2006 F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix | Practice - Sepang Circuit Malaysia

Tom · Mar 17, 2006

F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix 2006 | Practice - Sepang Circuit Malaysia
Images: Wong SW & Andy Goh
Reports: Formula1.com

Anthony Davidson redeemed himself this afternoon by setting the fastest practice time for Honda just as the session ended. Earlier, third driver Davidson had spun in slippery Turn 14, but once his RA106 had been brought back to the pits he was able to resume running to slip in the 1m 35.041s lap that ousted former pacesetter, Williams counterpart Alexander Wurz.
This slightly disjointed session began with Kimi Raikkonen pushing his McLaren round in 1m 36.132s, a time on which he did not bother to improve. Then Fernando Alonso posted 1m 35.851s for Renault, and that remained the marker for much of the session until Wurz took his FW28 around in 1m 35.388s.
Alonso subsequently improved his time to 1m 35.806s to take third place, ahead of Felipe Massa on 1m 35.924s for Ferrari. Raikkonen’s time held up for fifth, then came Giancarlo Fisichella on 1m 36.182s, Michael Schumacher on 1m 36.617s, and Jenson Button on 1m 36.661s.

Fridays are all about tyre evaluation and set-up work, so these times should not be taken too seriously.
Jacques Villeneuve enjoyed a trouble-free day for ninth best time in his BMW Sauber, lapping in 1m 37.045s. Rubens Barrichello completed the top 10 with 1m 37.270s for Honda.
Behind them, the times were close, with another nine drivers lapping below 1m 38s. Jarno Trulli was the fastest of them with 1m 37.317s for Toyota, followed by Nick Heidfeld (1m 37.418s), Robert Kubica (1m 37.457s), Juan Pablo Montoya (1m 37.463s), Tonio Liuzzi (1m 37.590s), David Coulthard (1m 37.603s), Ralf Schumacher (1m 37.695s), Neel Jani (1m 37.831s) and Scott Speed (1m 37.926s).

Montoya caused some amusement when his McLaren stopped at the end of the pit lane, just across the exit line. Under the regulations he could not move it backwards under its own power, and since he was effectively on the race track, only he was allowed to move it back into pit lane. Grabbing a jack, the Colombian hauled the car back until his pit crew were able to finish the job for him. He got going again, but later spun in Turn 14.
Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg did the least number of laps for Williams, five and six respectively, and set the 20th and 21st fastest laps of 1m 38.081s and 1m 38.205s. Newcomer Giorgio Mondini continued his familiarisation with Midland to lap his M16 in 1m 38.256s, and then came Christian Klien on 1m 38.644s and Christijan Albers on 1m 38.918s. Robert Doornbos took his Red Bull round in 1m 39.105s, Tiago Monteiro his Midland in 1m 39.416s, and then there was a gap to Takuma Sato in the lead Super Aguri. He lapped that in 1m 41.549s, while team mate Yuji Ide was last in the sister SA05 in 1m 43.164s.

Now everyone has gathered their tyre and set-up data for further running on Saturday morning, and all of them have a much better idea what to expect from qualifying in the afternoon.
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Pos

No

Driver

Team

Laps

Time/Retired

Grid

Points

1

36

Anthony Davidson

Honda

1:35.041

2

35

Alexander Wurz

Williams-Cosworth

1:35.388

3

1

Fernando Alonso

Renault

1:35.806

4

6

Felipe Massa

Ferrari

1:35.924

5

3

Kimi Räikkönen

McLaren-Mercedes

1:36.132

6

2

Giancarlo Fisichella

Renault

1:36.182

7

5

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

1:36.617

8

12

Jenson Button

Honda

1:36.661

9

17

Jacques Villeneuve

Sauber-BMW

1:37.045

10

11

Rubens Barrichello

Honda

1:37.270

11

8

Jarno Trulli

Toyota

1:37.317

12

16

Nick Heidfeld

Sauber-BMW

1:37.418

13

38

Robert Kubica

Sauber-BMW

1:37.457

14

4

Juan Pablo Montoya

McLaren-Mercedes

1:37.463

15

20

Vitantonio Liuzzi

STR-Cosworth

1:37.590

16

14

David Coulthard

RBR-Ferrari

1:37.603

17

7

Ralf Schumacher

Toyota

1:37.695

18

40

Neel Jani

STR-Cosworth

1:37.831

19

21

Scott Speed

STR-Cosworth

1:37.926

20

9

Mark Webber

Williams-Cosworth

1:38.081

21

10

Nico Rosberg

Williams-Cosworth

1:38.205

22

39

Giorgio Mondini

MF1-Toyota

1:38.256

23

15

Christian Klien

RBR-Ferrari

1:38.644

24

19

Christijan Albers

MF1-Toyota

1:38.918

25

37

Robert Doornbos

RBR-Ferrari

1:39.105

26

18

Tiago Monteiro

MF1-Toyota

1:39.416

27

22

Takuma Sato

Super Aguri-Honda

1:41.549

28

23

Yuji Ide

Super Aguri-Honda

1:43.164

Images: Wong SW & Andy Goh

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Tom · Mar 17, 2006

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[s]UpErNoVa · Mar 17, 2006

f1 fever is back in malaysia! feel it... :shades_smile:

abi · Mar 17, 2006

yahoooo.... i got grandstand (garnet) ticket.... see u guys.... in sepang yea.
dudes, nice pictures...
more pitbabes... dude! hehehehe..........

devilman · Mar 18, 2006

fi o !! F1 RACE WELL DONE!!
http://mi5.bpcdn.us/Grafix4Guyz/32.gif

rattan · Mar 18, 2006

Nice set of pics.... was it taken by you Tom ?

Julius · Mar 19, 2006

todays LIVE
1. Giancarlo Fisichella
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Jenson Button
4. Juan Pablo Montoya
5. Felipe Massa
6. M. Schumacher

Renault Team 2wins
wow.....

BlackSamurai · Mar 19, 2006

rattan said:
Nice set of pics.... was it taken by you Tom ?

i dun think so, each photo clearly stated the photographer name at the bottom. but maybe Tom's brother, coz same surname with Tom :biggrin:

btw, where are all the cute Bridgestone girl?

jimmyae101 · Mar 19, 2006

what a great game...oh my god,my kimi Raikkonen fail getting any point..sad..:confused_smile:

sb3mugen · Mar 20, 2006

what happen to bmw sauber? hmmm... way to go button!

funguz · Mar 21, 2006

super duper cool images ..!!
but do u notice, tis year lack of pit babes laa ..
except for DENSO

kompak · Mar 25, 2006

nice race back then....
eventhough there are no serious incident...

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