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Canadian
GP - 1st Friday Practice Session Final
Order- Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Giancarlo Fisichella, David
Coulthard, Kimi Raikkonen and Heinz Harald Frentzen make the top 6. 60 min: Session over. 59 min: Final lap for those out on the track. 58 min: Rubens Barrichello goes fastest with a time of 1:16.930. 57 min: Rubens Barrichello improves his time but remains in second with a time of 1:17.353. Coulthard takes 4th from Raikkonen. 56 min: Kimi Raikkonen shoots into 4th place with a time of 1:18.203. He is currently the best Michelin runner. 55 min: Michael Schumacher clips the wall on the final turn and may have damaged his car. He pits. 54 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Fisichella, Frentzen, Panis, Massa, Montoya, Irvine, Trulli and Heidfeld. 53 min: Rubens Barrichello takes second back with a time of 1:17.434. 52 min: Michael improves again with a time of 1:16.991. That is very fast. Fisichella moves into second with a time of 1:18.173. 51 min: Eddie Irvine takes 9th with a time of 1:19.132. It appears that a number of teams are choosing to run on lighter fuel loads today! 50 min: Michael Schumacher fails to improve but Panis moves into 3rd with a time of 1:18.349. 49 min: David Coulthard moves into 10th with a time of 1:19.213. Panis on a flyer! 48 min: Michael Schumacher on the track and looks set to improve his time! 47 min: Olivier Panis moves into 6th with a time of 1:18.721. Is the new BAR package that better or is he also on a lighter fuel ? 46 min: Enrique Bernoldi stops on the track. He is currently in 10th place. 45 min: Mark Webber jumps into 12th! with a time of 1:20.021. He is just behind Coulthard. He must be on a light fuel load. 44 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Frentzen, Barrichello, Montoya, Trulli, Heidfeld, Panis, R Schumacher, Bernoldi and Massa. 43 min: Amazing! Frentzen goes second with a time of 1:18.340. 41 min: Heinz Harald Frentzen takes 6th with a time of 1:18.845. Where are the Jaguar ? de la Rosa in 16th and Irvine in 19th!. 41 min: Jarno Trulli moves into 4th with a time of 1:18.708. Trulli managed to put the Jordan 4th on the grid last year. 40 min: Juan Pablo Montoya goes 3rd with a time of 1:18.437. Frentzen moves into 9th. Only Button has yet to set a competitive time. 39 min: Felipe Massa takes 7th with a time of 1:19.711. Good time from the Brazilian. 38 min: 6 of the top 10 at this stage are Bridgestone runners. 37 min: Nick Heidfeld jumps into 3rd with a time of 1:18.799. 36 min: Bernoldi improves again and moves into 4th. Frentzen is in 18th! 35 min: Ralf Schumacher improves his time but remains in 3rd over 1.2 seconds off the pace. 34 min: Enrique Bernoldi moves into 5th with a time of 1:19.521. This is a great time this early however Arrows have run light fuel on Fridays in the past! 33 min: Kimi Raikkonen moves into 6th. Now we have Ferrari, Williams and McLaren in the top 6! 32 min: Michael Schumacher improves slightly at the top of the timesheets. 31 min: Enrique Bernoldi and Jenson Button have yet to set competitive lap times. 30 min: Rubens Barrichello improves again with a time of 1:18.418. 29 min: The lap times are expected to be faster than last year as the track has been modified slightly. 28 min: Rubens Barrichello improves his time but remains in second with a time of 1:18.884. 27 min: Michael Schumacher improves again with a 1:17.946. He is over 1.2 seconds faster than anyone else!. Montoya moves into 4th with a time of 1:19.518. 26 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Montoya, Trulli, Massa, Fisichella, Heidfeld and Sato. 25 min: Michael Schumacher goes fastest with a time of 1:18.347. Rubens Barrichello goes second with a time of 1:19.150. Coulthard goes 4th and Montoya in 5th! 24 min: Villeneuve improves but remains in 8th. Michael Schumacher starts a flying lap. 23 min: Giancarlo Fisichella moves into 5th with a time of 1:21.105. Villeneuve on a fast lap! 22 min: Jacques Villeneuve moves into 8th. Montoya and Coulthard on the track. 21 min: Mika Salo improves into 4th. 20 min: Top 10 - R Schumacher, Massa, Heidfeld, Webber, Irvine, de la Rosa, McNish, Salo, Villeneuve and Sato. 19 min: Jenson Button is on the track. 18 min: Ralf Schumacher goes a second faster than Massa with a time of 1:19.325. Villeneuve is 8th with a 1:24.567. 17 min: Pedro de la Rosa moves into 5th with a time of 1:22.077. Ralf on a flyer! 16 min: Heidfeld improves with a 1:20.974. Still 2nd. Ralf Schumacher on track. 15 min: Top 6: Massa, Heidfeld, Webber, Irvine, McNish and Yoong. 15 min: Felipe Massa improves with a time of 1:20.343. Heidfeld in second with a 1:21.823 and Irvine moves into 3rd with a 1:22.262. Villeneuve and de la Rosa on the track. 14 min: Yoong improves with a 1:24.973. Irvine back on the track. 13 min: Felipe Massa sets a time of 1:21.108. Mark Webber sets a 1:22.947. Nick Heidfeld and Enrique Bernoldi on the track. 12 min: Yoong improves with a 1:26.877. Lets see what time his team-mate Webber sets. 11 min: Felipe Massa and Mark Webber are back out on the track. They are followed by Allan McNish. All are rookies! 9 min: Alex Yoong's first time is a 1:28.576. That is almost 10 seconds slower than the best time set here on this session last year. He need to do a lot better than that! 8 min: Alex Yoong starts his flying lap. Meanwhile Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya have yet to appear. A lot of people are expecting a good fight between these two this weekend. 7 min: Alex Yoong is the first to go back out on the track. He needs as much experience as he can here. 5 min: BAR are introducing a new package here in Canada which they hope will help them score points. Barrichello on the track. No lap times set yet. 4 min: The cars are now back in the pits. The 2 Ferraris have yet to go out though. 2 min: Several cars are now on the track for their installation lap. Session underway and Eddie Irvine is the first to go out on the track. Last year Williams BMW had a power advantage on this track. It will be interesting to see how they will compare against Ferrari this year. Session starting in 2 minutes. Session starting at 11:00 AM local time. It is partly cloudy with a temperature of 18 degrees. |
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