2006 Canadian F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Canadian Grand Prix
Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Weather: dry, warm, sunny

Fernando ALONSO won his 14th F1 World Championship race at the 2006 Canadian F1 GP. The Renault driver started from pole and won at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve by 2.111 seconds from Michael Schumacher. It was the 17th F1 win for the Renault F1 team since its 2002 return and Alonsos 6th win of the season, his fourth from four consecutive pole positions.

Alonso pole, fourth consecutive

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 25 June 2006 opened with Fernando Alonso taking his fourth pole in a row with a 1:14.942 lap, Fisichella second for a Renault front-row lockout. Raikkonen third for McLaren, Trulli fourth for Toyota. Michael Schumacher only fifth after a difficult Saturday.

Race day: Alonso controls, Michael hunts through the field

Alonso led 65 of the 70 laps at Montreal, controlling the race throughout except for two brief windows during the pit-stop cycles (Raikkonen laps 23-24 and 50-52). He won by 2.111 seconds from Michael Schumacher, whose Ferrari recovered from a difficult start to finish second after a superb race-day comeback. Raikkonen third for McLaren. Fisichella fourth for Renault, Massa fifth for Ferrari, Trulli sixth for Toyota. Raikkonen set the fastest lap on lap 22 with a 1:15.841.

Championship: Alonso 84, Michael 59, Fisichella 36

Alonso now led with 84 points, 25 clear of Michael Schumacher. Renault 120 constructors, Ferrari 90, McLaren 51. Indianapolis in a week would follow directly, and Alonsos championship stranglehold looked to be settling in for the second half of the year.

Classification 2006 Canadian F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	1	FernandoAlonso	Renault	Renault R26Renault RS26	1	70	65	1:34:37.308	10
2	5	MichaelSchumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari 248 F1Ferrari 056	5	70		1:34:39.408+2.100s	8
3	3	KimiRäikkönen	McLaren	McLaren MP4/21Mercedes FO 108	3	70	5	1:34:46.108+8.800s	6
4	2	GiancarloFisichella	Renault	Renault R26Renault RS26	2	70		1:34:52.908+15.600s	5
5	6	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari 248 F1Ferrari 056	10	70		1:35:02.408+25.100s	4
6	8	JarnoTrulli	Toyota	Toyota TF106BToyota RVX-06	4	69		+1 lap	3
7	16	NickHeidfeld	BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1.06BMW P86	13	69		+1 lap	2
8	14	DavidCoulthard	Red Bull	Red Bull RB2Ferrari 056	22	69		+1 lap	1
9	12	JensonButton	Honda	Honda RA106Honda RA806E	8	69		+1 lap
10	21	ScottSpeed	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR1Cosworth CA2006	17	69		+1 lap
11	15	ChristianKlien	Red Bull	Red Bull RB2Ferrari 056	12	69		+1 lap
12	9	MarkWebber	Williams	Williams FW28Toyota RVX-06	16	69		+1 lap
13	20	VitantonioLiuzzi	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR1Cosworth CA2006	15	68		+2 laps
14	18	TiagoMonteiro	Midland	Spyker M16Toyota RVX-06	18	66		+4 laps
15	22	TakumaSato	Super Aguri	Super Aguri SA05Honda RA806E	20	64		Accident
DNF	17	JacquesVilleneuve	BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1.06BMW P86	11	58		Accident
DNF	7	RalfSchumacher	Toyota	Toyota TF106BToyota RVX-06	14	58		Retired
DNF	4	Juan-PabloMontoya	McLaren	McLaren MP4/21Mercedes FO 108	7	13		Accident
DNF	11	RubensBarrichello	Honda	Honda RA106Honda RA806E	9	11		Mechanical
DNF	23	FranckMontagny	Super Aguri	Super Aguri SA05Honda RA806E	21	2		Engine
DNF	10	NicoRosberg	Williams	Williams FW28Toyota RVX-06	6	1		Accident
DNF	19	ChristijanAlbers	Midland	Spyker M16Toyota RVX-06	19	0		Accident

Fastest lap: 1:15.841 min. by Kimi Raikkonen

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