2006 Spanish Grand Prix
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| Race 6 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season | |||
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Circuit de Catalunya
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| Date | May 14, 2006 | ||
| Official name | XLVIII Gran Premio Telefónica de España | ||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.627 km (2.875 mi) | ||
| Distance | 66 laps, 305.256 km (189.75 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Attendance | 131,200 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:14.648 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Felipe Massa
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:16.648 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Renault | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Renault | ||
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The 2006 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLVIII Gran Premio Telefónica de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. It was the sixth round of the 2006 Formula One season and the forty-eighth Spanish Grand Prix. The 66-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team, from a pole position start. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Alonso's teammate Giancarlo Fisichella third.
As a consequence of the race, Alonso stretched his lead to fifteen points in the Drivers' Championship over Schumacher. Alonso's team, Renault, also increased their lead, but did so in the Constructors' Championship standings. This put them nineteen points ahead of Ferrari.
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as Constructors) were Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, BMW, MF1, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.
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