Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2006-10-08
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) took pole for the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:29.599 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.112s shy of pole, with Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) third on the grid. Nico Rosberg (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.257s — pole to P10 — with Nico Rosberg (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:30.112 | 1:29.830 | 1:29.599 | 1:29.599 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:31.279 | 1:28.954 | 1:29.711 | +0.112 |
| 3 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:30.595 | 1:30.299 | 1:29.989 | +0.390 |
| 4 |
| Jarno Trulli |
| Toyota |
| 1:30.420 |
| 1:30.204 |
| 1:30.039 |
| +0.440 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:30.976 | 1:30.357 | 1:30.371 | +0.772 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:31.696 | 1:30.306 | 1:30.599 | +1.000 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:30.847 | 1:30.268 | 1:30.992 | +1.393 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:31.972 | 1:30.598 | 1:31.478 | +1.879 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:31.811 | 1:30.470 | 1:31.513 | +1.914 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:30.585 | 1:30.321 | 1:31.856 | +2.257 |
| 11 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:32.080 | 1:30.827 | — | +1.228 |
| 12 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:31.204 | 1:31.094 | — | +1.495 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | McLaren | 1:31.581 | 1:31.254 | — | +1.655 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:31.647 | 1:31.276 | — | +1.677 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:31.741 | 1:31.943 | — | +2.344 |
| 16 | Christijan Albers | Spyker MF1 | 1:32.221 | 1:33.750 | — | +4.151 |
| 17 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:32.252 | — | — | +2.653 |
| 18 | Robert Doornbos | Red Bull | 1:32.402 | — | — | +2.803 |
| 19 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:32.867 | — | — | +3.268 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:33.666 | — | — | +4.067 |
| 21 | Tiago Monteiro | Spyker MF1 | 1:33.709 | — | — | +4.110 |
| 22 | Sakon Yamamoto | Super Aguri | — | — | — | — |