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The 2006 Turkish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 27 August 2006. The race, which was the fourteenth round of the 2006 Formula One season, was held at Istanbul Park in Tuzla.

Felipe Massa, driving for the Ferrari team, took his first pole position, and then his first race victory. 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. Vettel received a $1,000 fine for speeding in the pit-lane only 6 seconds after he got out onto the track.


Offical Name
II Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix
Date
2006-08-27
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
58 laps, km \ miles

Timetable (GMT+3)
2006-08-25 Friday
1st Free Practice 11:00 - 12:00
2nd Free Practice 14:00 - 15:00
2006-08-26 Saturday
3rd Free Practice 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
2006-08-27 Sunday
Race 15:00

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • 1st win for 
    • 1st pole position for 
    • 75th fastest lap for
    • 100th Grand Prix for 
  • Team
    • 189th win for 
  • Engine
    • 189th win for Ferrari
Data
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Attendance:
  • Entries: 29
  • Qualified: 22
  • Classified: 15
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 108
2 96
3 62
4 52
5 49
6 36
7 26
8 22
9 19
10 18
11 14
12 14
13 10
14 7
15 6
16 4
17 2
18 1
19 0
20 0
21 0
22 0
23 0
24 0
25 0
- 0
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 160
2 158
3 89
4 58
5 28
6 26
7 16
8 10
9 1
10 0
11 0

Trophy Presented By
Winner Mehmet Ali Talat President Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic
2nd Place Rifat Hisarciklioglu Union of Chambers & MSO President
3rd Place Murat Yalçintas ASN representative
Winning Constructor
represented by Rob Smedley)
Hanzade Dogan Board Member, Petrol Ofisi


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