Pos Name 3p 2p 1p Tot Pts 1) Felipe Massa 10 6 2 44 [b]10[/b] 2) Michael Schumacher 11 4 1 42 [b]8[/b] 3) Takuma Sato 4 4 8 28 [b]6[/b] 4) Jenson Button 0 10 6 26 [b]5[/b] 5) Fernando Alonso 2 5 7 23 [b]4[/b] 6) Kimi Räikkönen 0 0 6 6 [b]3[/b] 7) Robert Doornbos 0 0 2 2 [b]2[/b] 8) *** Void *** 0 0 0 0 [b]1[/b]
* Felipe Massa's 2nd ever win.
* Michael Schumacher's 69th and Takuma Sato's 6th podium finish.
* Robert Doornbos' best ever result.
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Voting Championship 2006 overall standings:
1) Michael Schumacher 119 (5*1st, 6*2nd) 2) Fernando Alonso 119 (5*1st, 4*2nd) 3) Kimi Räikkönen 89 4) Felipe Massa 65 5) Jenson Button 48 6) Nick Heidfeld 33 7) Giancarlo Fisichella 30 8) Ralf Schumacher 29 9) Mark Webber 26 10) Jarno Trulli 20 11) Robert Kubica 18 12) Nico Rosberg 17 (1*2nd) 13) David Coulthard 17 (2*3rd) 14) Jacques Villeneuve 16 15) Pedro de la Rosa 13 16) Takuma Sato 12 17) Rubens Barrichello 9 18) Juan Pablo Montoya 6 (1*3rd) 19) Christian Klien 6 (2*6th) 20) Vitantonio Liuzzi 3 (1*6th, 1*9th) 21) Christijan Albers 3 (1*6th, 2*11th) 22) Robert Doornbos 2 23) Scott Speed 1 24) Tiago Monteiro 0 (2*10th) 25) Franck Montagny 0 (1*10th) 26) Yuji Ide 0 (1*12th) = Sakon Yamamoto 0 (1*12th)Not surprisingly, this rates as the closest fight ever for the Voting Championship title. This time Michael Schumacher wins the battle by having taken more second place finishes that Fernando Alonso!
The previous closest battle was in 2003, when Kimi Räikkönen beat Michael Schumacher by a single point.
Congratulations to Michael Schumacher for his 2006 title!
Voting Championship 2006 WCC:
1) Ferrari 184 2) Renault 149 3) McLaren 108 4) Sauber 67 5) Honda 57 6) Toyota 49 7) Williams 43 8) Red Bull 23 9) Super Aguri 12 10) Toro Rosso 4 11) Midland 3
Results of Rate the Race
[B]Quality of racing: 6.78 average[/B] Vote breakdown: 10 1 # 9 1 # 8 1 # 7 7 ####### 6 6 ###### 5 2 ## 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 [B]Satisfaction with results: 6.80 average[/B] Vote breakdown: 10 3 ### 9 0 8 2 ## 7 2 ## 6 3 ### 5 4 #### 4 1 # 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0* Both Quality and Satisfaction above average.
2006 ratings: GP Quality Satisfaction Bahrain 7.18 6.77 Malaysia 4.73 4.70 Australia 6.46 5.71 San Marino 4.64 5.35 Europe 5.04 5.96 Spain 3.05 4.12 Monaco 6.28 4.96 Britain 3.31 4.50 Canada 5.44 5.14 USA 4.86 5.67 France 3.82 4.64 Germany 5.58 6.78 Hungary 8.90 6.84 Turkey 7.29 5.40 Italy 5.71 6.11 China 7.84 6.65 Japan 5.05 4.41 Brazil 6.78 6.80The season really felt boring for quite some time, but got better in the end; four of the five best races quality wise were in the last third of the season.