2006 German Grand Prix

The Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland (Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Germany) was the twelfth race of the 2006 Formula One season. It was held on 28 July–30 at the Hockenheimring. The Grand Prix weekend got off to a controversial start when the mass damper system fitted by Renault was deemed legal by the FIA appointed stewards despite the FIA banning the use of them. The FIA appealed against the steward's decision but there was no need as Renault withdrew the system after Friday practice to avoid further sanctions.

Kimi Räikkönen took pole position, but it proved artificial as McLaren had inadvertently not put as much fuel as intended in his car before qualifying. His early pitstop left him unable to challenge at the front, and the way was left clear for Ferrari to score a dominant 1-2. Perhaps due to the damper issue, Renault was not competitive, although Fernando Alonso was notably outperformed by team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella.

Qualifying results

From :

Pos	Nat	Name	Constructor	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.070	1:14.410	1:15.214
2		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:14.205	1:13.778	1:14.904
3		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:14.569	1:14.094	1:14.412
4		Jenson Button	Honda	1:14:862	1:14:378	1:15.869
5		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:14.894	1:14.540	1:15.916
6		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:14:934	1:14.652	1:15.757
7		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:15.282	1:14.746	1:15.518
8		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:15.923	1:14.743	1:15.789
9		Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.936	1:15.021	1:15.655
10		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	1:16.326	1:14.826	1:15.836
11		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth		1:15.094	1:15.719
12		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari		1:15.141	1:15.816
13		Jarno Trulli	Toyota		1:15.150	1:15.430
14		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber		1:15:329	1:16.281
15		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth		1:15.380	1:16.183
16		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber		1:15.397	1:16.234
17		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth			1:16.399
18		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota			1:17.093
19		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda			1:17.185
20		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota			1:17.836
21		Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda			1:20.444
22		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth			No Time

Race Results

From :

Pos	No	Nat	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	67	1:27:51.693	2	10
2	6		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+0.7	3	8
3	3		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+13.2	1	6
4	12		Jenson Button	Honda	67	+18.8	4	5
5	1		Fernando Alonso	Renault	67	+23.7	7	4
6	2		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	67	+24.8	5	3
7	8		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	67	+26.5	20	2
8	15		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	67	+48.1	12	1
9	7		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	67	+60.3	8
10	20		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	66	+1 lap	16
11	14		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	66	+1 lap	10
12	21		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	66	+1 lap	19
Ret	9		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	59	Water Leak	11
Ret	22		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	38	Gearbox	17
Ret	17		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	30	Accident	13
Ret	11		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	18	Engine	6
Ret	16		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	9	Brakes	15
Ret	4		Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	2	Fuel Pump	9
Ret	23		Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri-Honda	1	Driveshaft	22
Ret	10		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	0	Accident	14
DSQ*	19		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	66	+1 lap	21
DSQ*	18		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	66	+1 lap	18

Notes

• Jarno Trulli and Christijan Albers received 10-place grid penalties for engine changes.
• It was Sakon Yamamoto's first race.
• Sakon Yamamoto started from pit lane because of changing car after qualifying.
• Lap leaders: Kimi Räikkönen, 1–9; Michael Schumacher, 10–67.
• This was the first time that Räikkönen had managed to finish at Hockenheim. He was lucky though as his engine blew after the race towards the podium
• Both Midland F1 cars were disqualified after the race for having illegally flexing rear wings.
• This was the final F1 race of Jacques Villeneuve having been dropped by the BMW team, citing a failure to recover sufficiently from an accident occurring during this Grand Prix.

Standings after the race

Note, only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	100
2	Michael Schumacher	89
3	Felipe Massa	50
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	49
5	Kimi Räikkönen	49

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Renault	149
2	Ferrari	139
3	McLaren–Mercedes	77
4	Honda	37
5	Toyota	23

External links

• Detailed German Grand Prix results

References