The BMW WilliamsF1 team would see their drivers finish the first qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix in respectable positions of fifth and sixth, with Mark leading Nick.

With Toyota's Ralf Schumacher fastest in practice the teams would start the first of two qualifying sessions for the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix. Thew first driver out would be Montoya. He would be joined by Fisichella, Friesacher, Raikkonen, and Barrichello in the first group.

Montoya's lap would see him set an opening sector time of 22.6. He would finish with a time of 1m:15.902 to set a benchmark time. Next it was the Renault of Fisichella. He would be a tenth up on Montoya after the second sector and would finish with a time of 1m:15.601 to be three tenths up on Juan Pablo. For Friesacher his lap would see him 1.2 seconds down after sector one. He was 3.1 seconds down after sector two, finishing with a time of 1m:20.306.

The second McLaren of Raikkonen was out and his lap would see him two tenths up after sector two. He would finish with a time of 1m:14.819 to be seven tenths up on Fisichella. Barrichello was the final driver of this group. It was believed that his engine had been changed seeing him drop ten laces on the grid. His lap would see him lose half a second to Raikkonen after the second sector. He would finish with a time of 1m:15.746 to be third.

The next group of drivers was Albers, Monteiro, Karthikeyan, Coulthard, and Massa. The Minardi would start his lap would see him set a time of 1m:19.563 to be in fifth and ahead of his team-mate. Jordan's Tiago Monteiro was next and his lap would see him eight tenths down after sector one, finishing with a time of 1m:19.040 which would see him move into fifth, half a second quicker than Albers. Jordan team-mate Narain Karthikeyan was out and he would finish with a time of 1m:18.557 to comfortably be in fifth. He would make most of his time in the final sector. Now it was Coulthard's turn. He would be four tenths down after sector two, finishing with a time of 1m:15.795 to be in fourth.

Sauber's Felipe Massa was the final driver of the second group and his lap was spoilt by a poor second sector which would see him cross the line in fifth with a time of 1m:15.863.

The next group of drivers was Ralf Schumacher, Liuzzi, Webber, Heidfeld, and Trulli. Ralf would start his lap and in the firsts sector he was a tenth up on Kimi. He was close to the McLaren in the second and he would finish with a time of 1m:14.870, just 0.051 seconds behind Kimi but it would see him in second. The second Red Bull of Liuzzi would start his lap. He was a tenth down after the first sector, but would lose a half a second in the second after an error in Turn ten, to finish with a time of 1m:16.288 to be in eighth.

Now it was the first of the BMW WilliamsF1 drivers, Mark Webber. Mark was looking good after the second sector been ahead of Kimi after sector two, but his final sector would see him drop down to third with a time of 1m:15.042. Team-mate Nick Heidfeld was next out and the German was 0.2 up on Kimi after sector one, after sector two he was just 0.050 up on Kimi. He would cross the line with a time of 1m:15.038 to be in third just ahead of Mark. But Nick is going to lose ten places on the grid due to his engine change.

Jarno Trulli would start his lap in the second of the Toyotas. He was two tenths up after sector one, loses time after sector two, but in the final sector would take time of Kimi to finish with a time of 1m:14.795 to take provisional pole. Now it was down to just the final three drivers made up of Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, and Alonso.

Villeneuve would start his flying lap and he after the fist sector he was half a second down. He would lose more time in the second to finish with a time of 1m:16.794 to move in to twelfth. Now it was Michael's turn, but with the poor performance of Rubens things did not look good for the second Ferrari. Michael was fastest in sector one, two tenth down after sector two, and he would cross the line with a time of 1m:15.398 to be in sixth.

Now for the local hero Alonso. The Renault driver would start his lap and was down on Trulli after sector one, two tenths after sector two, and he would finish with a 1m:14.811 to be in second after losing time in the final sector. The top four drivers would finish within one tenth of one another. Mark and Nick were in fifth and sixth just over two tenths behind Trulli.