2006 Spanish Grand Prix

2006 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 6 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
Circuit de Catalunya
Race details
Date	May 14, 2006
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio Telefónica de España 2006
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.627 km (2.875 miles)
Distance	66 laps, 305.256 km (189.75 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Attendance	131,200
Pole position
Driver	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time	1:14.648
Fastest lap
Driver	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Time	1:16.648 on lap 42
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
Lap leaders

The 2006 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Telefónica de España 2006)^[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, 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.