2006 United States Grand Prix

Circuit: Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana, United States of America
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 229 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	248 F1	1	73	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	248 F1	2	73	Finished	8
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R26	3	73	Finished	6
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	PL	73	Finished	5
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R26	5	73	Finished	4
6	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA106	4	73	Finished	3
7	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB2	17	72	Finished	2
8	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	20	72	Finished	1
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW28	21	72	Finished	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	8	62	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Christijan Albers	Midland	M16	14	37	Transmission	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	F1.06	6	23	Engine	0
DNF	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	M16	15	9	Collision damage	0
DNF	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	—	18	6	Collision	0
DNF	Jenson Button	Honda	RA106	7	3	Collision damage	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-21	9	0	Collision	0
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.06	10	0	Collision	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	MP4-21	11	0	Collision	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	FW28	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	13	0	Collision	0
DNF	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	RB2	16	0	Collision	0
DNF	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	—	19	0	Collision	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	1	1	73
Felipe Massa	2	2	73
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	3	73
Jarno Trulli	PL	4	73
Fernando Alonso	5	5	73
Rubens Barrichello	4	6	73
David Coulthard	17	7	72
Vitantonio Liuzzi	20	8	72
Nico Rosberg	21	9	72
Ralf Schumacher	8	DNF	62
Christijan Albers	14	DNF	37
Jacques Villeneuve	6	DNF	23
Tiago Monteiro	15	DNF	9
Takuma Sato	18	DNF	6
Jenson Button	7	DNF	3
Kimi Raikkonen	9	DNF	0
Nick Heidfeld	10	DNF	0
Juan Pablo Montoya	11	DNF	0
Mark Webber	12	DNF	0
Scott Speed	13	DNF	0
Christian Klien	16	DNF	0
Franck Montagny	19	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:11.588	1:10.636	1:10.832	—	—
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:11.088	1:11.146	1:11.435	+0.603	+0.603
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:12.287	1:11.200	1:11.920	+1.088	+0.485
4	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:12.156	1:11.263	1:12.109	+1.277	+0.189
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:12.416	1:11.877	1:12.449	+1.617	+0.340
6	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:12.114	1:11.724	1:12.479	+1.647	+0.030
7	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:12.238	1:11.865	1:12.523	+1.691	+0.044
8	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:11.879	1:11.673	1:12.795	+1.963	+0.272
9	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:12.777	1:12.135	1:13.174	+2.342	+0.379
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:11.891	1:11.718	1:15.280	+4.448	+2.106
11	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:12.477	1:12.150	—	—	—
12	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:12.935	1:12.292	—	—	—
13	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:13.167	1:12.792	—	—	—
14	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:12.711	1:12.854	—	—	—
15	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:12.627	1:12.864	—	—	—
16	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:12.773	1:12.925	—	—	—
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:13.180	—	—	—	—
18	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:13.496	—	—	—	—
19	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:13.506	—	—	—	—
20	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:13.787	—	—	—	—
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:14.041	—	—	—	—
22	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:16.036	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Michael Schumacher	1	73	2	29, 54
Felipe Massa	2	73	2	30, 52
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	73	2	29, 53
Jarno Trulli	4	73	1	39
Fernando Alonso	5	73	2	31, 55
Rubens Barrichello	6	73	2	24, 49
David Coulthard	7	72	1	47
Vitantonio Liuzzi	8	72	1	39
Nico Rosberg	9	72	1	43
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	62	2	30, 53
Christijan Albers	DNF	37	3	1, 28, 32
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	23	0	None recorded
Tiago Monteiro	DNF	9	1	8
Takuma Sato	DNF	6	0	None recorded
Jenson Button	DNF	3	1	3
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Nick Heidfeld	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Mark Webber	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Scott Speed	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Christian Klien	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Franck Montagny	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Felipe Massa	1 · 2	1 · 2	29 · 30	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Giancarlo Fisichella	2 · 3	2 · 3	30 · 29	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Rubens Barrichello	3 · 4	3 · 6	29 · 24	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	6 · 5	24 · 31	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · David Coulthard	4 · 17	6 · 7	24 · 47	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Vitantonio Liuzzi	17 · 20	7 · 8	47 · 39	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Nico Rosberg	20 · 21	8 · 9	39 · 43	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:12.083	—	—	27
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:12.458	+0.375	+0.375	3
3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:13.008	+0.925	+0.550	31
4	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:13.090	+1.007	+0.082	5
5	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:13.189	+1.106	+0.099	6
6	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:13.710	+1.627	+0.521	24
7	Giorgio Mondini (never started a Grand Prix)	Midland	39	1:14.654	+2.571	+0.944	33
8	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:14.745	+2.662	+0.091	38
9	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:14.791	+2.708	+0.046	8
10	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:15.018	+2.935	+0.227	22
11	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:15.091	+3.008	+0.073	8
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:15.532	+3.449	+0.441	8
13	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:15.647	+3.564	+0.115	10
14	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:15.971	+3.888	+0.324	17
15	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	41	1:16.116	+4.033	+0.145	31
16	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:16.489	+4.406	+0.373	17
17	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	—	—	—	2
18	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	—	—	—	2
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	—	—	—	3
20	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	—	—	—	1
21	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	—	—	—	1
22	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	—	—	—	1
23	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	—	—	—	1
24	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	—	—	—	1
25	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	—	—	—	1
26	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:12.013	—	—	38
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:12.809	+0.796	+0.796	39
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:12.933	+0.920	+0.124	14
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:13.264	+1.251	+0.331	26
5	Giorgio Mondini (never started a Grand Prix)	Midland	39	1:13.327	+1.314	+0.063	33
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:13.346	+1.333	+0.019	18
7	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:13.387	+1.374	+0.041	21
8	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:13.397	+1.384	+0.010	16
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:13.474	+1.461	+0.077	14
10	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:13.554	+1.541	+0.080	9
11	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:13.688	+1.675	+0.134	26
12	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:13.691	+1.678	+0.003	15
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:13.725	+1.712	+0.034	14
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:13.735	+1.722	+0.010	24
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:13.825	+1.812	+0.090	10
16	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:13.857	+1.844	+0.032	17
17	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:13.946	+1.933	+0.089	31
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:14.011	+1.998	+0.065	20
19	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:14.050	+2.037	+0.039	39
20	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:14.084	+2.071	+0.034	15
21	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:14.169	+2.156	+0.085	19
22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:14.391	+2.378	+0.222	24
23	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:14.449	+2.436	+0.058	16
24	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:14.562	+2.549	+0.113	17
25	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:14.676	+2.663	+0.114	18
26	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:14.839	+2.826	+0.163	13
27	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:15.063	+3.050	+0.224	10
28	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	41	1:15.120	+3.107	+0.057	33
29	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:10.760	—	—	15
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:11.039	+0.279	+0.279	8
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:11.940	+1.180	+0.901	15
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:12.049	+1.289	+0.109	18
5	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:12.149	+1.389	+0.100	13
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:12.202	+1.442	+0.053	15
7	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:12.269	+1.509	+0.067	18
8	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:12.327	+1.567	+0.058	13
9	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:12.569	+1.809	+0.242	13
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:12.592	+1.832	+0.023	10
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:12.675	+1.915	+0.083	18
12	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:12.904	+2.144	+0.229	15
13	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:12.913	+2.153	+0.009	18
14	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:13.091	+2.331	+0.178	21
15	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:13.101	+2.341	+0.010	19
16	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:13.103	+2.343	+0.002	17
17	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:13.113	+2.353	+0.010	15
18	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:13.172	+2.412	+0.059	19
19	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:13.230	+2.470	+0.058	12
20	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:13.364	+2.604	+0.134	17
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:13.806	+3.046	+0.442	16
22	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:14.454	+3.694	+0.648	10

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Toro Rosso STR1
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McLaren MP4-21
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Midland M16
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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 2006
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Jul 2006
Layout raced: Infield road course · 4.192 km · 13 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.