The 2006 British Grand Prix (officially the 2006 Formula 1 Foster's British Grand Prix) was a

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motor race held on 11 June 2006 at the

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in Northamptonshire, England. The 60-lap race was the eighth round of the

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. Ticket sales were rather slow; the race was scheduled far earlier than normal, and local

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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.

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and

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both scored their final World Championship points by finishing in eighth and sixth respectively. 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

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also had a poor race suffering from understeer.

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became the first Spanish driver and the youngest driver (24 years and 317 days) to get a

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(pole position, winning and fastest lap in the same race). He fell one lap short of clinching a Grand Chelem (leading every lap, he would finally achieve this at the

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). This race also featured the first ever pit stop to have involved a woman, during a

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pit stop for

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, ITV-F1's then pit-lane reporter

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was the left rear tyre changer. The only other noticeable incident of the race happened on the 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.

Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and

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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.

Classification

Qualifying

;Notes * –

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was handed a 10 place grid penalty following a chassis and engine change after the Saturday morning practice session.

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.

References

External links

Detailed British Grand Prix results
(archived)

Race reports

(archived)
GPUpdate.net

Motorsport.com

ManipeF1.com
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