| Race Name: | III Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Track: | Sakhir International Circuit |
| Round: | 1 of18 |
| Race date: | Sunday, March 12th, 2006 |
| Race time: | 14.30 |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Driver | Fernando Alonso | Michael Schumacher | Kimi Räikkönen |
| Constructor | Renault | Ferrari | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Car | RenaultR26 | Ferrari248 F1 | McLarenMP4-21 |
| Engine | RenaultRS26 | Ferrari056 | MercedesFO 108S |
| Tyre | Michelin | Bridgestone | Michelin |
| Time | 1:29:46.205 | 1:29:47.451 | 1:30:05.565 |
| Gap | 1.246 secs | 19.360 secs |
| P | No. | Driver | Fri Prac 1 | Fri Prac 2 | Sat Prac | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Qual | Race | Total | |
| 1 | 1 | Fernando Alonso Renault | No Time 2 | 1:32.538 13 | 1:31.975 11 | 1:32.433 3 | 1:31.215 3 | 1:31.702 14 | 1:31.702 20 | 1:32.534 57 | 1:31.215 103 | |
| 2 | 36 | Anthony Davidson Honda | No Time 2 | 1:31.353 28 | 1:31.353 30 | |||||||
| 3 | 5 | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | 1:33.469 5 | 1:31.751 15 | 1:31.868 8 | 1:33.310 5 | 1:32.025 3 | 1:31.431 12 | 1:31.431 20 | 1:32.523 57 | 1:31.431 105 | |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | 1:34.925 6 | 1:32.175 13 | 1:32.826 6 | 1:33.579 5 | 1:32.014 3 | 1:31.478 12 | 1:31.478 20 | 1:32.739 57 | 1:31.478 102 | |
| 5 | 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.887 6 | 1:33.726 15 | 1:34.406 11 | 1:33.233 5 | 1:31.487 3 | 1:32.164 12 | 1:32.164 20 | 1:32.771 57 | 1:31.487 109 | |
| 6 | 12 | Jenson Button Honda | No Time 0 | 1:33.226 12 | 1:31.857 16 | 1:32.603 4 | 1:32.025 6 | 1:31.549 13 | 1:31.549 23 | 1:32.729 57 | 1:31.549 108 | |
| 7 | 35 | Alex Wurz Williams-Cosworth | 1:32.184 18 | 1:31.764 27 | 1:31.764 45 | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella Renault | No Time 2 | 1:33.215 14 | 1:32.050 12 | 1:32.934 3 | 1:31.831 3 | 1:33.496 14 | 1:33.496 20 | 1:34.320 21 | 1:31.831 69 | |
| 9 | 16 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW | No Time 1 | 1:33.848 9 | 1:34.094 11 | 1:33.374 5 | 1:31.958 7 | 1:33.926 12 | 1:33.926 24 | 1:33.772 56 | 1:31.958 101 | |
| 10 | 15 | Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:34.800 6 | 1:33.557 8 | 1:33.944 14 | 1:34.308 6 | 1:32.106 6 | 1:33.112 13 | 1:33.112 25 | 1:33.212 57 | 1:32.106 110 | |
| 11 | 38 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:32.170 20 | 1:33.244 26 | 1:32.170 46 | |||||||
| 12 | 9 | Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth | No Time 0 | 1:34.333 5 | 1:33.876 11 | 1:33.454 5 | 1:32.309 3 | 1:33.006 12 | 1:33.006 20 | 1:32.660 57 | 1:32.309 93 | |
| 13 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello Honda | No Time 0 | 1:34.384 9 | 1:34.009 15 | 1:32.922 7 | 1:32.322 7 | 1:32.579 12 | 1:32.579 26 | 1:33.840 56 | 1:32.322 106 | |
| 14 | 10 | Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth | No Time 0 | 1:34.953 5 | 1:34.434 11 | 1:32.945 5 | 1:32.620 5 | 1:32.620 10 | 1:32.408 57 | 1:32.408 83 | ||
| 15 | 17 | Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber-BMW | No Time 1 | 1:36.264 8 | 1:32.913 14 | 1:33.882 4 | 1:32.456 7 | 1:32.456 11 | 1:33.694 29 | 1:32.456 63 | ||
| 16 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:35.083 8 | 1:32.703 24 | 1:35.351 13 | 1:34.439 6 | 1:33.416 7 | 1:33.416 13 | 1:33.480 57 | 1:32.703 115 | ||
| 17 | 14 | David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:35.017 4 | 1:34.432 7 | 1:34.142 16 | 1:33.678 6 | 1:32.850 6 | 1:32.850 12 | 1:33.376 57 | 1:32.850 96 | ||
| 18 | 3 | Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.388 6 | 1:33.577 11 | 1:33.262 12 | No Time 2 | No Time 2 | 1:32.864 57 | 1:32.864 88 | |||
| 19 | 37 | Robert Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari | 1:35.203 15 | 1:32.926 24 | 1:32.926 39 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | Jarno Trulli Toyota | No Time 2 | 1:35.898 11 | 1:33.038 16 | 1:33.987 7 | 1:33.066 4 | 1:33.066 11 | 1:34.852 56 | 1:33.038 96 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:35.371 7 | 1:34.284 22 | 1:35.532 13 | 1:33.995 6 | 1:34.606 4 | 1:34.606 10 | 1:33.108 56 | 1:33.108 108 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Ralf Schumacher Toyota | No Time 1 | 1:35.170 18 | 1:33.523 14 | 1:34.702 7 | 1:34.702 7 | 1:34.112 56 | 1:33.523 96 | |||
| 23 | 40 | Neel Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth | 1:34.831 15 | 1:33.900 24 | 1:33.900 39 | |||||||
| 24 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro Midland-Toyota | 1:36.542 9 | 1:34.459 14 | 1:35.026 14 | 1:35.900 4 | 1:35.900 4 | 1:35.940 55 | 1:34.459 96 | |||
| 25 | 19 | Christijan Albers Midland-Toyota | 1:36.930 9 | 1:36.314 16 | 1:34.541 14 | 1:35.724 6 | 1:35.724 6 | No Time 0 | 1:34.541 45 | |||
| 26 | 39 | Markus Winkelhock Midland-Toyota | 1:37.918 16 | 1:35.686 24 | 1:35.686 40 | |||||||
| 27 | 22 | Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda | 1:38.190 15 | 1:37.588 19 | 1:36.994 15 | 1:37.411 6 | 1:37.411 6 | 1:37.104 53 | 1:36.994 108 | |||
| 28 | 23 | Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda | 1:40.782 15 | 1:39.021 21 | 1:41.889 10 | 1:40.270 6 | 1:40.270 6 | 1:38.302 35 | 1:38.302 87 |
