Etapa 2 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2006-03-19
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) cravou a pole do Malaysian Grand Prix de 2006 com uma volta de 1:33.840.
Jenson Button (Honda) completou a primeira fila a 0.146s da pole, com Nico Rosberg (Williams) em terceiro no grid. Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto David Coulthard (Red Bull) ficou de fora por 0.028s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 0.746s — da pole ao P10 — com Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 |
| 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 |