| 2006 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship | |||
.svg) Circuit de Catalunya | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | May 14, 2006 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Telefónica de España 2006 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1] | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.627 km (2.875 miles) | ||
| Distance | 66 laps, 305.256 km (189.75 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Attendance | 131,200 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:14.648 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:16.648 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Renault | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Renault | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 2006 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Telefónica de España 2006)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the sixth round of the 2006 Formula One season and the forty-eighth Spanish Grand Prix. The 66-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team, from a pole position start. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Alonso's teammate Giancarlo Fisichella third.
As a consequence of the race, Alonso stretched his lead to fifteen points in the Drivers' Championship over Schumacher. Alonso's team, Renault, also increased their lead, but did so in the Constructors' Championship standings. This put them nineteen points ahead of Ferrari.
- ^ "2006 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Spanish". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2 January 2021.