2006 Canadian Grand Prix

2006 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 25 June 2006
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2006
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Sunny and warm with temperatures reaching up to 28 °C (82 °F); wind speeds up to 4.1 kilometres per hour (2.5 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:14.942
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:15.841 on lap 22
Podium
First
Renault
Second
Ferrari
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Jenson Button out-qualified his Honda teammate Rubens Barrichello and took the eighth place on the grid.
Nico Rosberg qualified in sixth place but retired on the first lap of the race.
Fernando Alonso during his pole position lap.
Michael Schumacher qualified his Ferrari 248 F1 in fifth position.
The two Midland drivers, Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro, collided on the first lap of the race.
Giancarlo Fisichella finished in fourth after qualifying second because of a drive-through penalty during the race.
The Toyota drivers, Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher, during the race. Ralf eventually retired on lap 58.
Barrichello and Klien battling during the race.

The 2006 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2006)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 25 June 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the ninth race of the 2006 Formula One season.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "2006 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. ^ "Canada". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 28 December 2020.