25/02/2006
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Country | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap |
| 1 | South Africa | Simpson | 12 | 1:24.016 | 90.150 mph |
| 2 | Ireland | Firman | 26 | 1:24.636 | 0.620 |
| 3 | Netherlands | Verstappen | 25 | 1:24.892 | 0.876 |
| 4 | Switzerland | Jani | 17 | 1:24.905 | 0.889 |
| 5 | Brazil | Fittipaldi | 25 | 1:24.952 | 0.936 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Kerr | 17 | 1:25.111 | 1.095 |
| 7 | Mexico | Duran | 27 | 1:25.153 | 1.137 |
| 8 | USA | Herta | 22 | 1:25.248 | 1.232 |
| 9 | Italy | Toccacelo | 21 | 1:25.336 | 1.320 |
| 10 | France | Premat | 15 | 1:25.442 | 1.426 |
| 11 | Portugal | Parente | 21 | 1:25.453 | 1.437 |
| 12 | Lebanon | Rahal | 25 | 1:25.684 | 1.668 |
| 13 | Germany | Scheider | 19 | 1:25.764 | 1.748 |
| 14 | Canada | Carpentier | 20 | 1:25.874 | 1.858 |
| 15 | Indonesia | Mikola | 15 | 1:25.986 | 1.970 |
| 16 | Austria | Friesacher | 20 | 1:26.054 | 2.038 |
| 17 | Malaysia | Yoong | 18 | 1:26.064 | 2.048 |
| 18 | New Zealand | Halliday | 17 | 1:26.685 | 2.669 |
| 19 | Japan | Shimoda | 27 | 1:27.031 | 3.015 |
| 20 | Czech Rep | Enge | 8 | 1:27.684 | 3.668 |
| 21 | Australia | Jones | 18 | 1:28.358 | 4.342 |
| 22 | China | Ma | 28 | 1:30.322 | 6.306 |