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2006 Australia Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Melbourne circuit. Full information

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2006 Australia Grand Prix

2006 Australia Grand Prix is 753rd Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Melbourne circuit. Jenson Button won the pole position, Fernando Alonso won this race. This was his 10th victory. Kimi Raikkonen and Ralf Schumacher also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 57 laps (302 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 2006 Malaysia Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 2006 San Marino Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2006 Australia Grand Prix

28th victory for the Renault team
10th victory for the Fernando Alonso
26th podium for the Fernando Alonso
32nd podium for the Kimi Raikkonen
27th podium for the Ralf Schumacher

Fernando Alonso - Winner of the 2006 Australia Grand Prix

2006 Australia Grand Prix

Renault R26 - 2006 Australia Grand Prix winner

2006 Australia Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Fernando Alonso	10.00	1h 34m 27.870s ( 191.990 km/h )	57	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
2	Kimi Raikkonen	8.00	1h 34m 29.699s ( +01.829s )	57	Team McLaren Mercedes
3	Ralf Schumacher	6.00	1h 34m 52.694s ( +24.824s )	57	Panasonic Toyota Racing
4	Nick Heidfeld	5.00	1h 34m 58.902s ( +31.032s )	57	BMW Sauber F1 Team
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	4.00	1h 35m 06.291s ( +38.421s )	57	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
6	Jacques Villeneuve	3.00	1h 35m 17.424s ( +49.554s )	57	BMW Sauber F1 Team
7	Rubens Barrichello	2.00	1h 35m 19.774s ( +51.904s )	57	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team
8	David Coulthard	1.00	1h 35m 21.853s ( +53.983s )	57	Red Bull Racing
9	Scott Speed	0	25s penalty 1h 35m 46.687s ( +1m 18.817s )	57	Scuderia Toro Rosso
10	Jenson Button	0	Engine	56	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team
11	Christijan Albers	0		56	MF1 Racing
12	Takuma Sato	0		55	Super Aguri Formula 1 Team
13	Yuji Ide	0		54	Super Aguri Formula 1 Team
ab	Juan-Pablo Montoya	0	Electronics	46	Team McLaren Mercedes
ab	Tiago Monteiro	0	Hydraulics	39	MF1 Racing
ab	Vitantonio Liuzzi	0	Accident	37	Scuderia Toro Rosso
ab	Michael Schumacher	0	Accident	32	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
ab	Mark Webber	0	Transmission	22	Williams F1 Team
ab	Christian Klien	0	Accident	4	Red Bull Racing
ab	Felipe Massa	0	Collision	0	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
ab	Jarno Trulli	0	Collision	0	Panasonic Toyota Racing
ab	Nico Rosberg	0	Collision	0	Williams F1 Team

Qualifying Results for the 2006 Australia Grand Prix on the Melbourne circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Jenson Button	1'25''229	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	1'25''635	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
3	Fernando Alonso	1'25''778	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
4	Kimi Raikkonen	1'25''822	Team McLaren Mercedes
5	Juan-Pablo Montoya	1'25''976	Team McLaren Mercedes
6	Ralf Schumacher	1'26''612	Panasonic Toyota Racing
7	Mark Webber	1'26''937	Williams F1 Team
8	Nick Heidfeld	1'27''579	BMW Sauber F1 Team
9	Jacques Villeneuve	1'29''239	BMW Sauber F1 Team
10	Jarno Trulli	-	Panasonic Toyota Racing
11	Michael Schumacher	1'26''718	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
12	David Coulthard	1'27''023	Red Bull Racing
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1'27''219	Scuderia Toro Rosso
14	Christian Klien	1'27''591	Red Bull Racing
15	Nico Rosberg	1'29''422	Williams F1 Team
16	Felipe Massa	-	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
17	Rubens Barrichello	1'29''943	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team
18	Christijan Albers	1'30''226	MF1 Racing
19	Scott Speed	1'30''426	Scuderia Toro Rosso
20	Tiago Monteiro	1'30''709	MF1 Racing
21	Takuma Sato	1'32''279	Super Aguri Formula 1 Team
22	Yuji Ide	1'36''164	Super Aguri Formula 1 Team