Etapa 1 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2006-03-12
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) cravou a pole do Bahrain Grand Prix de 2006 com uma volta de 1:31.431.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.047s da pole, com Jenson Button (Honda) em terceiro no grid. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Jacques Villeneuve (BMW Sauber) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 2.495s — da pole ao P10 — com Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:33.310 | 1:32.025 | 1:31.431 | 1:31.431 |
| 2 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:33.579 | 1:32.014 | 1:31.478 | +0.047 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:32.603 | 1:32.025 | 1:31.549 | +0.118 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Renault |
| 1:32.433 |
| 1:31.215 |
| 1:31.702 |
| +0.271 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:33.233 | 1:31.487 | 1:32.164 | +0.733 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:33.922 | 1:32.322 | 1:32.579 | +1.148 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:33.454 | 1:32.309 | 1:33.006 | +1.575 |
| 8 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:34.308 | 1:32.106 | 1:33.112 | +1.681 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:32.934 | 1:31.831 | 1:33.496 | +2.065 |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:33.374 | 1:31.958 | 1:33.926 | +2.495 |
| 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | BMW Sauber | 1:33.882 | 1:32.456 | — | +1.025 |
| 12 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:32.945 | 1:32.620 | — | +1.189 |
| 13 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:33.678 | 1:32.850 | — | +1.419 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:33.987 | 1:33.066 | — | +1.635 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:34.439 | 1:33.416 | — | +1.985 |
| 16 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:33.995 | 1:34.606 | — | +3.175 |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:34.702 | — | — | +3.271 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | MF1 | 1:35.724 | — | — | +4.293 |
| 19 | Tiago Monteiro | MF1 | 1:35.900 | — | — | +4.469 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:37.411 | — | — | +5.980 |
| 21 | Yuji Ide | Super Aguri | 1:40.270 | — | — | +8.839 |
| 22 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | — | — | — | — |