By Karl King
March 18 2006
Giancarlo Fisichella beat Jenson Button to pole today, with McLaren's duo qualifying sixth and seventh. However, Michael Schumacher, who qualified 5th, will move down with an engine change, and promoted the Mercedes powered drivers to share the third row.
Below are the qualifying times from Malaysia. The red times are the people who were knocked out in the first phase, along with their best time from that particular session. The orange are the drivers knocked out in phase 2, with the best times they set in that particular session. The green times are those who made it into the pole shoot-out. The times shown are those set in that particluar session.
1. FISICHELLA Renault 1m33.840s
2. BUTTON Honda 1m33.986s
3. ROSBERG Williams 1m34.626s
4. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m34.668s *
5. WEBBER Williams 1m34.672s
6. MONTOYA McLaren 1m34.916s
7. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m34.983s
8. ALONSO Renault 1m35.747s
9. KLIEN Red Bull 1m38.715s
10. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota no time *
11. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m34.614s *
12. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m34.683s *
13. TRULLI
14. VILLENEUVE BMW 1m34.752s
15. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.783s
16. MASSA Ferrari no time *
17. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m36.297s
18. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m36.581s
19. ALBERS MF1 1m37.426s
20. MONTEIRO MF1 1m37.819s
21. SATO Super Aguri 1m39.011s
22. IDE Super Aguri 1m40.720s
* denotes engine change and will move back 10 places