2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

Jenson Button won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on 6 Aug 2006 for Honda, from 14th on the grid; Pedro de la Rosa was second and Nick Heidfeld third. Pole position: Kimi Räikkönen.

Button took the lead for good on lap 52 of 70, from Fernando Alonso; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 26 to 31). Button stopped 3 times, on laps 17 and 46 and 54; 7 of 13 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 17. The fastest lap was Felipe Massa's, 1:23.516 on lap 65. 13 of 22 starters were classified; 9 retired or were not classified. After the race Fernando Alonso led the championship with 100 points, 10 ahead of Michael Schumacher, with 5 rounds left.

Date

6 Aug 2006

Circuit

Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary

Round

13 of 18

Winner

Jenson Button (Honda)

Pole position

Kimi Räikkönen (1:19.599)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 15 drivers: Jenson Button qualified 4th, started 14th; Pedro de la Rosa qualified 5th, started 4th; Mark Webber qualified 6th, started 5th; Ralf Schumacher qualified 7th, started 6th; Giancarlo Fisichella qualified 8th, started 7th; Jarno Trulli qualified 9th, started 8th; Robert Kubica qualified 10th, started 9th; Nick Heidfeld qualified 11th, started 10th; Michael Schumacher qualified 12th, started 11th; David Coulthard qualified 13th, started 12th; Christian Klien qualified 14th, started 13th; Scott Speed qualified 19th, started 20th; Takuma Sato qualified 20th, started 19th; Christijan Albers qualified 21st, started 22nd; Sakon Yamamoto qualified 22nd, started 21st. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Jenson Button: 3 stops (laps 17, 46, 54), stints of 17, 29, 8, 16 laps

2nd

Pedro de la Rosa: 3 stops (laps 16, 26, 51), stints of 16, 10, 25, 19 laps

3rd

Nick Heidfeld: 2 stops (laps 26, 55), stints of 26, 29, 15 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 7 · 3 or more: 6

First stops

median lap 17 of 70

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2006 standings