The Monaco Grand Prix 2006 was the 7th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on May 28th.

Fernando Alonso won the race from the pole, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya, and David Coulthard completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
1:43:43.116
Finished
2
2
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
McLaren
+14.567
Finished
3
4
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+52.298
Finished
4
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+53.337
Finished
5
17
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+53.830
Finished
6
3
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+1:02.072
Finished
7
8
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
8
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+1 Lap
9
12
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+1 Lap
10
2
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
11
2
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1 Lap
12
4
ALB
Christijan Albers
MF1
+1 Lap
13
5
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
14
-
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
15
2
TMO
Tiago Monteiro
MF1
+2 Laps
16
4
FMO
Franck Montagny
Super Aguri
+3 Laps
17
11
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
Hydraulics
18
7
KLI
Christian Klien
Red Bull
Transmission
19
11
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
Accident
20
17
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
Heat shield fire
21
19
WEB
Mark Webber
Williams
Exhaust
22
3
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
Electrical
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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 were some incidents during the race, with 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Jarno Trulli, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 72, Christian Klien, who had a transmission problem on lap 56, Nico Rosberg, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 51, Kimi Räikkönen, who saw the heat shield literally lit up in fire on lap 50, Mark Webber, who suffered from problems with the exhaust on lap 48, and Takuma Sato, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 46.

Hydraulics

  • Jarno Trulli
    Lap 72

Transmission

  • Christian Klien
    Lap 56

Accident

  • Nico Rosberg
    Lap 51

Heat shield fire

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 50

Exhaust

  • Mark Webber
    Lap 48

Electrical

  • Takuma Sato
    Lap 46

Qualifying

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

Fernando Alonso managed to get the pole position by 0.12 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:13.962. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Mark Webber.

The second line fo the grid was dominated by McLaren, with Kimi Räikkönen in third position, and Juan Pablo Montoya in fourth.

Q1

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:13.887
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:14.232
  • Mark Webber
    1:14.305
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:14.412
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:14.483
  • Christian Klien
    1:14.489
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:14.614
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:14.766
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:14.883
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:14.888
  • Jenson Button
    1:15.085
  • David Coulthard
    1:15.090
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:15.314
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:15.316
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:15.324
  • Christijan Albers
    1:15.598
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:15.993
  • Scott Speed
    1:16.236
  • Takuma Sato
    1:17.276
  • Franck Montagny
    1:17.502

Q2

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:13.532
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:13.622
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:13.647
  • David Coulthard
    1:13.687
  • Mark Webber
    1:13.728
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:13.909
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:14.211
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:14.295
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:14.312
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:14.398
  • Christian Klien
    1:14.747
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:14.969
  • Jenson Button
    1:14.982
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:15.052
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:15.137

Q3

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:13.962
  • Mark Webber
    1:14.082
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:14.140
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:14.664
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:15.804
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:15.857
  • David Coulthard
    1:16.426
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:16.636
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:17.260

Track evolution

Q1
-0.457
seconds faster
Q2
1.543
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.