| Race Name: | VIII Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix |
| Track: | Sepang International Circuit |
| Round: | 2 of 18 |
| Race date: | Sunday, March 19th, 2006 |
| Race time: | 15.00 |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Driver | Giancarlo Fisichella | Fernando Alonso | Jenson Button |
| Constructor | Renault | Renault | Honda |
| Car | Renault R26 | Renault R26 | Honda RA106 |
| Engine | Renault RS26 | Renault RS26 | Honda RA806E |
| Tyre | Michelin | Michelin | Michelin |
| Time | 1:30:40.529 | 1:30:45.114 | 1:30:50.160 |
| Gap | 4.585 secs | 9.631 secs |
| P | No. | Driver | Fri Prac 1 | Fri Prac 2 | Sat Prac | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Qual | Race | Total | |
| 1 | 12 | Jenson Button Honda | No Time 0 | 1:36.661 12 | 1:34.616 20 | 1:35.023 3 | 1:33.527 3 | 1:33.986 13 | 1:33.986 19 | 1:35.604 56 | 1:33.527 107 | |
| 2 | 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella Renault | No Time 2 | 1:36.182 14 | 1:34.585 13 | 1:35.488 3 | 1:33.623 6 | 1:33.840 13 | 1:33.840 22 | 1:35.294 56 | 1:33.623 107 | |
| 3 | 1 | Fernando Alonso Renault | No Time 2 | 1:35.806 14 | 1:34.180 13 | 1:35.514 3 | 1:33.997 6 | 1:35.747 13 | 1:35.747 22 | 1:34.803 56 | 1:33.997 107 | |
| 4 | 5 | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | 1:37.043 4 | 1:36.617 17 | 1:34.126 16 | 1:35.810 5 | 1:34.574 5 | 1:34.668 13 | 1:34.668 23 | 1:35.647 56 | 1:34.126 116 | |
| 5 | 9 | Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth | No Time 0 | 1:38.081 5 | 1:35.700 11 | 1:35.252 3 | 1:34.279 3 | 1:34.672 12 | 1:34.672 18 | 1:36.771 15 | 1:34.279 49 | |
| 6 | 3 | Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes | No Time 1 | 1:36.132 15 | 1:34.854 10 | 1:34.667 3 | 1:34.351 3 | 1:34.983 12 | 1:34.983 18 | No Time 0 | 1:34.351 44 | |
| 7 | 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.709 4 | 1:37.463 12 | 1:37.053 8 | 1:34.536 3 | 1:34.568 3 | 1:34.916 12 | 1:34.916 18 | 1:35.566 56 | 1:34.536 98 | |
| 8 | 15 | Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:38.448 5 | 1:38.644 10 | 1:34.815 12 | 1:35.171 6 | 1:34.537 6 | 1:38.715 4 | 1:38.715 16 | 1:36.867 26 | 1:34.537 69 | |
| 9 | 10 | Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth | No Time 0 | 1:38.205 6 | 1:35.242 14 | 1:35.105 4 | 1:34.563 3 | 1:34.626 12 | 1:34.626 19 | 1:37.366 6 | 1:34.563 45 | |
| 10 | 7 | Ralf Schumacher Toyota | 1:37.826 9 | 1:37.695 20 | 1:35.040 7 | 1:35.214 7 | 1:34.586 3 | No Time 0 | 1:34.586 10 | 1:35.686 56 | 1:34.586 102 | |
| 11 | 14 | David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:37.042 7 | 1:37.603 8 | 1:35.639 14 | 1:34.839 6 | 1:34.614 6 | 1:34.614 12 | 1:38.078 10 | 1:34.614 51 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello Honda | No Time 0 | 1:37.270 13 | 1:36.655 13 | 1:35.526 6 | 1:34.683 8 | 1:34.683 14 | 1:36.188 55 | 1:34.683 95 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Jarno Trulli Toyota | 1:38.837 8 | 1:37.317 23 | 1:35.690 19 | 1:35.517 6 | 1:34.702 6 | 1:34.702 12 | 1:36.380 55 | 1:34.702 117 | ||
| 14 | 17 | Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber-BMW | No Time 1 | 1:37.045 9 | 1:36.144 9 | 1:35.391 4 | 1:34.752 6 | 1:34.752 10 | 1:36.002 56 | 1:34.752 85 | ||
| 15 | 16 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW | No Time 1 | 1:37.418 7 | 1:36.505 13 | 1:35.588 4 | 1:34.783 6 | 1:34.783 10 | 1:35.751 48 | 1:34.783 79 | ||
| 16 | 35 | Alex Wurz Williams-Cosworth | 1:34.946 19 | 1:35.388 30 | 1:34.946 49 | |||||||
| 17 | 36 | Anthony Davidson Honda | 1:35.997 25 | 1:35.041 14 | 1:35.041 39 | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | 1:37.557 18 | 1:35.924 22 | 1:37.148 21 | 1:35.091 3 | No Time 0 | 1:35.091 3 | 1:35.954 56 | 1:35.091 120 | ||
| 19 | 38 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:35.733 22 | 1:37.457 28 | 1:35.733 50 | |||||||
| 20 | 21 | Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:39.599 14 | 1:37.926 21 | 1:37.437 19 | 1:36.297 6 | 1:36.297 6 | 1:37.313 41 | 1:36.297 101 | |||
| 21 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:40.123 8 | 1:37.590 22 | 1:36.549 15 | 1:36.581 7 | 1:36.581 7 | 1:37.387 54 | 1:36.549 106 | |||
| 22 | 19 | Christijan Albers Midland-Toyota | 1:40.608 12 | 1:38.918 20 | 1:37.232 18 | 1:37.426 7 | 1:37.426 7 | 1:38.198 54 | 1:37.232 111 | |||
| 23 | 37 | Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:37.604 18 | 1:39.105 28 | 1:37.604 46 | |||||||
| 24 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro Midland-Toyota | 1:39.899 8 | 1:39.416 20 | 1:37.900 17 | 1:37.819 6 | 1:37.819 6 | 1:39.510 54 | 1:37.819 105 | |||
| 25 | 40 | Neel Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:38.668 21 | 1:37.831 23 | 1:37.831 44 | |||||||
| 26 | 39 | Giorgio Mondini Midland-Toyota | 1:40.092 22 | 1:38.256 20 | 1:38.256 42 | |||||||
| 27 | 22 | Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda | 1:41.072 18 | 1:41.549 22 | 1:38.821 15 | 1:39.011 6 | 1:39.011 6 | 1:40.199 53 | 1:38.821 114 | |||
| 28 | 23 | Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda | 1:43.449 19 | 1:43.164 16 | 1:40.542 18 | 1:40.720 6 | 1:40.720 6 | 1:42.833 33 | 1:40.542 92 |