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2006 San Marino Grand Prix

The San Marino Grand Prix 2006 was the 4th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy, on April 23rd.

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

Final results

1
-
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:31:06.486
Finished
2
3
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+2.096
Finished
3
4
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
McLaren
+15.868
Finished
4
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+17.096
Finished
5
3
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
+17.524
Finished
6
4
WEB
Mark Webber
Williams
+37.739
Finished
7
5
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+39.635
Finished
8
3
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+40.200
Finished
9
3
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+45.511
Finished
10
7
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1:17.851
Finished
11
2
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1:19.675
Finished
12
-
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BMW Sauber
+1:22.370
Finished
13
2
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
14
2
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
15
3
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
16
3
TMO
Tiago Monteiro
MF1
+2 Laps
17
3
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
Driveshaft
18
3
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
Spun off
19
2
KLI
Christian Klien
Red Bull
Hydraulics
20
2
IDE
Yuji Ide
Super Aguri
Suspension
21
12
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
Steering
22
2
ALB
Christijan Albers
MF1
Accident
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 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, David Coulthard, who suffered a driveshaft problem on lap 47, Takuma Sato, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 44, Christian Klien, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 40, Yuji Ide, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 23, Jarno Trulli, who had issues with the steering of the car on lap 5, and Christijan Albers, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 0.

Driveshaft

  • David Coulthard
    Lap 47

Spun off

  • Takuma Sato
    Lap 44

Hydraulics

  • Christian Klien
    Lap 40

Suspension

  • Yuji Ide
    Lap 23

Steering

  • Jarno Trulli
    Lap 5

Accident

  • Christijan Albers
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Michael Schumacher managed to get the pole position by 0.193 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:22.795. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Jenson Button.

Q1

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:23.536
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:24.259
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:24.370
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:24.434
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:24.446
  • Jenson Button
    1:24.480
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:24.495
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:24.598
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:24.727
  • David Coulthard
    1:24.849
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:24.879
  • Felipe Massa
    1:24.884
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:24.960
  • Mark Webber
    1:24.992
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:25.081
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:25.410
  • Christian Klien
    1:25.410
  • Scott Speed
    1:25.437
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:26.820
  • Christijan Albers
    1:27.088
  • Takuma Sato
    1:27.609
  • Yuji Ide
    1:29.282

Q2

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:22.579
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:23.190
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:23.565
  • Felipe Massa
    1:23.595
  • Mark Webber
    1:23.718
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:23.727
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:23.743
  • Jenson Button
    1:23.749
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:23.760
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:23.760
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:23.771
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:23.887
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:23.966
  • David Coulthard
    1:24.101
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:24.129
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:24.520

Q3

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:22.795
  • Jenson Button
    1:22.988
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:23.242
  • Felipe Massa
    1:23.702
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:23.709
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:23.772
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:24.021
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:24.158
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:24.172
  • Mark Webber
    1:24.795

Track evolution

Q1
-0.915
seconds faster
Q2
0.197
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 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 3 drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.