With Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg finishing the final practice session for the 2006 British Grand Prix in seventeenth and eighteenth the upcoming qualifying session looked to be a difficult one for the team. The opening fifteen minute period of qualifying would see Albers come out first followed by Montagny, Alonso, Heidfeld, Sato, and Ralf Schumacher. The second Toyota of Trulli was also out on the track. Coulthard would also make an appearance. Monteiro and Speed were also out early in the session. Liuzzi would join his Torro Rosso team-mate.

Albers would set the first time, 1m:24.372, followed by Heidfeld, 1m:25.997. Alonso would go fastest with a 1m:23.511. Sato and Montagny weer in fourth and fifth. Klien and Raikkonen were now on the track. Coulthard was now in second with a 1m:23.892. Scott Speed was now fastest with a 1m:23.202. Monteiro was in fourth. Button was on the circuit. Trulli would return to his pit where his car would be pushed back with fumes coming from the rear of the car. Trulli appeared to be out for the rest of qualifying.

Klien was now in third and Raikkonen fourth. Both Ferrari's and Montoya were out leaving just four cars left to run. Nico was now out while Button would move into second, 1m:23.247. The second Honda of Barrichello would go fastest, 1m:22.965, while Mark was now out on the circuit. Massa was now fastest, 1m:21.647, with Albers in fifth. Mark and Nico had yet to set a time with just over four minutes remaining. Nico's first timed lap would see him in fifth, 1m:23.083 but Montoya would push him down one place when the McLaren driver moved into fourth. Mark was in eighth, 1m:23129. Villeneuve would jump into second with a 1m:21.637. Nico and Mark were now in tenth and eleventh. Liuzzi would move into ninth pushing the WilliamsF1 drivers one place further down the times.

While this was going on Alonso had moved to the top of the times with a 1m:21.018. Team-mate Fisichella was in eighth. Button was down in seventeenth and looking not to make the cut. Nico and Mark wee now in sixteenth and seventeenth. Mark would not make it through the first period of qualifying, what a disaster. It would be unlikely that Nico will make it past the second period of qualifying been down in sixteenth.

So the drivers not to make the cut were Mark Webber followed by Albers, Button, Sato, Montagny, and Trulli.

With the end of the second period of qualifying we were greeted by the sight of no Red Bull, WilliamsF1, Toro Rosso, Midland, Super Aguri cars in the top ten. With the start of the final period there would be a rush of drivers taking to the track with all ten coming out very quickly. As per usual the drivers will drive around on old tyres burning up fuel prior to coming in for new tyres and going for a quick time.

The first timed lap would go to Alonso with a 1m:23.941 followed by Michael, Massa, Fisichella, Montoya, Raikkonen, Barrichello, Ralf, Heidfeld and Villeneuve. Jacques time was a 1m:26.718. The next lap and it was Michael who was fastest, 1m:23.107, and Alonso still in second. With thirteen  minutes remaining the order was Michael from Alonso, Massa, Fisichella, Montoya, Raikkonen, Barrichello, Heidfeld, Ralf, and Villeneuve.
No one had pitted for new tyres but with eleven minutes left Michael would go faster with a 1m:23.054. The Ferrari driver was setting fastest times in the first two sectors and he prepared for his quick laps. Montoya was now in third behind Alonso.

Michael was now in the pits followed by Alonso, Massa, and Fisichella. Montoya and Barrichello would also come in. Raikkonen was now also in for new tyres. Villeneuve was now on a quick lap, fastest in he first two sectors. He would go fastest with a time of 1m:22.353. Michael was now on a quick lap and would take the top spot from Jacques, 1m:20.815. Alonso was in second with a 1m:20.858. Fisichella was now in third followed by Massa, Barrichello, and Montoya. Raikkonen was now in third, 1m:21.296. Villeneuve was now in eighth.

Michael would pit again for his final time. He would be joined by Alonso and Massa. Fisichella, Barrichello, and Montoya were also in. With the drivers all out looking to set a time on their last lap Villeneuve would move into fifth but it would be Alonso who would go fastest with a time of 1m:20.253. Michael was in second followed by Massa and Fisichella. Kimi would move into second on his last lap with a time of 1m:20.397. Michael was in third followed by Massa, Fisichella, Barrichello, Ralf, Montoya, Heidfeld and Villeneuve.

For the WilliamsF1 team Sunday's British Grand Prix will come down to strategy and whether the team can find some pace to allow them to at east score some points in the race.