Ralf fastest in Practice 1

[Valve Bounce]

After all our bashing, poor Ralf must have heard us, because he is fastest in Practice 1. It is also interesting that Mark Webber is third and Alonso is 5th. Interesting.

[ASCII Man]

Practice doesn't mean anything.

[Mark Webber]

way to go Ralf and another strong effort from Mark
MS was quite only 6 laps .

[jetsetter]

Looks like another strong effort from Webber. Good to see a good performance by both Williams drivers.

[AndyF]

1. 4 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'21"335 218.341 Km/h 20
2. 3 MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'21"409 + 0'00"074 18
3. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth M 1'22"056 + 0'00"721 21
4. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'22"121 + 0'00"786 22
5. 8 ALONSO Renault M 1'22"561 + 0'01"226 17
6. 17 BUTTON BAR Honda B 1'22"669 + 0'01"334 20
7. 10 FRENTZEN Sauber Petronas B 1'22"714 + 0'01"379 18
8. 7 TRULLI Renault M 1'23"051 + 0'01"716 19
9. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'23"057 + 0'01"722 26
10. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'23"057 + 0'01"722 9
11. 11 FISICHELLA Jordan Ford B 1'23"267 + 0'01"932 9
12. 15 PIZZONIA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'23"426 + 0'02"091 8
13. 6 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'23"557 + 0'02"222 24
14. 9 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 1'23"834 + 0'02"499 17
15. 12 FIRMAN Jordan Ford B 1'24"007 + 0'02"672 11
16. 21 DA MATTA Toyota M 1'24"117 + 0'02"782 23
17. 20 PANIS Toyota M 1'24"565 + 0'03"230 14
18. 16 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'25"153 + 0'03"818 13
19. 19 VERSTAPPEN Minardi Cosworth B 1'25"180 + 0'03"845 17
20. 18 WILSON Minardi Cosworth B 1'25"706 + 0'04"371 4


107% time : 1'27"028

From F1-live.com

[Sato san]

Yes , Webber was the one for me in that session ....Ralf looked terrible at the beginning of the sesson , put sorted it all out to go fastest...

Pizza boy was quickest for quite a while too until his car packed up .......Jag may have taken a good step up by the looks of things after their great showing in Brazil.

[Valve Bounce]

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
Practice doesn't mean anything.

While the slow times may not tell us everything, the fast times tells us that car/driver is fast. There is no other explanation for a fast time in practice.

[BootsOntheSide]

They might've been running low fuel. I refuse to believe that the Williams and Jaguar are suddenly the best cars out there.

Did anyone else noticed that the Ferraris set an identical time?

[f1manoz]

Whatever the case of fuel loads etc, that's certainly an impressive showing from Williams and Jaguar have to be considered as an improving team with recent performances.

However, let's just wait until qualifying before jumping to conclusions!

[Red]

Is not a problem of fuel loads anymore... 30 minutes into first qual and Ralf is sitting in 3rd, behind of Ferraris. JPM is 4th. and the Macs are 5-6. Let's see the Jags now.

[Peter Mallett]

Looks like Ralf has outqualified his team mate by .3 secs but it doesn't matter because its only first qualifying.

[Red]

...and Jenson outqualified Jacques as well, altough not by much. But what's important is that both Honda boys beat the Macs

[Webslinger]

As mentioned we do not know what fuel levels, etc. each driver was running, but Pizzonia is still a long way off Webber...

[Red]

Good grief! Jags ARE fast!!! Webber ahead of Macs!!!!!

[LucaBadoer]

Originally posted by Webslinger
but Pizzonia is still a long way off Webber...

Pizzonia set his time in the spare car - he had an electronics problem this morning.


Wilson just gone slowest .........

[LucaBadoer]

Friday qualification - Imola


P. No Driver Team - Engine Tyres Times Ave/Gaps Laps
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'20"628 220.256 Km/h 3
2. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'21"082 + 0'00"454 3
3. 4 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'21"193 + 0'00"565 3
4. 3 MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'21"490 + 0'00"862 3
5. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth M 1'21"669 + 0'01"041 3
6. 17 BUTTON BAR Honda B 1'21"891 + 0'01"263 3
7. 16 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'21"926 + 0'01"298 3
8. 6 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'22"147 + 0'01"519 3
9. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'22"326 + 0'01"698 3
10. 10 FRENTZEN Sauber Petronas B 1'22"531 + 0'01"903 3
11. 11 FISICHELLA Jordan Ford B 1'22"724 + 0'02"096 3
12. 20 PANIS Toyota M 1'22"765 + 0'02"137 3
13. 8 ALONSO Renault M 1'22"809 + 0'02"181 3
14. 9 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 1'22"911 + 0'02"283 3
15. 15 PIZZONIA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'22"919 + 0'02"291 3
16. 7 TRULLI Renault M 1'23"100 + 0'02"472 3
17. 12 FIRMAN Jordan Ford B 1'24"360 + 0'03"732 3
18. 21 DA MATTA Toyota M 1'24"854 + 0'04"226 3
19. 19 VERSTAPPEN Minardi Cosworth B 1'24"990 + 0'04"362 3
20. 18 WILSON Minardi Cosworth B 1'25"195 + 0'04"567 3

[Raven]

I do hope this race isn't a repeat of last year's.

[Valve Bounce]

Originally posted by Webslinger
As mentioned we do not know what fuel levels, etc. each driver was running, but Pizzonia is still a long way off Webber...

In first quals, everyone is on low fuel, because refuelling is prmitted after 1st quals. Marks effort defies all logic.

[Mania]

It was a good performance from Ralf - he's letting his driving do the talking. Half a second of Ferrari's pace is still a lot but maybe Williams will go for a slightly more aggressive pit strategy for qualifying tomorrow..you never know.

Webber was very impressive. He's certainly surprised me with his genuine pace. Good luck to him.

On the other side of the grid, Da Matta and Toyota were the biggest disappointment for me..

[Mark Webber]

Great effort from Webber he said he made a small error in the first sector but on F1-Live but who cares.
Top job Webber

Ralf also showed true speed
MS fastest in all three sectors ( his still got it )
I think the Kimmi & DC will stay around the same spots in Q2
and the race will comeback to them

let tme just say
GO WEBBER

[Peter Mallett]

I was reading an old Autiosprout which had an interview with Da Matta. Apart from the qualifying regime which mitigates against him he says that an F1 car is so different from anything else he's driven that its taking time to get used to it.