finished
2
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
+8.046
Finished
3
3
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+26.414
Finished
4
5
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+32.045
Finished
5
-
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+32.685
Finished
6
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+42.409
Finished
7
4
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+44.662
Finished
8
5
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+45.309
Finished
9
5
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+45.995
Finished
10
9
WEB
Mark Webber
Williams
+72.602
Finished
11
5
KLI
Christian Klien
Red Bull
+1 Lap
12
2
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1 Lap
13
2
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
14
3
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
15
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+1 Lap
16
5
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
+2 Laps
17
1
ALB
Christijan Albers
Spyker MF1
+2 Laps
18
2
TMO
Tiago Monteiro
Spyker MF1
Brakes
19
9
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
Engine
20
13
DLR
Pedro de la Rosa
McLaren
Engine
21
1
YAM
Sakon Yamamoto
Super Aguri
Hydraulics
22
10
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
Driveshaft
Show all

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 5 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Tiago Monteiro, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 44, Fernando Alonso, and Pedro de la Rosa, both suffered an engine malfunction, Sakon Yamamoto, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 18, and Nico Rosberg, who suffered a driveshaft problem on lap 9.

Brakes

  • Tiago Monteiro
    Lap 44

Engine

  • Fernando Alonso
    Lap 43
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    Lap 20

Hydraulics

  • Sakon Yamamoto
    Lap 18

Driveshaft

  • Nico Rosberg
    Lap 9

Qualifying

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

Kimi Räikkönen managed to get the pole position by 0.002 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:21.484. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Michael Schumacher.

Q1

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:21.711
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.747
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.764
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:21.994
  • Felipe Massa
    1:22.028
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:22.093
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:22.422
  • Robert Kubica
    1:22.437
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:22.486
  • Jenson Button
    1:22.512
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:22.581
  • David Coulthard
    1:22.618
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:22.622
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:22.640
  • Christian Klien
    1:22.898
  • Scott Speed
    1:22.943
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:23.043
  • Christijan Albers
    1:23.116
  • Mark Webber
    1:23.341
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:23.920
  • Takuma Sato
    1:24.289
  • Sakon Yamamoto
    1:26.001

Q2

  • Felipe Massa
    1:21.225
  • Robert Kubica
    1:21.270
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:21.349
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:21.353
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.425
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.526
  • Jenson Button
    1:21.572
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:21.688
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:21.722
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:21.878
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:21.924
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:22.203
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:22.280
  • David Coulthard
    1:22.589
  • Scott Speed
    1:23.165

Q3

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:21.484
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:21.486
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.653
  • Felipe Massa
    1:21.704
  • Jenson Button
    1:22.011
  • Robert Kubica
    1:22.258
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:22.280
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:22.787
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:23.175
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:25.688

Track evolution

Q1
-0.495
seconds faster
Q2
0.952
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 14 out of the 15 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.