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Bahrain Grand Prix

2006 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Round 1 of 18Bahrain International Circuit, SakhirMar 12 200657 laps

Podium

MSCFerrari

ALORenault

RAIMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerALO1:29:46.205 from P4

PoleMSC1:31.431

Fastest lapROS1:32.408 on lap 42

Pit stops45recorded stops

Finishers18 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	4	▲3	57	1:29:46.205	10	1:32.534	2
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	▼1	57	+1.246s	8	1:32.523	2
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	22	▲19	57	+19.360s	6	1:32.864	1
4	BUTJenson Button	Honda	3	▼1	57	+19.992s	5	1:32.729	2
5	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	5	–	57	+37.048s	4	1:32.771	2
6	WEBMark Webber	Williams	7	▲1	57	+41.932s	3	1:32.660	2
7	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	12	▲5	57	+63.043s	2	1:32.408	3
8	KLIChristian Klien	Red Bull	8	–	57	+66.771s	1	1:33.212	2
9	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	2	▼7	57	+69.907s		1:32.739	2
10	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	13	▲3	57	+75.541s		1:33.376	1
11	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	15	▲4	57	+85.997s		1:33.480	2
12	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	10	▼2	56	+1 lap		1:33.772	2
13	SPEScott Speed	Toro Rosso	16	▲3	56	+1 lap		1:33.108	2
14	RSCRalf Schumacher	Toyota	17	▲3	56	+1 lap		1:34.112	3
15	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	6	▼9	56	+1 lap		1:33.840	2
16	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	14	▼2	56	+1 lap		1:34.852	2
17	MONTiago Monteiro	Midland	PL		55	+2 laps		1:35.940	2
18	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	20	▲2	53	+4 laps		1:37.104	6
DNF	IDEYuji Ide	Super Aguri	21		35	Engine		1:38.302	3
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	11		29	Engine		1:33.694	1
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Renault	9		21	Hydraulics		1:34.320	1
DNF	ALBChristijan Albers	Midland	18		0	Driveshaft		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	SAT	18	15.3s
2	IDE	7	15.8s
3	MOY	44	25.4s
4	BUT	40	25.4s
5	RSC	41	25.5s
6	TRU	39	25.6s
7	RSC	26	25.8s
8	ROS	27	25.8s
9	RSC	12	25.9s
10	TRU	22	25.9s
11	BAR	38	25.9s
12	KLI	41	26.1s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 45 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.310	1:32.025	1:31.431
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:33.579	1:32.014	1:31.478	+0.047s
3	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:32.603	1:32.025	1:31.549	+0.118s
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:32.433	1:31.215	1:31.702	+0.271s
5	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	1:33.233	1:31.487	1:32.164	+0.733s
6	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:33.922	1:32.322	1:32.579	+1.148s
7	WEBMark Webber	Williams	1:33.454	1:32.309	1:33.006	+1.575s
8	KLIChristian Klien	Red Bull	1:34.308	1:32.106	1:33.112	+1.681s
9	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:32.934	1:31.831	1:33.496	+2.065s
10	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:33.374	1:31.958	1:33.926	+2.495s
11	VILJacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:33.882	1:32.456	–	+1.025s
12	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:32.945	1:32.620	–	+1.189s
13	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:33.678	1:32.850	–	+1.419s
14	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:33.987	1:33.066	–	+1.635s
15	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:34.439	1:33.416	–	+1.985s
16	SPEScott Speed	Toro Rosso	1:33.995	1:34.606	–	+3.175s
17	RSCRalf Schumacher	Toyota	1:34.702	–	–	+3.271s
18	ALBChristijan Albers	Midland	1:35.724	–	–	+4.293s
19	MONTiago Monteiro	Midland	1:35.900	–	–	+4.469s
20	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:37.411	–	–	+5.980s
21	IDEYuji Ide	Super Aguri	1:40.270	–	–	+8.839s
22	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	–	–	–

Bahrain International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2006. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

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