Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2006-09-10
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) took pole for the 2006 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:21.484 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.002s shy of pole, with Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jarno Trulli (Toyota) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.204s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:21.994 | 1:21.349 | 1:21.484 | 1:21.484 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:21.711 | 1:21.353 | 1:21.486 | +0.002 |
| 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21.764 | 1:21.425 | 1:21.653 | +0.169 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:22.028 |
| 1:21.225 |
| 1:21.704 |
| +0.220 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:22.512 | 1:21.572 | 1:22.011 | +0.527 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:22.437 | 1:21.270 | 1:22.258 | +0.774 |
| 7 | Pedro de la Rosa | McLaren | 1:22.422 | 1:21.878 | 1:22.280 | +0.796 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:22.640 | 1:21.688 | 1:22.787 | +1.303 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:22.486 | 1:21.722 | 1:23.175 | +1.691 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:21.747 | 1:21.526 | 1:25.688 | +4.204 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:22.093 | 1:21.924 | — | +0.440 |
| 12 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:22.581 | 1:22.203 | — | +0.719 |
| 13 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:22.622 | 1:22.280 | — | +0.796 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:22.618 | 1:22.589 | — | +1.105 |
| 15 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:22.943 | 1:23.165 | — | +1.681 |
| 16 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:22.898 | — | — | +1.414 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:23.043 | — | — | +1.559 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | Spyker MF1 | 1:23.116 | — | — | +1.632 |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:23.341 | — | — | +1.857 |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | Spyker MF1 | 1:23.920 | — | — | +2.436 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:24.289 | — | — | +2.805 |
| 22 | Sakon Yamamoto | Super Aguri | 1:26.001 | — | — | +4.517 |