2006 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Felipe Massa
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Entries: 2218 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R26	5	53	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	248 F1	1	53	Finished	8
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R26	6	53	Finished	6
4	Jenson Button	Honda	RA106	7	53	Finished	5
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-21	11	53	Finished	4
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	4	53	Finished	3
7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	3	53	Finished	2
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.06	9	53	Finished	1
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.06	12	53	Finished	0
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW28	10	52	Finished	0
11	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	MP4-21	13	52	Finished	0
12	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA106	8	52	Finished	0
13	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	RB2	18	52	Finished	0
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	15	52	Finished	0
15	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	—	20	52	Finished	0
16	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	M16	21	51	Finished	0
17	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	—	22	50	Finished	0
18	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	19	48	Power steering	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	FW28	14	39	Accident	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	248 F1	2	36	Engine	0
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB2	17	35	Gearbox	0
DNF	Christijan Albers	Midland	M16	16	20	Driveshaft	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
Fernando Alonso	5	1	53
Felipe Massa	1	2	53
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	3	53
Jenson Button	7	4	53
Kimi Raikkonen	11	5	53
Jarno Trulli	4	6	53
Ralf Schumacher	3	7	53
Nick Heidfeld	9	8	53
Robert Kubica	12	9	53
Nico Rosberg	10	10	52
Pedro de la Rosa	13	11	52
Rubens Barrichello	8	12	52
Robert Doornbos	18	13	52
Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	14	52
Takuma Sato	20	15	52
Tiago Monteiro	21	16	51
Sakon Yamamoto	22	17	50
Scott Speed	19	18	48
Mark Webber	14	DNF	39
Michael Schumacher	2	DNF	36
David Coulthard	17	DNF	35
Christijan Albers	16	DNF	20

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:30.112	1:29.830	1:29.599	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:31.279	1:28.954	1:29.711	+0.112	+0.112
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:30.595	1:30.299	1:29.989	+0.390	+0.278
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:30.420	1:30.204	1:30.039	+0.440	+0.050
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:30.976	1:30.357	1:30.371	+0.772	+0.332
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:31.696	1:30.306	1:30.599	+1.000	+0.228
7	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:30.847	1:30.268	1:30.992	+1.393	+0.393
8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:31.972	1:30.598	1:31.478	+1.879	+0.486
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:31.811	1:30.470	1:31.513	+1.914	+0.035
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:30.585	1:30.321	1:31.856	+2.257	+0.343
11	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:32.080	1:30.827	—	—	—
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17	1:31.204	1:31.094	—	—	—
13	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	1:31.581	1:31.254	—	—	—
14	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:31.647	1:31.276	—	—	—
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:31.741	1:31.943	—	—	—
16	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:32.221	1:33.750	—	—	—
17	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:32.252	—	—	—	—
18	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	15	1:32.402	—	—	—	—
19	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:32.867	—	—	—	—
20	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:33.666	—	—	—	—
21	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:33.709	—	—	—	—
22	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	23	—	—	—	—	—

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
Fernando Alonso	1	53	2	15, 35
Felipe Massa	2	53	2	13, 35
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	53	2	14, 33
Jenson Button	4	53	2	16, 37
Kimi Raikkonen	5	53	2	22, 41
Jarno Trulli	6	53	2	12, 29
Ralf Schumacher	7	53	2	13, 30
Nick Heidfeld	8	53	2	18, 36
Robert Kubica	9	53	2	20, 37
Nico Rosberg	10	52	2	15, 34
Pedro de la Rosa	11	52	2	20, 40
Rubens Barrichello	12	52	3	2, 22, 41
Robert Doornbos	13	52	2	21, 35
Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	52	2	20, 34
Takuma Sato	15	52	2	23, 38
Tiago Monteiro	16	51	2	25, 39
Sakon Yamamoto	17	50	3	20, 33, 34
Scott Speed	18	48	2	23, 35
Mark Webber	DNF	39	2	20, 38
Michael Schumacher	DNF	36	2	18, 36
David Coulthard	DNF	35	2	18, 34
Christijan Albers	DNF	20	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
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	1 · 5	2 · 1	13 · 15	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	6 · 1	12 · 15	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Giancarlo Fisichella	5 · 6	1 · 3	15 · 14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Giancarlo Fisichella	1 · 6	2 · 3	13 · 14	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jenson Button	6 · 7	3 · 4	14 · 16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 11	4 · 5	16 · 22	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Rubens Barrichello	7 · 8	4 · 12	16 · 2	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 11	6 · 5	12 · 22	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Kimi Raikkonen	10 · 11	10 · 5	15 · 22	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Robert Kubica	11 · 12	5 · 9	22 · 20	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Jarno Trulli	3 · 4	7 · 6	13 · 12	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Nick Heidfeld	3 · 9	7 · 8	13 · 18	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 9	12 · 8	2 · 18	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Robert Kubica	9 · 12	8 · 9	18 · 20	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Nico Rosberg	9 · 10	8 · 10	18 · 15	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Robert Kubica	10 · 12	10 · 9	15 · 20	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Pedro de la Rosa	12 · 13	9 · 11	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Pedro de la Rosa	10 · 13	10 · 11	15 · 20	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Pedro de la Rosa	8 · 13	12 · 11	2 · 20	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Robert Doornbos	8 · 18	12 · 13	2 · 21	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Robert Doornbos	15 · 18	14 · 13	20 · 21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Robert Doornbos · Scott Speed	18 · 19	13 · 18	21 · 23	Robert Doornbos	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Takuma Sato	15 · 20	14 · 15	20 · 23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Scott Speed · Takuma Sato	19 · 20	18 · 15	23 · 23	Same lap	Swapped places
Takuma Sato · Tiago Monteiro	20 · 21	15 · 16	23 · 25	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Tiago Monteiro · Sakon Yamamoto	21 · 22	16 · 17	25 · 20	Sakon Yamamoto	Kept their order
Scott Speed · Sakon Yamamoto	19 · 22	18 · 17	23 · 20	Sakon Yamamoto	Swapped places

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	1:45.349	—	—	18
2	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:46.138	+0.789	+0.789	21
3	Sebastian Vettel	BMW Sauber	38	1:46.585	+1.236	+0.447	20
4	Michael Ammermüller (never started a Grand Prix)	Red Bull Racing	37	1:47.162	+1.813	+0.577	21
5	Adrian Sutil	Midland	39	1:47.773	+2.424	+0.611	21
6	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:47.814	+2.465	+0.041	7
7	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:47.838	+2.489	+0.024	6
8	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	41	1:47.918	+2.569	+0.080	13
9	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:47.919	+2.570	+0.001	19
10	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:48.042	+2.693	+0.123	11
11	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	23	1:50.479	+5.130	+2.437	9
12	Mark Webber	Williams	9	—	—	—	1
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	—	—	—	1
14	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	—	—	—	1
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	—	—	—	2
16	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	15	—	—	—	1
17	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17	—	—	—	1
18	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	—	—	—	1
19	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	—	—	—	1
20	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	—	—	—	1
21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	—	—	—	1
22	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	—	—	—	4
23	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	—	—	—	1
24	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	—	—	—	1
25	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	—	—	—	1
26	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	—	—	—	1
27	Jenson Button	Honda	12	—	—	—	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	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:34.337	—	—	8
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:34.408	+0.071	+0.071	10
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:34.565	+0.228	+0.157	10
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:34.863	+0.526	+0.298	5
5	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:34.906	+0.569	+0.043	23
6	Sebastian Vettel	BMW Sauber	38	1:34.912	+0.575	+0.006	30
7	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:35.002	+0.665	+0.090	6
8	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	1:35.064	+0.727	+0.062	6
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:35.343	+1.006	+0.279	12
10	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:35.367	+1.030	+0.024	5
11	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:35.375	+1.038	+0.008	12
12	Michael Ammermüller (never started a Grand Prix)	Red Bull Racing	37	1:35.433	+1.096	+0.058	25
13	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:35.528	+1.191	+0.095	10
14	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:35.866	+1.529	+0.338	5
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:36.176	+1.839	+0.310	10
16	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:36.180	+1.843	+0.004	4
17	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:36.234	+1.897	+0.054	25
18	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17	1:36.299	+1.962	+0.065	5
19	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri	41	1:37.354	+3.017	+1.055	20
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:37.441	+3.104	+0.087	15
21	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:37.501	+3.164	+0.060	16
22	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:37.596	+3.259	+0.095	6
23	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:37.702	+3.365	+0.106	9
24	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:37.741	+3.404	+0.039	26
25	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	15	1:37.788	+3.451	+0.047	9
26	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:38.533	+4.196	+0.745	18
27	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:38.779	+4.442	+0.246	5
28	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	23	1:38.955	+4.618	+0.176	14
29	Adrian Sutil	Midland	39	1:43.914	+9.577	+4.959	14

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	1:30.653	—	—	13
2	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:31.863	+1.210	+1.210	15
3	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:32.310	+1.657	+0.447	12
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:32.527	+1.874	+0.217	13
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:32.555	+1.902	+0.028	14
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:32.590	+1.937	+0.035	15
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:32.730	+2.077	+0.140	18
8	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:32.730	+2.077	+0.000	12
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17	1:32.787	+2.134	+0.057	17
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:32.790	+2.137	+0.003	15
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:32.977	+2.324	+0.187	20
12	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	4	1:33.163	+2.510	+0.186	12
13	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:33.213	+2.560	+0.050	20
14	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:33.270	+2.617	+0.057	23
15	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:33.339	+2.686	+0.069	17
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:33.451	+2.798	+0.112	16
17	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	15	1:33.663	+3.010	+0.212	12
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:33.748	+3.095	+0.085	16
19	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:33.824	+3.171	+0.076	19
20	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:34.118	+3.465	+0.294	15
21	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	23	1:34.646	+3.993	+0.528	10
22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:34.727	+4.074	+0.081	20

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

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

Round: 17 of 2006
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Oct 2006
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
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.