2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 18 in the 2006 Formula One World Championship
The Hungaroring after being modified in 2003.
Race details[1][2]
Date	6 August 2006
Official name	Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2006
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[3]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 306.663 km (190.552 miles)
Weather	Cool and rainy with temperatures reaching up to 20 °C (68 °F)[4]
Pole position
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:19.599
Fastest lap
Driver	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Time	1:23.516 on lap 65
Podium
First	Jenson Button	Honda
Second	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber
Lap leaders

The 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2006)^[5] was a Formula One motor race held on 6 August 2006 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the 13th race of the 2006 Formula One season. Jenson Button won the race driving a Honda, the first victory of his career, the first race win for a British driver since David Coulthard won the Australian Grand Prix three years previously, and the first by an Englishman since Johnny Herbert won the 1999 European Grand Prix nearly seven years previously, in similarly changeable weather circumstances. Pedro de la Rosa finished second for McLaren-Mercedes, the only podium finish of his career, and Nick Heidfeld finished third, giving BMW Sauber their first podium.

It was the first win for Honda as a constructor since John Surtees' victory in the 1967 Italian Grand Prix 39 years prior, the first win for a Honda engine since Gerhard Berger's full-works Honda-powered McLaren triumphed in the 1992 Australian Grand Prix, 14 years and 231 races earlier and the first win for a non-European constructor since Jody Scheckter won with Canadian team Wolf in the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix. The race would also prove to be Honda's only win in their second stint in Formula One as a full constructor, ending in late 2008 after Honda decided to pull out of F1 due to the Great Recession.

It was the last victory for a Honda engine in Formula One until Max Verstappen won the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix for Red Bull. It was also the last victory for Honda as a full constructor entry in Formula One to date. It was also the last all-Michelin podium to date.