2006 United States Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One season | |||
The Indianapolis circuit
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| Date | 2 July 2006 | ||
| Official name | XXXV Vodafone United States Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.195 km (2.606 mi) | ||
| Distance | 73 laps, 306.016 km (190.238 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, hot | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:10.832 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:12.719 on lap 56 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Renault | ||
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The 2006 United States Grand Prix (formally the XXXV Vodafone United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana on 2 July 2006. It was the tenth race of the 2006 Formula One season and the 40th United States Grand Prix. The 73-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from pole position. Team-mate Felipe Massa finished second with Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella third.
As a consequence of the race, Michael Schumacher scored his third win of the season, ending championship rival Fernando Alonso's run of four consecutive wins and reducing the 2005 World Drivers' Champion's lead in the points standings to 19 over the German. Schumacher's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa made it a Ferrari one-two by finishing in second place as the Maranello-based team also reduced Renault's constructors points advantage to 26.
The race also marked the anniversary of the tire controversy a year earlier, when 14 cars withdrew before the race began because of safety concerns about the supply of Michelin tyres provided to them – which had resulted in crashes during practice. This was also the last race for McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya, after he announced that he would be leaving to race in NASCAR in 2007.
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