2006 – Team Guide

RENAULT

2006 car: Renault R26
Engine: Renault
Tyres: Michelin
Team Base: Enstone, Oxfordshire, and Viry-Chatillon, France
Team Chief: Flavio Briatore
Technical Director: Rob White
Drivers: Fernando Alonso [Spain], Giancarlo Fisichella [Italy]
Test Driver: Heikki Kovalainen [Finland]
First F1 GP: GB 1977
Last Year: 1st, 191pts

WILLIAMS

2006 car: Williams FW28
Engine: Cosworth
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team Base: Grove, Oxfordshire
Team Chief: Sir Frank Williams
Technical Director: Sam Michael
Drivers: Mark Webber [Australia], Nico Rosberg [Germany]
Test Drivers: Alex Wurz [Austria], Narain Karthikeyan [India]
First F1 GP: Argentina, 1978
Last Year: 5th, 66pts

MCLAREN

2006 car: McLaren MP4-21
Engine: Mercedes
Tyres: Michelin
Team Chief: Ron Dennis
Technical Director: Adrian Newey
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen [Finland], Pedro de la Rosa [Spain] Juan Pablo Montoya
Test Drivers: Gary Paffett [GB]
First F1 GP: Monaco 1966.
Last Year: 2nd, 182pts.

FERRARI

2006 car: Ferrari F248
Engine: Ferrari
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team Base: Maranello, Italy
Managing Director: Jean Todt
Technical Director: Ross Brawn
Drivers: Michael Schumacher [Germany], Felipe Massa [Brazil]
Test Drivers: Luca Badoer [Italy], Marc Gene [Spain]
First F1 GP: Monaco, 1950
Last Year: 3rd, 100 pts.

TOYOTA

2006 car: Toyota TF106
Engine: Toyota
Tyres: Bridgestone.
Team Base: Cologne, Germany
Team Chief: Tsutomu Tomita
Technical Director: Noritoshi Arai
Drivers: Ralf Schumacher [Germany], Jarno Trulli [Italy]
Test Drivers: Ricardo Zonta [Brazil]
First F1 GP: Australia 2002
Last Year: 4th, 88pts.

MIDLAND F1

2006 car: M16
Engine: Toyota
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team Base: Silverstone, Northants
Team Chief: Colin Kolles
Technical/Sporting Director: Adrian Burgess
Drivers: Tiago Monteiro [Portugal], Christijan Albers [Holland]
Test Drivers: Markus Winkelhock [Germany], Giorgio Mondini [Switzerland]
First F1 GP: n/a
Last Year: n/a

HONDA RACING

2006 car: Honda RA106
Engine: Honda
Tyres: Michelin
Team Base: Brackley, Northants.
Team Chief: Nick Fry
Technical Director: Geoffrey Willis
Drivers: Rubens Barrichello [Brazil], Jenson Button [England]
Test Driver: Anthony Davidson [GB]
First F1 GP: Germany 1964
Last Year: n/a.

SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO

2006 car: STR01
Engine: Cosworth
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team Base: Faenza, Italy.
Team Chief: Franz Tost
Technical Director: Gabrielli Tredozi
Drivers: Vitantonio Liuzzi [Austria], Scott Speed [USA]
Test Drivers: Neel Jani [Switzerland]
First F1 GP: n/a
Last Year: n/a

RED BULL RACING

2005 car: RB2
Engine: Ferrari
Tyres: Michelin
Team Base: Milton Keynes, Bucks
Team Chief: Christian Horner
Technical Director: Mark Smith
Drivers: David Coulthard [Scotland], Christian Klien [Austria]
Test Driver: Robert Doornbos [Holland]
First F1 GP: Australia, 2005
Last year: 7th, 34pts

SUPER AGURI

2006 car: SA06
Engine: Honda
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team Base: Leafield, Oxfordshire
Team Chief: Aguri Suzuki
Technical Director: Mark Preston
Drivers: Takuma Sato [Japan], Sakon Yamamoto [Japan], Yuji Ide [Japan]
Test Drivers: Franck Montagny [France]
First F1 GP: n/a
Last Year: n/a

BMW-SAUBER

2006 car: BMW-Sauber F106
Engine: BMW
Tyres: Michelin
Team Base: Hinwil, Switzerland
Team Chief: Mario Theissen
Technical Director: Willy Rampf
Drivers: Robert Kubica [Poland], Nick Heidfeld [Germany] Jacques Villeneuve
Test Driver: n/a
First F1 GP: n/a
Last Year: n/a