By Phil Huff
October 1 2006
A very wet Shanghai saw championship leader Fernando Alonso well ahead of rival Michael Schumacher. It was Honda that stole the show, however, with both drivers on the second row.
| Pos | Driver | Team | T | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | |
| 1 | Alonso | Renault | M | 1:44.128 | 1:43.951 | 1:44.360 | |
| 2 | Fisichella | Renault | M | 1:44.378 | 1:44.336 | 1:44.992 | |
| 3 | Barrichello | Honda | M | 1:47.072 | 1:45.288 | 1:45.503 | |
| 4 | Button | Honda | M | 1:45.809 | 1:44.662 | 1:45.503 | |
| 5 | Raikkonen | McLaren | M | 1:44.909 | 1:45.622 | 1:45.754 | |
| 6 | M Schumacher | Ferrari | B | 1:47.366 | 1:45.660 | 1:45.755 | |
| 7 | de la Rosa | McLaren | M | 1:44.808 | 1:45.095 | 1:45.877 | |
| 8 | Heidfeld | BMW-Sauber | M | 1:46.249 | 1:45.055 | 1:46.053 | |
| 9 | Kubica | BMW-Sauber | M | 1:46.049 | 1:45.576 | 1:46.632 | |
| 10 | Doornbos | Red Bull | M | 1:46.387 | 1:45.747 | 1:48.021 | |
| 11 | Speed | Toro Rosso | M | 1:46.222 | 1:45.851 | ||
| 12 | Coulthard | Red Bull | M | 1:45.931 | 1:45.968 | ||
| 13 | Massa | Ferrari | B | 1:47.231 | 1:45.970 | ||
| 14 | Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | M | 1:45.564 | 1:46.172 | ||
| 15 | Webber | Williams | B | 1:48.560 | 1:46.413 | ||
| 16 | Rosberg | Williams | B | 1:47.535 | 1:47.419 | ||
| 17 | R Schumacher | Toyota | B | 1:48.894 | |||
| 18 | Trulli | Toyota | B | 1:49.098 | |||
| 19 | Monteiro | Midland | B | 1:49.903 | |||
| 20 | Sato | Super Aguri | B | 1:50.326 | |||
| 21 | Yamamoto | Super Aguri | B | 1:55.560 | |||
| 22 | Albers | Midland | B | DSQ |
