Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2006-03-12
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) took pole for the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:31.431 lap.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.047s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (Honda) third on the grid. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jacques Villeneuve (BMW Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.495s — pole to P10 — with Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |