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San
Marino Grand Prix — Race
April 24, 2006
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Imola Circuit, San Marino (SM), 4.933 km/3.065miles
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Sunny, 27°C air, 43°C track
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Position
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Driver
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Team
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Grid
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Best Time
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1
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M Schumacher
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Ferrari (B)
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1
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1:24.624
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2
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F Alonso
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Renault F1 (M)
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5
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1:24.569
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3
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J P Montoya
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McLaren Mercedes (M)
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7
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1:25.096
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6
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Mark Webber
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WilliamsF1 (B)
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10
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1:25.488 (9th overall), lap 39
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11
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Nico Rosberg
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WIlliamsF1 (B)
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13
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1:26.418 (15thoverall), lap 30
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Sam Michael, technical
director,
WilliamsF1
"It was a good result to get both cars to the
finish and improve significantly on our starting positions
today. Mark overtook Kimi on the first lap then drove
well to sixth place and the strategy he was on worked
well. Nico had a a really good start but lost out on
the first few corners, but nevertheless improved on
his start position of 13th to finish 11th.
Bridgestone’s new tyre worked well. Overall a satisfactory
day, but we are pushing for more."
Mark Webber (chassis:
FW28 05 / engine CA2006/24 – 1st GP)
"Today’s result is positive after a difficult
start to the weekend and all in all, we had a great
race with the boys doing a good job on the strategy
and our stops worked well. The only tricky part of the
race was the first few laps on high fuel which made
the car hard work on turn in and under braking, especially
because of the bumps. Apart from a reasonable finish
today, we also learnt plenty about Bridgestone. The
job now is to keep finding more pace."
Nico Rosberg(chassis:
FW28 04 / engine: CA2006/29 – 1st GP)
"This weekend was pretty up and down for me
because qualifying wasn’t too bad but I have definitely
had better races than today. I didn’t feel 100% comfortable
in the car, especially on used tyres. My main problem
was racing in traffic all afternoon and even when I
should have pushed hard to gain some ground, there was
someone ahead, preventing me from making progress. No
points isn’t such a good outcome, but now I am looking
forward to doing a better job at my home race at the
Nurburgring as Mark has shown today that we can compete
in strong point-scoring positions."
Narain Karthikeyan
"Today was an important result for the team
to re-establish the team’s reliability after Malaysia
and Australia. It was a good team performance, ensuring
we finished ahead of some strong teams including Honda,
Toyota, BMW and even one Renault. The points earned
will make a valuable contribution to the championship
cause."
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