2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season | |||
The Hungaroring after being modified in 2003.
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| Date | 6 August 2006 | ||
| Official name | XXII Shell Magyar Nagydíj | ||
| Location | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.381 km (2.722 mi) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 306.663 km (190.552 mi) | ||
| Weather | Cool and rainy with temperatures reaching up to 20 °C (68 °F) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:19.599 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Felipe Massa
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:23.516 on lap 65 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Honda | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | BMW Sauber | ||
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The 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 6 August 2006 at the Hungaroring, Budapest. It was the 13th race of the 2006 Formula One season. Jenson Button won the race, the first victory of his career and the first race win for a British driver since David Coulthard won the Australian Grand Prix three years previously, and the first by an Englishman since Johnny Herbert won the 1999 European Grand Prix nearly seven years previously, in similarly changeable weather circumstances. Pedro de la Rosa finished second for McLaren, the first podium finish of his career, and Nick Heidfeld finished third, giving BMW Sauber their first ever podium.
It was the first win for a Honda chassis since John Surtees' victory in the 1967 Italian Grand Prix and the first win for a Honda engine since Heinz-Harald Frentzen's Mugen-Honda-powered Jordan triumphed in the 1999 Italian Grand Prix, 7 years and 119 races earlier. As of 2015, it was the last time the Kimigayo anthem was played on the Formula One podium, and the first time since the 1967 Italian Grand Prix.
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