2006 British Grand Prix

2006 British Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Country = United Kingdom
Grand Prix = British
Date = 11 June
Year = 2006



Caption = The Silverstone Circuit modified in 2000
Race_No = 8
Season_No = 18
Official name = LIX Foster's British Grand Prix
Location = Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course = Permanent Road Facility
Course_mi = 3.194
Course_km = 5.141
Distance_laps = 60
Distance_mi = 191.603
Distance_km = 308.355
Weather = Fine
Pole_Driver = Fernando Alonso
Pole_Country = Spain
Pole_Team = Renault
Pole_Time = 1:20.253
Fast_Driver = Fernando Alonso
Fast_Country = Spain
Fast_Team = Renault
Fast_Time = 1:21.599
Fast_L

First_Driver = Fernando Alonso
First_Country = Spain
First_Team = Renault
Second_Driver = Michael Schumacher
Second_Country = Germany
Second_Team = Ferrari
Third_Driver = Kimi Räikkönen
Third_Country = Finland
Third_Team = McLaren-Mercedes
The 2006 British Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2006 Formula One World Championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 June 2006 at the Silverstone Circuit.

Ticket sales were rather slow; the race was scheduled far earlier than normal, and local Jenson Button had a rather poor season the previous year. When the race sold out in 2005, Button had been coming off one of his best years. Also, the weekend clashed with England's first World Cup game.

Button had a very poor qualifying run and started the race 19th; after a blinding first few laps, Jenson's engine caught fire on lap 9, due to an oil leak that also caused the car to spin out of the race. Scotsman David Coulthard also had a poor race suffering from understeer.

Fernando Alonso became the first Spanish driver and the youngest driver (24 years, 10 months, 13 days) to get the Hat Trick (pole position, winning and fastest lap in same Grand Prix). He fell one lap short of clinching the Grand Chelem.

This race also featured the first ever pit stop to have involved a woman, during a Midland F1 pit stop for Tiago Monteiro, ITV-F1 Pit Reporter Louise Goodman was the left rear tyre changer.

The only other noticeable incident of the race happened on the very first lap, when Scott Speed pushed Ralf Schumacher's Toyota right in the path of Mark Webber at the entrance on the Hangar Straight. Schumacher and Webber retired on the spot, while Speed crawled to the pits and drove straight into the garage at the end of lap 1.

Qualifying results

From [cite book|title=Formula One Yearbook 2006-2007|last=Domenjoz|first=Luc "et al"|publisher=Chronosports S.A.|pages=Page 132|isbn=2-84707-110-5] :

;Constructors' Championship standings

References

External links

* [http://www.manipef1.com/results/2006/britain.php Detailed British Grand Prix results]

Race Reports

* [http://www.formula1.com/news/4485.html Formula1.com]
* [http://www.itv-f1.com/Silverstone.aspx?Type=SILVERSTONE_NEWS&PO_ID=36247 ITV-F1.com]
* [http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=120743 F1Racing.net]
* [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=221065&FS=F1 Motorsport.com]
* [http://www.manipef1.com/news/2006/index.php?id=1006 ManipeF1.com]

F1 race report
Name_of_race = British Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 2006
Previous_race_in_season = 2006 Monaco Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 2006 Canadian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 2005 British Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 2007 British Grand Prix


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