2006 Alternate Formula One season
2006 Formula One season | |
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James James Davies would win his second F1 Championship in a dominant fashion with 11 victories. | |
Season | |
Races | 20 |
Start date | 12 March |
Start Event | Bahrain Grand Prix |
End date | 8 October |
End Event | Chinese Grand Prix |
Awards | |
Seasons | |
Previous season | Next season |
2005 | 2007 |
The 2006 Formula One season was the 57th season of Formula One. Constructor's champions Renault lost their title to Ferrari, as James James Davies took his second title. The championship was prematurely decided at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as the only other serious contender for the title, Kimi Räikkönen suffered a horrible accident which caused a torn ACL in the right leg, multiple bone fractures in the left leg and a dislocation of his tibio-fibular joint, injuries that would keep him out until the start of the 2008 season, leaving James James Davies to have a free run at the championship. Points-wise, the 2006 season proved to be the most dominant season of a single driver in F1 history, as Davies scored 83% of the maximum points available for a driver, breaking Michael Schumacher's record of 80%, set in 2002, a record that stands to this day.
Reigning world champion Fernando Alonso was not able to challenge for a repeat, as the RA106, whilst a competitive car and a significant improvement over the last BAR car, was not capable of challenging for wins on merit. The 2006 season saw many new teams: Sauber was bought by BMW and turned in their works effort. Honda and Red Bull created B-teams to promote talented drivers, Red Bull purchasing Minardi's facilities and entering the Squadra Toro Rosso, and Honda financing a F1 entry of Super GT Series team Super Aguri. Toro Rosso saw the debut of Robert Doornbos, who'd earn a promotion to the main team during the season, whereas Super Aguri debuted V8 Supercars champion and later ARWS co-founder Frank Zimmer. Toyota and Williams both failed to repeat their 2005 form, neither team taking race wins in 2006.
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Teams and drivers
Team | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | # | Driver | Rounds | Test/Reserve Drivers |
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Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team | Honda | RA106 | Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 | 1 | Fernando Alonso | All | Anthony Davidson Jean-Maxime Bachot | |
2 | Takuma Sato | All | ||||||
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault | R26 | Renault RS26 2.4 V8 | 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | 1-14 | None | |
Nick Heidfeld | 15-20 | |||||||
4 | Loïc Duval | All | ||||||
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari | 248 F1 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | 5 | James James Davies | All | Felipe Massa | |
6 | Luca Badoer | All | ||||||
Team McLaren Mercedes | McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-21 | Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8 | 7 | Rubens Barrichello | All | Alexander Wurz Bruno Spengler | |
8 | Sammy Jones | All | ||||||
Panasonic Toyota Racing | Toyota | TF106 TF106B |
Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8 | 9 | Ralf Schumacher | All | None | |
10 | Mark Webber | All | ||||||
WilliamsF1 Team | Williams-Cosworth | FW28 | Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8 | 11 | Rhys Davies | All | Jarno Trulli Nico Rosberg | |
12 | Jenson Button | All | ||||||
Red Bull Racing | Red Bull-Ferrari | RB2 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | 14 | David Coulthard | All | Michael Ammermüller Vitantonio Liuzzi | |
15 | Patrick Friesacher | 1-8 | ||||||
Robert Doornbos | 9-20 | |||||||
Spyker Squadron | Spyker-Toyota | F8-VI | Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8 | 16 | Charles Zwolsman, Jr. | 1-9 | Adrian Sutil Giorgio Mondini Markus Winkelhock Phoenix McAllister | |
E.J. Viso | 10-20 | |||||||
17 | Christijan Albers | All | ||||||
BMW Sauber F1 Team | BMW-Sauber | F1.06 | BMW P86 2.4 V8 | 18 | Jacques Villeneuve | All | Christian Klien Dave Simpson Marchy Lee Robert Kubica | |
19 | Daniel Melrose | All | ||||||
Squadra Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso-Cosworth | STR1 | Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8 | 20 | Robert Doornbos | 1-8 | Sebastian Vettel | |
Michael Ammermüller | 9-20 | |||||||
21 | Scott Speed | All | ||||||
Super Aguri F1 Team | Super Aguri-Honda | SA05 | Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 | 22 | Haruki Kurosawa | 1-5 | Yuji Ide | |
Andrea Acuri | 6-16 | |||||||
Jean-Maxime Bachot | 17-18 | |||||||
Yuji Ide | 19-20 | |||||||
23 | Frank Zimmer | All |
Season Calendar
Standings
Driver's Championship
Constructor's Championship
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