08/09/2006
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Piquet | Piquet Sports | 1:30.161 | 143.727 mph |
| 2 | Pantano | FMS International | 1:30.390 | 0.229 |
| 3 | Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | 1:30.712 | 0.551 |
| 4 | Carroll | Racing Engineering | 1:30.789 | 0.628 |
| 5 | Premat | ART Grand Prix | 1:31.031 | 0.870 |
| 6 | Filippi | BCN Competition | 1:31.071 | 0.910 |
| 7 | Viso | iSport International | 1:31.162 | 1.001 |
| 8 | Ammermüller | Arden International | 1:31.212 | 1.051 |
| 9 | Perera | DAMS | 1:31.273 | 1.112 |
| 10 | Valles | Campos Racing | 1:31.288 | 1.127 |
| 11 | Glock | iSport International | 1:31.302 | 1.141 |
| 12 | Bruni | Trident Racing | 1:31.357 | 1.196 |
| 13 | Porteiro | Campos Racing | 1:31.358 | 1.197 |
| 14 | Lopez | Super Nova International | 1:31.479 | 1.318 |
| 15 | Piccione | DPR | 1:31.510 | 1.349 |
| 16 | Negrao | Piquet Sports | 1:31.664 | 1.503 |
| 17 | Hernandez | Durango | 1:31.685 | 1.524 |
| 18 | Zuber | Trident Racing | 1:31.818 | 1.657 |
| 19 | Lapierre | Arden International | 1:31.870 | 1.709 |
| 20 | Yoshimoto | BCN Competition | 1:31.888 | 1.727 |
| 21 | di Grassi | Durango | 1:31.934 | 1.773 |
| 22 | Villa | Racing Engineering | 1:32.195 | 2.034 |
| 23 | Monfardini | DAMS | 1:32.253 | 2.092 |
| 24 | Petrov | DPR | 1:32.351 | 2.190 |
| 25 | Fauzy | Super Nova International | 1:32.584 | 2.423 |
| 26 | Tahinci | FMS International | 1:33.337 | 3.176 |
Note: Lewis Hamilton and four other drivers lost their two fastest laptimes for not heeding yellow flag warnings at the end of the session.
Hamilton's laps were consistent enough, however, that he did not lose a grid position and remained third.
Franck Perera drops from 5th to 9th, Andreas Zuber 14th to 18th, Ferdinando Monfardini 20th to 23rd, and Nicolas Lapierre remained in 19th.