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The 2006 European Grand Prix (formally the 2006 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe) was a
;Notes
* – Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg both had their engines changed, and were both dropped ten places on the grid on Sunday. They started the race in 19th and 22nd places respectively.
* – Jacques Villeneuve originally qualified 8th with a time of 1:31.542, but his fastest three laps from the third qualifying session were deleted due to blocking the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella.
Detailed European Grand Prix results
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Formula One
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motor race held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany
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on 7 May 2006.
The 60-lap race was the fifth round of the 2006 Formula One season
The 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 60th season of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 57th Formula One World Championship which began on 12 March and ended on 22 October after eighteen races. The Drivers' Championshi ...
. It was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (; ; born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Lewis ...
who took his second victory of the season. Polesitter Fernando Alonso finished in second position for the Renault
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team, whilst the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa achieved his first podium finish of the season with third place.
Franck Montagny
Franck Montagny (born 5 January 1978) is a retired French professional racing driver. He briefly raced for the Super Aguri Formula One team in 2006.
Early career
Born in Feurs, Loire, Montagny started racing karts there in 1988, winning the cade ...
made his Formula One début, becoming the first French F1 driver since Olivier Panis
Olivier Panis (; born 2 September 1966) is a French former racing driver. Panis raced in Formula One for ten seasons, earning his first and only win at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix for the Ligier team.
He is the father of racing driver Auréli ...
at the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix.
Report
Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship andSuper Aguri
Super Aguri F1 was a Formula One team that competed from to . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was based in Tokyo, Japan, but operated from the former Arrows factory at the Leafield Technical Centre, Oxfordshire, England. T ...
were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.
Franck Montagny was originally scheduled to act as the third driver for Super Aguri, but was promoted to a race seat after team driver Yuji Ide
(born 21 January 1975) is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2005 Formula Nippon runner-up and the 2010 Suzuka 1000km winner. He competed in Formula One with the Super Aguri team in 2006, but was demoted to third driver after four races and s ...
had his FIA Super License revoked for erratic driving in prior races that season. Ide was set to act as Super Aguri's third driver for this race, according to the team, until the revocation came down. The license revocation meant Ide could not participate in Formula One.
Qualifying
The qualifying session was affected by a red flag situation appearing on the timing monitors with 3½ minutes left. Unfortunately, this was due to a software glitch in the timing system, and the session was quickly restarted.Christian Klien
Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport.
Racing career
Bor ...
felt that he lost out through it, having abandoned a lap thinking it would not count. Initially Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve ( born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams. In addition to Formula One (F1) he has competed in various o ...
was outside the top 16, however the time for his lap (which he continued on during the red flag) was later recalled and placed him 7th in the session.
Classification
Qualifying
;Notes
* – Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg both had their engines changed, and were both dropped ten places on the grid on Sunday. They started the race in 19th and 22nd places respectively.
* – Jacques Villeneuve originally qualified 8th with a time of 1:31.542, but his fastest three laps from the third qualifying session were deleted due to blocking the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella.
Race
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.See also
* 2006 European GP2 Series roundReferences
External links
Detailed European Grand Prix results
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European Grand Prix
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