1. Team mate Ralf Schumacher produced Toyota's only podium finish of 2006 with third place in the third round of the season in Australia.
2. Alonso's Italian team mate Giancarlo Fisichella was on the third row with fifth placed compatriot Jarno Trulli in a Toyota.
3. Chelsea team mate Michael Essien finished third for the second consecutive year in the poll of Africa's 53 national team coaches.
4. Schumacher and team mate Rubens Barrichello have also helped Ferrari secure their third successive constructors crown.