2006 Malaysian Grand Prix

Circuit: Sepang International CircuitSepang, Malaysia
Winner: Giancarlo FisichellaRenault
Pole: Giancarlo Fisichella
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Entries: 2214 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R26	1	56	Finished	10
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R26	7	56	Finished	8	fastest lap
3	Jenson Button	Honda	RA106	2	56	Finished	6
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	MP4-21	5	56	Finished	5
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	248 F1	21	56	Finished	4
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	248 F1	14	56	Finished	3
7	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	F1.06	10	56	Finished	2
8	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	22	56	Finished	1
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	9	55	Finished	0
10	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	RA106	20	55	Finished	0
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	13	54	Finished	0
12	Christijan Albers	Midland	M16	15	54	Finished	0
13	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	M16	16	54	Finished	0
14	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	—	17	53	Finished	0
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.06	11	48	Engine	0
DNF	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR1	12	41	Clutch	0
DNF	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	—	18	33	Throttle	0
DNF	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	RB2	8	26	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	FW28	4	15	Hydraulics	0
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB2	19	10	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW28	3	6	Engine	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-21	6	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
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	1	56
Fernando Alonso	7	2	56
Jenson Button	2	3	56
Juan Pablo Montoya	5	4	56
Felipe Massa	21	5	56
Michael Schumacher	14	6	56
Jacques Villeneuve	10	7	56
Ralf Schumacher	22	8	56
Jarno Trulli	9	9	55
Rubens Barrichello	20	10	55
Vitantonio Liuzzi	13	11	54
Christijan Albers	15	12	54
Tiago Monteiro	16	13	54
Takuma Sato	17	14	53
Nick Heidfeld	11	DNF	48
Scott Speed	12	DNF	41
Yuji Ide	18	DNF	33
Christian Klien	8	DNF	26
Mark Webber	4	DNF	15
David Coulthard	19	DNF	10
Nico Rosberg	3	DNF	6
Kimi Raikkonen	6	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:35.488	1:33.623	1:33.840	—	—
2	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:35.023	1:33.527	1:33.986	+0.146	+0.146
3	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:35.105	1:34.563	1:34.626	+0.786	+0.640
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:35.810	1:34.574	1:34.668	+0.828	+0.042
5	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:35.252	1:34.279	1:34.672	+0.832	+0.004
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:34.536	1:34.568	1:34.916	+1.076	+0.244
7	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:34.667	1:34.351	1:34.983	+1.143	+0.067
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:35.514	1:33.997	1:35.747	+1.907	+0.764
9	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:35.171	1:34.537	1:38.715	+4.875	+2.968
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:35.214	1:34.586	—	—	—
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:34.839	1:34.614	—	—	—
12	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:35.526	1:34.683	—	—	—
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:35.517	1:34.702	—	—	—
14	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:35.391	1:34.752	—	—	—
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:35.588	1:34.783	—	—	—
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.091	—	—	—	—
17	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:36.297	—	—	—	—
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:36.581	—	—	—	—
19	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:37.426	—	—	—	—
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:37.819	—	—	—	—
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:39.011	—	—	—	—
22	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:40.720	—	—	—	—

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
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	56	2	17, 38
Fernando Alonso	2	56	2	26, 43
Jenson Button	3	56	2	19, 38
Juan Pablo Montoya	4	56	2	23, 42
Felipe Massa	5	56	1	29
Michael Schumacher	6	56	2	23, 45
Jacques Villeneuve	7	56	2	23, 41
Ralf Schumacher	8	56	3	13, 22, 38
Jarno Trulli	9	55	2	20, 36
Rubens Barrichello	10	55	2	31, 36
Vitantonio Liuzzi	11	54	3	1, 19, 37
Christijan Albers	12	54	2	19, 37
Tiago Monteiro	13	54	2	12, 36
Takuma Sato	14	53	2	19, 39
Nick Heidfeld	DNF	48	2	24, 42
Scott Speed	DNF	41	1	22
Yuji Ide	DNF	33	1	16
Christian Klien	DNF	26	2	1, 4
Mark Webber	DNF	15	1	14
David Coulthard	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Nico Rosberg	DNF	6	0	None recorded
Kimi Raikkonen	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
Giancarlo Fisichella · Fernando Alonso	1 · 7	1 · 2	17 · 26	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jenson Button	1 · 2	1 · 3	17 · 19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	2 · 7	3 · 2	19 · 26	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Juan Pablo Montoya	2 · 5	3 · 4	19 · 23	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Felipe Massa	5 · 21	4 · 5	23 · 29	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Felipe Massa	14 · 21	6 · 5	23 · 29	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Felipe Massa	20 · 21	10 · 5	31 · 29	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Ralf Schumacher	21 · 22	5 · 8	29 · 13	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Michael Schumacher	10 · 14	7 · 6	23 · 23	Same lap	Swapped places
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Michael Schumacher	13 · 14	11 · 6	1 · 23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Christijan Albers	14 · 15	6 · 12	23 · 19	Christijan Albers	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jacques Villeneuve	9 · 10	9 · 7	20 · 23	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Ralf Schumacher	10 · 22	7 · 8	23 · 13	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Ralf Schumacher	9 · 22	9 · 8	20 · 13	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Rubens Barrichello	9 · 20	9 · 10	20 · 31	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Rubens Barrichello	13 · 20	11 · 10	1 · 31	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Christijan Albers	13 · 15	11 · 12	1 · 19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Christijan Albers · Tiago Monteiro	15 · 16	12 · 13	19 · 12	Tiago Monteiro	Kept their order
Tiago Monteiro · Takuma Sato	16 · 17	13 · 14	12 · 19	Tiago Monteiro	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	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:34.946	—	—	19
2	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:35.733	+0.787	+0.787	22
3	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:35.997	+1.051	+0.264	25
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:36.709	+1.763	+0.712	4
5	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:37.042	+2.096	+0.333	7
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:37.043	+2.097	+0.001	4
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:37.557	+2.611	+0.514	18
8	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:37.604	+2.658	+0.047	18
9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:37.826	+2.880	+0.222	9
10	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:38.448	+3.502	+0.622	5
11	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:38.668	+3.722	+0.220	21
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:38.837	+3.891	+0.169	8
13	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:39.599	+4.653	+0.762	14
14	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:39.899	+4.953	+0.300	8
15	Giorgio Mondini (never started a Grand Prix)	Midland	39	1:40.092	+5.146	+0.193	22
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:40.123	+5.177	+0.031	8
17	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:40.608	+5.662	+0.485	12
18	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:41.072	+6.126	+0.464	18
19	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:43.449	+8.503	+2.377	19
20	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	—	—	—	1
21	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	—	—	—	2
22	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	—	—	—	2
23	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	—	—	—	1
24	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	—	—	—	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	Anthony Davidson	Honda	36	1:35.041	—	—	14
2	Alexander Wurz	Williams	35	1:35.388	+0.347	+0.347	30
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:35.806	+0.765	+0.418	14
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:35.924	+0.883	+0.118	22
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:36.132	+1.091	+0.208	15
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:36.182	+1.141	+0.050	14
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:36.617	+1.576	+0.435	17
8	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:36.661	+1.620	+0.044	12
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:37.045	+2.004	+0.384	9
10	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:37.270	+2.229	+0.225	13
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:37.317	+2.276	+0.047	23
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:37.418	+2.377	+0.101	7
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	38	1:37.457	+2.416	+0.039	28
14	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:37.463	+2.422	+0.006	12
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:37.590	+2.549	+0.127	22
16	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:37.603	+2.562	+0.013	8
17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:37.695	+2.654	+0.092	20
18	Neel Jani (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	40	1:37.831	+2.790	+0.136	23
19	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:37.926	+2.885	+0.095	21
20	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:38.081	+3.040	+0.155	5
21	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:38.205	+3.164	+0.124	6
22	Giorgio Mondini (never started a Grand Prix)	Midland	39	1:38.256	+3.215	+0.051	20
23	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:38.644	+3.603	+0.388	10
24	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:38.918	+3.877	+0.274	20
25	Robert Doornbos	Red Bull Racing	37	1:39.105	+4.064	+0.187	28
26	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:39.416	+4.375	+0.311	20
27	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:41.549	+6.508	+2.133	22
28	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:43.164	+8.123	+1.615	16

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	1:34.126	—	—	16
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	1:34.180	+0.054	+0.054	13
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	1:34.585	+0.459	+0.405	13
4	Jenson Button	Honda	12	1:34.616	+0.490	+0.031	20
5	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:34.815	+0.689	+0.199	12
6	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	3	1:34.854	+0.728	+0.039	10
7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	7	1:35.040	+0.914	+0.186	7
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams	10	1:35.242	+1.116	+0.202	14
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:35.639	+1.513	+0.397	14
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1:35.690	+1.564	+0.051	19
11	Mark Webber	Williams	9	1:35.700	+1.574	+0.010	11
12	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	17	1:36.144	+2.018	+0.444	9
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	1:36.505	+2.379	+0.361	13
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	20	1:36.549	+2.423	+0.044	15
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	11	1:36.655	+2.529	+0.106	13
16	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	4	1:37.053	+2.927	+0.398	8
17	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:37.148	+3.022	+0.095	21
18	Christijan Albers	Midland	19	1:37.232	+3.106	+0.084	18
19	Scott Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso	21	1:37.437	+3.311	+0.205	19
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	18	1:37.900	+3.774	+0.463	17
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	1:38.821	+4.695	+0.921	15
22	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	23	1:40.542	+6.416	+1.721	18

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: 2 of 2006
Grand Prix: Malaysian Grand Prix
Dates: 19 Mar 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.