1/27/2024 0 Comments F1 driver standings![]() Franck Montagny moved from his Renault testing role to become Super Aguri's third driver. The Honda-backed Super Aguri team started the season with Sato and Yuji Ide, an all-Japanese driver line up. Barrichello moved to Honda, where he replaced the outgoing Takuma Sato.Poland's Robert Kubica took up the third driver's role at BMW Sauber. Massa was replaced at the newly renamed BMW Sauber team by Nick Heidfeld, who had driven for BMW's previous partners Williams for much of 2005. Massa had previously tested with Ferrari in 2003. Ferrari replaced Michael Schumacher's longtime teammate Rubens Barrichello with fellow Brazilian Felipe Massa, who moved from Sauber.Despite this, Toro Rosso, who under the Minardi name ran Bridgestone tyres, switched to Michelin in line with parent team RBR. Williams and Toyota changed tyre suppliers to Bridgestone, due to Michelin's desire to supply fewer teams in the championship. Red Bull Racing (RBR) had Ferrari engines, replacing the Cosworth power which gained them seventh in the standings in 2005. Williams introduced numerous changes for 2006, particularly changing to Cosworth V8 engines after they and BMW split.They received backing from Honda including technology and engines, due to them running Honda factory driver Takuma Sato. Super Aguri F1 also entered their first season after having problems entering. ![]() Honda, who already owned a 45% stake in the BAR team, completed their takeover of the team and changed its name to Honda Racing F1 Team at the start of the season. Late in the season, the team was bought by Spyker. A year after Alex Shnaider had purchased the team and following a disappointing final season under the Jordan name, Jordan was renamed to MF1 Racing after Shnaider's Midland Group company. The Sauber name remained, although largely as a sentiment, as BMW had purchased 80% of the team, with Peter Sauber keeping only a 20% share. Minardi were taken over by Red Bull, becoming Toro Rosso, which is Italian for Red Bull. Three prominent names in the sport disappeared for this season, with Minardi, BAR and Jordan changing names under new ownership, while Sauber changed ownership, and one new team, Super Aguri, entered at the last moment.Seven constructors entered free practice only drivers over the course of the season.ĭrivers that took part in free practice sessions during the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship. It is also the last season for Michelin as a tyre supplier, the last season to have two tyre suppliers, and also the last season overall to have more than one tyre supplier, as the French tyre company withdrew from Formula One at the end of the season. Īs of 2022, this is the last Constructors' Championship for Renault, and the last Drivers' Championship for a Spanish Formula One driver. Among other notable departures included Juan Pablo Montoya, who left McLaren mid-season to pursue a career in NASCAR. In September 2006, Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula One at the end of the season, with 20 championship runner-up Kimi Räikkönen being announced as his replacement at Ferrari. The season saw several changes occurring in the drivers' market starting already in December 2005 as Alonso sealed a move to McLaren for 2007. 2006 was also the first season since 19 respectively that various engine displacements and configurations were featured only for Scuderia Toro Rosso that had Cosworth TJ2005-2 3.0-litre V10 powerplant. This season marked the beginning of the usage of 2.4L V8 engines in Formula One from the 3.0L V10 engines that were used in the previous seasons, which continued till the end of the 2013 season. For the first time since the 1956 season, no British constructor won any race and only factory teams won all the races during this year (as in 1956). Renault and Ferrari drivers dominated the field, victorious in all but one race: the Hungarian Grand Prix was won by Honda's Jenson Button, and the four second-place finishes not achieved by Renault or Ferrari were accomplished by McLaren. The season was highlighted by the rivalry between Alonso and Schumacher, who each won seven races. The Constructors' Championship was won by Renault, which defeated Ferrari by five points. ![]() Then-retiring seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher of Scuderia Ferrari finished runner-up, 13 points behind. The Drivers' Championship was won by Fernando Alonso of Renault for the second year in a row, with Alonso becoming the youngest ever double world champion at the time. It featured the 57th Formula One World Championship which began on 12 March and ended on 22 October after eighteen races. The 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 60th season of Formula One motor racing. Felipe Massa, in his first year with Ferrari, finished third in the standings.
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