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Italian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 10th September 2006 12:00am Local
Sun 10th September 2006 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2006

Round
Round 15

Status
FT

Location
Monza Circuit

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The 2006 Italian Grand Prix was won by Michael Schumacher driving for Ferrari on 10 September 2006 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.This historic race served as round 15 of the 18-race 2006 Formula One World Championship and remains one of the most emotional weekends in motorsport history. Immediately following his 90th career victory in front of the Tifosi, Michael Schumacher officially announced his first retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2006 season.
Championship Drama: Championship leader Fernando Alonso suffered a highly controversial 5-place grid penalty during qualifying for allegedly impeding Felipe Massa. During the grand prix, Alonso fought his way up to 3rd place, but his Renault engine blew up with 10 laps remaining. This enabled Schumacher to close the championship gap to just two points.
Maiden Podium for Kubica: In just his third-ever Formula 1 race start, Polish driver Robert Kubica secured his first career podium finish by taking a brilliant 3rd place for BMW Sauber.


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01			Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:14:51.975
02			Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:08.046
03			Robert Kubica	Sauber	+0:26.414
04			Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault F1 Team	+0:32.045
05			Jenson Button	Honda F1	+0:32.685
06			Rubens Barrichello	Honda F1	+0:42.409
07			Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+0:44.662
08			Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	+0:45.309
09			Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:45.995
10			Mark Webber	Williams Racing	72.602
11			Christian Klien	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
12			David Coulthard	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
13			Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
14			Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
15			Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+1 Lap
16			Takuma Sato	Super Aguri F1	+2 Laps
19			Fernando Alonso	Renault F1 Team	DNF
20			Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
21			Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri F1	DNF
22			Nico Rosberg	Williams Racing	DNF

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