After the final practice Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg were in twelfth and sixteenth positions. How qualifying would turn out for the WilliamsF1 team was still uncertain after what has been a difficult weekend for them. But for Alonso he was facing the fact that he was facing a two second time penalty. For passing under the red flag it was expected that Michael Schumacher would receive the same penalty. For both Button and Albers had engine changes so were facing ten place grid penalties.

The start of the fifteen minutes Q1 would see Ralf Schumacher come out first, followed by Nico and Mark. The first of the Super Aguri's, Yamamoto, was next out. Barrichello was next out. Monteiro was next out. The Renault team would discuss with Alonso the time that he would have to achieve to get into Q2. Ralf's time was to be a 1m:24.231 followed by a 1m:26.420 by Mark. Nico was in third with a 1m:28.398. Yamamoto would go fastest with a 1m:24.016. We now also had Trulli, Coulthard, Klien, Speed, Sato, and Button all out on the track.

Rubens would go fastest with a 1m:23.251. Alonso was now out in what is going to be a difficult qualifying. Ralf was now in third with Trulli fourth. Monteiro was in fifth and Mark now in sixth. Nico was in seventh. Pedro de la Rosa was on track. Sato was now in fifth with a 1m:24.500. On his first lap Klien would go fastest, 1m:22.147, from team-mate Coulthard, 1m:22.152. After his engine failure in practice Button would move to the top with a 1m:21.957 but Alonso would pass the Honda driver with a 1m:20.420 which should be enough to see him make it
into Q2. de la Rosa was now second, 1m:21.288. Raikkonen was out and on a quick lap, going fastest with a 1m:20.080. Alonso, Button, and Coulthard had all pitted.

Mark and Nico were in sixteenth and seventeenth with Nico still out on the track. All the drivers were now on the track with five minutes left in the period. Kimi was fastest from Alonso, de la Rosa, Button, Klien, Coulthard, Liuzzi, Speed, Barrichello, and Albers. Massa was on a fast lap, fastest in the opening two sectors. He would move to the top of the times with a 1m:19.742. Barrichello was now in fourth. Mark was back out joining Nico for their final runs. Michael would move ahead of Massa with a 1m:19.440. Nico was now in fourteenth and Mark in twenty second with a minute left. Mark was able to improve to be tenth with a 1m:21.335. Nico was in seventeenth as the period came to an end. Alonso was in third with a 1m:19.792, making it into Q3.

Those who failed to make the cut were Liuzzi, Nico, Speed, Sato, Albers, and Yamamoto. At the front the order was Michael from Massa, Alonso, Raikkonen, Button, Kubica, Ralf, Barrichello, Coulthard, and de la Rosa making up the top ten. It was confirmed that Michael also had the two second penalty so Q2 would be difficult for Alonso and Michael to make it through. With their penalties Michael and Alonso were in thirteenth and fourteenth. Also it would be difficult for Mark to make it into Q3.

Q2 would start with Kubica coming out first followed by Trulli and Heidfeld. The second Toyota of Ralf was next out. Mark Webber would also come out. Kubica was on flying lap setting a time of 1m:20.712 to go fastest. Klien was now out on track joined by Michael. Trulli would go fastest with a 1m:20.656. Kubica would pit. Team-mate Heidfeld would move ahead of Trulli with a 1m:20.623. Ralf was in third with a 1m:20.685. Coulthard, Alonso, Fisichella, de la Rosa, Button, Barrichello were all out on the track.

Mark was now in fifth with a 1m:20.922 but as Michael went fastest, 1m:19.462, this became sixth. Coulthard would push mark down to seventh. Klien was in eighth. With seven minutes left we had Michael leading from Heidfeld, Trulli, Ralf, and Kubica. But Fisichella would move into second with a 1m:20.614. It was now looking good for Mark to make Q3. Button was now in second, 1m:19.943. team-mate Barrichello would push Jenson into third as he went faster with a 1m:19.783 to go second. De la Rosa was now in fourth, 1m:19.991.

Alonso was down in thirteenth, 1m:22.228. Mark was in eleventh. Raikkonen would move into second with a 1m:19.704. Massa had yet to set a time but on his first lap he would move into second with a 1m:19.504. Alonso was in his pit and not looking like he would return with two minutes remaining. Michael was back out for one final attempt to make it into Q3. Mark was down in thirteenth and was back out on the track. Alonso would also come out. Michael would set a stunning time of 1m:18.875. Alonso would move into second with a 1m:19.364.

But for the pair would it be enough to see them make Q3. For Mark he was able to pull in a quick lap in the final moments, 1m:20.047, to move into eighth and into Q3. Those failing to make it into Q3 would be Michael and Alonso due to their time penalties, Monteiro, Klien, Coulthard, and Heidfeld.