Australia: Race Results - Toyota 3rd and 20th

By Nick Sparkes
April 2 2006

Fernando Alonso missed out on all the fun and games behind him to take his second victory in Australia. Kimi Raikkonen finished second whilst Ralf Schumacher took an unexpected podium in third. Pole sitter Jenson Button retired yards from the finish with a blown engine.

1	F. Alonso	Renault	1:34:27.870	10pts
2	K. Räikkönen	McLaren	+ 1.829	8pts
3	R. Schumacher	Toyota	+ 24.824	6pts
4	N. Heidfeld	BMW	+ 31.032	5pts
5	G. Fisichella	Renault	+ 38.421	4pts
6	J. Villeneuve	BMW	+ 49.554	3pts
7	R. Barrichello	Honda	+ 51.904	2pts
8	D. Coulthard	Red Bull	+ 53.983	1pt
9	J. Button	Honda	+ 1 laps
10	C. Albers	Midland F1	+ 1 laps
11	S. Speed*	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 1 laps
12	T. Sato	Super Aguri	+ 2 laps
13	Y. Ide	Super Aguri	+ 3 laps
Did not finish
14	JP. Montoya	McLaren	+ 11 laps
15	T. Monteiro	Midland F1	+ 17 laps
16	V. Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 20 laps
17	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	+ 25 laps
18	M. Webber	Williams	+ 34 laps
19	C. Klien	Red Bull	+ 53 laps
20	J. Trulli	Toyota	+ 57 laps
21	N. Rosberg	Williams	+ 57 laps
22	F. Massa	Ferrari	+ 57 laps