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2006 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2006 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/752-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2006 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · Sepang International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2006 Formula 1 World Championship · round 2

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:30:40.529 · 56 laps · renault	10
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:30:45.114 · 56 laps · renault	8
3	Jenson Button	Honda	1:30:50.160 · 56 laps · honda	6
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	1:31:19.880 · 56 laps · mercedes	5
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31:23.783 · 56 laps · ferrari	4
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31:24.383 · 56 laps · ferrari	3
7	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:32:00.990 · 56 laps · bmw	2
8	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:32:01.817 · 56 laps · toyota	1
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Time not recorded · 55 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
10	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Time not recorded · 55 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
12	Christijan Albers	Midland	Time not recorded · 54 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
13	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	Time not recorded · 54 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
14	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	Time not recorded · 53 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Engine · Time not recorded · 48 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	Clutch · Time not recorded · 41 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	Throttle · Time not recorded · 33 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Christian Klien	Red Bull	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 26 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 15 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 10 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 6 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	Q1 1:35.488 · 22 laps · renault
2	Jenson Button	Honda	Q1 1:35.023 · 19 laps · honda
3	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:35.105 · 19 laps · cosworth
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.810 · 23 laps · ferrari
5	Mark Webber	Williams	Q1 1:35.252 · 18 laps · cosworth
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	Q1 1:34.536 · 18 laps · mercedes
7	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	Q1 1:34.667 · 18 laps · mercedes
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:35.514 · 22 laps · renault
9	Christian Klien	Red Bull	Q1 1:35.171 · 16 laps · ferrari
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	Q1 1:35.214 · 10 laps · toyota
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull	Q1 1:34.839 · 12 laps · ferrari
12	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	Q1 1:35.526 · 14 laps · honda
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:35.517 · 12 laps · toyota
14	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:35.391 · 10 laps · bmw
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:35.588 · 10 laps · bmw
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.091 · 3 laps · ferrari
17	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.297 · 6 laps · cosworth
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.581 · 7 laps · cosworth
19	Christijan Albers	Midland	Q1 1:37.426 · 7 laps · toyota
20	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	Q1 1:37.819 · 6 laps · toyota
21	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	Q1 1:39.011 · 6 laps · honda
22	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	Q1 1:40.720 · 6 laps · honda

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:33.840 · renault
2	Jenson Button	Honda	1:33.986 · honda
3	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:34.626 · cosworth
4	Mark Webber	Williams	1:34.672 · cosworth
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	1:34.916 · mercedes
6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:34.983 · mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.747 · renault
8	Christian Klien	Red Bull	1:38.715 · ferrari
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:34.702 · toyota
10	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1:34.752 · bmw
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:34.783 · bmw
12	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	1:36.297 · cosworth
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:36.581 · cosworth
14	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:34.668 · ferrari
15	Christijan Albers	Midland	1:37.426 · toyota
16	Tiago Monteiro	Midland	1:37.819 · toyota
17	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	1:39.011 · honda
18	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri	1:40.720 · honda
19	David Coulthard	Red Bull	1:34.614 · ferrari
20	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:34.683 · honda
21	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Time not recorded · ferrari
22	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	Time not recorded · toyota

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
2	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
3	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
7	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
8	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
9	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
11	Ralf Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
12	Christian Klien	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
13	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
14	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
15	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Christijan Albers	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Tiago Monteiro	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Scott Speed	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Takuma Sato	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Alexander Wurz	1	1:34.946
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	2	1:35.733
freePractice1Results	Anthony Davidson	3	1:35.997
freePractice1Results	Juan Pablo Montoya	4	1:36.709
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	5	1:37.042
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:37.043
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:37.557
freePractice1Results	Robert Doornbos	8	1:37.604
freePractice1Results	Ralf Schumacher	9	1:37.826
freePractice1Results	Christian Klien	10	1:38.448
freePractice1Results	Neel Jani	11	1:38.668
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	12	1:38.837
freePractice1Results	Scott Speed	13	1:39.599
freePractice1Results	Tiago Monteiro	14	1:39.899
freePractice1Results	Giorgio Mondini	15	1:40.092
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:40.123
freePractice1Results	Christijan Albers	17	1:40.608
freePractice1Results	Takuma Sato	18	1:41.072
freePractice1Results	Yuji Ide	19	1:43.449
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	20	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	21	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	22	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	23	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	24	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Anthony Davidson	1	1:35.041
freePractice2Results	Alexander Wurz	2	1:35.388
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:35.806
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:35.924
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	5	1:36.132
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	6	1:36.182
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:36.617
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	8	1:36.661
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	9	1:37.045
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:37.270
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	11	1:37.317
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	12	1:37.418
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	13	1:37.457
freePractice2Results	Juan Pablo Montoya	14	1:37.463
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	1:37.590
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	16	1:37.603
freePractice2Results	Ralf Schumacher	17	1:37.695
freePractice2Results	Neel Jani	18	1:37.831
freePractice2Results	Scott Speed	19	1:37.926
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	20	1:38.081
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	21	1:38.205
freePractice2Results	Giorgio Mondini	22	1:38.256
freePractice2Results	Christian Klien	23	1:38.644
freePractice2Results	Christijan Albers	24	1:38.918
freePractice2Results	Robert Doornbos	25	1:39.105
freePractice2Results	Tiago Monteiro	26	1:39.416
freePractice2Results	Takuma Sato	27	1:41.549
freePractice2Results	Yuji Ide	28	1:43.164
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	1	1:34.126
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:34.180
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	3	1:34.585
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	4	1:34.616
freePractice3Results	Christian Klien	5	1:34.815
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	6	1:34.854
freePractice3Results	Ralf Schumacher	7	1:35.040
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:35.242
freePractice3Results	David Coulthard	9	1:35.639
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	10	1:35.690
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	11	1:35.700
freePractice3Results	Jacques Villeneuve	12	1:36.144
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:36.505
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	1:36.549
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:36.655
freePractice3Results	Juan Pablo Montoya	16	1:37.053
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	17	1:37.148
freePractice3Results	Christijan Albers	18	1:37.232
freePractice3Results	Scott Speed	19	1:37.437
freePractice3Results	Tiago Monteiro	20	1:37.900
freePractice3Results	Takuma Sato	21	1:38.821
freePractice3Results	Yuji Ide	22	1:40.542

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	1	34.193
Christian Klien	1	1	9:34.749
Christian Klien	2	4	4:08.631
Tiago Monteiro	1	12	28.625
Ralf Schumacher	1	13	27.796
Mark Webber	1	14	26.486
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	17	29.126
Yuji Ide	1	16	30.339
Jenson Button	1	19	26.023
Christijan Albers	1	19	26.871
Takuma Sato	1	19	28.588
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	19	34.239
Jarno Trulli	1	20	25.511
Scott Speed	1	22	29.904
Ralf Schumacher	2	22	28.675
Juan Pablo Montoya	1	23	26.518
Michael Schumacher	1	23	30.135
Jacques Villeneuve	1	23	27.015
Nick Heidfeld	1	24	25.701
Fernando Alonso	1	26	25.455
Felipe Massa	1	29	28.412
Rubens Barrichello	1	31	30.540
Jarno Trulli	2	36	30.312
Rubens Barrichello	2	36	30.219
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	38	25.473
Jenson Button	2	38	26.325
Tiago Monteiro	2	36	28.686
Christijan Albers	2	37	28.201
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	37	28.073
Ralf Schumacher	3	38	28.431
Takuma Sato	2	39	28.241
Jacques Villeneuve	2	41	25.341
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	42	25.467
Nick Heidfeld	2	42	24.971
Fernando Alonso	2	43	24.441
Michael Schumacher	2	45	25.614