The Spaniard will replace the Colombian at McLaren for the rest of the season.
The McLaren driver will miss Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix after sustaining a hairline crack in his shoulder while playing tennis.
Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher will start in 14th place after replacing his engine.
Driver line-ups and race numbers for the 2006 season after the governing International\nAutomobile Federation issued the official entry list.
The Colombian stalked out of a pre-Australian Grand Prix news conference after it was hijacked by a satirical television sports show.
McLaren: Raikkonen produced a brilliant race with a two-stop strategy.
The Brazilian lapped 0.151s quicker than team mate Michael Schumacher in free testing at the Italian Grand Prix.
The time sheet for Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.
India's Narain Karthikeyan finished last, at 20, with a classification time of 1:51.675
India's Narain Karthikeyan will start 19th on the grid.
The FIA confirmed it had written to teams using Michelin tyres outlining new rules for measuring tread width at the September 14 Italian Grand Prix.
Poland's Robert Kubica can be a Formula One star of the future, according to world champion Fernando Alonso.
The seven-times Formula One world champion made clear that he could not see the attraction of NASCAR.
The McLaren driver will leave Formula One at the end of this season to drive in NASCAR.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took his first Formula One victory on Sunday, keeping his cool in a chaotic Canadian Grand Prix to take the outright lead in the championship.
The Indian finished\nsecond in private testing for the Williams Formula One team at the Jerez circuit in Madrid.
Juan Pablo Montoya spun out team mate Scott Pruett late in the race before claiming his first Nascar victory.
McLaren set the pace in Friday's Brazilian Grand Prix practice with Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya the fastest race driver.
Chief operations engineer Sam Michael said Williams, runners-up to Ferrari last season, were "already miles in front of where we were last year".
Renault's Fernando Alonso took a giant step towards becoming Formula One's youngest champion by finishing a close second.
The younger Schumacher said no deal had been struck and his manager said he would consider other options if the negotiations failed.
It was the first time since 1994, when Schumacher took his first title at Benetton, that the award had not gone to the same year's Formula One champion.
The German roared around the twisty Hungaroring circuit in one minute 19.882 seconds.
The Colombian has promised Williams he will do all he can to help them win the constructors' title.
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