Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2006-04-02
Jenson Button (Honda) took pole for the 2006 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:25.229 lap.
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) joined the front row, 0.406s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Renault) third on the grid. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.391s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.098s — pole to P10 — with Jarno Trulli (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:28.081 | 1:26.337 | 1:25.229 | 1:25.229 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:27.765 | 1:26.196 | 1:25.635 | +0.406 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:28.569 | 1:25.729 | 1:25.778 | +0.549 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| McLaren |
| 1:27.193 |
| 1:26.161 |
| 1:25.822 |
| +0.593 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:27.079 | 1:25.902 | 1:25.976 | +0.747 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:28.007 | 1:26.596 | 1:26.612 | +1.383 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:27.669 | 1:26.075 | 1:26.937 | +1.708 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:27.796 | 1:26.014 | 1:27.579 | +2.350 |
| 9 | Jacques Villeneuve | BMW Sauber | 1:28.460 | 1:26.714 | 1:29.239 | +4.010 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.748 | 1:26.327 | — | +1.098 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:28.228 | 1:26.718 | — | +1.489 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:28.408 | 1:27.023 | — | +1.794 |
| 13 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:28.999 | 1:27.219 | — | +1.990 |
| 14 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:28.757 | 1:27.591 | — | +2.362 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:28.351 | 1:29.422 | — | +4.193 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:28.868 | — | — | +3.639 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:29.943 | — | — | +4.714 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | MF1 | 1:30.226 | — | — | +4.997 |
| 19 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:30.426 | — | — | +5.197 |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | MF1 | 1:30.709 | — | — | +5.480 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:32.279 | — | — | +7.050 |
| 22 | Yuji Ide | Super Aguri | 1:36.164 | — | — | +10.935 |