2006 Japanese Grand Prix

2006 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 17 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
The Suzuka circuit
The Suzuka circuit
Race details
Date 8 October 2006
Official name 2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.807 km (3.608 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 307.573 km (191.117 miles)
Weather Fine
Attendance 361,000[1]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:29.599
Fastest lap
Driver Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
Time 1:32.676 on lap 14
Podium
First Renault
Second Ferrari
Third Renault
Lap leaders

The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One race held on 8 October 2006 at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, Japan. It was the seventeenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Japanese Grand Prix. It was won by Fernando Alonso, his last win for the Renault team before he moved to McLaren the following season.

It was the 20th Grand Prix to be held at Suzuka. It was the first Formula One race to be filmed and broadcast in high-definition television. However the Fuji Television broadcast was only available in Japan.[3]

  1. ^ "Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Japan". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ ZAKZAK Archived 2007-05-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)