2006 French Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2216 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	248 F1	1	70	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R26	3	70	Finished	8
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	248 F1	2	70	Finished	6
4	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	5	70	Finished	5
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-21	6	70	Finished	4
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R26	7	70	Finished	3
7	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	MP4-21	8	70	Finished	2
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.06	11	69	Finished	1
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB2	9	69	Finished	0
10	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	14	69	Finished	0
11	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	F1.06	16	69	Finished	0
12	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	RB2	12	69	Finished	0
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	22	69	Finished	0
14	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW28	19	68	Finished	0
15	Christijan Albers	Midland	M16	15	68	Finished	0
16	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	—	20	67	Finished	0
DNF	Jenson Button	Honda	RA106	17	61	Engine	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	FW28	10	53	Wheel rim	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	4	39	Brakes	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA106	13	18	Engine	0
DNF	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	M16	18	11	Accident	0
DNF	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	—	21	0	Transmission	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	70
Fernando Alonso	3	2	70
Felipe Massa	2	3	70
Ralf Schumacher	5	4	70
Kimi Raikkonen	6	5	70
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	6	70
Pedro de la Rosa	8	7	70
Nick Heidfeld	11	8	69
David Coulthard	9	9	69
Scott Speed	14	10	69
Jacques Villeneuve	16	11	69
Christian Klien	12	12	69
Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	13	69
Nico Rosberg	19	14	68
Christijan Albers	15	15	68
Franck Montagny	20	16	67
Jenson Button	17	DNF	61
Mark Webber	10	DNF	53
Jarno Trulli	4	DNF	39
Rubens Barrichello	13	DNF	18
Tiago Monteiro	18	DNF	11
Takuma Sato	21	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:15.865	1:15.111	1:15.493	—	—
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:16.277	1:15.679	1:15.510	+0.017	+0.017
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:16.328	1:15.706	1:15.785	+0.292	+0.275
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:15.550	1:15.776	1:16.036	+0.543	+0.251
5	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:15.949	1:15.625	1:16.091	+0.598	+0.055
6	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:16.154	1:15.742	1:16.281	+0.788	+0.190
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:16.825	1:15.901	1:16.345	+0.852	+0.064
8	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	1:16.679	1:15.902	1:16.632	+1.139	+0.287
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:16.534	1:15.926	1:18.272	+2.779	+1.640
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:16.350	1:15.974	1:18.663	+3.170	+0.391
11	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:16.531	1:16.129	—	—	—
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:16.686	1:16.294	—	—	—
13	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:16.921	1:16.433	—	—	—
14	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:17.022	1:17.027	—	—	—
15	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:17.117	1:17.063	—	—	—
16	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:16.962	1:17.105	—	—	—
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:17.164	—	—	—	—
18	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:17.304	—	—	—	—
19	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:17.495	—	—	—	—
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:17.589	—	—	—	—
21	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:18.637	—	—	—	—
22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:18.845	—	—	—	—

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	70	3	18, 38, 55
Fernando Alonso	2	70	2	17, 42
Felipe Massa	3	70	3	16, 34, 53
Ralf Schumacher	4	70	2	22, 46
Kimi Raikkonen	5	70	3	17, 32, 53
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	70	2	18, 45
Pedro de la Rosa	7	70	3	18, 35, 50
Nick Heidfeld	8	69	2	25, 46
David Coulthard	9	69	2	29, 52
Scott Speed	10	69	2	28, 50
Jacques Villeneuve	11	69	2	27, 53
Christian Klien	12	69	2	31, 53
Vitantonio Liuzzi	13	69	2	31, 52
Nico Rosberg	14	68	3	21, 44, 56
Christijan Albers	15	68	2	26, 48
Franck Montagny	16	67	3	19, 35, 51
Jenson Button	DNF	61	2	21, 45
Mark Webber	DNF	53	4	19, 38, 39, 46
Jarno Trulli	DNF	39	2	20, 38
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	18	0	None recorded
Tiago Monteiro	DNF	11	0	None recorded
Takuma Sato	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 · Fernando Alonso	1 · 3	1 · 2	18 · 17	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Felipe Massa	1 · 2	1 · 3	18 · 16	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	2 · 3	3 · 2	16 · 17	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Ralf Schumacher	2 · 5	3 · 4	16 · 22	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Kimi Raikkonen	5 · 6	4 · 5	22 · 17	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Giancarlo Fisichella	6 · 7	5 · 6	17 · 18	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Pedro de la Rosa	7 · 8	6 · 7	18 · 18	Same lap	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 11	7 · 8	18 · 25	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · David Coulthard	8 · 9	7 · 9	18 · 29	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Nick Heidfeld	9 · 11	9 · 8	29 · 25	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Christian Klien	11 · 12	8 · 12	25 · 31	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Scott Speed	9 · 14	9 · 10	29 · 28	Scott Speed	Kept their order
Scott Speed · Jacques Villeneuve	14 · 16	10 · 11	28 · 27	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Scott Speed · Christijan Albers	14 · 15	10 · 15	28 · 26	Christijan Albers	Kept their order
Christian Klien · Jacques Villeneuve	12 · 16	12 · 11	31 · 27	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Christijan Albers · Jacques Villeneuve	15 · 16	15 · 11	26 · 27	Christijan Albers	Swapped places
Christian Klien · Vitantonio Liuzzi	12 · 22	12 · 13	31 · 31	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Vitantonio Liuzzi	19 · 22	14 · 13	21 · 31	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Christijan Albers · Nico Rosberg	15 · 19	15 · 14	26 · 21	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Franck Montagny	19 · 20	14 · 16	21 · 19	Franck Montagny	Kept their order
Christijan Albers · Franck Montagny	15 · 20	15 · 16	26 · 19	Franck Montagny	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	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:16.794	—	—	31
2	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:17.133	+0.339	+0.339	29
3	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:18.160	+1.366	+1.027	4
4	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:18.752	+1.958	+0.592	6
5	Adrian Sutil	Midland	39	1:18.777	+1.983	+0.025	32
6	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:18.962	+2.168	+0.185	21
7	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:19.055	+2.261	+0.093	17
8	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:19.063	+2.269	+0.008	6
9	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:19.311	+2.517	+0.248	20
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:19.401	+2.607	+0.090	6
11	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:19.465	+2.671	+0.064	7
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:19.806	+3.012	+0.341	7
13	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:20.335	+3.541	+0.529	7
14	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:20.790	+3.996	+0.455	11
15	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:21.160	+4.366	+0.370	10
16	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	41	1:23.891	+7.097	+2.731	11
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	—	—	—	1
18	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	—	—	—	1
19	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	—	—	—	1
20	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	—	—	—	1
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	—	—	—	2
22	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	—	—	—	1
23	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	—	—	—	1
24	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	—	—	—	1

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	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:16.902	—	—	33
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:17.498	+0.596	+0.596	14
3	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:17.750	+0.848	+0.252	37
4	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:17.859	+0.957	+0.109	29
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:17.916	+1.014	+0.057	13
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:17.938	+1.036	+0.022	16
7	Adrian Sutil	Midland	39	1:18.049	+1.147	+0.111	31
8	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:18.175	+1.273	+0.126	28
9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:18.274	+1.372	+0.099	21
10	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:18.639	+1.737	+0.365	32
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:18.721	+1.819	+0.082	23
12	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:19.005	+2.103	+0.284	18
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:19.013	+2.111	+0.008	20
14	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:19.108	+2.206	+0.095	15
15	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:19.140	+2.238	+0.032	9
16	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:19.183	+2.281	+0.043	21
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:19.259	+2.357	+0.076	5
18	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:19.413	+2.511	+0.154	10
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:19.589	+2.687	+0.176	14
20	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:19.692	+2.790	+0.103	19
21	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:19.701	+2.799	+0.009	19
22	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	1:19.809	+2.907	+0.108	14
23	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:19.996	+3.094	+0.187	22
24	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:20.003	+3.101	+0.007	12
25	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:20.135	+3.233	+0.132	12
26	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:20.154	+3.252	+0.019	11
27	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:20.409	+3.507	+0.255	14
28	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:21.132	+4.230	+0.723	14
29	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	41	1:21.969	+5.067	+0.837	32

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	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:17.005	—	—	13
2	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:17.049	+0.044	+0.044	16
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:17.056	+0.051	+0.007	18
4	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:17.188	+0.183	+0.132	16
5	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:17.358	+0.353	+0.170	12
6	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:17.476	+0.471	+0.118	19
7	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:17.556	+0.551	+0.080	12
8	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	1:17.653	+0.648	+0.097	16
9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:17.666	+0.661	+0.013	18
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:17.859	+0.854	+0.193	19
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:17.995	+0.990	+0.136	17
12	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:18.059	+1.054	+0.064	24
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:18.199	+1.194	+0.140	20
14	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:18.214	+1.209	+0.015	5
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:18.396	+1.391	+0.182	8
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:18.447	+1.442	+0.051	16
17	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:18.487	+1.482	+0.040	23
18	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:18.545	+1.540	+0.058	20
19	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:18.631	+1.626	+0.086	17
20	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:18.961	+1.956	+0.330	20
21	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	23	1:19.497	+2.492	+0.536	18
22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:21.497	+4.492	+2.000	10

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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McLaren MP4-21
Juan Pablo Montoya Canada 2006 (crop) · TMWolf Cropped by Diniz · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Toro Rosso STR1
Scott Speed Canada 2006 (crop) · TMWolf Cropped by Diniz . · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

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Midland M16
Tiago Monteiro 2006 April · paulwoolrich · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 2006
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Jul 2006
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.