2006 Formula One World Championship

The **2006 Formula One** season was the 57th edition of the championship. The champion was Fernando Alonso in a close battle. Renault won the constructor's championship.

## Teams and drivers

|Entrant|Constructor|Chassis|Engine|Tyre|No|Drivers|Rounds|No|Third driver|Test driver(s)||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|Mild Seven Renault F1 Team|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Renault R26|rowspan=2|Renault RS26 2.4 L V8|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|1|Fernando Alonso|All|rowspan=2||rowspan=2 align="center"|<span style="font-size:x-small;">_n/a_</span>|rowspan=2 align="left"|Heikki Kovalainen José María López Nelson Piquet, Jr. Jonathan Cochet|
|align="right"|2|Giancarlo Fisichella|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|Team McLaren Mercedes|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|McLaren MP4-21|rowspan=3|Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 L V8|rowspan=3 align="center"||align="right"|3|Kimi Räikkönen|All|rowspan=3||rowspan=3 align="center"|<span style="font-size:x-small;">_n/a_</span>|rowspan=3 align="left"|Pedro de la Rosa Gary Paffett Lewis Hamilton|
|rowspan=2 align="right"|4|Juan Pablo Montoya|1-10|||||||||||||
|Pedro de la Rosa|11-18|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Ferrari 248 F1|rowspan=2|Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|5|Michael Schumacher|All|rowspan=2||rowspan=2 align="center"|<span style="font-size:x-small;">_n/a_</span>|rowspan=2 align="left"|Luca Badoer Marc Gené|
|align="right"|6|Felipe Massa|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Panasonic Toyota Racing|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Toyota TF106<hr width="75%" />Toyota TF106B <sup>1</sup>|rowspan=2|Toyota RVX-06 2.4 L V8|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|7|Ralf Schumacher|All|rowspan=2||rowspan=2 align="center"|<span style="font-size:x-small;">_n/a_</span>|rowspan=2 align="left"|Ricardo Zonta Olivier Panis Andy Soucek|
|align="right"|8|Jarno Trulli|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|WilliamsF1 Team|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Williams FW28|rowspan=2|Cosworth CA2006 2.4 L V8 4 Series|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|9|Mark Webber|All|rowspan=2 align="center"|35|rowspan=2 align="left"|Alexander Wurz|rowspan=2 align="left"|Narain Karthikeyan|
|align="right"|10|Nico Rosberg|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Honda RA106|rowspan=2|Honda RA806E 2.4 L V8|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|11|Rubens Barrichello|All|rowspan=2 align="center"|36|rowspan=2 align="left"|Anthony Davidson|rowspan=2 align="left"|James Rossiter Marco Andretti|
|align="right"|12|Jenson Button|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|Red Bull Racing|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|Red Bull RB2|rowspan=3|Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8|rowspan=3 align="center"||align="right"|14|David Coulthard|All|rowspan=3 align="center"|37|rowspan=3 align="left"|Robert Doornbos Michael Ammermüller|rowspan=3 align="center"|<span style="font-size:x-small;">_none_</span>|
|rowspan=2 align="right"|15|Christian Klien|1-15|||||||||||||
|Robert Doornbos|16-18|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|BMW Sauber F1 Team|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|BMW Sauber F1.06|rowspan=3|BMW P86 2.4 L V8|rowspan=3 align="center"||align="right"|16|Nick Heidfeld|All|rowspan=3 align="center"|38|rowspan=3 align="left"|Robert Kubica Sebastian Vettel|rowspan=3 align="left"|Marco Holzer|
|rowspan=2 align="right"|17|Jacques Villeneuve|1-12|||||||||||||
|Robert Kubica|13-18|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Midland F1 Racing Spyker MF1|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Midland M16|rowspan=2|Toyota RVX-06 2.4 L V8|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|18|Tiago Monteiro|All|rowspan=2 align="center"|39|rowspan=2 align="left"|Markus Winkelhock Giorgio Mondini Adrian Sutil Alexandre Prémat Ernesto Viso|rowspan=2 align="left"|Roman Rusinov Fabrizio del Monte Adrián Vallés Ronnie Quintarelli|
|align="right"|19|Christijan Albers|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Scuderia Toro Rosso|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Toro Rosso STR01|rowspan=2|Cosworth TJ2006 3.0 V10 14 Series|rowspan=2 align="center"||align="right"|20|Vitantonio Liuzzi|All|rowspan=2 align="center"|40|rowspan=2 align="left"|Neel Jani|rowspan=2 align="center"|<span style="font-size:x-small;">_none_</span>|
|align="right"|21|Scott Speed|All|||||||||||||
|rowspan=4|Super Aguri F1 Team|||||||||||||||
|rowspan=4|Super Aguri SA05<hr width="75%" />Super Aguri SA06|rowspan=4|Honda RA806E 2.4 L V8|rowspan=4 align="center"||align="right"|22|Takuma Sato|All|rowspan=4 align="center"|41|rowspan=4 align="left"|Franck Montagny Sakon Yamamoto|rowspan=4 align="left"|Yuji Ide|
|rowspan=3 align="right"|23|Yuji Ide|1-4|||||||||||||
|Franck Montagny|5-11|||||||||||||||
|Sakon Yamamoto|12-18|||||||||||||||