2006 Turkish Grand Prix
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season. | ||
 The Istanbul Park Circuit |
||
| Date | 27 August 2006 | |
| Official name | II Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix | |
| Location | Istanbul Racing Circuit, Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.32 mi / 5.34 km |
|
| Distance | 58 laps, 192.56 mi / 309.72 km | |
| Weather | Sunny, hot | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:26.907 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:28.005 on lap 55 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
| Second |  Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
| Third | Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
The 2006 Turkish Grand Prix was the fourteenth race of the 2006 Formula One season. It was held on 25 August–27 August at Istanbul Park, Istanbul.
The race marked the first pole position for Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.
The start of the race was affected by a multi-car accident entering the first corner. Massa, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella all battled for position entering the first corner, but Fisichella (in fourth place) spun, causing a chain reaction behind him.
During the chain reaction, Scott Speed collided with the McLaren of Kimi Räikkönen, causing a puncture to one of Räikkönen's rear tires. Räikkönen pitted for a new tire, but he had another rear tire issue, due to damaged bodywork affecting his rear tires, the next lap that sent him straight off the outside of turn 4 and into a barrier.
Nick Heidfeld, Fisichella and Scott Speed all needed repairs from the incident, as did Ralf Schumacher and the Midland of Tiago Monteiro, who retired.
At lap 13, Vitantonio Liuzzi, who had climbed to seventh place in the first corner chaos but was dropping back, lost control entering the first turn and spun, stalling the engine. The car was left stranded on the racing line at the exit of the corner, and the Safety Car was deployed. Massa, Michael Schumacher, Alonso, Jenson Button, Robert Kubica and Mark Webber all came in to make pit stops whilst the Safety Car circulated. The first four drivers stayed at the front, but Webber and Kubica dropped to near the back of the pack. Alonso, however, was able to jump Schumacher, as his title rival was forced to 'stack' behind Massa before the mechanics could set to work on his car.
The final 15 laps of the race were focused on Alonso and Michael Schumacher, who fought for second place as part of their championship battle. Schumacher pursued Alonso for the last laps, but was unable to catch Alonso until the final corners of the final lap. Schumacher was right on the gearbox of Alonso exiting the last corner, but did not get past.
The winner of the race was Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. This was Massa's first career Formula One victory, making it the second Formula One race in a row with a first-time winner (following Jenson Button's first win, at Hungary three weeks earlier). The previous time this has happened was in 2003, when the Malaysian Grand Prix was won by Kimi Räikkönen and the following race, the Brazilian Grand Prix was won by Giancarlo Fisichella.
Contents |
[edit] Podium display becomes international political incident
The podium display after the race caused a controversy, when winner Felipe Massa received the trophy from Mehmet Ali Talat, who was referred to as the "President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." This breakaway area of the island of Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey. The government of the Republic of Cyprus filed an official complaint with the FIA, the body governing the Formula One world championship. After investigating the incident, the FIA fined the organizers of the Grand Prix $5 million on September 19, 2006.[1]
[edit] Friday Drivers
[edit] Qualifying results
| Pos | Nat | Name | Constructor | Part 3 | Part 2 | Part 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.907 | 1:27.059 | 1:27.306 |
| 2 | |
Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:27.284 | 1:25.850 | 1:27.385 |
| 3 | |
Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:27.321 | 1:26.917 | 1:27.861 |
| 4 |  |
Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:27.564 | 1:27.346 | 1:28.175 |
| 5 | |
Ralf Schumacher* | Toyota | 1:27.569 | 1:27.062 | 1:27.668 |
| 6 | |
Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:27.785 | 1:27.251 | 1:28.200 |
| 7 |  |
Jenson Button | Honda | 1:27.790 | 1:26.872 | 1:28.222 |
| 8 |  |
Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.866 | 1:27.202 | 1:28.236 |
| 9 |  |
Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:28.167 | 1:27.405 | 1:28.212 |
| 10 |  |
Mark Webber | Williams-Cosworth | 1:29.436 | 1:27.608 | 1:28.307 |
| 11 |  |
Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:27.852 | 1:28.271 | |
| 12 | |
Pedro de la Rosa | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.897 | 1:28.403 | |
| 13 | |
Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.973 | 1:28.549 | |
| 14 | |
Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:28.257 | 1:28.411 | |
| 15 | |
Nico Rosberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:28.386 | 1:28.889 | |
| 16 |  |
Christijan Albers* | MF1-Toyota | 1:28.639 | 1:29.021 | |
| 17 | |
David Coulthard | Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:29.136 | ||
| 18 |  |
Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:29.158 | ||
| 19 | |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:29.250 | ||
| 20 |  |
Tiago Monteiro | MF1-Toyota | 1:29.901 | ||
| 21 |  |
Sakon Yamamoto | Super Aguri-Honda | 1:30.607 | ||
| 22 | |
Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 1:30.850 |
*: Ralf Schumacher and Christijan Albers both received 10 place grid penalties due to engine changes, therefore Ralf started 15th, and Albers started 22nd.
[edit] Race results
| Pos | No | Nat | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 58 | 1:28:51.082 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | |
Fernando Alonso | Renault | 58 | +5.575 secs | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | |
Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 58 | +5.656 secs | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 12 | |
Jenson Button | Honda | 58 | +12.334 secs | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | |
Pedro de la Rosa | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +45.908 secs | 11 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | |
Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 58 | +46.594 secs | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | |
Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 58 | +59.337 secs | 15 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | |
Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 58 | +60.034 secs | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | |
Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 57 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| 10 | 9 | |
Mark Webber | Williams-Cosworth | 57 | +1 lap | 9 | |
| 11 | 15 | |
Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 57 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 12 | 17 | |
Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 57 | +1 lap | 8 | |
| 13 | 21 | |
Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 57 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 14 | 16 | |
Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 56 | +2 laps | 5 | |
| 15 | 14 | |
David Coulthard | Red Bull-Ferrari | 55 | Gearbox | 16 | |
| Ret | 19 | |
Christijan Albers | MF1-Toyota | 46 | Spin | 22 | |
| NC | 22 | |
Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 41 | +17 laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 10 | |
Nico Rosberg | Williams-Cosworth | 25 | Water leak | 14 | |
| Ret | 23 | |
Sakon Yamamoto | Super Aguri-Honda | 23 | Spin | 20 | |
| Ret | 20 | |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 12 | Spin | 18 | |
| Ret | 3 | |
Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1 | Collision | 7 | |
| Ret | 18 | |
Tiago Monteiro | MF1-Toyota | 0 | Collision | 19 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Previous race: 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 2006 season |
Next race: 2006 Italian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2005 Turkish Grand Prix |
Turkish Grand Prix | Next race: 2007 Turkish Grand Prix |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
