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The United States Grand Prix 2006 was the 10th round of the 2006 F1 season, and took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, USA, on July 2nd.

Michael Schumacher won the race from the pole, followed by Felipe Massa, and Giancarlo Fisichella completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:34:35.199
Finished
2
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+7.984
Finished
3
-
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+16.595
Finished
4
18
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+23.604
Finished
5
-
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+28.410
Finished
6
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+36.513
Finished
7
10
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1 Lap
8
12
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
9
12
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1 Lap
10
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+11 Laps
11
3
ALB
Christijan Albers
MF1
Transmission
12
6
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BMW Sauber
Engine
13
2
TMO
Tiago Monteiro
MF1
Accident
14
4
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
Accident
15
8
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
Accident
16
7
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
Accident
17
7
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
Accident
18
7
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
McLaren
Accident
19
7
WEB
Mark Webber
Williams
Accident
20
7
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
Accident
21
5
KLI
Christian Klien
Red Bull
Accident
22
3
FMO
Franck Montagny
Super Aguri
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

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, Christijan Albers, who had a transmission problem on lap 37, Jacques Villeneuve, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 23, and Tiago Monteiro, Takuma Sato, Jenson Button, Kimi Räikkönen, Nick Heidfeld, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Webber, Scott Speed, Christian Klien, and Franck Montagny, all of whom had to retire due to an accident.

Transmission

  • Christijan Albers
    Lap 37

Engine

  • Jacques Villeneuve
    Lap 23

Accident

  • Tiago Monteiro
    Lap 9
  • Takuma Sato
    Lap 6
  • Jenson Button
    Lap 3
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 0
  • Nick Heidfeld
    Lap 0
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    Lap 0
  • Mark Webber
    Lap 0
  • Scott Speed
    Lap 0
  • Christian Klien
    Lap 0
  • Franck Montagny
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Michael Schumacher managed to get the pole position by 0.603 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:10.832. Felipe Massa was right behind him, helping Ferrari score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:11.088
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:11.588
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:11.879
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:11.891
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:12.114
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:12.156
  • Jenson Button
    1:12.238
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:12.287
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:12.416
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:12.477
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:12.627
  • Christijan Albers
    1:12.711
  • Christian Klien
    1:12.773
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:12.777
  • Mark Webber
    1:12.935
  • Scott Speed
    1:13.167
  • David Coulthard
    1:13.180
  • Takuma Sato
    1:13.496
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:13.506
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:13.787
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:14.041
  • Franck Montagny
    1:16.036

Q2

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:10.636
  • Felipe Massa
    1:11.146
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:11.200
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:11.263
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:11.673
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:11.718
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:11.724
  • Jenson Button
    1:11.865
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:11.877
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:12.135
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:12.150
  • Mark Webber
    1:12.292
  • Scott Speed
    1:12.792
  • Christijan Albers
    1:12.854
  • Tiago Monteiro
    1:12.864
  • Christian Klien
    1:12.925

Q3

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:10.832
  • Felipe Massa
    1:11.435
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:11.920
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:12.109
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:12.449
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:12.479
  • Jenson Button
    1:12.523
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:12.795
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:13.174
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:15.280

Track evolution

Q1
-0.376
seconds faster
Q2
0.976
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 12 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. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.