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Japanese Grand Prix

2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 17 of 18Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 8 200653 laps

Podium

MASFerrari

ALORenault

FISRenault

Key facts

WinnerALO1:23:53.413 from P5

PoleMAS1:29.599

Fastest lapALO1:32.676 on lap 14

Pit stops44recorded stops

Finishers18 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	5	▲4	53	1:23:53.413	10	1:32.676	2
2	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1	▼1	53	+16.151s	8	1:33.296	2
3	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	▲3	53	+23.953s	6	1:33.564	2
4	BUTJenson Button	Honda	7	▲3	53	+34.101s	5	1:33.451	2
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	11	▲6	53	+43.596s	4	1:33.344	2
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	4	▼2	53	+46.717s	3	1:33.866	2
7	RSCRalf Schumacher	Toyota	3	▼4	53	+48.869s	2	1:33.607	2
8	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	9	▲1	53	+76.095s	1	1:34.525	2
9	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	12	▲3	53	+76.932s		1:33.509	2
10	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	10	–	52	+1 lap		1:34.802	2
11	DLRPedro De la Rosa	McLaren	13	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:34.120	2
12	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	8	▼4	52	+1 lap		1:34.071	3
13	DOORobert Doornbos	Red Bull	18	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:35.099	2
14	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	15	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:34.131	2
15	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	20	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:35.082	2
16	MONTiago Monteiro	Midland	21	▲5	51	+2 laps		1:35.260	2
17	YAMSakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	22	▲5	50	+3 laps		1:35.594	3
18	SPEScott Speed	Toro Rosso	19	▲1	48	+5 laps		1:34.560	2
DNF	WEBMark Webber	Williams	14		39	Accident		1:35.092	2
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2		36	Engine		1:32.792	2
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	17		35	Gearbox		1:35.052	2
DNF	ALBChristijan Albers	Midland	16		20	Driveshaft		1:36.036

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	RAI	41	19.9s
2	DOO	21	20.8s
3	DLR	40	21.2s
4	RSC	13	21.3s
5	TRU	12	21.5s
6	BAR	41	21.5s
7	COU	18	21.6s
8	HEI	36	21.7s
9	BUT	37	21.8s
10	SPE	23	21.8s
11	ALO	35	21.8s
12	MSC	36	22.0s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 44 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:30.112	1:29.830	1:29.599
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.279	1:28.954	1:29.711	+0.112s
3	RSCRalf Schumacher	Toyota	1:30.595	1:30.299	1:29.989	+0.390s
4	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:30.420	1:30.204	1:30.039	+0.440s
5	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:30.976	1:30.357	1:30.371	+0.772s
6	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:31.696	1:30.306	1:30.599	+1.000s
7	BUTJenson Button	Honda	1:30.847	1:30.268	1:30.992	+1.393s
8	BARRubens Barrichello	Honda	1:31.972	1:30.598	1:31.478	+1.879s
9	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.811	1:30.470	1:31.513	+1.914s
10	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:30.585	1:30.321	1:31.856	+2.257s
11	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:32.080	1:30.827	–	+1.228s
12	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.204	1:31.094	–	+1.495s
13	DLRPedro De la Rosa	McLaren	1:31.581	1:31.254	–	+1.655s
14	WEBMark Webber	Williams	1:31.647	1:31.276	–	+1.677s
15	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:31.741	1:31.943	–	+2.344s
16	ALBChristijan Albers	Midland	1:32.221	1:33.750	–	+4.151s
17	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:32.252	–	–	+2.653s
18	DOORobert Doornbos	Red Bull	1:32.402	–	–	+2.803s
19	SPEScott Speed	Toro Rosso	1:32.867	–	–	+3.268s
20	SATTakuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:33.666	–	–	+4.067s
21	MONTiago Monteiro	Midland	1:33.709	–	–	+4.110s
22	YAMSakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri	–	–	–

Suzuka Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams

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