Etapa 5 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2006-05-07
Fernando Alonso (Renault) cravou a pole do European Grand Prix de 2006 com uma volta de 1:29.816.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.212s da pole, com Felipe Massa (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Mark Webber (Williams) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 3.589s — da pole ao P10 — com Mark Webber (Williams) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:31.138 | 1:30.336 | 1:29.816 | 1:29.816 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:31.235 | 1:30.013 | 1:30.028 | +0.212 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.921 | 1:30.732 | 1:30.407 | +0.591 |
| 4 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
| Honda |
| 1:31.671 |
| 1:30.469 |
| 1:30.754 |
| +0.938 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:31.263 | 1:30.203 | 1:30.933 | +1.117 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:31.420 | 1:30.755 | 1:30.940 | +1.124 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:31.809 | 1:30.733 | 1:31.419 | +1.603 |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | BMW Sauber | 1:31.545 | 1:30.865 | 1:31.542 | +1.726 |
| 9 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:31.774 | 1:30.671 | 1:31.880 | +2.064 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:31.712 | 1:30.892 | 1:33.405 | +3.589 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:31.470 | 1:30.944 | — | +1.128 |
| 12 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:32.053 | 1:31.194 | — | +1.378 |
| 13 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:31.574 | 1:31.197 | — | +1.381 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:31.742 | 1:31.227 | — | +1.411 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:31.457 | 1:31.422 | — | +1.606 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:32.651 | 1:31.728 | — | +1.912 |
| 17 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:32.901 | — | — | +3.085 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | MF1 | 1:32.936 | — | — | +3.120 |
| 19 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:32.992 | — | — | +3.176 |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | MF1 | 1:33.658 | — | — | +3.842 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:35.239 | — | — | +5.423 |
| 22 | Franck Montagny | Super Aguri | 1:46.505 | — | — | +16.689 |