2006 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

The '2006 Italian Grand Prix' was the fifteenth race of the 2006 Formula One season. It was held on 8 September–10 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Immediately following the race, Michael Schumacher announced that he would retire from motor racing at the end of the 2006 season.

Contents

Friday Drivers

Qualifying results

Race results

Notes

References

Friday Drivers

Team	Nat	Driver
Williams-Cosworth		Alexander Wurz
Honda		Anthony Davidson
Red Bull-Ferrari		Robert Doornbos
BMW Sauber-BMW		Sebastian Vettel
Spyker MF1-Toyota		Giorgio Mondini
Toro Rosso-Cosworth		Neel Jani
Super Aguri-Honda		Franck Montagny

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team/Engine	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	'1:21.484'	1:21.349	1:21.994
2		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.486	1:21.353	'1:21.711'
3		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:21.653	1:21.425	1:21.764
4		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:21.704	'1:21.225'	1:22.028
5		Jenson Button	Honda	1:22.011	1:21.572	1:22.512
6		Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:22.258	1:21.270	1:22.437
7		Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.280	1:21.878	1:22.422
8		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:22.787	1:21.688	1:22.640
9		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:23.175	1:21.722	1:22.486
10		Fernando Alonso ★	Renault	1:25.688	1:21.526	1:21.747
11		Jarno Trulli	Toyota		1:21.924	1:22.093
12		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth		1:22.203	1:22.581
13		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota		1:22.280	1:22.622
14		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari		1:22.589	1:22.618
15		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth		1:23.165	1:22.943
16		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari		—	1:22.898
17		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth			1:23.043
18		Christijan Albers	Spyker MF1-Toyota			1:23.116
19		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth			1:23.341
20		Tiago Monteiro	Spyker MF1-Toyota			1:23.920
21		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda			1:24.289
22		Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda			1:26.001

'Notes'

★
★ Fernando Alonso originally qualified with a time of 1:21.829 in Q3, but had his three fastest Q3 times deleted, effectively demoting him from fifth to tenth, after Monza stewards penalized him for impeding Ferrari's Felipe Massa during qualifying.^[1]

Race results

Pos	No	Nat	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5		'Michael Schumacher'	'Ferrari'	53	1'14:51.975	2	'10'
2	3		'Kimi Räikkönen'	'McLaren-Mercedes'	53	+8.046 secs	1	'8'
3	17		'Robert Kubica'	'BMW Sauber-BMW'	53	+26.414 secs	6	'6'
4	2		'Giancarlo Fisichella'	'Renault'	53	+32.045 secs	9	'5'
5	12		'Jenson Button'	'Honda'	53	+32.685 secs	5	'4'
6	11		'Rubens Barrichello'	'Honda'	53	+42.409 secs	8	'3'
7	8		'Jarno Trulli'	'Toyota'	53	+44.662 secs	11	'2'
8	16		'Nick Heidfeld'	'BMW Sauber-BMW'	53	+45.309 secs	3	'1'
9	6		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	+45.995 secs	4
10	9		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	53	+72.602 secs	19
11	15		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	16
12	14		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	14
13	21		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	52	+1 lap	15
14	20		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	52	+1 lap	17
15	7		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	52	+1 lap	13
16	22		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	51	+2 laps	21
17	19		Christijan Albers	Spyker MF1-Toyota	51	+2 laps	18
Ret	18		Tiago Monteiro	Spyker MF1-Toyota	44	Brakes	20
Ret	1		Fernando Alonso	Renault	43	Engine	10
Ret	4		Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	20	Engine	7
Ret	23		Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda	18	Hydraulics	22
Ret	10		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	9	Driveshaft	12

Notes

★ Fastest Lap: Kimi Räikkönen: 1:22.559 (lap 13)

★ Lap Leaders: Kimi Räikkönen 1-15, Michael Schumacher 16; 23-53, Robert Kubica 17-22

★ At the Press Conference following the race Michael Schumacher announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2006 season.

★ Robert Kubica achieved his first career podium finish, in only his third Grand Prix.

★ The race was also the first race to see the introduction of a new High Speed Barrier developed by the FIA Institute and the FIA. The system, which was installed at the end of the run-off areas at the circuit’s second chicane and ''Parabolica'' corners, was designed for use at corners with high speed approaches and limited run-off areas.^[2]

References

1. Alonso punished for blocking Massa
2.
The High Speed Safety Barrier FIA.com. Retrieved 4 October 2006