| Race Name: | XXXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix |
| Track: | Suzuka International Racing Course |
| Round: | 17 of 18 |
| Race date: | Sunday, October 8th, 2006 |
| Race time: | 14.00 |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Driver | Fernando Alonso | Felipe Massa | Giancarlo Fisichella |
| Constructor | Renault | Ferrari | Renault |
| Car | Renault R26 | Ferrari 248 F1 | Renault R26 |
| Engine | Renault RS26 | Ferrari 056 | Renault RS26 |
| Tyre | Michelin | Bridgestone | Michelin |
| Time | 1:23:53.413 | 1:24:09.564 | 1:24:17.366 |
| Gap | 16.151 secs | 23.953 secs |
| P | No. | Driver | Fri Prac 1 | Fri Prac 2 | Sat Prac | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Qual | Race | Total | |
| 1 | 5 | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | No Time 0 | 1:34.565 10 | 1:30.653 13 | 1:31.279 3 | 1:28.954 3 | 1:29.711 11 | 1:29.711 17 | 1:32.792 36 | 1:28.954 76 | |
| 2 | 6 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | No Time 0 | 1:34.408 10 | 1:32.790 15 | 1:30.112 3 | 1:29.830 3 | 1:29.599 10 | 1:29.599 16 | 1:33.296 53 | 1:29.599 94 | |
| 3 | 7 | Ralf Schumacher Toyota | No Time 1 | 1:35.375 12 | 1:31.863 15 | 1:30.595 6 | 1:30.299 3 | 1:29.989 10 | 1:29.989 19 | 1:33.607 53 | 1:29.989 100 | |
| 4 | 8 | Jarno Trulli Toyota | No Time 1 | 1:35.343 12 | 1:34.118 15 | 1:30.420 6 | 1:30.204 3 | 1:30.039 10 | 1:30.039 19 | 1:33.866 53 | 1:30.039 100 | |
| 5 | 12 | Jenson Button Honda | No Time 1 | 1:35.002 6 | 1:32.320 12 | 1:30.847 6 | 1:30.268 6 | 1:30.992 10 | 1:30.992 22 | 1:33.451 53 | 1:30.268 94 | |
| 6 | 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella Renault | No Time 1 | 1:34.337 8 | 1:32.527 13 | 1:31.696 4 | 1:30.306 3 | 1:30.599 10 | 1:30.599 17 | 1:33.564 53 | 1:30.306 92 | |
| 7 | 10 | Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth | No Time 1 | 1:36.176 10 | 1:32.730 18 | 1:30.585 6 | 1:30.321 6 | 1:31.856 10 | 1:31.856 22 | 1:34.802 52 | 1:30.321 103 | |
| 8 | 1 | Fernando Alonso Renault | No Time 1 | 1:34.863 5 | 1:32.555 14 | 1:30.976 3 | 1:30.357 3 | 1:30.371 10 | 1:30.371 16 | 1:32.676 53 | 1:30.357 89 | |
| 9 | 16 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW | No Time 1 | 1:38.779 5 | 1:32.590 15 | 1:31.811 3 | 1:30.470 5 | 1:31.513 10 | 1:31.513 18 | 1:34.525 53 | 1:30.470 92 | |
| 10 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello Honda | No Time 1 | 1:35.528 10 | 1:33.748 16 | 1:31.972 5 | 1:30.598 6 | 1:31.478 10 | 1:31.478 21 | 1:34.071 52 | 1:30.598 100 | |
| 11 | 3 | Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes | No Time 1 | 1:35.367 5 | 1:32.730 12 | 1:32.080 3 | 1:30.827 6 | 1:30.827 9 | 1:33.344 53 | 1:30.827 80 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW | No Time 1 | 1:36.299 5 | 1:32.787 17 | 1:31.204 3 | 1:31.094 5 | 1:31.094 8 | 1:33.509 53 | 1:31.094 84 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes | No Time 1 | 1:35.064 6 | 1:33.163 12 | 1:31.581 6 | 1:31.254 6 | 1:31.254 12 | 1:34.120 52 | 1:31.254 83 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth | No Time 1 | 1:35.866 5 | 1:33.339 17 | 1:31.647 6 | 1:31.276 5 | 1:31.276 11 | 1:35.092 39 | 1:31.276 73 | ||
| 15 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth | No Time 2 | 1:37.441 15 | 1:32.977 20 | 1:31.741 7 | 1:31.943 7 | 1:31.943 14 | 1:34.131 52 | 1:31.741 103 | ||
| 16 | 19 | Christijan Albers Midland-Toyota | 1:47.838 6 | 1:36.180 4 | 1:33.270 23 | 1:32.221 7 | 1:33.750 6 | 1:33.750 13 | 1:36.036 20 | 1:32.221 66 | ||
| 17 | 14 | David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari | No Time 1 | 1:37.596 6 | 1:32.252 6 | 1:32.252 6 | 1:35.052 35 | 1:32.252 48 | ||||
| 18 | 15 | Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari | No Time 1 | 1:37.788 9 | 1:33.663 12 | 1:32.402 7 | 1:32.402 7 | 1:35.099 52 | 1:32.402 81 | |||
| 19 | 21 | Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:47.814 7 | 1:37.501 16 | 1:33.213 20 | 1:32.867 7 | 1:32.867 7 | 1:34.560 48 | 1:32.867 98 | |||
| 20 | 1:33.451 16 | 1:33.451 16 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 22 | Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda | 1:48.042 11 | 1:38.533 18 | 1:34.727 20 | 1:33.666 6 | 1:33.666 6 | 1:35.082 52 | 1:33.666 107 | |||
| 22 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro Midland-Toyota | No Time 4 | 1:37.702 9 | 1:33.824 19 | 1:33.709 3 | 1:33.709 3 | 1:35.260 51 | 1:33.709 86 | |||
| 23 | 23 | Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda | 1:50.479 9 | 1:38.955 14 | 1:34.646 10 | No Time 2 | No Time 2 | 1:35.594 50 | 1:34.646 85 | |||
| 24 | 36 | Anthony Davidson Honda | 1:45.349 18 | 1:34.906 23 | 1:34.906 41 | |||||||
| 25 | 38 | Sebastian Vettel BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:46.585 20 | 1:34.912 30 | 1:34.912 50 | |||||||
| 26 | 37 | Michael Ammermüller Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:47.162 21 | 1:35.433 25 | 1:35.433 46 | |||||||
| 27 | 35 | Alex Wurz Williams-Cosworth | 1:47.919 19 | 1:36.234 25 | 1:36.234 44 | |||||||
| 28 | 41 | Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda | 1:47.918 13 | 1:37.354 20 | 1:37.354 33 | |||||||
| 29 | 40 | Neel Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:46.138 21 | 1:37.741 26 | 1:37.741 47 | |||||||
| 30 | 39 | Adrian Sutil Midland-Toyota | 1:47.773 21 | 1:43.914 14 | 1:43.914 35 |