Japanese GP: Qualifying Results

By Luke Marc Carlile-Stanton
October 7 2006

Toyota had a fantastic upturn in fortunes comapared to a week ago in China, as Ralf Schumacher Qualified third and Jarno Trulli fourth for tommorow's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. But there is a question mark by their pace.

Is Toyota light on fuel? Is this just a flash in the pan for the Japanese fans?  Well whatever it is, its a good result and time will tell what Toyota's out right pace is tommorow. But there is a great chance of a double points finish, that would be great after the recent dissapointment.

Meanwhile it is a Ferrari 1-2. But it's not Michael Schumacher on top, he was beaten to P1 by his team mate Felipe Massa whilst Schumacher's title rival Fernando Alonso finished down in 5th. Renault are complaining thought that Alonso was held up by Massa in the third phase of Qually. Giancarlo Fisichella, Jenson Button Rubens Barrichello, Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg rounded out the top 10.

Qualifying Results for the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix-Suzuka:

1.  MASSA     Ferrari
2.  M SCHUMACHER    Ferrari
3.  R SCHUMACHER Toyota
4.  TRULLI          Toyota
5.  ALONSO          Renault F1
6.  FISICHELLA      Renault F1
7.  BUTTON          Honda Racing
8.  BARRICHELLO     Honda Racing
9.  HEIDFELD        BMW-Sauber
10. ROSBERG         Williams Cosworth
11. RAIKKONEN       McLaren Mercedes
12. KUBICA          BMW-Sauber
13. DE LA ROSA      McLaren Mercedes
14. WEBBER          Williams Cosworth
15. LIUZZI          Scuderia Toro Rosso
16. ALBERS          Spyker-MF1
17. COULTHARD       Red Bull Racing
18. DOORNBOS        Red Bull Racing
19. SPEED           Scuderia Toro Rosso
20. SATO            Super Aguri
21. MONTEIRO        Spyker-MF1
22. YAMAMOTO        Super Aguri

A full report will follow later........