2006 Australian Grand Prix

2006 Australian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Albert Park Street Circuit
Albert Park Street Circuit
Race details
Date 2 April 2006
Official name 2006 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Location Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance 57 laps, 302.271 km (187.823 miles)
Scheduled distance 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather Cloudy with sunny breaks. Air temperature 20°C
Attendance 103,000[1]
Pole position
Driver Honda
Time 1:25.229
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:26.045 on lap 57
Podium
First Renault
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Toyota
Lap leaders

The 2006 Australian Grand Prix (officially the 2006 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One motor race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne on 2 April 2006. It was the third race of the 2006 Formula One season.

The race was won by Renault's Fernando Alonso (Renault's third win from three races), with the McLaren of Kimi Räikkönen second. Ralf Schumacher finished in third place to take the last podium of his career with the Toyota team. Polesitter Jenson Button retired from the race when his engine blew on the final lap. He eventually stopped roughly ten metres from the finish line, losing a points scoring position (fifth place) in the process.

This was the last race until the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix that neither Ferrari was classified.[3]

  1. ^ "Aussie GP to revert to opening race in 2007". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 April 2006.
  2. ^ "2006 FORMULA 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix - Race". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "F1 Mexican Grand Prix: Ferrari counts costs of first double DNF since 2006". crash.net. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.