The BMW Sauber F1.06, also simply known as the BMW F1.06, was the car with which the BMW Sauber team competed in the 2006 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by German Nick Heidfeld, who joined from Williams, and Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, who had spent one season with Sauber before it was bought by BMW. However, Villeneuve was replaced by third driver, Pole Robert Kubica, before the season finished. The year marked the first time that BMW had competed as a full team; previously it had only supplied engines. The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf, Jacky Eeckelaert and Seamus Mullarkey with the powertrain being designed by Heinz Paschen.
Nick Heidfeld driving the F1.06 at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
Nick Heidfeld at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Jacques Villeneuve at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix.
Robert Kubica at the 2006 United States Grand Prix.
2006 Formula One World Championship
The 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 60th season of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 57th Formula One World Championship which began on 12 March and ended on 22 October after eighteen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Fernando Alonso of Renault for the second year in a row, with Alonso becoming the youngest ever double world champion at the time. Then-retiring seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher of Scuderia Ferrari finished runner-up, 13 points behind. The Constructors' Championship was won by Renault, which defeated Ferrari by five points.
Fernando Alonso won the Formula One Drivers' Championship for the second time in a row with Renault. He remains the last Renault driver to win a championship.
Michael Schumacher finished the season second with Ferrari 13 points behind in what was then believed to be his final year of Formula One.
Felipe Massa, in his first year with Ferrari, finished third in the standings.
Fernando Alonso driving his Renault R26 car during a testing session held in February 2006 at Circuit de Valencia.
