Quite an eventful qualifying - during the first session in the afternoon 'timing problems' and a Red Flag red herring caused confusion along the pit lane and out on the race track. Fisichella had his lap spoiled by Villeneuve and starts from 13th. Look at the back of the grid - Montagny's time is misleading - he actually ran 4/10th's quicker than Sato in FP3 - a wise replacement for the inexperienced Ide.

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m29.819  2 Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari 1m30.028  3 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m30.407  4 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m30.754  5 Kimi Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes 1m30.933  6 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m30.940  7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m31.419  8 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1m31.542  9 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m31.880  10 Mark Webber Williams F1 1m33.405  11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m30.944  12 Nico Rosberg Williams F1 1m31.194  13 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m31.197  14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m31.227  15 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m31.422  16 Tonio Luizzi Toro Rosso 1m31.728  17 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m32.901  18 Christijan Albers MF1 Racing 1m32.936  19 Scott Speed Toro Rosso 1m32.992  20 Tiago Monteiro MF1 Racing 1m33.658  21 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1m35.239  22 Franck Montagny Super Aguri 1m46.505