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Belgian
GP - 2nd Saturday Practice Session
Final Order: Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher,
David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello, Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf
Schumacher make the top 6. 45 min: Final lap .... Barrichello takes 4th, Montoya improves but drops back to 5th due to Barrichello, , Panis improves in 8th, de la Rosa moves into 9th, Fisichella takes 11th and Irvine moves into 12th. 44 min: A lot of cars head out onto the track for a final lap before qualifying this afternoon. 43 min: Montoya returns to the track with a new set of tyres! 42 min: Felipe Massa moves into 11th with a time of 1:47.092 41 min: Ralf spins but recovers while Webber now sets a time ahead of Davidson. 40 min: And Villeneuve responds to his team-mate's time and moves into 10th with a time of 1:47.087 39 min: Ralf Schumacher moves into 5th behind his team-mate with a 1:45.696. 38 min: Olivier Panis is doing a good job in the BAR, he moves back into 8th with a time of 1:46.737. He is by far the best Bridgestone runner behind the 2 Ferraris. 37 min: At this stage, a second separates the top 5, 2 seconds separate the top 8 and 3 seconds separate the top 18. It is very close between 9th and 19th! 36 min: Top 10 - Raikkonen, M Schumacher, Coulthard, Montoya , Barrichello, Salo, R Schumacher, Button, Trulli and Panis. 35 min: Michael Schumacher fails to improve again. He remains in second just 0.081 seconds behind Kimi. 34 min: David Coulthard moves into 3rd with a 1:45.407. He is over half a second slower than Kimi. 33 min: Jenson Button moves into 8th ahead of his team-mate Jarno Trulli who moves into 9th. 32 min: David Coulthard aborts his lap even though he was fastest in the first sector! 31 min: Michael spins after being fastest in the first sector. Coulthard is fast now! 31 min: Nick Heidfeld jumps into 10th with a time of 1:47.387. Drivers are certainly testing in qualifying trim. 30 min: Michael is on the track and is going fast! 29 min: The Michelins look to have an edge at this stage but we need to see how Ferrari will respond. 28 min: And Kimi Raikkonen takes the top spot with a time of 1:44.870. Stunning! 28 min: Mark Webber improves his time but remains in 20th with a 1:50.242. 27 min: Mika Salo is definitely one of those as he moves into 4th with a time of 1:46.324. Raikkonen is on a fast lap too! 26 min: And Takuma Sato moves into 11th with a time of 1:47.632. It looks like some of the teams are trying lighter fuel loads at this stage. 25 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Montoya, Barrichello, Raikkonen, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Panis, de la Rosa, Fisichella and Irvine. 24 min: Giancarlo Fisichella moves into 9th with a time of 1:47.407. 23 min: Mark Webber makes it out onto the track. 22 min: And Villeneuve moves into 11th with a time of 1:1:47.731. 21 min: Now Pedro de la Rosa moves into 8th just ahead of his team-mate with a time of 1:47.377. 20 min: And Juan Pablo Montoya moves into second with a time of 1:45.689. That is more like Montoya!. He is still over 0.7 seconds off Michael's time though 19 min: Juan Pablo Montoya on a flyer! 18 min: Eddie Irvine moves into 8th with a time of 1:47.529. 17 min: Mark Webber has yet to return to the track following his problems in the first session. 16 min: Montoya is preparing for a run now. He is in 7th and over 2.3 seconds off the pace of Michael. 15 min: Ralf Schumacher takes 4th from Coulthard with a time of 1:46.418 14 min: Olivier Panis improves again in 7th with a time of 1:47.369. 12 min: No improvements at this stage. 10 min: Felipe Massa moves into 13th with a time of 1:48.105. He has been doing better than his team-mate so far this weekend. 9 min: Eddie Irvine improves into 15th with a time of 1:1:48.203. 8 min: Oliver Panis moves into 7th ahead of McNish with a time of 1:47.489. 6 min: Top 10 from the 1st session - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Coulthard, R Schumacher, Montoya, McNish, Panis, Button and Fisichella. 5 min: More drivers join in the activities but with no improvements over the first session times yet. 3 min: Ralf Schumacher joins in the action as well as Fisichella and Button. 1 min: Mika Salo is the first out onto the track. Montoya follows. Session underway ... no cars go out onto the track straight away Session starting at 10:15 AM local time. It is mostly cloudy with an air temperature of 19 degrees. |
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