2006 Turkish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 14 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season | |||
Istanbul Park
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| Date | 27 August 2006 | ||
| Official name | II Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Istanbul Racing Circuit, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.34 km (3.32 mi) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 309.72 km (192.56 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, hot | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:26.907 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:28.005 on lap 55 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2006 Turkish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 27 August 2006. The 58-lap race, which was the fourteenth round of the 2006 Formula One season, and the second Turkish Grand Prix, was held at Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It marked the first race victory, and also the first pole position, for Felipe Massa, who drove for the Ferrari team. Fernando Alonso, who drove for Renault finished the race in second position and Massa's teammate Michael Schumacher occupied the final position on the podium. The race was also the first Grand Prix meeting for future quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who was assigned a Friday test driver role for the BMW Sauber team.
As a consequence of the race, Fernando Alonso extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 12 points from Michael Schumacher. With victory, Felipe Massa retained third place in the standings, and despite closing the gap between himself and Schumacher to 34 points, it was still near impossible for him to surpass his teammate's points total. This basically created a two-horse race for the title in the four remaining rounds. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari closed the gap to leaders Renault to just two points. McLaren remained in third position, a huge 69 points behind the top two teams.
Prior to the Grand Prix weekend, Renault's Fernando Alonso led the Formula One World Drivers' Championship on 100 points. He held a ten-point lead over main rival Michael Schumacher, despite retiring from the preceding race in Hungary. Ferrari teammates, Schumacher and Felipe Massa lay second and third in the standings on 90 and 52 points respectively, ahead of the second Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella and the McLaren of Kimi Räikkönen, both on 49 points.
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