2006 United States Grand Prix

The 2006 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 2, 2006 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Summary

The race started with two big accidents at the first corner, which took out 7 cars. At Turn 1, Mark Webber collided with Christian Klien, who then spun around and was taken out by Franck Montagny. In Turn 2, Juan Pablo Montoya nudged his team-mate Kimi Räikkönen into a spin. Montoya then clouted Jenson Button whose front right tyre got caught by BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld who was launched into a triple barrel roll; Montoya also caught Scuderia Toro Rosso's Scott Speed in the incident. None of the drivers were injured. After that, the order stayed the same at the front, the only action being a battle at the back between David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Rosberg being the loser and suffering the title of being the only finishing driver not to score in the race.

Qualifying

From :

Pos	Nat	Name	Constructor	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:10.832	1:10.636	1:11.588
2		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:11.435	1:11.146	1:11.088
3		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:11.920	1:11.200	1:12.287
4		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:12.109	1:11.263	1:12.156
5		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:12.449	1:11.877	1:12.416
6		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:12.479	1:11.724	1:12.114
7		Jenson Button	Honda	1:12.523	1:11.865	1:12.238
8		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:12.795	1:11.673	1:11.879
9		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.174	1:12.135	1:12.777
10		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:15.280	1:11.718	1:11.891
11		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes		1:12.150	1:12.477
12		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth		1:12.292	1:12.935
13		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth		1:12.792	1:13.167
14		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota		1:12.854	1:12.711
15		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota		1:12.864	1:12.627
16		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari		1:12.925	1:12.773
17		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari			1:13.180
18		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda			1:13.496
19		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth			1:13.506
20		Jarno Trulli	Toyota			1:13.787
21		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth			1:14.041
22		Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda			1:16.036

Classification

From :

Pos	No	Nat	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	73	1:34:35.199	1	10
2	6		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	73	+7.984	2	8
3	2		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	73	+16.595	3	6
4	8		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	73	+23.604	22	5
5	1		Fernando Alonso	Renault	73	+28.410	5	4
6	11		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	73	+36.513	4	3
7	14		David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	72	+1 lap	17	2
8	20		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	72	+1 lap	20	1
9	10		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	72	+1 lap	21
Ret	7		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	62	+11 Laps	8
Ret	19		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	37	Transmission	14
Ret	17		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	23	Engine	6
Ret	18		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	9	Accident damage	15
Ret	22		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	6	Accident	18
Ret	12		Jenson Button	Honda	3	Accident damage	7
Ret	3		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	0	Accident	9
Ret	16		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	0	Accident	10
Ret	4		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	0	Accident	11
Ret	9		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	0	Accident	12
Ret	21		Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	0	Accident	13
Ret	15		Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	0	Accident	16
Ret	23		Franck Montagny	Super Aguri-Honda	0	Accident	19

Notes

• Jarno Trulli's car was still being repaired when cars were sent to parc fermé. Because of that, Trulli had to start from the pit lane. His place in the grid was filled.
• Nico Rosberg was penalised for ignoring a signal during the qualification session, requiring him to get his car weighed at the FIA garage. The FIA canceled all Nico's qualifying times, and he started from the 21st position.
• Vitantonio Liuzzi had the engine of his car changed, and he started from 20th position on the grid.

• The cause of the first seven retirements were two separate incidents at the 1st and 2nd corners.
• First point: Scuderia Toro Rosso
• This is, to this date, the last race of Juan Pablo Montoya in Formula 1, due to the events following his announcement on July 9, 2006 of changing to NASCAR for 2007 season.

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	88
2	Michael Schumacher	69
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	43
4	Kimi Räikkönen	39
5	Felipe Massa	36

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Renault	131
2	Ferrari	105
3	McLaren–Mercedes	65
4	Honda	32
5	BMW Sauber	19

References

External links

• Detailed United States Grand Prix results

References