Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2006-03-19
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) took pole for the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:33.840 lap.
Jenson Button (Honda) joined the front row, 0.146s shy of pole, with Nico Rosberg (Williams) third on the grid. Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while David Coulthard (Red Bull) missed the cut by 0.028s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.746s — pole to P10 — with Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:35.488 | 1:33.623 | 1:33.840 | 1:33.840 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:35.023 | 1:33.527 | 1:33.986 | +0.146 |
| 3 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:35.105 | 1:34.563 | 1:34.626 | +0.786 |
| Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:35.810 |
| 1:34.574 |
| 1:34.668 |
| +0.828 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:35.252 | 1:34.279 | 1:34.672 | +0.832 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:34.536 | 1:34.568 | 1:34.916 | +1.076 |
| 7 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:34.667 | 1:34.351 | 1:34.983 | +1.143 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:35.514 | 1:33.997 | 1:35.747 | +1.907 |
| 9 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:35.171 | 1:34.537 | 1:38.715 | +4.875 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:35.214 | 1:34.586 | — | +0.746 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:34.839 | 1:34.614 | — | +0.774 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:35.526 | 1:34.683 | — | +0.843 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:35.517 | 1:34.702 | — | +0.862 |
| 14 | Jacques Villeneuve | BMW Sauber | 1:35.391 | 1:34.752 | — | +0.912 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:35.588 | 1:34.783 | — | +0.943 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.091 | — | — | +1.251 |
| 17 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:36.297 | — | — | +2.457 |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.581 | — | — | +2.741 |
| 19 | Christijan Albers | MF1 | 1:37.426 | — | — | +3.586 |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | MF1 | 1:37.819 | — | — | +3.979 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:39.011 | — | — | +5.171 |
| 22 | Yuji Ide | Super Aguri | 1:40.720 | — | — | +6.880 |