The shock of the race, and the weekend as a whole, was the apparent trouble of Fernando Alonso. The world champion struggled to get on the pace of the Ferraris or even that of his teammate all weekend. He was clearly struggling with understeer in qualifying, and then was heard to say that the car was oversteering during the race. The Renault, however, seemed to be at least on the ‘also ran’ pace in the hands of his team mate Giancarlo Fisichella.
United Grand Prix Results - 2 July 2006 - 73 Laps
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIRE LAPS TIME/RETIRE
1. Michael Schumacher - Germany Ferrari 73 1h34m35.199
2. Felipe Massa - Brazil Ferrari 73 7.984
3. Giancarlo Fisichella - Italy Renault 73 16.595
4. Jarno Trulli - Italy Toyota 73 23.604
5. Fernando Alonso - Spain Renault 73 28.410
6. Rubens Barrichello - Brazil Honda 73 36.516
7. David Coulthard - Britain Red Bull-Ferrari 72 1 Lap
8. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Italy Toro Rosso-Cosworth 72 1 Lap
9. Nico Rosberg - Germany Williams-Cosworth 72 1 Lap
R Ralf Schumacher - Germany Toyota 62 Engine
R Christijan Albers - Netherlands MF1-Toyota 37 Retired
R Jacques Villeneuve - Canada Sauber-BMW 23 Engine
R Tiago Monteiro - Portugal MF1-Toyota 9 Damage
R Takuma Sato - Japan Super Aguri-Honda 6 Accident
R Jenson Button - Britain Honda 3 Damage
R Kimi Raikkonen - Finland McLaren-Mercedes 0 Accident
R Nick Heidfeld - Germany Sauber-BMW 0 Accident
R Juan Pablo Montoya - Colombia McLaren-Mercedes 0 Accident
R Mark Webber - Australia Williams-Cosworth 0 Accident
R Scott Speed - United States Toro Rosso-Cosworth 0 Accident
R Christian Klien - Austria Red Bull-Ferrari 0 Accident
R Franck Montagny - France Super Aguri-Honda 0 Accident
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