The 2006 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2006) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 June 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the ninth race of the 2006 Formula One season.

Friday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri 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. Constructor Nat Driver Williams-Cosworth Alexander Wurz Honda Anthony Davidson Red Bull-Ferrari Robert Doornbos BMW Sauber Robert Kubica MF1-Toyota Giorgio Mondini Toro Rosso-Cosworth Neel Jani Super Aguri-Honda Sakon Yamamoto

Background Race The start of the race was expected to see some formation flying from the two Renaults, only for Fisichella to slightly creep forward before the lights went out. That hence allowed Räikkönen to immediately charge past him as the Italian hit the brakes as the lights went out, and would result in a drive-through penalty later in the race.

The first lap was marked by Midland cars colliding in a tight hairpin, Albers dropped out of the race and Monteiro had to go to the pits to repair the damage. In the second lap, Montoya, who was much faster than Rosberg, attacked the German at every corner trying to pass. However, this struggle ended in a crash at the start of lap 2, which led to Rosberg retiring and Montoya still trying to stay in the race for some time after the pit stop, but eventually retired on lap 14. Schumacher was stuck behind Trulli for a large proportion of the race before finally managing to overtake him, although Alonso had gained a considerable lead over him by this point.

Starting from the first lap, in the first segment of the distance, Räikkönen actively attacked Alonso in front, and nevertheless outlasted him on the track, going to a pit stop a lap later. Thanks to this, Raikkonen could win the race, but during a pit stop there were problems with the rear right wheel, and the Finn returned to the track, losing 5 seconds to Alonso. Indeed, the second round of stops would prove even more disastrous for Räikkönen, as he not only spun on his in-lap, but had an anti-stall when trying to leave his pitbox.

With just a handful of laps left the safety car was out for a second time, as home-town hero Jacques Villeneuve crashed into the wall due to brake failure. This was Villeneuve's last F1 start at the circuit named after his father. Finally, after the appearance of the safety car on lap 60, Michael Schumacher in third was able to close on Räikkonen and overtake him on lap 69 due to the latter's error.

Alonso took his sixth win of the season and extended his championship lead over Michael Schumacher, who finished second. Räikkönen finished in third place and completed the McLaren team on the podium. Alonso now had six wins and three second places from the first nine races.

Michelin scored their 100th win as a tyre supplier.

Classification Qualifying Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault1:15.3501:14.726 1:14.942 1 2 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:15.917 1:15.295 1:15.178 2 3 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.376 1:15.273 1:15.386 3 4 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.455 1:15.506 1:15.968 4 5 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.716 1:15.139 1:15.986 5 6 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:16.404 1:15.269 1:16.012 6 7 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.251 1:15.253 1:16.228 7 8 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.594 1:15.814 1:16.608 8 9 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.735 1:15.601 1:16.912 9 10 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.259 1:15.555 1:17.209 10 11 17 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1:16.493 1:15.832 11 12 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:16.585 1:15.833 12 13 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:15.906 1:15.885 13 14 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:16.702 1:15.888 14 15 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:16.581 1:16.116 15 16 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:16.514 1:16.301 22 17 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:16.985 16 18 21 Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:17.016 17 19 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:17.121 18 20 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:17.140 19 21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:19.088 20 22 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:19.152 21Source: Notes – David Coulthard received a 10 place grid penalty because of an engine change after qualifying.

Race Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 70 1:34:37.308 1 10 2 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 70 +2.111 5 8 3 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +8.813 3 6 4 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 70 +15.679 2 5 5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 +25.172 10 4 6 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 69 +1 lap 4 3 7 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 69 +1 lap 13 2 8 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 22 1 9 12 Jenson Button Honda 69 +1 lap 8 10 21 Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 69 +1 lap 17 11 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 12 12 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 69 +1 lap 16 13 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 68 +2 laps 15 14 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 66 +4 laps 18 15 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 64 Accident 20 17 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 58 Accident 11 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 58 Withdrew 14 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 13 Accident 7 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 11 Engine 9 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 2 Engine 21 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1 Collision 6 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 0 Collision 19Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 84 2 Michael Schumacher 59 3 Kimi Räikkönen 39 4 Giancarlo Fisichella 37 1 5 Felipe Massa 28Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Renault 121 2 Ferrari 87 3 McLaren-Mercedes 65 4 Honda 29 5 BMW Sauber 19Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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