Schumacher grabs pole
As the first race of the European season, Imola immediately shows a different grid than what was seen during the first races in 2006. Michael Schumacher got on pole, in front of Button, Barrichello and Massa. Fernando Alonso in 5th therefore sees both Ferrari and Honda cars in front of him. Fisico on the other hand only managed to qualify 12th, even though his cars sports an improved Renault engine.
The full results are as follows:
1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:22.795
2 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.988
3 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:23.242
4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:23.702
5 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:23.709
6 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:23.772
7 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.021
8 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.158
9 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:24.172
10 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:24.795
11 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:23.771
12 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:23.887
13 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:23.966
14 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:24.101
15 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:24.129
16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:24.879 1:24.520
17 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:25.410
18 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:25.437
19 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:26.820
20 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:27.088
21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:27.609
22 23 Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 1:29.282
